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NewsUS Navy releases requirements for carrier-launched UAV
The US Navy has released a request for proposal (RFP) to bring four potential Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) designs to maturity...
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PARIS: CAE pursues real-time simulation enhancements
Flight simulators are growing ever more realistic and forthcoming generations will be even more sophisticated.
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PARIS: BAE brings resurgent Hawk to Le Bourget
Could the UK's Hawk T2 form the basis for a future successor for France's Dassault Breguet Alpha Jet trainers?
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PARIS: Canada's NRC Aerospace focuses on 'neglected' research areas
Canada's NRC Aerospace is using Le Bourget to highlight the focus of its research - sectors within civil and military airspace it thinks have been neglected but which also dangle the prospect of a handsome payback for Canadian industry if development is successful, says NRC general manager Jerzy Komorowski.
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NewsPARIS: New agreement supports Typhoon AESA integration
One of the key future enhancements for the Eurofighter combat aircraft has moved a step closer to being flown, with BAE Systems having made a trial installation with an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.
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NewsPARIS: Dassault chief hits out at Europe’s ‘Buy American’ attitude
Dassault Aviation chairman and chief executive Eric Trappier has questioned the attitude of European governments toward defence procurement, as the company has joined forces with two of the continent's other leading manufacturers in again advocating the joint development of a new unmanned air system.
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PARIS: Vector takes first steps in helicopter leasing market
One company just taking its first tentative steps into the leasing market is Vector Aerospace. Traditionally an MRO provider, this year it created a subsidiary called Vector Financial Services to offer something different to the industry.
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PARIS: Thales gets Romanian Puma equipment contract
Romania has contracted Thales to supply sonobuoy processor equipment for its navy fleet of IAR Brasov 330 Puma anti-submarine warfare helicopters.
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NewsPARIS: Iomax reveals Archangel border surveillance aircraft
Iomax is unveiling its new Archangel armed surveillance aircraft, which is based on the Thrush 710P two-seat crop duster.
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NewsPARIS: RUAG-upgraded TH06 ISR Super Puma makes Paris debut
The new RUAG-upgraded Eurocopter TH06 ISR Super Puma will be unveiled at the Paris air show.
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PARIS: Elbit launching new unmanned aircraft jammer
Elbit Systems EW and Sigint-Elisra is launching a new self-protection electronic warfare (EW) system developed for unmanned aircraft called the SPS-65V5, the company says.
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PARIS: Interview with Alenia chief Giuseppe Giordo
Finmeccanica's aeronautics business is aggressively pursuing its restructuring plan, looking to the future with renewed legacy products and new-generation unmanned platforms to be developed under multinational programmes, says Alenia Aermacchi chief executive Giuseppe Giordo
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NewsPARIS: Sagem flies Patroller with COMINT payload
Sagem is exhibiting its optionally-piloted Patroller with a newly trialled communications intelligence (COMINT) payload, as the Safran Group company eyes...
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NewsPARIS: Boeing does not rue absence of American fighters at show
Boeing executives are saving any angst over the absence of US military aircraft on display for Dubai later this year and Singapore in early 2014. "Here...
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NewsPARIS: Shingo management concept reaches BAE Systems in UK
For BAE Systems (chalet 264), Le Bourget is naturally a show ground for its latest aeronautical technology, ranging from the Eurofighter Typhoon starring...
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PARIS: Interview with Ontic president Gareth Hall
Ontic is returning to Paris to highlight its support for out-of-production second- and third-generation avionics and electronics. This fledgling arm of Ontic's...
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NewsPARIS: Sukhoi Su-35 set to steal the show
The star of this year's Le Bourget air show is undoubtedly set to be Russia's Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E, which is making its Paris debut. It is the first Russian-built...
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NewsPARIS: Engine systems driving growth at GKN
Anyone doubting GKN Aerospace's ability to handle the bleak outlook surrounding military spending in its key North American and European markets should consider...
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NewsPARIS: Libyans to france for officer training
DCI, the French government-backed training arm (static T24), has been selected to provide training to 20 officers from the Libyan Air Force and Defence Force,...
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NewsPARIS: Finmeccanica's Giovanni Soccodato talks strategy
Finmeccanica is implementing a deep restructuring plan and refocusing its product portfolio. Innovation is key to the group's transformation, says Giovanni Soccodato, executive vice-president strategy, business development and innovation.