27-03-2020 IAF’s Il-78MKI Aerial Tankers to get new Engines and Avionics and additional AWACS 2020 - 03 - 26 - idrw.org As per acquisition planned by the airforce Surplus stock of air-frame to be sourced for the year 2020-21, IAF plans to from Ukraine as originally planned, or will upgrade avionics of the Six Il-78MKI be based on Il-76MD-90A which is aerial refueling tanker based on the Il-76 Russian version currently produced at strategic air-lifter and also re-engine the new production line located in them with the modern Aviadvigatel PS- Aviastar’s facility in Ulyanovsk, Russia. 90A-76 engine thus replacing the original Aviadvigatel D-30KP2 engines currently IAF also operates 17 Il-76MDs Transport powering them. Aircraft which were procured in the early ’80s and have been showing signs of IAF also plans to procure Two more aging and will likely get new modern Israeli EL/W-2090 airborne early warning avionics soon, but it is not clear if they and control (AEW&C) radar system will be getting new PS-90A-76 engines. 3 mounted on the Il-76 A-50 heavy air-lifter Il-76 A-50 AEW&C will only get upgraded to supplement its current fleet of 3 avionics since they are already powered AEW&C Radar of the same system But it by the Aviadvigatel PS-90A-76 engines is not confirmed if it will be based on Russian Ilyushins... Lire la suite APPELS D’OFFRES Spare Parts for KC-135 Stratotanker 2020 - 03 - 23 - eportal.nspa.nato.int Ref: AVO20044 Organisme: LA - Aviation Support Date limite: 10.04.2020 E-mail: [email protected]... Lire la suite MCO des avions de voltige extra 300 de l’armée de l’air française 2020 - 03 - 22 - www.boamp.fr Ref: 20-34376 Organisme: DMAé Date limite: 28.04.2020 Tel: +33 533897825 E-mail: [email protected] Lire la suite Prestations de mise à disposition et de soutien d’aéronefs PC21, de leurs matériels d’environnement, travaux d’infrastructure et prestations associées, pour la formation des pilotes de chasse (rectificatif) 2020 - 03 - 22 - www.boamp.fr Ref: 20-43560 Organisme: S2A Date limite: 25.05.2020 E-mail : [email protected] Lire la suite Insp/repair radar set subassembly for AS532 2020 - 03 - 20 - eportal.nspa.nato.int Ref: RGR20S003 Organisme: LA - Aviation Support Date limite: 20.04.2020 E-mail: [email protected] Lire la suite 2 Spares for the Maintenance of Powerplant, Instrument and Pneudraulic System of SF260 FH/M Aircraft 2020 - 03 - 20 - www.philgeps.gov.ph Ref: PB-PAFBAC-073-20 Organisme: Air Force Date limite: 13.04.2020 Montant: 33 029 000 PHP Tel: 63-966-3479652 E-mail: [email protected] Lire la suite Supply of technical materials, spare parts and consumables for M-346 aircraft 2020 - 03 - 20 - ted.europa.eu Ref: 2020/S 057-137439 Organisme: MoD Date limite: 16.04.2020 Tel: +48 261517714 ; Fax: +48 261519536 E-mail: [email protected] Lire la suite Développement, certification, fourniture et installation de kits de protection balistique pour le DHC-6 Twin-Otter et prestations associées. 2020 - 03 - 18 - www.boamp.fr Ref: 20-24571 Organisme: S2A Date limite: 04.05.2020 E-mail: [email protected] Lire la suite Soutien global des matériels de transit aérien et de mise en œuvre des aéronefs. 2020 - 03 - 15 - www.boamp.fr Ref: 20-32594 Organisme: DMAé Date limite: 16.04.2020 Tel: +33 533897825 E-mail: [email protected] Lire la suite 3 Acquisition d’équipements pour mise à hauteur OACI d’hélicoptères banc d’essais de DGA Essais en Vol. Afin de poursuivre les activités en vol sur les Hélicoptères Bancs d’Essais Pu 2020 - 03 - 12 - www.boamp.fr Ref: 20-36234 Organisme: S2A Date limite: 14.04.2020 Tel: (+33)5-57-15-41-32 ; Fax: (+33)5-57-15-40-09 Lire la suite Spares for the Scheduled Maintenance of Sokol Aircraft 2020 - 03 - 10 - www.philgeps.gov.ph Ref: PB-PAFBAC-018-20 Organisme: Air Force Date limite: 13.04.2020 Montant: 55 392 000 PHP Tel: 63-966-3479652 E-mail: [email protected] Lire la suite Post design services for Viking TMk1 (Grob G103A Twin II Acro) Glider 2020 - 03 - 09 - ted.europa.eu Ref: 2020/S 048-114822 Organisme: MoD Date limite: 21.04.2020 Montant HT: 2 700 000 GBP Tel: +44 3067980005 E-mail: [email protected] Lire la suite Spare Parts of Sea Lynx Mk88A, AQS-18 Sonar System 2020 - 03 - 03 - eportal.nspa.nato.int Ref: AVO20042 Organisme: LA - Aviation Support Date limite: 17.04.2020 E-mail: [email protected] Lire la suite 4 ACTUALITES Germany invests in Nigerian Air Force Luftwaffe refurbishes another 2020 - 03 - 09 - www.janes.com Alpha Jet 2020 - 03 - 24 - The budget committee of the www.defenceweb.co.za Bundestag, the German parliament, approved another EUR500 million (USD565.5 million) on 4 March to The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has improve the capabilities of the returned another Alpha Jet to service Bundeswehr, the Ministry of