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NewsAerovironment to add larger group 2 and 3 UAVs with $405m acquisition of Arcturus
So far, Aerovironment’s products were almost entirely group 1 UAVs, weighing 9.07kg or less.
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India orders 83 Tejas Mk-1A fighters
New Delhi has signed off on an order for 83 Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) Tejas Mk-1A Light Combat Aircraft.
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Apache triumphs in Australian attack helicopter competition
Canberra has selected the Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian to fulfil its Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) requirement from 2025.
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Lockheed Martin F-35 deficiencies: two fewer in 2020, 871 issues remain
Lockheed Martin managed to reduce the total number of identified problems with its F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter by two in 2020 – though 871 deficiencies remain.
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Ukrainian armed forces to take three An-178s
Antonov is to embark on production of three An-178 airlifters for the Ukrainian military, under a newly-agreed memorandum of co-operation. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, participating in an event to mark the pact, has also indicated that the government is interested in creating an airline this year which will use ...
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Northrop Grumman to add new electronic warfare capabilities to F-35
Lockheed Martin has granted a contract to Northrop Grumman to increase integration between the F-35 stealth fighter’s communications, navigation and identification system and its electronic warfare systems.
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Boeing delivers 14 KC-46A tankers in 2020, receives contract for a dozen more
Boeing delivered 14 KC-46A in-flight refuelling tankers in 2020 to the US Air Force, exactly half of what it delivered the year before.
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USAF says it’s conducted first hot refuelling of a KC-135 Stratotanker
The US Air Force (USAF) says for the first time ever, in September 2020, it conducted an on-the-ground hot refuelling of the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker at Al Udeid air base in Qatar.
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CASIC claims maiden flight of long-range WJ-700 UAV
The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) appears to have conducted the maiden sortie of the WJ-700 unmanned air vehicle (UAV).
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US Air Force F-16 fleet to get electronic countermeasures from Northrop Grumman
The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to provide a new electronic countermeasures system for its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16C/D fighters.
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First UK Wedgetail arrives for conversion by STS
A former Deer Jet-operated Boeing 737NG which will be modified into an E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft for the Royal Air Force arrived at its UK conversion site earlier this month.
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CAE simulator to support French-German C-130J unit
Lockheed Martin has awarded CAE a subcontract to deliver a simulator and other ground-based training equipment for use by a joint French/German unit equipped with C-130J tactical transports and KC-130J tankers.
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BAE awarded ‘quick-turnaround’ countermeasure demo for Boeing P-8A Poseidon
BAE Systems was awarded a $4 million contract from the US Navy (USN) for a quick-turnaround demonstration of a new radio frequency countermeasure system for the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.
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General Atomics’ Avenger to be used as Skyborg testbed
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems received a contract from the US Air Force (USAF) to modify two of its company-owned Avenger unmanned air vehicles (UAV) with Skyborg autonomy technology.
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US Air Force Golden Horde bomb demo partly fails
The US Air Force Research Laboratory’s first demonstration of its Golden Horde collaborative bomb partly failed due to a software problem.
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Dassault hit 2020 delivery target with 13 Rafales
Dassault hit its target of delivering 13 Rafales in 2020, with these transferred to export customers India and Qatar.
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France conducts improved ASMPA nuclear missile test shot from Rafale
France has performed a first test firing of an updated MBDA ASMPA nuclear missile from a Dassault Rafale fighter.
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UK signs Spear 3 missile production deal for F-35 fleet
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded MBDA a £550 million ($750 million), seven-year demonstration and manufacturing contract for its Spear 3 air-to-surface missile, which will arm its Lockheed Martin F-35Bs.
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China uses Wing Loong II variant for weather modification work
China has deployed a variant of the AVIC Wing Loong II unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to help create precipitation in the country’s arid west. The UAV, designated Ganlin-1, is equipped to modify weather through cloud seeding, according to a report by official news agency Xinhua. Source: ...
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Pentagon and Lockheed Martin sign stop-gap, $1.3bn F-35 sustainment deal
The F-35 Joint Program Office awarded Lockheed Martin, and its suppliers BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman, a $1.28 billion “undefinitized contract action” to support operations and sustainment of the global F-35 fleet through 30 June 2021.
