All Fixed-wing articles – Page 609
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PICTURES: Chile receives first four Super Tucanos
Chile has received its first four of 12 EMB-314 Super Tucano trainer/light attack aircraft from Brazilian manufacturer Embraer ...
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NewsForecasts 2010: Defence - selection headaches
Will 2010 see the end of long-running procurement processes as Brazil seeks a new fighter and the USA a tanker?
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Forecasts 2010 - Propulsion
Engine makers are treading water as the big two airframers prevaricate about developing new narrowbody aircraft
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Opinion
Comment: Time to quit fighting and love the F136
Despite a library full of news articles to the contrary, President Barack Obama never threatened to veto a defence spending bill that included funding added...
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NewsEgypt deal extends F-16 line into 2013
Lockheed Martin has secured a key order as it seeks to extend F-16 production long enough to stay in the competition for a massive order by the Indian Air...
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Business - briefs
Rockwell Collins is to buy on undisclosed terms AR Group and its affiliated...
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NewsSecond F-35B arrives at USN's Patuxent River base
The US Navy now has two F-35Bs at Patuxent River, Maryland, to complete a series of tests leading to the first transition from horizontal flight to a vertical...
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NewsUSAF starts search for UH-1N replacement
The US Air Force has announced that it wants to start replacing 62 Vietnam-era UH-1Ns with up to 93 new helicopters after 2015. A "sources sought"...
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Boeing wins NASA contract for new aircraft monitoring system
NASA has awarded Boeing a contract worth up to $2.1 million to design, implement and demonstrate an aircraft health evaluation system that will monitor in...
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NewsLockheed receives F-16 contract for Morocco
Lockheed has been awarded a nearly $841.9 million contract by the US government to deliver 24 F-16 Block 52 fighters under a previously announced deal with...
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Mirach operational with UK's CATS aerial target service
Mirach subsonic aerial targets are now operational with the UK's unmanned subsonic Combined Aerial Target Service.
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C-17 sale to UAE moves one step closer
The United Arab Emirates is one step closer to signing a contract to buy four Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIs after 10 months of price negotiations. The...
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Australia in world first for nationwide ADS-B coverage
Australian air traffic service provider Airservices Australia completed the installation and commissioning of its nationwide automatic dependent surveillance...
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Swiss air force gets final EC635
The last of 20 Eurocopter EC635s has been handed over to the Swiss air force. The service is using them to replace its SA316 Alouette III transports this...
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Opinion
Comment: A military aviation authority is a good idea, but it could still be badly executed
Setting up an independent military aviation authority to oversee airworthiness standards is an excellent idea, but those in charge are going to need a special type of bravery to be effective
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Australia prepares for air tanker trials
The Australian state of Victoria will deploy a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 on firefighting missions from January in the first trial of a very large airtanker...
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This Week Briefing
F-35 PROGRESS WORRIES KEY US SENATORS FIGHTERS The US Senate Armed Services Committee chairman and ranking member Carl Levin and John McCain expressed...
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Tin triangle - display-flying the Vulcan
Avro Vulcan XH558 has had more comebacks than Elvis, but funds are urgently needed to keep the bomber airworthy. Display pilot Martin Withers DFC describes the joys and challenges of flying the venerable V-plane