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FARNBOROUGH: JSF team starts testing Block 2A software
The Joint Strike Fighter team has started to test fly the Lockheed Martin-built jet's Block 2A software, says the company's top test pilot. Al Norman...
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FARNBOROUGH: Aerolia on expansion course
French aerostructures specialist Aerolia plans to invest €100 million ($123 million) over the next five years as the company builds a new production facility...
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FARNBOROUGH: Raytheon wins radar deal for USAF Reapers
The USAF has awarded Raytheon a contract for four radar pods to be carried underwing by the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper UAV. The pods will be equipped...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Airbus's fly-by-wire pioneer Bernard Ziegler wins Flightglobal Lifetime Achievement Award
Bernard Ziegler is an aeronautical engineer and test pilot who retired in 1997, when he was senior vice-president engineering at Airbus. At retirement he...
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FARNBOROUGH: Korea Aerospace Industries' T-50 rides high in UK
The Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 is the only Asian-developed aircraft at Farnborough this year. Three T-50s of the Korean air force's Black Eagles...
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FARNBOROUGH: Paris Air Show hopes to secure JSF for 2013
The organiser of next year's Paris air show is harbouring high hopes of securing the services of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as the...
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FARNBOROUGH: UK built multi-role Speedtwin to attract global interest
A British designed and manufactured aircraft is making a show debut at Farnborough - and its performance in the daily flying display is drawing attention from international visitors.
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FARNBOROUGH: Upgraded Puma HC2 to enter final flight test phase
Eurocopter (OE13) will fly its first upgraded Puma HC2 medium support helicopter to the UK "in the coming weeks" for final test and evaluation work at Qinetiq's...
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FARNBOROUGH: Piaggio to develop maritime patrol Avanti
Abu Dhabi Autonomous System Investments (ADASI), a subsidiary of Tawazun, has signed a deal with Piaggio Aero for the development of a new special missions...
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FARNBOROUGH: Lockheed will not jump on stealth retrofit bandwagon for F-16
Lockheed Martin does not have any plans to add conformal weapons bays or podded weapons bays to its F-16 fighter to reduce its radar cross-section.
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FARNBOROUGH: First F-35 student set to receive qualification today
The US Air Force's 33rd Fighter Wing - the school house for the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter - is about to graduate its first non-cadre student F-35...
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FARNBOROUGH: TPE331 to power Ruag into civil engine maintenance
Ruag (chalet A7) has made a breakthrough in its bid to diversify its engine support business by landing a licence to conduct heavy maintenance on its first...
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FARNBOROUGH: Ruag licensed to maintain GE F414 engine
Ruag (chalet A7, H4/G17) has gained a powerful boost to its military engine maintenance business.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: BAE Systems peers through the brownout
BAE System has continued work on its brownout landing aid system technology, or Blast, and believes the US Army could issue a request for proposal that applies to such technology at the end of 2013.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing offers medium maritime surveillance aircraft to international customers
Boeing has started to offer to foreign customers a new medium-sized maritime surveillance aircraft based on technology developed for its P-8 Poseidon maritime...
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NewsIN FOCUS: 'Unified' MiG-29 has bright future, says Korotkov
Russia's RAC MiG will mark the 35th anniversary of the then Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter's first flight in early October, but with the company actively pursuing...
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NewsIN FOCUS: United Aircraft's sky-high ambitions
After two decades of stagnation, Russia's defence aerospace industry has at last received several major lifts from its domestic customer. Major production...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Interview with Alenia Aermacchi CEO Giuseppe Giordo
Alenia Aermacchi is looking to make efficiency savings, improve its production processes and introduce new capabilities into its legacy products, while maintaining...
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FARNBOROUGH: Italian NH90s to receive Selex Elsag obstacle avoidance system
Selex Elsag (OE1) has won an €11 million ($17 million) contract to equip Italian NH Industries NH90 helicopters with an obstacle avoidance system. "Loam...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Eurofighter confirms enhancement programme
The Eurofighter (chalet A34- 35, OE12) programme received a major boost at the Farnborough air show on 9 July, with the confirmation that its four partner...