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NewsUSA outlines $2.4 billion Singapore F-16 upgrade
The US DefenSe Security Cooperation Agency has issued details about Singapore’s long-awaited upgrade programme for 60 Lockheed Martin F-16 C/D Block 52 fighters.
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NewsImproved Apaches could fulfill Kiowa Warrior's role: top procurement official
If the US Army decides to retire its aging fleet of Bell OH-58 Kiowa Warrior reconnaissance helicopters, the fleet should be grounded promptly to save scare financial resources, says a top army procurement official.
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NewsUS Army orders more BAE missile warning systems
The US Army has signed a $39 million contract to purchase 300 of BAE Systems’ third-generation Common Missile Warning System.
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NewsArgentina seeks Kfir deal with Israel
Argentina is negotiating a deal to purchase 18 rebuilt and upgraded Kfir Block 60 fighters from Israel Aerospace Industries
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NewsLockheed moves forward with Finland’s JASSM integration
Lockheed Martin has been awarded $13.3 million to continue integrating its JASSM cruise missile on Finland’s Boeing F/A-18C/D Hornet fighters.
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NewsBoeing's Challenger-based maritime surveillance aircraft nears first flight
Boeing’s maritime surveillance aircraft (MSA) demonstrator will soon take to the skies.
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BAE's sky-high hopes for 3D printing
BAE Systems expects to make further flight advances this year in using parts manufactured by 3D printing machines.
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NewsFrance approves latest Rafale upgrade plan
France has given the go-ahead to Dassault for a further iterative development of the Rafale combat aircraft.
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NewsLockheed gets fresh JASSM orders from USAF
The US Air Force has awarded $449 million in contracts to Lockheed Martin to produce additional AGM-158 joint air-to-surface standoff missiles (JASSM), the company says.
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NewsPICTURE: USAF returns fire-damaged B-2 to service
The US Air Force and Northrop Grumman have completed a nearly four-year maintenance process to return one of the service’s fire-damaged B-2 bombers to active service.
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First French Reapers arrive in Africa
France’s first General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Reaper unmanned air vehicles have been accepted by the nation’s air force, and deployed to Africa’s Sahel region in support of its ongoing intervention in Mali.
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NewsPICTURE: Pave Hawk crash investigation continues
Investigators trying to piece together what caused a US Air Force Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to crash in the UK on 7 January are working within a debris field “the size of a football pitch”.
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NewsUK officials investigate fatal USAF helicopter crash
Investigations have been launched to determine what caused a US Air Force Sikorsky HH-60G combat search and rescue helicopter to crash during a training sortie being flown from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, the UK on 7 January.
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NewsIndonesia eyes F-5E replacement options
Indonesia is assessing fighters to replace its obsolescent Northrop F-5Es, with a decision possible before 2015.
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NewsAirbus names McArtor to lead US business, O'Keefe to retire
Airbus Group has appointed Alan McArtor to lead the US-based division that consolidates Airbus Americas and EADS North America (NA).
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NewsUSAF's LRSO missile may reach IOC around 2030
The US Air Force’s next-generation long-range stand-off (LRSO) missile will need to be operational by around 2030 if the service is to meet a deadline recently set by US legislators.
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NewsCanada progresses fixed-wing SAR procurement
Canada appears to be making progress with one of its long-running procurement programmes, with the issue on 20 December 2013 of a letter of interest covering its fixed-wing search and rescue (FWSAR) requirement.
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NewsSteadicopter to expand rotary UAS portfolio
Israeli company Steadicopter is developing a kit that will enable it to convert a single-pilot light helicopter to be flown autonomously.
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NewsMQ-4C testing continues as USA considers broader mission
Northrop Grumman and the US Navy have completed nine MQ-4C Triton test flights and expect to ferry the first aircraft to NAS Patuxent River in Maryland this summer.
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NewsUS Coast Guard to acquire USAF's remaining C-27J Spartans
The US Air Force’s 14 remaining Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartans will soon come out of mothballs.