DefenceTalkEuropean aircraft maker Airbus believes the United States will be the biggest customer for its A400M military transport plane, despite a fatal crash involving one of them during a test flight last month. “By the next decade at the latest, the US armed forces will be the biggest customer for the aircraft,” Airbus chief executive […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-says-us-to-be-biggest-customer-for-a400m-military-plane-64498/

DefenceTalkSpain on Thursday said test flights of Airbus A400M military planes that have already rolled off the assembly line could resume, after suspending them in May following a crash that killed four people. Airbus executives met with Spain’s National Institute of Aerospace Technology on Thursday to discuss resuming flights after one of the massive transport […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spain-allows-a400m-test-flights-to-resume-after-deadly-crash-64472/

DefenceTalkSeveral safety protocols were allegedly ignored during the final assembly of the A400M military plane which crashed in Spain, killing four, reportedly to make up for delays in delivery, online news site El Confidential said Tuesday. “Several protocols were ignored,” it said citing unnamed aeronautical sector sources. The computer system that controls the plane’s engines, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/safety-protocol-breaches-may-be-behind-spain-a400m-crash-report-64387/

DefenceTalkBerlin: Analysis of the flight recorders of the A400M which crashed in Spain on May 9, killing four, indicated there were no structural faults but assembly quality problems, a senior Airbus executive said in a newspaper interview to appear on Friday. “The black boxes confirm it. There was no structural fault, but we have a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-admits-assembly-quality-problem-after-a400m-crash-64365/

DefenceTalkAirbus on Tuesday warned of a technical bug potentially affecting the engines of its A400M that was discovered during an internal test after one of the military planes crashed in Spain. The company said in a statement it had sent out an alert to its clients urging them to carry out “specific checks of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-warns-of-bug-that-could-affect-a400m-engines-64260/

DefenceTalkFollowing the accident to an Airbus A400M on Saturday 9 May, Airbus Defence and Space technical advisors are providing full assistance to the official committee that is in charge of the investigation. The investigating authority is the Spanish Ministry of Defence. At the same time the company is providing all appropriate care and support to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/a400m-accident-update-number-2-64213/

DefenceTalkAirbus on Tuesday carried out the first test flight of a new A400M since one of the military transport planes crashed in Spain over the weekend, killing four people. In a sign of the company’s confidence in the plane, the boss of Airbus Military, Fernando Alonso, was onboard the flight that took off from the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-holds-first-a400m-test-flight-since-deadly-crash-64194/

DefenceTalkShares in European aerospace giant Airbus have dropped more than 4 percent after the weekend crash of an A400M military plane in Spain fueled investors’ concern over Europe’s largest and hugely delayed defense project. In trading on Monday, shares in Airbus fell 4.23 percent, underperforming the wider European market which was down less than one […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-shares-close-4-down-after-a400m-crash-64150/

DefenceTalkParis: Britain, Germany and Turkey said Sunday they were temporarily grounding their Airbus A400M military transport planes after one crashed near Seville airport in southern Spain during a test flight. France, which has six of the planes, said it would only carry out “top priority flights” with A400M until more facts emerge on what caused […]https://www.defencetalk.com/britain-germany-and-turkey-ground-a400-military-planes-64145/

DefenceTalkThe Chilean Air Force has taken delivery of a Lockheed Martin KC-130R Hercules refueling/transport aircraft. The aircraft is the first of two to be delivered this year to Chile’s Aviation Group No. 10. The KC-130R was previously flown by the USMC and offered by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency as an Excess Defense Article […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-of-two-kc-130rs-delivered-to-chilean-air-force-64043/