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Picture: Boeing 737-based Wedgetails complete tests following modification in Australia
The two Boeing 737-based Wedgetail airborne early warning and control system aircraft to undergo modification in Australia completed functional check flights...
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Boeing targets new A-10 support deal
Boeing is seeking to win a larger role of the multi-billion market for maintaining and upgrading the US Air Force's Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack...
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NewsIAI to send G550-based AEW system to Aero India
Israel Aerospace Industries will send a Gulfstream G550-based conformal airborne early warning and control (CAEW) system aircraft to the Aero India 2009 show ...
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Unmanned cargo aircraft 'have battlefield role' says US Army official
A top US Army acquisition official has conceded that a legitimate, but limited, role exists today on the battlefield for an unmanned cargo aircraft. Speaking...
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Unmanned jammer could replace Marine Corps Prowlers
The US Marine Corps will consider replacing its radar-jamming Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowlers primarily with a new class of unmanned aircraft systems. For...
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India and Russia aim to fly joint fifth-generation fighter by 2017
India and Russia hope to induct their joint fifth-generation stealth fighter by 2017, with officials from both countries hoping to iron out their differences...
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India's LCA unlikely to use Kaveri engine until late next decade
India's Tejas light combat aircraft could use a foreign powerplant until the middle of the next decade, due to ongoing problems with the development of an...
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NewsNorthrop eyes new sales prospects as MP-RTIP enters flight test
Northrop Grumman has formally offered a powerful new sensor designed - and recently test-flown - for the RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle to a wide...
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DoD clears AESA export policy as F-16 sales await
A US Department of Defense ruling on export policy for active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars has set the stage for a new wave of foreign sales,...
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Brazil receives three bids for F-X2 fighter deal
Boeing, Dassault and Saab on 2 February submitted their responses to an October 2008 request for proposals for Brazil's F-X2 fighter procurement. Respectively...
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US Navy starts next-generation jammer bidding war
The US Navy has selected four companies to participate in a $430 million competition to design a next-generation jammer pod for the Boeing EA-18G Growler ...
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US Air Force Laboratory plans 2010 refuelling robot demonstration
An automated aircraft ground refuelling robot, under development by the US Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and...
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India torn between East and West in multi-role combat aircraft contest
India has resolved to maintain military spending, but will it keep faith with Russia for its next multi-role combat fighter?
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Indian aircraft struggle for global acceptance
India's indigenous aircraft have yet to make a global impact. Will its underperforming products ever be acceped abroad?
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UK could extend Harrier's Afghan tour of duty
The UK Ministry of Defence could delay the planned replacement of its Afghanistan-based BAE Systems Harrier GR9A strike aircraft with Royal Air Force Panavia...
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Business briefing
Diversified manufacturer Eaton's aerospace segment posted a 21.5% rise in operating...
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Israel Aerospace Industries and Bombardier discuss maritime patrol jont venture
Israel Aerospace Industries is in advanced negotiations with Bombardier over the establishment of a joint venture that could offer maritime patrol aircraft...
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This Week Briefings
The Airbus Military A400M transport's Europrop International TP400-D6 powerplant has been run at "maximum...
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US Air Force kills king coal
A major initiative by the US Air Force to support alternative fuel development has been cancelled following a security and feasibility review. Montana...
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India could seek foreign help for light combat aircraft
India could seek outside help with flight testing of its indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft ...