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FARNBOROUGH: Elbit reveals CockpitNG avionics concept
Elbit Systems is offering its CockpitNG to at least three platform manufacturers. The CockpitNG for fighter aircraft, helicopters, trainers and airlifters...
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FARNBOROUGH: Vince Cable comments on strength of UK aerospace
When the England football team flew home almost two weeks before the end of the World Cup they touched down at Heathrow in an Airbus A340-600.
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FARNBOROUGH: UK's Taranis UCAV breaks cover
The possible future direction of the UK's defence aerospace industry was highlighted on the eve of the show, when the nation's Taranis unmanned combat air...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: F-35 buoyed by Canadian commitment, but top buyer no-shows
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be one of the key talking points at the show, with Lockheed Martin's poster product having received mixed support in the lead-up to the event
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FARNBOROUGH: Russia's military is hoping a national rearmament programme will start soon
Russia's air force and aviation industry is waiting to see what the much-heralded national rearmament programme promised by President Medvedev will yield in terms of firm aircraft orders.
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FARNBOROUGH: GE Aviation’s Joyce: continuing the course of innovation
David Joyce, president and chief executive of GE Aviation, sees a silver lining to the economic overcast that has settled in over the commercial aviation...
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FARNBOROUGH: India to receive 'international' radar for Boeing P-8Is
The Indian navy will receive an "international version" of the APY-10 radar for the P-8I maritime patrol fleet under a new contract that Boeing has awarded...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Gallois confident of US interest in A400M
EADS says unprecedented levels of interest in the Airbus Military A400M by the US military community here at the show raises the likelihood of a breakthrough deal in the USA.
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RIAT: Luftwaffe fighter ace reunited with Bf 109
The UK's 70th anniversary commemorations of the Battle of Britain attracted an unusual visitor to RIAT: a rare Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter. Owned...
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RIAT: Vulcan's return celebrates 50th anniversary of XH558
Avro Vulcan XH558 flew into RAF Fairford on 16 July, with its arrival marking a major show highlight for many of RIAT's weekend visitors.
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RIAT: F-22, Vulcan top show attractions
Staged at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire from 17 to 18 July, the annual Royal International Air Tattoo attracted around 350 aircraft from around the globe ...
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Israel grounds T-6 fleet after training mishap
Israel is investigating the cause of a non-fatal mishap involving its new T-6A trainer fleet ...
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FARNBOROUGH: MBDA reveals guided missiles of the future
At this year's show, weapons manufacturer MBDA is unveiling the outputs of its first annual Concept Visions exercise, an analogue of automotive manufacturers' concept cars that is intended to brainstorm ideas for the guided weapons of the future.
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NewsCanada formally commits to buy 65 F-35s
The Canadian government formally committed today to buy 65 Lockheed Martin F-35s six years ahead of first delivery in order to qualify national industry...
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US border patrol receives first re-winged P-3 Orion
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first re-winged P-3 Orion to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agency, which begins to restore the long-term viability of a surveillance fleet grounded because of safety concerns until two years ago.
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Boeing outsizes rivals in bid to replace HH-60
Boeing has submitted data on the CH-47 and V-22 to the US Air Force as potential replacements for the HH-60G Pave Hawk fleet of combat search and rescue...
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MAA to bring 'cultural as well as organisational change'
UK military aviation will feel a cultural as well as organisational change when the new Military Aviation Authority goes fully operational on 1 April 2011,...
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NewsUS Senators raise alarms over more C-17 add-ons
Two US Senators are concerned that fellow legislators on the appropriations committee are likely to add funding to buy more Boeing C-17s, despite strong opposition from the Obama administration.
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NewsPICTURES: Royal Navy offered AEW-configured AW101
AgustaWestland and Thales have stepped up their efforts to promote a development of the AW101 to replace the UK Royal Navy's venerable Sea King 7 airborne surveillance and control (ASaC) aircraft.
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Israeli trainer request due this month
A request for information concerning the purchase of a new advanced trainer by the Israeli air force will be sent before the end of the month to the two...