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British Company Aeralis Developing A Modular Jet Trainer Supported By The Royal Air Force
British Company Aeralis Developing A Modular Jet Trainer Supported By The Royal Air Force
A rendering of the different configurations of the design being developed by Aeralis in flight over the White Cliffs of Dover. (Image: Aeralis)
Aeralis project, supported through the Rapid Capabilities Office, revolves around a common fuselage with interchangeable engines and wings.
The British company Aeralis has been awarded last month a three-year contract by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence to continue the development of its modular jet trainer aircraft with the support of the Royal Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO). According to Tristan Crawford, Chief Executive Officer of Aeralis, this aircraft will be the first to be fully developed in the UK, without international partnerships, since the BAE Hawk in 1974.
The New F-15EX Flies For The First Time Ahead Of The First Deliveries Later This Year
The New F-15EX Flies For The First Time Ahead Of The First Deliveries Later This Year
The F-15EX AF 20-0001 photographed immediately after the landing gear retraction during the takeoff. (Photo: @vikingaeroimages)
The new advanced F-15EX Eagles will replace the older F-15Cs that have long surpassed their expected service-life estimates.
The first new F-15EX built for the U.S. Air Force took the skies for the first time today from Boeing’s plant at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis. The aircraft, serial AF 20-0001, blasted off from runway 30L at about 1:53 pm ET, using the callsign RED 62 [a previous version of the story reported the c/s as BREM but we were informed it was RED, another Boeing flight test callsign], for a 90-minute test flight. This maiden flight was initially scheduled for yesterday, however it had to be delayed because of the weather. The photos of the aircraft were