Alan Warnes
NewsPICTURE: Aero Vodochody rolls out first L-39NG
Aero Vodochody rolled out its first L-39NG jet trainer on 12 October, four years after the Prague-based company announced that it was to launch a new-generation version of its single-engined design.
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Nigeria receives first Super Mushshak
The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra handed over the first four MFI-17 Super Mushshak trainers to the Nigerian air force (NAF) on 5 December.
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FARNBOROUGH: Brimstone 2 hits the spot in Apache testing
MBDA and Boeing completed the first firing of the former's Brimstone 2 air-to-surface missile from an AH-64E attack helicopter in June.
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FARNBOROUGH: MoD outlines scope of ASDOT aggressor project
The UK Ministry of Defence is developing a complex set of aggressor-type training requirements for all three of its armed services, with the ambition of developing a "Red Air" capability via its Air Support to Defence Operational Training (ASDOT) programme.
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FARNBOROUGH: Lockheed sees bright future for F-16V
There might only be 15 F-16s remaining to be built at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth facility in Texas, but there is still a lot of life in the fighter, the company says.
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FARNBOROUGH: KC-390's long way to show debut
Having flown for 13h, stopping at five airports on a journey spanning 4,500nm (8,320km), the Embraer KC-390 tanker-transport has probably made the longest journey to Farnborough. The company's first prototype – PT-ZNF – which has been flown from the Embraer facility in São José dos Campos, Brazil, is making the ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Bravo Industries commits to LM-100J freighter
Bravo Industries has announced that it will purchase 10 Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial freighters.
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FARNBOROUGH: MBDA on target with Spear 3 development
MBDA is on target with its development of the Spear 3 missile for the UK, following the receipt of a £411 million ($540 million) contract on 1 April.
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FARNBOROUGH: Details emerge of UK's Seedcorn staffing on P-8
Royal Air Force personnel from the UK's Project Seedcorn activity broke cover at Farnborough on 11 July, as prime minister David Cameron confirmed the signature of an order to buy nine Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.
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FARNBOROUGH: USMC, UK could pool some F-35 weapons
The UK and the US Marine Corps could share access to each others' weapons stocks for the Lockheed Martin F-35B, although sensitivities exist over some of the types within their inventories.
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FARNBOROUGH: Swedish air force hails Meteor missile introduction
MBDA's Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile has achieved operational status, with the Swedish air force's MS20 software-standard Saab Gripen the first to field the European weapon.
NewsFighter exercise concludes Anglo-French Griffin Strike
Four French air force Dassault Rafale Cs and eight Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons deployed to RAF Leeming in mid-April for Exercise Griffin Strike. The manoeuvres were intended to validate part of the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF) component of the bilateral Lancaster House Treaty, signed in 2010.