Airbus production A400M airlifter aircraft with serial number MSN 023 took off from the Airbus Seville facility on May 09th, 2015. The airlifter was on its first flight. Soon after take-off, the aircrew lost control, and the aircraft crashed, turning into a fireball.
Airbus delivered a new A400M to the binational BNU A400M unit in Melsbroek on January 14th. The plane arrived in Belgium from Seville, Spain.
The Indonesian Ministry of Defence ordered two Airbus A400M aircraft in multirole tanker and transport configuration for the Air Force.
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) now can incorporate "Directional Infrared Countermeasure" (DIRCM) technology into A400M aircraft.
The Turkish Defence Ministry announced on Wednesday that it had begun withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, abandoning plans to assist in the security of Kabul’s Khamid Khazai International Airport, which would have been considered a strategic asset if the Taliban had not captured the city recently. Turkey wished to remain in Kabul after the United States troop withdrawal is completed on Tuesday. The Taliban, on the other hand, has requested that Turkey leave by August 31st.
Airbus has reached 100 A400M deliveries with MSN111, the tenth A400M for the Spanish Air Force.
France, Germany, and Spain decided on the division of tasks as they reached an agreement regarding Phase 1B of the FCAS development program.
Abdurrahman Şeref Can, the Head of the Fixed-Wing Platforms Department from SSB said that the TurAF would receive its last A400M aircraft next year.
The United Kingdom plans a major change at defence acquisition. The plan includes phasing out the RAF C-130 Hercules fleet in a couple of years.
