All articles by Craig Hoyle – Page 99
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NewsSINGAPORE: Alenia Aermacchi mounts C-27J sales offensive
Alenia Aermacchi launched a new sales offensive with its C-27J medium transport at the show, with a company official describing the type as “superior to any competitor, in all categories”.
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NewsSINGAPORE: New Hermes 900 deal to lift Elbit
Elbit Systems is poised to build on its sales performance with the Hermes 900 unmanned air vehicle, according to chief executive Bezhalel “Butzi” Machlis.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Air force to receive last M-346 trainers
Singapore’s new-generation advanced jet trainer fleet will be complete within weeks, with Alenia Aermacchi poised to deliver its last of 12 M-346 aircraft.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Boeing closes in on Indian Apache, Chinook deals
Boeing expects to sign contracts soon covering India’s planned purchase of its AH-64E Apache and CH-47F Chinook helicopters, while global interest in the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor produced with partner Bell has reached a new high.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Scar pod leaves mark on show
Airborne Technologies left its mark on the Singapore air show by unveiling the Scar reconnaissance pod, which the Austrian company is offering as a hassle-free adaptation for special mission tasks.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Rivals continue wait on tanker decision
One of Singapore’s key future equipment requirements is still awaiting its outcome, nine months after two potential suppliers submitted final offers for a new-generation fleet of inflight refuelling aircraft.
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NewsSINGAPORE: IAI unveils Super Heron HF
Israel Aerospace Industries has unveiled a significant enhancement to one its market-leading Heron-series of unmanned air vehicles.
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NewsFirst German A400M takes shape
Airbus Defence & Space has started the final assembly of its A400M tactical transport for a fourth nation, with Germany’s lead example due for delivery in November 2014.
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UK sets 2019 target for Crowsnest introduction
The UK Royal Navy will field a next-generation organic airborne early warning capability in 2019, 18 months sooner than previously planned.
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NewsVIDEO: UK ends silence on Taranis testing
The UK has provided first details of an extensive flight test campaign performed with its Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator last year.
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UK Voyager deliveries hit half-way point
AirTanker’s Voyager programme has hit the mid-point in its delivery of 14 modified Airbus A330s, with its latest example having arrived in the UK on 29 January.
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NewsIraq requests Apache helicopter purchase
Iraq’s continuing military transformation could be advanced further, through a potentially $4.8 billion deal for 24 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.
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NewsDate set for Swiss Gripen referendum
Switzerland’s planned purchase of 22 Saab Gripen E fighters will be put to the public vote on 18 May, the nation’s Federal Council has confirmed.
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NewsUK launches commando role transition for AW101
Seven of the UK’s AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin rotorcraft will receive an initial set of modifications to ensure a continuation of support for the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force once the service’s last Westland Sea King HC4/4+ transports are retired in 2016.
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NewsBritish, Australian jets arrive for Red Flag workout
Combat aircraft from Australia and the UK have arrived at the US Air Force’s Nellis AFB in Nevada, to participate in the three-week-long Red Flag 14-1 air combat exercise
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NewsUK analysing Reaper results with Brimstone missile
A potential alternative weapon for the Royal Air Force’s General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Reaper remotely piloted air systems has undergone initial firing trials, in co-operation with the US Air Force’s Big Safari programme office.
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NewsUK reveals repair bill after Afghan hailstorm
The total cost of repairing five Royal Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports which suffered significant airframe damage when a hailstorm passed through southern Afghanistan on 23 April 2013 has been revealed as almost £10 million ($16.6 million).
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Italian Predator Bs start Afghan duty
The Italian air force has begun using its General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Predator B unmanned air system in Afghanistan, following successful check flights.
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NewsPICTURE: Eurofighter gets airborne with Taurus cruise missiles
Flight-test activities to support the full integration of at least one European cruise missile design with the Eurofighter Typhoon have been expanded, with the 15 January debut sortie of the combat aircraft carrying a pair of Taurus KEPD 350 weapons.
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NewsIN FOCUS: UK to retain remotely-piloted advantage, RAF says
Unmanned air systems have become such a key element of the UK’s military operations in Afghanistan that the nation’s armed services are intent on retaining such capabilities long after they complete their combat involvement there late in 2014.