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Fractions in action: satellites of the future
Mainframe computers have given way to desktop PCs, telephone exchanges to mobile phones, and now traditional satellites are to be challenged by modular spacecraft...
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Switzerland special: Foreign service
national champion Foreign service Less than 10 years ago, state-owned RUAG was effectively an arm of the military. Today it is a very different...
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Switzerland special: PC-21 builds on example of PC-12
business aviation PC-21 builds on example of PC-12 Pilatus will deliver its 800thPC-12 turboprop early this year, while the first Next Generation...
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Switzerland special: Bidders line up in fighter competition
Switzerland early this year launched the first stage of a contest to replace its Northrop F-5 fighters ...
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Lockheed's Asian dogfight
The venerable F-16 still holds its own but faces a tough fight in key procurement battles
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Slovenia grounds Pilatus PC-9 trainers after ejection seat incident
The Slovenian army has grounded its fleet of 11 Pilatus PC-9/9M advanced trainer and light attack aircraft, pending the results of an investigation into...
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PICTURES: Guided firing success clears way for pre-production of MBDA's Meteor BVRAAM
MBDA's Meteor beyond visual-range air-to-air missile programme will advance into its pre-production industrialisation...
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Passenger A330 'will not move to USA'
EADS chief executive Louis Gallois says the company has no plans to shift the final assembly line for the Airbus A330 to the USA to make way for A350 XWB...
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Further delays to Joint Strike Fighter programme
As programme cost estimates come under new scrutiny, parts of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme will...
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Finland receives first NH90, defends purchase
Finland has defended its purchase of NH Industries NH90s as it takes delayed delivery of the first of 20 tactical transport helicopters. The first aircraft...
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India aims to induct indigenous AEW&C in 2011
The Indian air force will operate an indigenous airborne early warning and control system based on the Embraer ERJ-145 early next decade, with the country's...
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US AFRL seeks global airlifter concepts
US industry has been canvassed for concepts for an advanced long-range transport that could be an eventual replacement for the Lockheed...
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Business briefing
Thai moving into freighter conversions fleet Thai Airways is building new widebody hangars at Bangkok's Don Muang airport in a bid to expand its heavy...
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NewsPICTURE: Italian army inducts NH90 transport helicopter
The Italian army formally inducted its NH Industries NH90 tactical transport helicopter into service on 6 March ...
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Defence briefs
MISSILE WORK Rafael is developing a new generation of air-to-air missiles optimised for the Israeli air force's uniquely configured Lockheed Martin...
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India inks deal to upgrade MiG-29s
India has signed an agreement with Russia to upgrade its RSK MiG-29 fighters , but industry observers...