All Fixed-wing articles – Page 608
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PICTURES: Pakistan's navy receives second refurbished P-3 Orion
Lockheed Martin has delivered its second of seven refurbished P-3C maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft to the Pakistan navy ...
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NewsRolls-Royce lands massive support deal for RAF Typhoons
Rolls-Royce has received a 10-year contract to support the Eurojet EJ200 engines that power the RAF's Eurofighter Typhoons ...
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Australia launches Afghan operations with Heron UAV
Australia's first leased Israel Aerospace Industries Heron unmanned air vehicle has arrived in Afghanistan ...
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USN officials raise concern about F-35 affordability
The US Naval Air Systems Command's top cost estimator has warned in a new internal briefing obtained by Flight International that the Lockheed Martin...
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Airbus prepares to ground first A400M to fit additional test kit – including rockets
Airbus is about to briefly ground its first A400M flight-test aircraft to install additional test equipment, including rockets to assist with stall-testing,...
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NewsUK confirms plan to deploy 'new' Chinooks to Afghanistan
The UK Royal Air Force's newly introduced Chinook HC3 transports are being prepared for rotation through Afghanistan ...
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NewsPICTURE: Canada's first C-130J emerges from paintshop
Canada's first of 17 next-generation C-130J tactical transports has made its first appearance in national markings ...
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Indonesian air force seeks to revive light attack, trainer procurements
Indonesia's air force plans to revive a request for funds to launch competitions to replace its Rockwell OV-10 Bronco light combat aircraft and BAE Systems...
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Guided rockets set to arm US A-10s and Harriers
Precision-guided rockets could be added to the weapons load-out of the US Air Force's Fairchild A-10 and the US Marine Corps' Boeing AV-8B Harrier II strike...
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Israel, Turkey hold fresh talks over Heron delays
A Turkish delegation arrived in Israel on 10 January in a fresh attempt to solve a dispute linked to the supply of Israeli-made unmanned air vehicles to...
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NewsA400M 'cannot continue' without more funding, warns Airbus CEO
EADS chief executive Louis Gallois says the A400M programme cannot continue beyond the end of the month without a commitment by European customer governments to fund the increased costs of developing the military airlifter
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VIDEO: F-35 engages vertical landing propulsion system
A Lockheed Martin F-35 has made more progress in a series of flight tests leading to the programme's first vertical landing. The company's BF-1 flight-test...
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Indian air force seeks deal for C-17 transports
The Indian government has sent a letter of request to Washington over a possible future purchase of up to 10 C-17 transports ...
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Foam will replace wax for casting says AFRL
A new type of foam can replace wax in lost-wax casting of aerospace components and the US Air Force Research Laboratory estimates industry's savings will...
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EADS running out of patience on A400M refinancing
EADS is warning the Airbus Military A400M customer nations that time is running out to save the troubled airlifter ...
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NewsLeaked report: Brazilian air force 'wants Gripen'
Brazil's F-X2 fighter programme could be the subject of further delays, after a summary of the air force's 30,000-page evaluation report was leaked to one...
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NewsSikorsky settles with survivor, families of Cougar S-92A crash victims
Sikorsky has reached an out-of-court settlement with the lone survivor and families of the 17 passengers and crew killed in the crash of an oil industry S-92A off the coast of Newfoundland in March 2009.
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Northrop Grumman readies first RC-12X clutch
Northrop Grumman has successfully completed electromagnetic emissions and interference (EMI/EMC) tests of an RC-12X Guardrail platform for the US Army. This...
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Modified helicopters to lift UK's Afghanistan effort
The UK has received its first examples of two modified support helicopter types intended to support operations in Afghanistan ...
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NewsUAE ups C-17 order to six aircraft, from four
The United Arab Emirates has unexpectedly increased the size of its order for the Boeing C-17 by signing a deal to buy six of the strategic transports. The...