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Battle orders
Nations around the world are continuing to modernise their military air arms, despite the global economic crisis. We list their current fleets and purchase plans
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India estimates $120 billion in aviation investment by 2020
As much as $120 billion in investments could be absorbed by India's aviation sector by 2020, the country's civil aviation secretary, M Madhavan Nambiar, said on 8 December during the US-India Aviation Partnership Summit in Washington.
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NewsUPDATED - PICTURES & VIDEO: Airbus celebrates as A400M gets airborne
Airbus Military's A400M has completed its first, 3h 45min flight from San Pablo airport in Spain ...
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A400M Thrusting forward
Getting the A400M into the air has been a difficult and costly process for Airbus. Now it must make steady progress in readying the type for operational service
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Russia, India to advance deal on PAK-FA fighter variant
India and Russia plan to sign several agreements in the coming weeks that will deepen their co-operation on the PAK-FA fifth-generation fighter programme. "The...
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Poland investigates second Mi-24 crash in Afghanistan
A Polish army Mil Mi-24V assault helicopter was damaged after making an emergency autorotation landing immediately after taking off from Ghazni airfield...
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Eurojet could develop thrust vectoring with India
The consortium behind the Eurofighter Typhoon's engine has hinted strongly that it could partner a non-European...
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C-5M passes key test ahead of full-rate production decision
The more powerful and reliable Lockheed Martin C-5M Galaxy passed a critical test in November, proving the US Air Force can finally bypass relay points or...
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Pakistan receives first Saab 2000 AEW aircraft
The Pakistan air force has taken delivery of the first of its four Saab 2000-based airborne early warning and control aircraft from Sweden. Islamabad...
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Australia poised to receive first Heron UAVs
Australia will on 10 December receive its first Heron unmanned surveillance system for use in Afghanistan ...
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NewsAirbus confirms A400M first flight this Friday
Airbus Military has confirmed that its A400M transport is scheduled to make its first flight on 11 December, with aircraft MSN001 due to lift off from San...
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Israel: no compromise on national equipment demand for Joint Strike Fighter
Israel's defence ministry has made it clear that a demand to equip its air force's future fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters with Israeli-made ...
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NewsUSAF reveals RQ-170 Sentinel is new stealth UAV
A stealthy unmanned aircraft system developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works division has secretly joined the US Air Force inventory. The USAF confirms...
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PICTURES: Iraq's first two T-6 trainers make delivery flight
Iraq's first two Beechcraft T-6A trainers have been delivered from the company's Wichita site in Kansas ...
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NewsBoeing flies AH-64 with Block III power upgrades
Boeing has completed the first flight test of three critical technologies for the US Army's AH-64 Apache Apache Block III upgrade programme ...
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Business briefings
A visit to France by Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin sealed an agreement between Safran and Rostechnologies...
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US Marine Corps reveals details of cargo-moving unmanned air system
The US Marine Corps has revealed new details of a nascent strategy to deploy next year an unmanned air system dedicated to moving cargo to forward operating...