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PARIS: BAE and Northrop to announce T-X production location before year’s end
BAE Systems and partner Northrop Grumman are set to announce where they intend to build the Hawk jet trainer for the US Air Force's T-X advanced jet trainer replacement programme before the end of the year, says a top company official speaking at the Paris air show.
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NewsPICTURE: Seoul's first C-130J ready for flight testing
South Korea's first C-130J-30 tactical transport is soon to enter flight testing in Marietta, Georgia ...
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NewsPARIS: New Eurofighter boss reveals ambitious sales target
The four-nation Eurofighter consortium is targeting a potential opportunity to export 250 more Typhoons during the next decade, says new chief executive Alberto Gutierrez.
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NewsBoeing wins ScanEagle deal for UK Royal Navy
Boeing Defence UK has won a contract to provide Insitu ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle services to the Royal Navy ...
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NewsPARIS: South Africa’s Denel wins A400M component work
Airbus Military has awarded South Africa's Denel Aerostructures a contract to make structural components for the A400M tactical transport aircraft.
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NewsPARIS: F-35 programme gets Norwegian approval boost
Norway's parliament has approved the planned purchase of the nation's first six operational F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, as Lockheed Martin also waits on the UK to formalise a new order, says Steve O'Bryan, the company's vice-president programme integration.
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NewsPARIS: General Atomics, CAE to partner for international UAV training
General Atomics and CAE have signed a memorandum of understanding under which the pair will explore ways to provide UAV training to countries outside Canada.
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PARIS: First AESA-equipped Rafale heads for squadron service
With a first sensor already in the advanced stages of test and evaluation at its air force's Mont-de-Marsan air base, an operational French squadron will within the next few weeks receive its first Dassault Rafale equipped with a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.
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NewsPARIS: Magellan agrees F-35 tail supply contract
Magellan Aerospace has signed an agreement with BAE Systems for work on the F-35 Lightning II programme.
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NewsPARIS: UAC set to deliver 18 Yak-130s in 2013
Russia's United Aircraft Corporation is set to deliver 18 Yak-130 trainers to the Russian air force in 2013, say company officials speaking at the Paris air show. The Russian air force has ordered 55 airframes of the type.
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NewsPARIS: Milestone C295 ready to support Omani training
Airbus Military is displaying the 100th production example of its C295 medium transport at the show, and says the twin-engined type is ready to be delivered to future operator the Royal Air Force of Oman.
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NewsPARIS: Pogosyan sees market for 200 Su-35s
The mighty Sukhoi Su-35 lancing through the Le Bourget sky this week is just the beginning of the type's international exposure, according to Mikhail Pogosyan.
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PARIS: Umbra ready to supply A400M prop brakes
Italy's Umbra Group is ready to launch the production of prop brakes for the Europrop International TP400-D6 turboprop engines powering...
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NewsPARIS: USMC explores F-35B operating concepts
The US Marine Corps is working on several different operating concepts for the Lockheed Martin F-35S short take-off/vertical landing version of the Joint Strike Fighter, according to a senior officer at the Paris air show.
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NewsPARIS: Saab cuts metal on first Gripen E test aircraft
Saab has cut metal on its first of three dedicated test examples of the Gripen E fighter, and flown the type's production-standard AESA radar ...
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NewsPARIS: Lockheed pitches civilian J-model Hercules
Lockheed Martin is examining the possibly of developing a civilian variant of its C-130J to replace the legacy L-100 civilian-model Hercules...
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PARIS: French army orders additional NH90s
NH Industries has won a follow-on order for 34 NH90 tactical transport helicopters from the French army. The order adds to a previous...
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NewsPARIS: Talks continue over first A400M delivery
With a starring role as part of a Bastille Day flypast in Paris on 14 July at stake, the French military's airworthiness authorities are working at full...
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NewsPARIS: Saab could take pilot out of Gripen, says CEO
Saab's investment in technologies linked to Europe's Neuron unmanned combat air system demonstration programme could in the future enable it to take the pilot out of its Gripen E/F fighter, believes chief executive Håkan Buskhe.
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NewsPARIS: Stage set for Eurofighter Meteor integration
The Eurofighter consortium has entered a contract with the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) that clears the way for the integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile on the Eurofighter Typhoon.