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NewsSaab submits Dutch Gripen NG offer with all-inclusive price
Saab today presented the Netherlands Ministry of Defence with an all-inclusive proposal for 85 Gripen NG (next generation) as a new alternative to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
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EADS lets US market strategy slip in job ad
A new job advertisement inadvertently confirms EADS North America’s serious intention to use Airbus platforms to compete for a variety of Boeing 707- and 747-based platforms flown by the US Air Force.
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UK to retain VT in new University Air Squadron deal
The UK Ministry of Defence has selected VT Aerospace to deliver continued University Air Squadron flying services until 2019 in a £160 million deal ...
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UK picks L-3 Spar for Hercules wing replacement
Efforts by the UK Ministry of Defence to extend the life of several of its Lockheed Martin C-130K tactical transports have led to it awarding L-3...
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Australia expands P-3 upgrade, plays down Growler reports
Australia has committed to the next stage of upgrades to its Lockheed Martin AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, with the award of a A$68 million ($58.8...
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Pakistan to receive more T-37 trainers
Pakistan will take delivery of 20 refurbished Cessna T-37 jet trainers by the end of 2008, after the...
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UK to extend rolling carrier landing research for JSF
The UK Ministry of Defence is continuing research to refine a hybrid shipboard rolling vertical landing (SRVL) technique, potentially to be employed as the...
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Northrop Grumman eyes new radar for sense and avoid suite
Northrop Grumman has decided an all-new radar will be needed as part of a four-sensor package to solve the sense-and-avoid problem for unmanned aircraft...
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Chile signs for 12 Super Tucano trainers
The Chilean air force is to receive 12 EMB-314 Super Tucanos from mid-2009 under a new deal with Brazilian firm Embraer ...
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Boeing offers C-17B as piecemeal upgrade
Elements of Boeing's proposed upgrade package for transforming the C-17A into a more suitable theatre transport could be added piecemeal rather than in a...
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CAE follows profits jump with contract wins
CAE has won a string of new contracts worth C$71 million ($66 million) and potentially rising to C$105 million, after a fiscal first quarter in which revenue...
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Georgian conflict may trigger Russian fleet upgrade
Four confirmed aircraft losses during a five-day air war with Georgia suggest that Russia underestimated its former ally's air defence capabilities, and...
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Pilot shortage moves to pilot surplus
Airlines have long resolved to free themselves from the cycle of famines and surfeits in pilot supply. The cause has always been a failure to invest in training...
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Poland agrees F-16 maintenance deal with Lockheed Martin
Poland's 41-strong Lockheed Martin F-16 fleet may be more reliable under a new maintenance agreement with the airframer. Under the terms of an agreement...
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NewsUSAF delays communications link for F-22, other fighters
The US Air Force has announced a new delay for a programme that would allow several combat aircraft, including the reclusive Lockheed Martin F-22, to communicate...
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Texans head for Israel in January
The Israeli air force hopes to receive its first of 25 Beechcraft T-6A Texan II trainers in January 2009. T-6As were chosen in June as the favoured...
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Japan's C-X programme faces fresh delays
Japan's C-X programme to develop an indigenous airlift capability faces fresh delays of up to a year...
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High altitude platform sensor offers 24/7 vehicle tracking
Helicopter flight trials for a high-altitude platform persistent surveillance technology could start in the first quarter of 2011 as part of a Defense...