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  • News

    SINGAPORE: Elbit promotes Hermes 900 for 'light MPA' role

    2016-02-16T03:10:05Z

    ​Elbit Systems is in Singapore with its Hermes 900 unmanned air vehicle, promoting its potential to be used in a “light MPA” role as a maritime patrol aircraft.

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    SINGAPORE: Boeing moots possibility of Indian F/A-18 E/F deal

    2016-02-16T02:53:58Z

    Boeing has resurrected the possibility of a sale of its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter to India, as part of a broader concept to support New Delhi’s development of an indigenous aerospace sector.

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    SINGAPORE: Controp delivers 2000th Stamp payload for small aircraft

    2016-02-16T02:30:49Z

    Sensor manufacturer Controp has now delivered 2,000 of its Stamp family of electro-optical/infrared payloads for integration on-board manned and unmanned aircraft.

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    SINGAPORE: Airbus opens show with C295W order

    2016-02-16T01:32:08Z

    Airbus Defence & Space had a busy first day at the Singapore show, with a confirmed order for its C295W medium transport capping a debut international appearance on the static display by an A400M from its Malaysian air force customer.

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    SINGAPORE: Saab introduces GlobalEye AEW aircraft

    2016-02-16T01:29:38Z

    Saab has officially launched a new airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft called GlobalEye, combining its new Erieye ER active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar with Bombardier's Global 6000 business jet.

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    Boeing upbeat as US Army moves on Future Vertical Lift

    2016-02-15T23:37:20Z

    The US Army has moved forward with an ambitious project to introduce a next-generation family of rotorcraft designs with funding sought for Future Vertical Lift (FVL) in its fiscal year 2017 budget submission.

  • T-50A
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    Why Skunk Works ditched its clean-sheet T-X for Korean T-50

    2016-02-15T18:45:08Z

    ​One year ago this week, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works chief Rob Weiss announced that his advanced design team had been working on a clean-sheet aircraft for the US Air Force’s T-X programme as a potential alternative to the South Korean T-50 Golden Eagle, which Lockheed jointly developed with Korea Aerospace ...

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    UK Typhoon tests Reccelite XR pod

    2016-02-15T15:35:01Z

    ​The UK Royal Air Force has recently completed a series of test flights of the Eurofighter Typhoon carrying Rafael's Reccelite XR reconnaissance pod.

  • News

    US Foreign Military Funding talks key to Israeli tanker plan

    2016-02-15T11:28:59Z

    Decisions about whether Israel will select Boeing's KC-46A tanker and ask for additional Lockheed Martin F-35s will depend on the result of current negotiations about the size of the US Foreign Military Funding (FMF) package that the nation will receive over the next 10 years.

  • F-35
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    ANALYSIS: Next-gen simulation preps F-35 units for battle

    2016-02-15T06:48:00Z

    The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is not just one of the most expensive and complex endeavours in military acquisition history, it’s also an evolution in the way military pilots train to fly jets.

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    SINGAPORE: Fire Scout touted for Asia-Pacific export

    2016-02-15T03:11:12Z

    Northrop Grumman is in talks with a number of Asian countries regarding the possible sale of its MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned rotorcraft on the back of a successful deployment aboard US Navy Littoral Combat Ships (LCS).

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    ​SINGAPORE: F-15SG, AH-64D to perform joint aerial display

    2016-02-15T02:18:54Z

    This year’s aerial display at the Singapore Airshow will include a unusual joint performance between a Republic of Singapore Air Force Boeing F-15SG fighter and AH-64D Apache attack helicopter.

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    ​SINGAPORE: RAAF A330 MRTT refuels USAF C-17

    2016-02-15T01:18:43Z

    A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airbus Defence & Space A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) has successfully refuelled a Boeing C-17A for the first time.

  • Pakistan F-16Ds - US Air Force
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    US State Department approves F-16 sale to Pakistan

    2016-02-14T13:44:43Z

    ​The US State Department has approved Pakistan to buy eight Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 52 aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney F100-229 engines, but whether the $700 million deal can survive a 30-day congressional review process remains to be seen.

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    ​SINGAPORE: Aviage, Roketsan among newcomers at 2016 show

    2016-02-14T06:41:22Z

    The Singapore Airshow this year has attracted several new aerospace firms in 2016, while retaining 75% of the companies that participated in 2014.

  • KC-46A
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    KC-46 demonstrates probe-and-drogue refuelling of F/A-18

    2016-02-12T23:05:34Z

    Boeing and the US Air Force have completed the first KC-46A Pegasus refuelling of a combat jet using the next-generation tanker's wing-mounted hose-and-drogue system.

  • B-2A
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    USAF calls for nuclear debate as fiscal realities set in

    2016-02-12T21:40:04Z

    ​The US Air Force has called for a national debate on how best to modernise America’s nuclear arsenal, with one official saying funding levels become “unmanageable” in budget year 2022 and beyond as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) replacement project ramps up.

  • F-16 Belgium - Rex Features
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    Belgian F-16 replacement process to start by mid-year

    2016-02-12T16:09:41Z

    A request for proposals (RFP) to launch off Belgium’s search to replace its 59-strong Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fleet is expected “this summer”, with the schedule to allow for a new fighter to be in service by 2025, a source close to the programme has revealed.

  • Skylark 3 launch - Elbit Systems
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    Elbit unveils Skylark 3 UAV

    2016-02-12T14:11:50Z

    ​Elbit Systems has unveiled its new Skylark 3 mini unmanned air system, and also revealed it has gained selection by an undisclosed customer.

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    Five killed in Myanmar air force transport crash

    2016-02-12T14:10:31Z

    ​All five personnel aboard a Myanmar air force-operated Beech 1900D twin-turboprop were killed when it crashed shortly after taking off from Naypyidaw International airport on 10 February.