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IAI aims to complete F-35 wing facility in mid-2014
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) expects to complete construction of its new manufacturing facility to produce wings for the Lockheed Martin F-35 by mid-2014. Building...
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AIDC, Lockheed iron out details of Taiwan F-16 upgrade
Taiwan's AIDC is working towards securing a definitive agreement with Lockheed to upgrade 144 F-16s ...
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NewsSouth Korea F-X III contenders spar in competition endgame
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Eurofighter have yet to receive official word about the status of their rival bids in South Korea's F-X III competition for...
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NewsLABACE: Helibras poised to begin civil helicopter production
Helibras expects to start building Eurocopter EC225s in Brazil in 2015 or 2016, after receiving final approval from French the authorities...
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US Air Force B-1B crashes in Montana
A US Air Force Rockwell International B-1B Lancer bomber assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, crashed near Broadus, Montana on...
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Russia orders 40 Mi-8 armed assault helicopters
Russia's defence ministry has ordered 40 Mil Mi-8AMTSh helicopters in a deal worth Rb12.6 billion ($380 million). Yuri Borisov, deputy defence minister,...
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NewsUSMC F-35B test pilot makes first shipboard night landing
A US Marine Corps test pilot has performed the first vertical night landing at sea on board the USS Wasp with a Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike...
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NewsRussian Helicopters, AgustaWestland line up MAKS kick-off for joint venture
Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland are set to formally kick off their bid to jointly produce a 2.5t-class rotorcraft, with an agreement on the "main principles" and development plan outline to be signed at the MAKS airshow in Moscow later this month.
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NewsAUVSI: US Navy set to resume K-Max flights
Lockheed Martin's K-Max unmanned cargo helicopter could resume operations as soon next week, a senior US navy official says.
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NewsAUVSI: Unmanned Systems Group debuts Discoverer II UAV
Europe's Unmanned Systems Group is exhibiting its new Discoverer II tactical UAV at the show, with the design already involved in initial flight testing.
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South Korea to acquire four tanker aircraft
South Korea plans to acquire four tanker aircraft for induction into the air force by 2017.
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NewsAsia's quest for naval airpower supremacy
In recent weeks, there has been a sharp increase in the flow of news about new aircraft carriers in Asia-Pacific. After years of delays, India finally launched the INS Vikrant, a 37,500t warship designed and developed in India, in the week ended 16 August.
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AUVSI: Sikorsky flying optionally-piloted test bed
Sikorsky has unveiled an optionally-piloted test bed, allowing for autonomous operations either with or without people aboard, dubbed "Matrix". The programme...
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NewsElectrical arcing downed Tyndall F-22, says USAF
An internal fire caused by electrical arcing due to a chafed wire led to the loss of an F-22 Raptor in November 2012 ...
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NewsAUVSI: Laying the groundwork: the future of UGVs
The next generation of military unmanned ground vehicles will be more versatile and easier to control, with increased commonality and interoperability, and priced so that shrinking, cost-conscious military forces can afford them for use in a growing range of missions. Some will offer flexible autonomy, improved off-road mobility, or both.
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NewsPICTURE: Turkey's first A400M gets airborne
Airbus Military has performed a 5h 30min first flight with an A400M transport for the Turkish air force ...
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NewsPICTURE: Russia flies trainer-variant Mi-28UB
Rostvertol has performed the first flight of a UB trainer version of the Mi-28 attack helicopter ...
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US Army in final stages of integrating M-DSA onto Apache
The US Army has almost completed integration of Lockheed Martin's modernised day sensor assembly onto the Boeing AH-64E Apache ...
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NewsFrench budget plan applies brakes to Rafale, A400M deliveries
Deliveries of the Rafale and A400M for the French air force could be slowed significantly under a proposed new planning law ...
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NewsPICTURE: Marshall Aerospace delivers Austria's first upgraded Hercules
Austria's air force has received its first of three Lockheed Martin C-130K tactical transports to have undergone avionics modernisation in the UK, with its second example due to enter work next month.