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NewsUS fighter and bomber chiefs embrace Pentagon's 'arsenal plane' plan
The US Air Force’s top fighter and bomber commands are actively pushing for the introduction of so-called arsenal planes as they seek to “fling” long-range weapons into future warzone guarded by sophisticated enemy air defence systems as a compliment to front-line stealth fighters.
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NewsUSAF reveals slimmed-down SACM air-to-air missile concept
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) says it has begun early research into a miniature air-to-air missile that would be carried on the next-generation of advanced fighter jets.
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NewsNorthrop RQ-4B trials Dragon Lady’s SYERS-2 sensor
The US Air Force's Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle has successfully flown one of the Lockheed Martin U-2’s most prized sensors in an aerial demonstration from Northrop’s Palmdale, California site.
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NewsAlenia Aermacchi unveils first Polish M-346s
Final assembly work has begun on the first two Alenia Aermacchi M-346 advanced jet trainers destined for the Polish air force.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Defence firms get creative at Air Warfare Symposium
The Air Force Association’s annual gathering in Orlando, Florida has convened again, and the turnout this week reflects an ambitious US Air Force that is reaching for the future while also searching for new and inventive ways to boost the destructive power of its legacy aircraft.
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Australia defence whitepaper stresses fixed-wing ISR
Australia’s 2016 defence whitepaper has shed light on the airpower capabilities Canberra plans to acquire over the next 15 years.
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Boeing taps Caret as new head of defence business
Boeing’s board has named Leanne Caret to succeed Chris Chadwick as the head of its Defense, Space & Security business.
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Boeing racing clock to deliver 18 KC-46 tankers by next August
The narrow window for Boeing to delivery 18 operational KC-46A Pegasus tankers to the US Air Force by August 2017 includes little to no room for error and a series of things must to go right between now and then to achieve that significant contractual milestone.
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NewsAirbus to target near doubling of A400M deliveries in 2016
The delivery of only 11 A400M transports by Airbus Defence & Space in 2015 has prompted group chief executive Tom Enders to vow a target of “20-plus” deliveries in 2016.
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Lockheed discusses key Asia-Pacific fighter production programmes
Lockheed Martin expects the Nagoya-based final assembly and checkout line (FACO) for Japan’s F-35A to be up and running in 2017.
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NewsTrial F-35A deployment smooths path for first combat squadron
Six F-35A of 31st Test Evaluation Squadron have deployed to Mountain Home AFB in Idaho this month for an “operational deployment test” that will clear the way for 10 operational jets from the first combat-coded squadron, which will follow this summer.
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Boeing seeks to recapture prime USAF C-17 training spot
Boeing’s defence business is mounting a campaign to recapture the US Air Force C-17 aircrew and maintenance training contract that it conceded to L-3 Link Simulation and Training in 2010.
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NewsE-2D to carry out aerial refuelling test in 2016
Northrop Grumman expects to carry out the first aerial refuelling flight test of its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft towards the end of 2016, following delivery of the first example earmarked for upgrade to its St Augustine, Florida facility.
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NewsUS Army begins industry survey for Future Vertical Lift
The US Army has provided the clearest details yet about what in needs in a Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platform after releasing two requests for information for next-generation rotorcraft technologies and concepts in the lightly armed reconnaissance and mid-size utility/attack roles.
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NewsRaytheon offers American-made T-100 for T-X
Raytheon has officially jumped into the US Air Force's T-X race, offering the Italian Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi M-346-based T-100 with twin Honeywell F124 turbofan engines and training supported from CAE.
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NewsNew JSOW variant carries out successful F-18 operational flight test
Operational testing of Raytheon’s AGM-154 Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW) C-1 gliding munition has begun, during which it was deployed from a US Navy Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet and achieved a direct hit against a land target.
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Israeli air force increases King Air intelligence flights
The number of operational missions being performed by the Israeli air force's manned reconnaissance aircraft is on the rise, despite an increase in the number of unmanned air vehicles performing similar missions.
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Rafael targets sensor opportunity on F-35I Adir
Replacement equipment to be installed in the Israeli air force's (IAF) Lockheed Martin F-35I "Adir" fighters could include an indigenous targeting and reconnaissance system. Currently, an evaluation is focusing on the potential installation of Rafael's Litening or Reccelite designs, in place of the F-35's baseline electro-optical targeting system.
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SINGAPORE: Airbus Helicopters targets Asian sales expansion
Airbus Helicopters is eyeing military and parapublic sales opportunities across Asia which could lead to it greatly expanding its industrial presence in the region.
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NewsBoeing KC-46 receives fuel from KC-10
The Boeing KC-46A Pegasus has now exercised each of its major fuel systems after being topped up by another US Air Force KC-10 tanker on February 13 over Washington state.