All Fixed-wing articles – Page 619
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BAE Systems apologises for failings on Nimrod safety
BAE Systems has "apologised unreservedly" for the procedural flaws made during a safety review of the UK Royal Air Force's Nimrod surveillance aircraft ...
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Airbus faces supplier pressure to revise A400M contracts
Airbus is coming under pressure from A400M risk-sharing suppliers to renegotiate their contract terms as it closes in on securing a revised production contract...
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RAF threatened by equipment cuts, says senior officer
The UK Royal Air Force is so heavily committed in Afghanistan that it could not repeat its Operation Telic effort of the second Gulf War, a senior officer warns ...
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Morocco requests $134m purchase of CH-47D Chinooks
Morocco has requested the purchase of three Boeing CH-47D Chinook transport helicopters worth up to $134 million ...
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RAF hails performance of Tornado GR4 in Afghanistan
Panavia Tornado GR4 ground-attack aircraft have made a "seamless transition" in replacing the UK's BAE Systems Harrier GR9As on operations in Afghanistan ...
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Malaysia to consider fighter options once economy recovers
Malaysia plans to consider a variety of options for its medium multi-role fighter requirement once the direction of its economic fortunes becomes clearer. "We...
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NewsGermany selects IAI's Heron UAV for Afghanistan mission
The German armed forces will operate IAI Heron UAVs over Afghanistan from March 2010 ...
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NewsMoD responds to damning report into loss of Nimrod XV230
Industry and military officials have received fresh criticism over the 2006 loss of a Royal Air Force Nimrod MR2 surveillance aircraft and 14 lives ...
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Northrop pressures USAF on KC-X criteria
Northrop Grumman is publicly pressuring the US Air Force to make wholesale changes to a set of proposed rules for selecting the winner of the $35 billion...
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FAA cautions operators on foul weather landings
The US FAA is alerting airlines to retool procedures and training in several areas linked to landings in bad weather. In two safety alerts for operators...
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PICTURES: Pilots escape as Ecuadorian Dhruv helicopter crashes
The two-man crew of an Ecuadorian air force Dhruv light helicopter escaped with their lives after crashing the Hindustan Aeronautics-built aircraft ...
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Raytheon to offer AESA radar for Seoul's F/A-50 fighter
Raytheon is offering an active electronically scanned array radar to South Korea for installation on the proposed Korea Aerospace Industries F/A-50 light...
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Lockheed offers 2014 delivery date for South Korea's first F-35s
Lockheed Martin remains confident that South Korea will select its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for the third phase of its F-X competition, with the company...
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USAF probes structural viability of EC-130H Compass Call fleet
The US Air Force is reviewing the health of its Lockheed Martin EC-130H Compass Call electronic attack aircraft fleet ...
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Arizona start-up challenges major primes for King Air 350 market
An Arizona-based start-up company plans to challenge US defence prime contractors in the rapidly growing market for airborne surveillance platforms. Aerial...
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KAI outlines work on indigenous UCAV design
South Korea plans to acquire a variety of unmanned air vehicles across all spectrums in the coming years, with local and international companies vying for...
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NewsIsraeli air force happy with 2025 upgrade to CH-53 helicopter
The Israeli air force is satisfied with the performance of a new upgrade for its Sikorsky CH-53 "Yasur" assault helicopters ...
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NewsPICTURES: Pakistan's first Saab 2000 AEW aircraft enters final testing
Pakistan's first of five Saab 2000-based airborne early warning and control aircraft has entered final system testing in Sweden ...
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Opinion
Comment: USAF stealth strategy jammed on lock
Radar jammers are an inconvenient necessity. After all, a 30-year-old US Air Force strategy has poured billions of dollars into stealth technology ...
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USAF shifts jammer funding plans from B-52s to cheap pods
The US Air Force has shifted the focus of a decade-long attempt to revitalise its ability to jam enemy radar systems ...