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NewsLockheed hopes to choose between RACR and SABR in July
Lockheed Martin hopes to select a new radar for the US Air Force's F-16 Combat Avionics Programmed Extension Suite (CAPES) programme between July and August,...
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Contractors eye maritime patrol, anti-submarine requirements in Asia-Pacific
Maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) were themes at this year's Imdex Asia maritime defence show in Singapore. The show,...
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NewsVIDEO: X-47B launches off carrier deck, aviation first
The Northrop Grumman X-47B has made its first aircraft carrier launch, becoming the first autonomous aircraft to launch from a carrier. The launch,...
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NewsPICTURE: New Chinese advances in tailless UAV designs revealed
China's internal pipeline of military aircraft demonstrators has produced yet another new and intriguing specimen as pictures posted on Chinese discussion...
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NewsAir launch systems begin to come of age
An ageing Airbus A300, currently used to train astronauts in zero- g flight, is about to find another use as the first stage of a new air-launched...
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NewsDream Chaser shipped to NASA Dryden for glide tests
Sierra Nevada has shipped the Dream Chaser orbital spacecraft to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center near Palmdale, California, for glide tests. The...
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Israeli Heron UAV ditches off coast
The Israeli air force ditched one of its Israel Aerospace Industries Heron unmanned air vehicles into the Mediterranean Sea off the nation's coast on 11...
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NewsTAI Hurkus nears first flight and orders
TAI is expecting its first Hurkus turboprop trainer to make its flight debut in late June ...
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NewsF-35B performs first vertical take-off
Test pilots at NAS Patuxent River have performed their first vertical take-off with an F-35B ...
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NewsAlenia Aermacchi pilot ejects from stricken M-346
An Alenia Aermacchi test pilot ejected safely from an M-346 trainer which crashed in Italy on 11 May ...
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NewsStealth coatings on F-35 'easier to maintain' than on older jets
US Air Force maintainers for the F-35A at Eglin AFB have spoken about the task of working with the stealth fighter ...
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NewsChinooks to get ‘fly-by-wire’ makeover
In a bid to expand the performance envelope of its CH-47F and MH-47G Chinook heavy-lift helicopters, Boeing has called on BAE Systems electronics engineers...
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NewsEC135 picked for Turkish air ambulance duties
Eurocopter's EC135 will perform medical airlift duties throughout Turkey, with a fleet of 17 helicopters to be flown by the Turkish Aeronautical Association's...
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NewsEglin AFB receives its first Block 2A F-35
The US Air Force's 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida, received its first Block 2A configuration Lockheed Martin F-35A on 6 May. Another similarly configured...
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NewsUS Navy releases presidential helicopter RFP
The US Navy's Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has released a draft request for proposal (RFP) for a new VXX presidential helicopter to replace the service's...
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Simlat wins Czech aerostat training deal
Simlat is to provide unmanned air system training and simulation equipment to Summit Advanced Systems of the Czech Republic ...
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NewsBAE resumes Typhoon deliveries to Saudi Arabia
BAE Systems resumed making Eurofighter Typhoon deliveries to Saudi Arabia during April ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: CFM aims for smooth Leap into service
Design freeze of the CFM Leap-1B for the Boeing 737 Max means that all three versions of the single-aisle powerplant have formally entered the assembly stage. CFM's...
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NewsPentagon maintains Chinese fifth-gen jets will not be operational before 2018
The Pentagon maintains that it does not expect either of China's fifth-generation fighter programmes to become operational before 2018. "We do not...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: RAF Typhoons put through paces at Red Flag
The UK Royal Air Force's fast jet inventory has undergone a dramatic transformation over the decade since its Operation "Telic" involvement during the second...