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NewsPARIS: Lego X-Wing design pitched for future fighter deals
Lego has spied an opportunity to play a role in emergent sixth-generation fighter requirements. The toymaker is displaying a life-sized X-Wing combat system outside hall three, made entirely of Lego bricks.
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PARIS: Embraer and Elta team on P600 AEW aircraft
Embraer and Israel's Elta Systems have launched at Paris the P600 AEW, an airborne early warning variant of the Brazilian manufacturer's Praetor 600 super-midsize business jet.
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PARIS: Turkish Fighter emerges, as US spat intensifies
Turkish Aerospace is one of the many companies at this year’s show to have pulled the covers off a new full-scale aircraft model – its fifth-generation Turkish Fighter (or TF-X) – and even stole some of the limelight from the unveiling of the Franco-German Future Combat Air System at the ...
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NewsPARIS: USAF still finding FOD in Boeing KC-46 and expects more
The US Air Force (USAF) continues to find foreign object debris (FOD) inside the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus in-flight refuelling tanker, including loose material found this week, and it expects to discover objects for the foreseeable future.
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PARIS: Russia upbeat on arms sales, despite 'unfair competition'
Russia is promoting a full range of aerospace products at the show, as it looks to build on a strong sales performance in the defence sector last year.
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PARIS: NATO tanker fleet passes countermeasures test
Officials involved in the multinational multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) fleet (MMF) – which will see eight adapted Airbus A330s pooled between five European nations – are keen to introduce more countries to the capability-sharing agreement.
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NewsPARIS: DGA flight-test centre ushers in connected future
France’s DGA defence procurement agency is to transform its flight-test activities, with a new generation of increasingly sophisticated military aircraft requiring a more networked approach.
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PARIS: L3 promotes international C-130H upgrade
Just weeks after being awarded a roughly half-billion dollar contract by the US Air Force to upgrade more than 100 legacy Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules tactical transports, L3 Technologies has come to this year's show offering a similar modernisation package for international operators.
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PARIS: RAS highlights ambitions in special mission space
MRO firm Rheinland Air Service (RAS) is highlighting its special mission aircraft business, exhibiting an ATR 72-500 that it modified for the Pakistan Navy.
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PARIS: Leonardo on target with M-345 trainer
Leonardo arrives at Paris with the first production example of the M-345 trainer, buoyed by a recent order from Italy on the eve of the show for an additional 13 aircraft.
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PARIS: Dassault and Airbus unveil New Generation Fighter
Dassault kicked off its home show attendance in some style, unveiling a full-scale model of a proposed Next Generation Fighter which it and industrial partner Airbus Defence & Space soon expect to advance towards a first demonstration phase.
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NewsPARIS: UVision unveils multi-canister launcher for Hero
Israeli loitering munition specialist UVision has unveiled a new multi-canister launcher configuration for its Hero-400EC system, which is being pitched for both land and naval platform integration.
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NewsPARIS: C-2, P-1 underpin big Japanese presence
The Kawasaki C-2 strategic transport has made its debut at Paris, appearing in the static park alongside its cousin the P-1 maritime patrol aircraft.
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NewsPARIS: Embraer KC-390 delivery to Brazil delayed a few months
Embraer plans to deliver its first KC-390 transport to the Brazilian air force in the next few months, after a further slight delay from its original plan to hand over the aircraft at the end of 2018.
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PARIS: KC-46A makes show debut as opportunities beckon
The Boeing KC-46A tanker has made its air show debut in the static park, with an aircraft from US Air Force’s 931st Refueling Wing, based at McConnell AFB, in Kansas.
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PARIS: Raytheon to champion international credentials
Raytheon is showcasing its air dominance, air and missile defence, counter-unmanned air system and cyber portfolios at the show, just days after announcing a planned merger with United Technologies' aerospace units.
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NewsPARIS: MBDA unveils weapon concepts for European FCAS
Guided weapons specialist MBDA has unveiled a broad range of air-launched weapons concepts which could equip a future class of combat aircraft being studied by France and Germany, and also the UK.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Boeing's all-metal T-X strategy created a winner
Boeing’s extensive use of composites in its 787 airliner and the ultimately cancelled Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche stealth helicopter made it a pioneer in the aerospace industry.
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NewsRevised contract signature restores A400M prospects
Airbus’s launch partners for the A400M Atlas tactical transport have signed a key contract amendment via Europe’s OCCAR defence procurement agency, concluding a process initiated by the airframer more than two years ago.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Saab enters crucial phase with Gripen E testing
Saab is set to increase the intensity of its Gripen E flight-test programme over the coming months, with the trio of aircraft supporting the activity to be increased to eight before year-end.