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A second manufacturer is gearing up to produce Airbus A321 converted freighters in the U.S. this summer, taking on a European engineering firm that is gaining sales momentum eight months after entering the market in the single-aisle freighter segment where the Boeing 737-800 has a three-year head start.
The two companies will compete head-to-head as well as against the Boeing product. Aviation experts say the A321 is highly desirable for express delivery and regional air cargo operations.
On Thursday, Dublin-based leasing company GTLK Europe ordered four aircraft reconfigured to carry cargo on the main deck, Elbe Flugzeugwerke, the company doing the work, announced. EFW is scheduled to convert three of the aircraft this year and the fourth in 2022.
Licensed to kill: A surveillance drone, designed in Israel and made in Russia, has played a shocking, pivotal role in Putin’s endless bombing campaign to rescue the Assad regime and illegally target civilians, including hospitals
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May. 6, 2021 7:12 PM
When Israeli-licensed military drones first took off from Syrian air force bases to stalk opponents of Bashar Assad’s regime, shortly after Russia’s 2015 intervention, they were an oddity, newcomers to a conflict that had already featured military Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) from the United States, Iran, and Turkey.
Over half a decade later, a clearer picture has emerged of just how pivotal the Russian variant of the Israeli Aerospace Industries Searcher II, redubbed Forpost by its operators, has played in rescuing the Assad regime from the brink of implosion and helping to maintain its military and balance of terror advantage in the decade-long civil war – with a critical role in (illegally) targeting civilian infrastructure, including hospitals.
Built for Speed, America Sold the F-5E Tiger Jet Around the World
The F-5E modernization program continued through the 2000s and 2010s, with the final jet being delivered in 2013.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The program began in the 2000s when a contract was awarded to the Brazilian firm Embraer to modernize forty-six F-5Es with European and Israeli technology.
The F-5E “Tiger” is one of U.S. aerospace industry’s largest export successes. Designed as a budget lightweight fighter, the F-5E is still operated by many nations around the world despite the availability of more modern fighters.