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PICTURES & VIDEO: Aero Vodochody L-39NG completes first flight
The first pre-production L-39NG jet trainer (msn 7001) completed its maiden flight on 22 December from Vodochody airport in the Czech Republic.
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Leonardo flies first production-standard M-345
Leonardo has flown the production-standard version of its M-345 jet trainer, as it works towards service entry with the Italian air force in 2020.
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PICTURE: Leonardo TH-119 trainer helicopter makes first flight
The Leonardo TH-119 IFR training helicopter completed its first test flight at the company’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania plant on 20 December.
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Lockheed Martin delivers first Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first set of Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) to the US Air Force, reaching Early Operational Capability for the weapon.
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Bell V-280 to focus on manoeuvrability after flying 250kt
Bell’s V-280 demonstration programme plans to continue to expand the tiltrotor’s flight envelope, with additional focus on manoeuvrability, after reaching 250kt this September.
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Tokyo set to become second biggest F-35 operator
The Japanese cabinet has approved a plan to add an additional 105 Lockheed Martin F-35s to its planned fleet of 42 examples, potentially making it the world’s second largest F-35 operator.
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CBO floats variety of cost cutting ideas, including fewer F-35s
The Congressional Budget Office floated a number of cost-cutting ideas for the US federal government including reducing the number of additional Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II purchases, retiring the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor or Rockwell B-1B Lancer bomber fleets, and deferring development of the Northrop Grumman B-21 stealth bomber.
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Boeing and Embraer agree on terms for planned tie-up
Boeing and Embraer have agreed the terms of their planned joint venture under which the US manufacturer is set to take control of Embraer’s commercial aircraft activities in 2019.
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VIDEO: JF-17 breaks cover at Myanmar air force party
The Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex JF-17 Thunder has appeared at a celebration to mark the 71st anniversary of Myanmar’s air force.
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USAF aims to save fuel with new data collection effort
The US Air Force is aiming to improve how efficiently it uses its fuel by collecting data on consumption across all of its fleet.
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Counter hypersonic weapon possible by mid-2020s: DoD
The USA could have a counter hypersonic weapon developed by the mid-2020s.
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Poland firms options for four more M-346 trainers
Poland is to acquire four additional M-346 jet trainers from Leonardo having exercised options placed earlier this year and taking its eventual fleet of the type to 16 units.
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Uncle Roger's Festive Quiz 2018
Long-time readers of Flight International will know that while our dear friend Uncle Roger gives the impression of having retired to a life of leisure, this is just a cover – he actually spends all of his time hard at work preparing a fiendishly difficult quiz challenge for this annual ...
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GAO: US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft readiness declined since 2011
US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft availability has continued to suffer and decline since 2011 due to old age, poor depot maintenance and parts shortages, among other issues.
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CBO: US Air Force funding too little to replace aging aircraft
The US Air Force’s average funding level in recent years is too little to replace, on a one-for-one basis, aging aircraft with new aircraft in the coming decades.
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NewsOmega to compete for US Air Force commercial tanker service
Omega Aerial Refueling Services is considering buying new aircraft and pulling old ones out of storage in order to meet the US Air Force's interest in adding commercial tanker services.
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European MALE RPAS clear to begin development phase
Programme partners Airbus Defence & Space, Dassault Aviation and Leonardo have completed the system preliminary design review for a planned European medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS).
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First flight of Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant delayed until 2019
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant’s first flight will not happen before the end of 2018 as expected and will likely be delayed until sometime in early 2019 after “minor” problems were discovered within the aircraft’s testbed.
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Airbus taps successor for retiring military aircraft chief Alonso
Airbus has appointed Alberto Gutierrez to replace Fernando Alonso as head of military aircraft at the airframer's defence and space division in January 2019.
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US Navy to buy two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft
Northrop Grumman was awarded a $49.9 million contract by the US Navy for long-lead parts and associated support for the production of two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.