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NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Lands Safely On Red Planet

The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars. Packed with groundbreaking technology, the Mars 2020 mission launched 30 July 2020, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Perseverance rover mission marks an ambitious first step in the effort to collect Mars samples and return them to Earth.

3 mins

Rare white-out training at home

With a changing global climate, the winters in The Netherlands have also become more moderate with hardly any freezing days and associated winter circumstances.

1 min

Russia is developing the world's first ATGM capable of shooting down UAVs

KBP Instrument Design Bureau (part of the High Precision Weapons holding company of Rostec) has started developing the world's first multi-purpose antitank guided missile system (ATGM), which can effectively shoot down drones, announced Industrial Director of the Rostec State Corporation, Bekkhan Ozdoev.

1 min

HAL Hands Over ALHs To The Indian Navy And Indian Coast Guard

During early February HAL handed over three Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH Mk III) to the Indian Navy and two ALHs to Indian Coast Guard as part of its 16 ALHs contract at the ongoing Aero India 2021.

1 min

Russia's State-of-the-art Armaments

JSC Rosoboronexport demonstrated newly-designed products of Russia’s defence industry and some military equipment that is most in demand on the world arms market.

3 mins

IT'S RAINING AIRCRAFT PARTS

Boeing’s problems with its aircraft is continuing with not one but two planes losing metal parts in the space of just a couple of days.

3 mins

Aviator Expands Market Presence With SAS Startups In Norway

Following a previously secured agreement with Scandinavian Airlines in late July 2020, Aviator Airport Alliance AB successfully launched the start-up of ground handling operations for the airline across multiple airports in Norway.

4 mins

Airbus And Air Methods Sign Additional HCare Support Contract For Fleet Of 80 EC135s

The new contract will extend the number of Air Methods helicopters covered by HCare to 111 to become the largest civil Airbus-covered fleet worldwide.

2 mins

Kotroni, center of the Hellenic Naval Rotary Force

Not far from Athens you can find the main helicopter base of the Greek navy, Kotroni, situated at a hilltop with distance views to Aegean sea and in close vicinity to some historical greek gods temples you can see daily flight activity of the navy rotors.

7 mins

BELGIAN AIR FORCE

Two new rescue divers for the 40th Squadron

2 mins

Read all stories from Global Aviator

Global Aviator Magazine Description:

• SAA accidents from 1937 - 1987
• Changes in Store for Pilots during 2013
• Batteries can fly - dreamliners cannot
• The value of a good CRM
• Final data from Red Bull Stratos freefall.
• USS Harry S Truman - Multifunctional taskforce in the Arabian sea
• Handover of Botswana Defence Force PC-7 MkII
• Nigel Hopkins - Aerobatics and Airliners do go
• Denel Pilots spread their wings into Africa
• The growing potential of Russian Helicopters in Latin America
• Snake on a plane!
• The anmanned problem
• Airborne Insurance and Aircraft Finance Coporation Student of the year award
• Rolls Royce Trent 1000 visited
• Gulfstream G280 sets 15 new city-pair speed records as part of the reliability demonstration program

And lots more!!