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NewsPICTURES: KAI rolls out first production T/A-50
Korea Aerospace Industries has rolled out the first production example of its T/A-50 light-attack aircraft ...
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IAI gets contract for last 707 tanker conversion
The Israeli air force has bought another Boeing 707 for Israel Aerospace Industries to convert into an in-flight refuelling aircraft ...
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Marshall Aerospace pitches C-130 upgrade to Malaysia
UK MRO company Marshall Aerospace has revealed details of an offer to modernise Malaysia's C-130 transports ...
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Eurofighter faces pivotal year for Typhoon programme, says chief executive
This year will be pivotal for the Eurofighter programme if production lines are not to stop in 2015, says chief executive Enzo Casolini ...
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Bad weather halts USAF's F-22 crash investigation, with cause still unknown
The US Air Force has suspended its investigation into the 16 November crash that destroyed one of its Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors and killed the pilot ...
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NewsEurofighter boss outlines objectives as Typhoon fleet passes 100,000 flight hours
Eurofighter chief executive Enzo Casolini has identified three key priorities for the multi-national programme ...
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Mexico takes trio of Black Hawks
The Mexican government has taken delivery of three more Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, bringing its total fleet to seven.
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This week briefing
Boeing's newest 787 has completed its maiden flight, taking off from Everett, Washington and landing just over 1h later.
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Eurocopter expects more lucrative mix in 2011
Eurocopter boss Lutz Bertling expects the EADS subsidiary's 2011 helicopter deliveries to be down on 2010's level, but an ongoing shift to larger aircraft, plus a rise in service revenue, will maintain revenue at 2010's level. Last year's numbers will be detailed on 9 March when EADS unveils its full-year ...
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NewsEurocopter X3 development carries on at speed
As Eurocopter presses ahead with development of its X3 technology demonstrator with a view to introducing the radical high-speed technology commercially in six years, the key challenge is not technical development, but finding an agency to certificate the machine.
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NewsPICTURE: UK's first Project 'Julius' Chinook returns to the sky
The Project 'Julius' upgrade to the UK Royal Air Force's Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter fleet has advanced to the flight-test phase ...
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Pakistan orders DB-110 pods for F-16 fleet
Goodrich has won a $72 million contract to provide Pakistan with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pods and related items for its Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters.
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Israeli air force wants to field airborne hospital
The Israeli air force is working on a plan to convert one of its Lockheed Martin C-130 transports or Sikorsky CH-53 helicopters into a flying hospital.
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Indian tanker contest draws Airbus, Ilyushin bids, but Boeing stays away
Airbus Military and Ilyushin have submitted bids in India's revived competition for six in-flight refuelling aircraft ...
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NewsPICTURES: Cameron welcomes RAF's last C-17 to Brize Norton
The UK Royal Air Force has marked the introduction to service of its seventh and last Boeing C-17 strategic transport during a ceremony attended by Prime Minister David Cameron.
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NewsPICTURES: Brazilian army crew walk away from AS550 crash
Three Brazilian army crew members escaped injury when their Eurocopter AS550 helicopter crashed on 20 January ...
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Indian navy stands up second UAV squadron
The Indian navy has commissioned its second unmanned air vehicle squadron, which will operate Israel Aerospace Industries-supplied Herons and Searcher IIs ...
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PICTURE: Royal Air Force retires last Dominie trainers
The UK Royal Air Force's 55(R) Sqn has performed its last operational flights with the Hawker Siddeley 125 Dominie trainer ...
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NewsAirbus A330 tanker damaged in refuelling mishap
Airbus Military is investigating an incident which damaged an Australian A330 tanker and an F-16 fighter ...