The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
The Air Force Test Center is preparing to combine real-world flight tests with digital testing as the F-47 program moves toward first flight. The evolving approach is intended to shape how the next-generation fighter’s development and test campaign is conducted.
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The Paraguayan Air Force formally received its sixth and final Embraer A-29 Super Tucano alongside a Cessna 408 SkyCourier. The SkyCourier makes Paraguay the aircraft’s first military operator in South America, adding transport capacity for medevac and humanitarian missions during a rare period of fleet renewal.
The Air Force Test Center is preparing to combine real-world flight tests with digital testing as the F-47 program moves toward first flight. The evolving approach is intended to shape how the next-generation fighter’s development and test campaign is conducted.
Boeing has won both the Navy’s and Air Force’s next-generation fighter competitions, a rare dual victory that gives the company a central role in future U.S. combat-aircraft development. The immediate test, CSIS’s Jerry McGinn said, is execution—a demanding challenge as Boeing moves from selection to delivering the programs.
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The first Gripen fighter assembled in Brazil has made its maiden flight from Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto facility in São Paulo state. The milestone advances Saab and Embraer’s partnership to produce part of the Brazilian air force’s new fighter fleet locally and marks the first Gripen built outside Sweden.
Boeing’s selection for a stealth-fighter program is framed as a pivotal moment for the company. The available article summary provides no further details on the program, contract value, customer or schedule, limiting what can be said about its implications.
Embraer and Mahindra Group are positioning Nagpur as a potential site for C-390 Millennium manufacturing and assembly, aligning the aircraft bid with India’s push to expand its domestic aerospace base. The C-390 is competing with Lockheed Martin’s offering for a military transport contract valued at $10.5 billion.
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