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NewsFirst production T-5 Brave Eagle conducts maiden sortie
The first production version of the AIDC T-5 Brave Eagle advanced jet trainer took place on 21 October, according to Taiwanese media reports.
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US Navy interested in 64 ‘Tactical Surrogate Aircraft’
The aircraft would supplement flight time and training in frontline combat aircraft, provide adversary air support and serve as a flight lead aircraft for Fleet Replacement Squadrons, a unit that trains naval aviators on frontline combat aircraft, such as the Lockheed Martin F-35C and Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.
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Boeing offers update on Super Hornet CFTs; T-7A ‘wing-rock’ fix
Boeing says conformal fuel tanks (CFTs) will be available for F/A-18E/F Block III Super Hornets on the international market, and it has also resolved a ‘wing-rock’ issue with the T-7A advanced jet trainer.
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Northrop competes against BAE-Sierra Nevada team for GHOST signals intel programme
Northrop Grumman is facing off against a joint bid by a BAE Systems-Sierra Nevada team for the US Air Force’s (USAF) Global High-altitude Open-system Sensor Technology (GHOST) programme.
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KAI promotes futuristic concepts at Seoul ADEX
In a series of promotional videos at the Seoul ADEX show, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has shown range of innovative aircraft ideas.
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US Air Force evaluates possible purchase of Boeing E-7A Wedgetails
The US Air Force has kicked off a study looking at buying the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft to replace its ageing fleet of Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft.
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Rafael aims to push Spike NLOS missile range to 27nm
Rafael is working to increase the range of its helicopter-launched Spike Non-Line of Sight (NLOS) missile to 27nm (50km), an increase of about 10nm over the air-to-ground weapon’s current capability.
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North Korean air force faces resources, obsolescence issues: DIA
A report from the USA’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) depicts the capabilities of the North Korean air force as marginal, with limited ability to project power beyond the isolated country’s borders.
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Boeing appoints Pentagon veteran Heidi Grant to key sales role
Boeing has appointed Pentagon veteran Heidi Grant to a senior sales role for the company’s defence and space business.
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Elbit demos electronic warfare system on Area-I Altius-600 air-launched effect
Elbit Systems has demonstrated its Micro Spear electronic warfare system detecting and locating a radar site beyond 3.2nm (6km) while flying aboard the Area-I Altius 600 air-launched effect.
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Saab’s new West Lafayette factory opens to support T-7A
Saab has opened its new factory in West Lafayette, Indiana in support of the Boeing T-7A advanced jet trainer programme.
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USAF F-15E successfully drops new 5,000lb bunker buster
A US Air Force Boeing F-15E fighter has successfully dropped the GBU-72, a new 2,270kg (5,000lb) bunker buster bomb.
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Sikorsky-Boeing team to squeeze a bit more speed from SB-1 Defiant
The Sikorsky-Boeing joint team behind the SB-1 Defiant, a co-axial helicopter with a pusher propeller, believes the rotorcraft demonstrator can go slightly faster.
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Vibration issues nix US Army’s plans for CH-47F Block II advanced rotors
The US Army’s initial order of Boeing CH-47F Block II Chinooks will not come with Advanced Chinook Rotor Blades, a feature that was to boost the cargo helicopter’s lifting capacity. The new fully composite blades have a swept-tip design and are supposed to add 680kg (1,500lb) to the lifting capacity ...
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HMS Queen Elizabeth opens new era of UK airpower in Asia-Pacific
FlightGlobal caught up with HMS Queen Elizabeth during a short port call in Singapore, following its extensive deployment in North Asia as part of the Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment
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Raytheon’s counter-UAV Coyote heads toward deployment
Raytheon’s Coyote Block 2, an exploding drone intended to down other unmanned air vehicles, wrapped up a 10-day test period at the US Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona in August.
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UVision, Rheinmetall foresee European demand for tank-busting loitering munitions
The way UVision and Rheinmetall tell it, it is easier to count the European militaries not interested in loitering munitions than to tally all those that are. Still, executives from the two companies do not mind listing a few examples, as they evolve plans for joint production of the systems ...
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Pratt & Whitney’s GatorWorks to 3D print entire jet engine
The first time Pratt & Whitney’s GatorWorks attempted to 3D-print a combustor for the miniature TJ-150 jet engine, the results were anything but perfect. Lessons learned, the West Palm Beach, Florida-based outfit is now taking additive manufacturing one step further: attempting to produce a TJ-150 turbine entirely out of 3D-printed parts.
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General Atomics developing modular open system for MQ-1C
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is developing a modular open system architecture approach for its MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned air vehicle (UAV).
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Lockheed Martin delivers high-energy laser for testing on AC-130J gunship
Lockheed Martin has delivered to the US Air Force its Airborne High Energy Laser system to be installed and tested on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship.
