Aviation, especially military aviation, is almost entirely dependent on fossil fuels. The RAF Voyager and Airbus completed a significant leap in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Royal Air Force (RAF) and Airbus have recently announced their work on SAF. According to the released information, RAF Voyager multirole tanker aircraft conducted a test flight with 100% sustainable aviation fuel.
German Defence Minister stated that Germany, France and Spain had reached a political agreement further to develop the Future Combat Air System (FCAS).
Airbus delivered on November 9 the sixth Airbus C295MW airlifter out of seven ordered to the Philippines Air Force (PAF) in Manila.
Airbus retires A400M MSN4 transport aircraft at Bremen after flying for 12 years and more than 2,000 flight hours.
Turkish Air Force continues to sustainment efforts. The third retrofitted A400M has been delivered to the Turkish Force.
The constant delays on France -Germany-led Future Combat Air System (FCAS) triggered new concerns. Spanish Digital Magazine on Defence, Armament and Armed Forces “Ejercitos” has published an article about the future of the FCAS Program that Spain is taking part in with the headline “a wrong bet.”
According to media reports on Thursday, Germany's coalition government has approved new arms export deals with Saudi Arabia.
KAI unveiled a new helicopter variant at DX Korea 2022 for the Republic of Korea Army (RoKA). The expo was held in Seoul on September 21-25
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) will deploy Airbus’ next-generation medium twin-engine helicopter H-160 to carry out search and rescue (SAR) operations.
The NSPA has handed over two more A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft to the Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) unit.
During a flight test campaign in Spain, Airbus successfully tested a removable firefighting demonstrator kit on the A400M new-generation airlifter.
In competition with the Turkish and Indian aerospace industry in Nigeria, France has promoted its defence industry infrastructure and military doctrine on light utility and combat helicopters to equip the Nigerian infantry.
Airbus will supply Greek Cyprus with six H145M armed helicopters to replace the 11 Mi-35 attack helicopters currently in service with the Air Command. In a closed-door session on June 20, Greek Cypriot lawmakers approved a $55 million down payment for the deal.
Ministerial meeting on 16 June, the Ministers of six countries, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK, launched a new concept of a next-generation military helicopter, Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC). They agreed to allocate €26.7m ($28.2m) to define their military’s requirements for a new medium multi-role helicopter to replace in these countries in the next 15-20 years. In November 2020, Scramble Magazine reported on five countries signing a Letter of Intent (LoI) to develop a new helicopter capability to replace the existing helicopters in their inventory. Spain and the US, which had expressed interest, ultimately did not join up. The UK is the leading nation for the project.
