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UK helicopter fleet trains in "Pashtun Jaguar" exercise
Seventeen aircraft from the UK's Joint Helicopter Command are taking part in a major exercise on until mid-February ...
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Boeing accepts charge on new 737 AEW&C problems
Boeing has announced a new setback for the long-delayed plan to deliver fully operational 737 airborne early warning and control system aircraft to Australia and Turkey.
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NewsPICTURES: Boeing flies first CH-47F Chinook for Dutch air force
The Netherlands' first of six delayed CH-47F transport helicopters has entered flight-testing in Philadelphia ...
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UK MoD confirms both crew members safe after Tornado ejection
Both crew members of a Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 were rescued within 15min of ejecting from their aircraft on 26 January ...
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NewsPICTURE: UK's first Nimrod MRA4s scrapped after £4bn spend
The UK has begun the controversial task of scrapping its cancelled Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol aircraft ...
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USAF defends performance of Gorgon Stare sensor
US Air Force officials past and present have jumped to defend the service's new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system ...
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NewsAirbus Military details 'limited damage' to A330 tanker after boom mishap
Airbus Military has released more details of the limited damage sustained to one of its A330 tanker/transports on 19 January ...
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USAF starts flight tests on F-15E with AESA radar
The US Air Force has started a three-year flight-test campaign for a new AESA radar designed for the Boeing F-15E ...
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Boeing P-8A wins first LRIP contract for six aircraft
The US Navy has completed deals to spend more than $1.7 billion on the first six low-rate initial production copies of the Boeing P-8A Poseidon ...
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NewsPICTURES: KAI rolls out first production T/A-50
Korea Aerospace Industries has rolled out the first production example of its T/A-50 light-attack aircraft ...
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IAI gets contract for last 707 tanker conversion
The Israeli air force has bought another Boeing 707 for Israel Aerospace Industries to convert into an in-flight refuelling aircraft ...
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Marshall Aerospace pitches C-130 upgrade to Malaysia
UK MRO company Marshall Aerospace has revealed details of an offer to modernise Malaysia's C-130 transports ...
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Eurofighter faces pivotal year for Typhoon programme, says chief executive
This year will be pivotal for the Eurofighter programme if production lines are not to stop in 2015, says chief executive Enzo Casolini ...
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Bad weather halts USAF's F-22 crash investigation, with cause still unknown
The US Air Force has suspended its investigation into the 16 November crash that destroyed one of its Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors and killed the pilot ...
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NewsEurofighter boss outlines objectives as Typhoon fleet passes 100,000 flight hours
Eurofighter chief executive Enzo Casolini has identified three key priorities for the multi-national programme ...
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Mexico takes trio of Black Hawks
The Mexican government has taken delivery of three more Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, bringing its total fleet to seven.
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This week briefing
Boeing's newest 787 has completed its maiden flight, taking off from Everett, Washington and landing just over 1h later.
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Eurocopter expects more lucrative mix in 2011
Eurocopter boss Lutz Bertling expects the EADS subsidiary's 2011 helicopter deliveries to be down on 2010's level, but an ongoing shift to larger aircraft, plus a rise in service revenue, will maintain revenue at 2010's level. Last year's numbers will be detailed on 9 March when EADS unveils its full-year ...
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NewsEurocopter X3 development carries on at speed
As Eurocopter presses ahead with development of its X3 technology demonstrator with a view to introducing the radical high-speed technology commercially in six years, the key challenge is not technical development, but finding an agency to certificate the machine.