All Fixed-Wing news – Page 648
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Lockheed makes F-35 assembly offer to Israel
Lockheed Martin has made what is being described by sources as a "very general" offer to have Israel Aerospace Industries manufacture fuselage parts for...
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NewsSearch hunts for A330 locator signal in vast ocean area
Search and rescue teams have still not traced any locator signal from Air France flight AF447, nearly 24 hours after the Airbus A330 departed Rio de Janeiro...
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French agency prepares A330 investigation team
French air accident investigation agency Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses has drawn up an inquiry team after being formally notified by Air France over the...
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VIDEO: Flight’s David Learmount talks about missing Air France Airbus A330-200 bound from Rio to Paris
Air France has confirmed that Flight AF447 had been en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris Charles de Gaulle with 228 occupants when it disappeared.
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NewsBrazilian ministry details last track of missing Air France A330
Brazil's defence ministry has detailed the last known track of the missing Air France Airbus A330-200, and indicated that the jet may have reported a pressurisation...
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Air France: No success in contacting missing A330
Civil air traffic control authorities in Brazil, Africa, Spain and France have all failed in their attempts to contact the Air France Airbus A330-200 which...
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NewsEurofighter boss: nations to sign Tranche 3A deal in June
The four launch Eurofighter nations look set sign a Tranche 3A contract for a combined 112 aircraft by late June ...
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India issues new requests for attack, transport helicopters
India has released new tenders for the acquisition of 22 attack helicopters and 15 heavylift helicopters for its armed forces. Issued within two months...
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Baltic exchange
NATO's dramatic expansion within the past decade to today's 26-strong organisation has not been without its challenges, particularly for those entrants that lack the resources to rapidly transform their Soviet-era militaries with modern and predominantly Western-supplied equipment
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This week briefings
Russian engine developer Aviadvigatel has completed a crucial testbed run of its enhanced...
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Business - briefs
Bristow Group has acquired 42.5% of Lider Aviacao, Brazil's largest provider...
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Pratt & Whitney selects Canadian supplier for F135
Ottawa-based Gastops is to supply fan eddy current sensors for the Pratt & Whitney F135, the first engine selected to power Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint...
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Boeing, Eurofighter bid to usurp F-35 for Canadian fighter deal
Boeing and Eurofighter have launched a public challenge to Lockheed Martin's widely presumed control of a next-generation fighter contract in Canada. Both...
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Lithuania shows early interest in L-159 acquisition
Lithuanian air force leaders have held unofficial talks over a possible future deal to acquire surplus Aero Vodochody L-159s from the Czech Republic ...
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NewsPICTURE: Italy completes tests with improved Predator A UAV
Italy's General Directorate for Aeronautical Armaments in late May completed a campaign of tests in the USA on a first batch of three improved General Atomics...
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NewsPICTURE: India accepts first Il-76 airborne early warning aircraft
India has taken delivery of its first of three Ilyushin Il-76 transports to be converted into an airborne early warning system aircraft ...
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NewsBig business aviation names shun Paris
Two of the biggest names in business aviation have pulled out of the Paris air show citing pressure on marketing budgets and the growing importance of niche rivals such as EBACE in Geneva.