All Fixed-wing articles – Page 731
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PICTURE: Iraqi air force opens pilot training school
The Iraqi and US air forces have launched a collaborative programme under which the former service will introduce 160 new pilots each year...
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US Army picks tiltrotors for further JHL studies
US Army-led Joint Heavy Lift (JHL) concept studies are to focus on tiltrotors, in a move to secure support from other services for a large cargo rotorcraft...
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Electronic warfare may have blitzed Israeli TV signals
Millions of Israeli television viewers have endured a frustrating month of "frozen" satellite-feed pictures with no end in site despite frantic efforts by...
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US Army's Bell ARH-70 armed scout not out of the woods yet
PROCUREMENT graham WARWICK WASHINGTON DC Army's rocky road to RAH-66 replacemenT US Army efforts to put funding freed by its cancellation of...
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US Army looking at three configuration concepts for large cargo rotorcraft
The US Army is to continue refining concepts for the Joint Heavy Lift (JHL) ...
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MTU Aero Engines designs high-speed turbine for P&W's GTF geared turbofan
MTU is applying technology from Europe's CLEAN environmental aero-engine research programme to Pratt...
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PICTURE: US Army's light utility helicopter programme
The US Army's light utility helicopter programme may not have been grabbing headlines, but it could have a fundamental affect on how the service buys rotorcraft
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NewsPICTURES: UK's Future Lynx programme moves into manufacturing phase
AgustaWestland's Future Lynx project will move into its manufacturing phase this month, with the company also hoping to add export business to its 70-aircraft deal
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PICTURE: NASA successfully drop tests the Ares I first-stage recovery parachute
The first drop test of the Ares I crew launch vehicle's first-stage main parachute, conducted on 25 September at the US Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona,...
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UK advances Merlin HC3A, Sea King upgrades
AgustaWestland is engaged in two key projects to boost the UK's battlefield helicopter capabilities, with efforts linked to the EH101 Merlin and Sea King...
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Opinion
Comment: The way back from the brink
It would be easy to write off commercial aviation safety in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) as a lost cause. But actually, aviation...
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NewsVIDEO: CAL 737-800 nearly overruns runway (UPDATED)
A China Airlines 737-800 broke one of eight lamps at the end of a runway in a near-overrun incident at Saga Airport in Japan.
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Interview
Interview: Niall Olver, Grob Aerospace
Niall Olver has turned a small South African Learjet distributorship into one of the world's biggest business aviation services organisations, with fixed-base...
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Australian, Austrian air forces join Canada’s NATO flying training scheme
Ottawa's Bombardier-delivered NATO Flying Training in Canada scheme has confirmed fresh deals with the Australian and Austrian air forces...
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A400M delays prompt Europrop management reshuffle
Rolls-Royce and Snecma have assumed increased responsibility for delivering the Airbus Military A400M transport's troubled TP400-D6 turboprop engine...
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India, Eurocopter extend army helicopter negotiations
Price negotiations between India and Eurocopter are continuing over the country's 197-aircraft army light utility helicopter requirement, even though a 30...
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Defence in brief 9 October 2007
TURKISH TEST Turkey has launched a test campaign to support its acquisition of 50 AgustaWestland T129 attack helicopters, using a modified Bell AH-1S...
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US Navy delays decision on BAMS UAV
Contract award for the US Navy's $2 billion Broad Area Maritime Surveillance programme has...
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Saudi Arabia awards GE F110 deal to re-engine Boeing F-15S
General Electric will deliver 65 F110-129C engines to Saudi Arabia from 2008 to re-engine...