All Fixed-Wing news – Page 563
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General Electric primes CMC for turbine blades
To consume fuel more efficiently, a gas turbine engine needs to squeeze air harder before it enters the combustion chamber and turn up the heat. If...
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NewsDutch Apaches fly last missions in Afghanistan
The Netherlands' Boeing AH-64D Apache attack helicopters have flown their last missions in Afghanistan ...
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NewsUSAF launches search for missing F-22 Raptor
The US Air Force is searching for an F-22 Raptor which failed to return following a training flight in Alaska ...
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USAF selects three to compete for insurgent jammer
The US Air Force has selected three companies to bid for a $200 million programme to field an electronic attack pod aimed at jamming communications networks...
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Israel offered 20 more F-35s to extend settlement freeze
The USA has offered Israel another 20 Joint Strike Fighters to continue its suspension of settlement activity in the West Bank ...
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NewsPICTURES: UK accepts its last C-17 strategic transport
The UK has accepted its seventh and last C-17 from Boeing, as Royal Air Force operations with the type have passed 60,000h ...
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NewsPICTURE: Zhuhai10 - AVIC launches L-15 version with afterburner
AVIC Defence has developed a version of its L-15 advanced jet trainer with an afterburner, upgraded cockpit and radar ...
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NewsZhuhai10: China in talks with several potential JF-17 customers
China is in discussions about selling the Chengdu /PAC JF-17 fighter to up to eight countries ...
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NewsBAE Systems confirms partners for MFTS bid
BAE Systems' bid to become fixed-wing aircraft service provider for the UK's Military Flying Training System (MFTS) has taken a step forward, with the signing...
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NewsPICTURE: S-70i Black Hawk makes first flight in Poland
Sikorsky's PZL Mielec-assembled S-70i International Black Hawk helicopter has been flown for the first time in Poland ...
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Italy special: Avio searches for a new chief executive after sudden death of Ragni
Avio is one of the Italian aerospace industry's oldest names and - Finmeccanica aside - its biggest employer with 5,200 staff: 90% of them at six production plants throughout Italy
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Italy special: Italian defence programmes hit by budget squeeze
While JSF should provide a bounty for industry, budget cuts have already affected other key programmes, such as Eurofighter
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Italy special: Engineering strength in depth at Aerosoft
Evidence of the strength in depth of the aerospace sector in southern Italy can be found at Aerosoft, a design engineering house based in Naples, but with offshoots in Toulouse, Turin and Turkey and a sales office in Seattle, USA
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Italy special: Invesco's aerospace investments bear fruit
Sister companies Salver and Magnaghi are two of the south's top manufacturers, one in composites, the other landing gear
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NewsF-35B flies with Block 1.0 software
Lockheed Martin has flown an F-35 flight test aircraft with the third of five major blocks of software for the first time ...
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Finmeccanica playing to strengths
Finmeccanica has a wide portfolio of airframes and technologies that equips it well for its global ambitions, says its chief executive
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PICTURES: Airbus chief Enders makes skydive from A400M
Airbus chief executive Tom Enders has become one of the first people to try out the A400M's suitability as a paratroop-delivery platform ...
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CAE to provide equipment for Royal Navy King Airs
CAE is to produce airborne tactical mission trainers to support the instruction of UK Royal Navy observers using four modified Beechcraft King Air 350ERs
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NewsUK defence chiefs stand by Harrier retirement decision
The UK's most senior military officers have responded publicly to criticism over recently-announced defence cuts ...