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NewsUSA and Indonesia formalise AH-64E Apache deal
The USA will sell Indonesia eight Boeing AH-64E Apache Longbow helicopters in a deal worth $500 million.The deal was announced at a joint press conference...
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NewsRussia delays air force MiG-35 deliveries to 2016 over industry snags
Programme delays have postponed the delivery of 37 RAC MiG-35 advanced multirole fighter aircraft ordered by the Russian air force until 2016, instead of...
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Israel reorganises transport squadrons ahead of C-130J deployment
Israel's air force has begun reorganising the composition of its Lockheed Martin C-130 squadrons, ahead of deployment of its new J-model aircraft. The...
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Beechcraft offers G58 for ISR missions
Beechcraft is offering a new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance variant of the G58 Baron twin-engined piston aircraft ...
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Russian Helicopters schedules first flight of high-speed type for 2018
Russian Helicopters plans to perform the maiden flight of its new developmental high-speed rotorcraft towards the end of the decade as it eyes the fledgling...
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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.