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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing F-15 fires missile from internal bay for first time
The 40-year-old Boeing F-15 has fired an air-to-air missile for the first time from an internal weapons bay, demonstrating a critical new capability invented...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Boeing hints at KC-767 NewGen Tanker design
In a huddle with reporters after a press briefing, a Boeing executive offered the most tangible hint to date that the KC-767 NewGen Tanker blends major structural components from different aircraft models.
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FARNBOROUGH: Aermacchi provides modified MB-339As for UAE aerobatic team
Alenia Aermacchi is completing modification work on the final batch of four MB-339A trainer and light attack aircraft for the United Arab Emirates air force ...
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FARNBOROUGH Optimism returning to TAG
The name Farnborough has for years been synonymous with the international biennial air show but among the global business aviation community the brand now symbolises Europe's most iconic business airport
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FARNBOROUGH: Thales delivers software for UK Chinook cockpit upgrade
Thales has delivered the software for the first Project "Julius" cockpit upgrade for the UK's Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter fleet
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Eurofighter gets AESA radar deal, but Italy looks to F-35
Eurofighter has received approval to add an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to its Typhoon combat aircraft, but has been hit by an Italian decision to renege on a commitment to Tranche 3B production of the type, in favour of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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FARNOROUGH: Selex makes the link to next-generation capabilities
With the recent fourth flying campaign of Alenia Aeronautica's Sky-Y unmanned air system, Finmeccanica-owned Selex Communications gained the first operational...
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FARNBOROUGH: Italy's Elettronica embraces international markets and cyber war
Italy's Elettronica is looking to secure its solid position in the electronic warfare market by expanding into new international markets, enlarging its product portfolio and mastering new technologies - including cyber warfare.
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FARNBOROUGH: Britten-Norman launches airborne surveillance service
The venerable Britten-Norman Islander is enjoying its latest lease of life here at Farnborough as a platform for a low-cost, pay-by-the-hour aerial surveillance...
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FARNBOROUGH: Alenia's heavyweight ambitions
Italy's Alenia Aeronautica has set a two-year timeframe to develop and deliver to potential customers a new 1,800kg (3,960lb) maximum take-off weight medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Saab still hopeful of Brazilian fighter contest win
Saab is waiting on the outcome of the Brazilian air force's F-X2 fighter contest, but still believes it has the best product, says chief executive Ake Svensson.
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FARNBOROUGH: United Aircraft projects demand for 300 Russian fighters to 2015
Russia's United Aircraft expects that there will be worldwide demand for 300 of its fighter jets over the next five years.
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FARNBOROUGH: Abu Dhabi to gain new military maintenance centre
Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) and Sikorsky Aerospace Services have formed a joint venture to establish a maintenance, repair and overhaul centre...
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FARNBOROUGH: Education at home is key to making UAE an aerospace hub: Al Shemmari
Hommaid Al Shemmari is a man with an ambitious mission - and the vision to fulfil it. As if turning the United Arab Emirates into a world centre of aerospace...
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FARNBOROUGH: Crane Aerospace & Electronics introduces new products
The landing gear control interface unit (LGCIU) developed by Crane Aerospace & Electronics together with Airbus, is being displayed at...
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Boeing starts preliminary work on clean sheet design for T-38 replacement
Boeing has begun preliminary design work on a possible replacement for the US Air Force's Northrop T-38 Talon advanced jet trainer.
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FARNBOROUGH: Global Hawk gripes 'exaggerated'
The US Air Force's recent complaints that the RQ-4 Global Hawk is expensive and unreliable were "exaggerated"," say Northrop Grumman executives at the show.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Boeing reveals F-15 and F-18 fighter development plans
Boeing yesterday revealed a number of surprising development efforts in the strike fighter market, including an external weapons bay for the F/A-18E/F
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FARNBOROUGH: Face the facts with Thales Avionics' Michel Mathieu
Michel Mathieu is head of Thales Avionics, which is exhibiting at the show for the first time as a dedicated division within the French conglomerate]=.
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FARNBOROUGH: Sargent signals a united front
Tucson-based Sargent Aerospace & Defence has come to Farnborough with a message for all the integrators and manufacturers keen to consolidate the traditional tangled web of supplier arrangements accompanying a major aerospace project: we are here to help.