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FARNBOROUGH: Super Hornet flies at Farnborough
Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet production line will keep humming through 2015, at the same time saving the Pentagon about half a billion dollars, said Boeing...
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FARNBOROUGH: Fokker to supply composite componentry for F-35
Fokker Aerospace is at Farnborough under its new name for the first time, and celebrating a new contract from Goodrich, signed at the show, to supply a composite...
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FARNBOROUGH: Universal sells upgraded MSAT target
Universal Target Systems' MSAT 500 NG aerial target has been selected by an unnamed Asian navy for use with its air defence training units, the company announced at the show
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FARNBOROUGH: PPG unveils improved A320 windshield
Alabama-based PPG Aerospace has developed a windshield for Airbus A320-family aircraft that is designed to improve moisture resistance and reduce maintenance...
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FARNBOROUGH: General Atomics gets manned
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, maker of the family of Predator unmanned air vehicles, is getting into the manned aircraft game.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Will Boeing fatten orderbook with shrunken C-17FE?
It is Boeing's latest idea for a design refresh that retains the wing and T-tail, but narrows the fuselage by 4ft.
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FARNBOROUGH: Harrier GR9 makes first flight with datalink upgrade
The UK's first BAE Systems Harrier GR9 to fly with datalink equipment has made its 1h 40min debut sortie, linking up with a Royal Air Force Boeing E-3D Sentry...
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FARNBROOUGH: Marshall in double Dutch C-130 delivery
UK-based Marshall Aerospace has delivered the second of two C-130s it was commissioned to upgrade for the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Euro Hawk ready to make second flight
The RQ-4E Euro Hawk will have its second test flight at Edwards air force base in California on 22 July, Northrop Grumman says.
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FARNBOROUGH: Fokker Landing Gear and Goodrich to produce F-35 landing gear braces
Fokker Landing Gear and Goodrich have agreed to work together to design and manufacture the landing gear drag braces for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning...
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FARNBOROUGH: Brazilian fighter decision delayed until after October election
The winner of the Brazilian F-X2 contract will not be announced until after the election in Brazil this October, says the chief of the Brazilian air force.
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FARNBOROUGH: Grob, Elbit join forces for UK trainer bid
Grob Aircraft and Elbit Systems have signed a teaming agreement to develop a family of G120TP military trainers ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Black box inventor David Warren dies
In 1934, when he was nine years old, David Warren's father died in an air crash in his native Australia. In 1953 when a de Havilland Comet crashed he conceived the idea of a cockpit voice recorder to help accident investigators understand what contributed to the disaster, and three years ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Permali Gloucester protects RAF Merlins
Permali Gloucester has supplied lightweight ballistic protection panels for the UK Royal Air Force's AgustaWestland Merlin HC3 transport helicopters under...
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FARNBOROUGH: Russia shrugs off Chinese Su-33 copy
Russia's Sukhoi Aircraft says that it is unable to do anything to stop China from testing and manufacturing a copy of its Su-33 carrier-based fighter
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Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky to submit Australia MH60R proposal
The Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky team will submit its proposal for Australia's multi-mission helicopter requirement on Friday, and expects a decision to be made in the first quarter of 2011.
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FARNBOROUGH: Victorian aerospace trio debut at show
The state of Victoria, Australia, is launching a concerted drive at Farnborough this year to showcase its $700 million aerospace industry.
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FARNBOROUGH: GKN scoops $960 million of new contracts
GKN Aerospace hit Farnborough running with a clutch of new contract announcements worth $960 million over 10 years that take the UK-based tier 1's new business
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing completes C-130 AMP deliveries
Boeing delivered the last of three test aircraft on 19 June for the US Air Force C-130 Avionics Modernisation Programme (AMP).
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FARNBOROUGH: Lockheed prepares for KC-390 competition
Lockheed Martin sees the Embraer KC-390 as a potentially serious competitor to its C-130J, but it adds that there are still many questions to be answered about the Brazilian aircraft.