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NewsIN FOCUS: AHRLAC: South Africa's first aircraft since apartheid could be platform for revitalised aero industry, says Paramount
South Africa's largest private defence company has high hopes for the AHRLAC - the nation's first aircraft since the Rooivalk
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NewsIndonesia could take additional RAAF C-130Hs
Australia is open to providing Indonesia more Lockheed Martin C-130H tactical transports, following its gift of four examples announced in July. "I've...
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ILA: Diehl LaGS ahead with Eurofighter offer
Diehl Defence says it has started development work on an air-to-surface variant of the Raytheon AIM-9L air-to-air missile ...
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NewsPentagon Defense Acquisitions Board meeting on F-35 progress
The Pentagon's Defense Acquisitions Board is meeting today, 7 September, to discuss the tri-service Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). "The...
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NewsUSAF to start F-35 operational utility evaluation on 10 September
The US Air Force is scheduled to start an operational utility evaluation (OUE) of its Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) fleet at Eglin AFB,...
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NewsIsraeli air force resumes Heron TP operations
Israel has resumed flying its Heron TP UAS, after lifting a grounding order in place for over seven months ...
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NewsPICTURES: W-3 Gluszec helicopter gets naval makeover
AgustaWestland company PZL-Swidnik has started developing a new multirole naval variant of its W-3 Gluszec helicopter ...
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NewsTEAC Aerospace protests purchase of Israeli data-recorders for Omani F-16s
TEAC Aerospace Technologies, a division of United Technologies, is protesting the selection of an Israeli-built mission data recorder on 12 Lockheed Martin...
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NewsApril MQ-1 Predator crash due to power cable failure
The 14 April, 2012 crash of a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA) MQ-1 Predator in Nangarhar, Afghanistan was due to an unrecoverable engine failure,...
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NewsTwo bidders await Polish tanker battle
Poland expects to make a decision affecting its planned tanker/transport aircraft acquisition later this month ...
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NewsChinese bidder, Hawker Beechcraft to sign purchase deal in a 'few days'
Hawker Beechcraft is within a "few days" of signing a $1.79 billion purchase agreement with Superior Aviation Beijing, but other bidders for the Kansas-based...
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NewsSyrian rebels say civilian airliners now 'legitimate targets'
Civilian aircraft flying in or out of airports in the Syrian cities of Damascus or Aleppo risk being shot down from 10 September onwards, opposition group the Free Syrian Army has publicly declared.
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NewsHoneywell receives Israeli order for M-346 engines
Honeywell has received a $735 million contract to supply Israel with F124-GA-200 turbofans for its Alenia Aermacchi M-346 jet trainer fleet. Honeywell...
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NewsPICTURE: Iraq's first C-130J makes flight debut
Iraq's first new-generation Hercules tactical transport has made its first flight from Lockheed Martin's Marietta site in Georgia ...
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Elta, Bombardier offer special-mission version of Global 5000
Elta Systems has started to offer potential customers a special-mission aircraft based on the Gulfstream 5000 business jet, with Elta and Bombardier having...
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NewsF-35B completes air start testing at Edwards AFB
The Lockheed Martin F-35B short take-off vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has completed a series of engine air start tests,...
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NewsA400M to appear in ILA flying display
Airbus Military has confirmed plans to send one of its A400M "Grizzly" development aircraft to the ILA Berlin air show next week ...
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Thailand to acquire four EC725s
The Thai cabinet has approved a Bt4 billion ($128 million) deal to obtain four Eurocopter EC725s ...
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Brunei Bell 212 crash attributed to reckless flying
Brunei's defence ministry has attributed the July crash of an air force Bell 212, which killed 12 and injured two, to unauthorised low-level flying.
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NewsBoeing to set up F-15K MRO centre in S Korea
Boeing will set up an MRO centre in South Korea to support the nation's fleet of 60 F-15K Slam Eagle fighters ...