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• Lizzie Rix
Lockheed Martin has contracted to supply the Philippine Air Force with systems and services for training S-70i pilots and maintenance personnel, including a full-flight simulator. The agreement supports in-country training and sustainment for the helicopter fleet, with training and support extending through 2032.
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Lockheed Martin has contracted to supply the Philippine Air Force with systems and services for training S-70i pilots and maintenance personnel, including a full-flight simulator. The agreement supports in-country training and sustainment for the helicopter fleet, with training and support extending through 2032.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries expects defense aerospace to support higher defense revenue and profit margins, identifying uncrewed aircraft and small turbofans as growth priorities. The outlook puts these programs at the center of the Japanese conglomerate’s expansion plans, though the company’s reported summary provides no targets or timing.
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Norse Atlantic has signed an ACMI agreement to operate two 787-9s for Pakistan International Airlines, with service on PIA’s UK routes expected to begin as early as next month. The deal gives Norse a place for aircraft after its IndiGo arrangement ended, while PIA’s new private owners weigh fleet options as roughly half its aircraft are inactive.
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ST Engineering has opened a four-bay airframe maintenance hangar at Changi Creek, its fourth MRO facility in Singapore. The site increases the company’s domestic widebody capacity by about 40%, is intended as a testbed for engineering technologies including drones and autonomous mobile robots, and is expected to create around 500 jobs.
Jin Air is contesting the National Tax Service’s plan to tax pilots’ take-off and landing allowances retroactively. The airline estimates the potential liability at KRW10 billion ($7.4 million), putting the treatment of flight-related compensation and the scale of the resulting exposure at issue.
South Korea says it has successfully tested its first domestically developed hypersonic glide vehicle. President Lee Jae-myung called for the system’s rapid deployment, marking a step from development testing toward a potential operational capability.
Shield AI and Innovaero Technologies will integrate Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software with Innovaero’s Owl loitering munitions, aiming to increase the Australian Defence Force’s strike capability. Separately, Lockheed Martin outlined plans to expand local support for the Australian Army’s UH-60M fleet as it advances its acquisition of 40 helicopters.
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