Defence after maintenance and an avionics (MoD) announced on its website on 6 upgrade. The NAF said the March. Over EUR300 million of this reactivated Alpha Jet (NAF 455) was amount has been earmarked for the commissioned on 21 March at the 407 Luftwaffe. Around EUR240 million was Air Combat Training Group (407 approved for the digitalisation of the ACTG) in Kainji. head-up displays (HUDs) of Luftwaffe Tornados. Speaking during the ceremony, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air The computer being developed to Marshal Sadique Abubakar, said he control the displays will also replace was satisfied with the Periodic Depot the aircraft’s main computer. This is Maintenance (PDM) that was carried necessary to avoid obsolescence so out and added that the aircraft’s return Tornado capabilities continue to be to service would go a long way in available until the aircraft is replaced boosting the morale of troops on the starting in 2030, according to the frontlines and better equip the NAF in MoD, which recalled that it is the only its drive to sustain the offensive Luftwaffe aerial platform used for initiative against terrorists and NATO nuclear burdensharing, insurgents. Abubakar said the in- suppression of enemy air defences, house PDM, apart from being cost- and in the naval strike role. effective when compared to the The Bundestag budget committee overseas option, also affords NAF approved more than EUR36... technicians the opportunity to build Lire la suite better technical capacity… Lire la suite 5 AVIONS India : Mig-29UPG prepped for Astra BVRAAM integration 2020 - 03 - 26 - idrw.org Indian Air Force (IAF) Top Brass has decided to integrate India’s locally developed Beyond Visual range Air-to-Air missile Astra Mk1 with the 60 odd fleet of upgraded Mig-29UPG Air Superiority fighter jet after IAF started receiving Limited serial production batch of the Astra Missile for its front-line jets like Sukhoi-30MKI. IAF had placed orders for 50 Astra Mk1 BVRAAMS with a range of 100km with... Lire la suite Second upgraded Tu-22M3M aircraft makes first flight 2020 - 03 - 20 - ruaviation.com/ A second overhauled and fundamentally upgraded strategic bomber Tu-22M3M has performed its first flight, a source in the defense-industrial complex has told TASS. The plane took off from and landed at the airdrome of the Kazan aircraft-building plant. The press service of the public joint stock company Tupolev… Lire la suite Chinese military aircraft to receive new stealth coatings 2020 - 03 - 16 - www.globaltimes.cn The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently issued a new regulation ordering future aircraft to be painted with low observable coatings and standardized markings, a move aimed at giving Chinese warplanes a combat advantage as they will less likely be detected by both the naked eye and military radar. The regulation mandates all new warplanes should have low observable coatings and... Lire la suite USN set to test, roll out E-2D Advanced Hawkeye upgrades 2020 - 03 - 16 - www.janes.com The US Navy (USN) is preparing to introduce a raft of enhancements for its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier-borne airborne early warning and control aircraft. Upgrades include an aerial refuelling capability, communications and Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) improvements, and a datalink upgrade, according to the Naval Air Systems Command’s in-house… Lire la suite 6 East African country receiving armed Cessna Caravans 2020 - 03 - 13 - www.defenceweb.co.za H3 Solutions is delivering three armed Cessna 208 aircraft to a customer in Africa, which will fit them with laser-guided rocket launchers. The modified ‘Icarus-X’ aircraft can be fitted with four hardpoints for seven-tube rocket launchers carrying guided or unguided rockets. The launch customer in Africa has chosen to use Thales FZ275 laser-guided rockets… Lire la suite Rolls-Royce Rolls Out New Electronic Engine Controllers for DoD Aircraft 2020 - 03 - 12 - www.aviationtoday.com Rolls-Royce has launched new electronic engine controllers (EECs) for DoD aircraft, including the Rolls-Royce AE 3007 engines on U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton and U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drones by Northrop Grumman, the AE 3007 engine on the Navy MQ-25 Stingray refueling drone by Boeing, and the Rolls-Royce proposed F130 engine for the Air Force’s B-52H Commercial Engine Replacement Program... Lire la suite Peru receives recovered Su-25 2020 - 03 - 11 - airrecognition.com The fourth Su-25 nearby air support aircraft has been delivered to the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) after completing its overhaul and passing the corresponding test flights.