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Fighting talk: manfacturers do battle for combat aircraft spoils
As ageing air force combat aircraft fleets near their retirement tempers are fraying, with the competition to replace them getting fiercer ...
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Northrop Grumman launches SIGINT payload for tactical UAVs
Northrop Grumman has launched development of a miniaturised signals intelligence payload in the hope of capturing a rising market for niche applications...
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Austria nears decision on new advanced jet trainer
Austria expects to make an August decision on its future advanced jet trainer strategy, with a new aircraft required to support its Eurofighter Typhoons ...
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NewsFlying in neutral - Austria's Eurofighter Typhoons
Austria is rapidly gaining operational experience with the Eurofighter Typhoon, but its new air-policing fighter remains the topic of fierce national debate ...
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Boeing offers to plug 'performance gaps' for future AH-64D Apache
Boeing is proposing a host of new performance, survivability and advanced crew station technologies for the US Army's Block III Enhanced Apache attack helicopter ...
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NewsIsrael makes request to buy 9 C-130Js, swelling Lockheed's backlog
The US government today announced plans to sell 9 Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 to Israel only two days after disclosing another proposed sale of six C-130Js to Iraq.
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Saab proposes 85 Gripen NGs for Netherlands
Saab has presented the Dutch defence ministry with a proposal for 85 Gripen NG (Next Generation) combat aircraft, with its move offering an alternative to...
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NewsUK's Paveway IV bomb could enter service this year
The UK's delayed Paveway IV precision-guided bomb could enter operational use before year-end, following a successful test campaign in the USA ...
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Lockheed lands targeting deal for AC-130 gunship
The US Air Force has selected Lockheed Martin to lead a targeting system upgrade to 12 of its AC-130U gunships ...
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RAF to keep full fleet of AWACS
The UK Royal Air Force has decided against mothballing two of its seven Boeing E-3D Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft ...
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NTSB investigates Raytheon Cobra crash at US Air Force Academy
A Raytheon Cobra unmanned air vehicle crashed at the...
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Alenia links with India's Tata on C-27J transport
Alenia Aeronautica is negotiating a marketing and industrial co-operation agreement with India's Tata to promote the possible sale of the C-27J Spartan ...
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NewsNTSB investigates Raytheon Cobra crash at Air Force Academy
A Raytheon Cobra unmanned aircraft system (UAS) crashed at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, yesterday afternoon, apparently as school administrators evaluated the platform for inclusion in the prestigious institute’s aerospace curriculum.