All Fixed-wing articles – Page 626
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NewsBrazil continues FX-2 competition, backtracks on Rafale 'selection'
Brazil is continuing to negotiate with all three bidders for a multi-billion dollar fighter contract, despite an earlier announcement of French success ...
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DSEi: Royal Navy orders Q-Sight display for Lynx helicopters
BAE Systems has secured the launch customer for its' low-cost Q-Sight helmet-mounted display technology ...
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DSEi: PICTURE: Lockheed offers business jet-based 'multi-int' capability
Lockheed Martin may exhibit its newly certificated Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (AML) at the Dubai air show in November, with the modified Gulfstream...
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AA09: Regulators urged to rethink full-flight simulator training requirements
Flight training executives are calling for certification authorities to rethink their regulations to allow the industry to reduce its dependence on highly...
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Business Aviation in brief
Embraer subsidiary ECC Leasing has delivered a second ERJ-145 regional jet to the Brazilian federal police. Based in Brasilia, the 50-seat...
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DSEi: Falco UAV makes first flight with PicoSAR radar
Selex Galileo has test flown a Falco unmanned air vehicle in the UK with its PicoSAR miniature synthetic aperture radar payload ...
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Top 100: Latécoère noses up 11 places in Top 100
Aerostructures and cabling specialist Latécoère has jumped 11 places to number 60 in the rankings,...
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Top 100: Vought shrinks to grow
Vought Aircraft Industries, number 47 on our Top 100, has seen itself transformed in 2009. As a major supplier of aerostructures to blue-chip aircraft...
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Top 100: big guns keep firing
Turbulent labour relations have led to Boeing losing its spot at the summit of the Top 100 aerospace manufacturers, which in the midst of global economic turmoil have continued to grow their revenue and profits, albeit at a slower rate
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Three convicted of liquid explosive plot to destroy aircraft
Three men have been found guilty in a UK court of conspiracy to murder over the 'liquid bomb' plot against transatlantic aircraft which sparked an extensive...
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NewsFight for funding: UK industry calls for increased defence spending
On the eve of the DSEi show, an industry group has launched a campaign calling on the UK to boost spending on defence activities ...
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NewsAustralia signs lease deal for Israeli Heron UAVs
Australia has signed a lease agreement with a Canadian firm covering the leased operation of IAI Heron UAVs in Afghanistan ...
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Business - briefs
International Lease Finance chief Steven Udvar-Hazy is in early discussions to purchase about...
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PICTURES: German Eurofighters assume Baltic protection duty
Germany has launched the first operational overseas deployment to involve the Eurofighter, deploying several aircraft to Lithuania ...
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Mini radar developed to work with micro UAV
Poland's WB Electronics and the Military University of Technology are developing a miniature electro-optical turret and synthetic aperture radar for integration...
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NewsPICTURE: First A400M moved outside for ground tests
Airbus Military's first A400M has been moved from the final assembly line at its San Pablo plant near Seville for a two-week series of ground tests that...
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Bumar, IAI team up in 767 tanker offer to Poland
Bumar has teamed with Israel Aerospace Industries to propose the delivery of two secondhand Boeing 767-200ERs to be converted as multirole tanker transports...
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PICTURES: Italy prepares AMX fleet for possible Afghanistan deployment
The Italian air force has completed a four-week qualification campaign intended to clear its AMX ground-attack aircraft for possible operations in Afghanistan ...
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Gates backs F-35 programme, despite STOVL test threat
Lockheed Martin has received a key endorsement from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's biggest customer, but a critical piece of its flight-test programme for...