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NewsPICTURE: UK's first Project 'Julius' Chinook returns to the sky
The Project 'Julius' upgrade to the UK Royal Air Force's Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter fleet has advanced to the flight-test phase ...
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Pakistan orders DB-110 pods for F-16 fleet
Goodrich has won a $72 million contract to provide Pakistan with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pods and related items for its Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters.
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Israeli air force wants to field airborne hospital
The Israeli air force is working on a plan to convert one of its Lockheed Martin C-130 transports or Sikorsky CH-53 helicopters into a flying hospital.
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Indian tanker contest draws Airbus, Ilyushin bids, but Boeing stays away
Airbus Military and Ilyushin have submitted bids in India's revived competition for six in-flight refuelling aircraft ...
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NewsPICTURES: Cameron welcomes RAF's last C-17 to Brize Norton
The UK Royal Air Force has marked the introduction to service of its seventh and last Boeing C-17 strategic transport during a ceremony attended by Prime Minister David Cameron.
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NewsPICTURES: Brazilian army crew walk away from AS550 crash
Three Brazilian army crew members escaped injury when their Eurocopter AS550 helicopter crashed on 20 January ...
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Indian navy stands up second UAV squadron
The Indian navy has commissioned its second unmanned air vehicle squadron, which will operate Israel Aerospace Industries-supplied Herons and Searcher IIs ...
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PICTURE: Royal Air Force retires last Dominie trainers
The UK Royal Air Force's 55(R) Sqn has performed its last operational flights with the Hawker Siddeley 125 Dominie trainer ...
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NewsAirbus A330 tanker damaged in refuelling mishap
Airbus Military is investigating an incident which damaged an Australian A330 tanker and an F-16 fighter ...
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AgustaWestland, Eurocopter teams to contest UK military training deal
The UK's requirement to modernise its training system for military helicopter crews has drawn initial bids from two contenders, industry sources say.
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PICTURE: Morocco's first T-6C trainers head for home
Morocco's first four Beechcraft T-6C trainers departed the manufacturer's Wichita site in Kansas on 14 January for their delivery to the African nation.
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US Army revives interest in fly-by-wire for Black Hawks
A fly-by-wire upgrade for the Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk is back under serious consideration by the US Army.
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Embraer to overhaul Brazilian air force's AMX
Embraer has received a contract for the structural overhaul of 43 of the Brazilian air force's AMX strike aircraft.
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NewsBrazil to review F-X2 fighter requirement, says Roussef
Less than three weeks into her tenure as Brazil's newly elected president, Dilma Roussef has indicated that the Brazilian air force's F-X2 fighter procurement programme will be placed on hold and undergo a review.
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New rotorcraft designs sought by US Army
The US Army has taken the first tentative steps to design an all-new fleet of rotorcraft that could enter service after 2020. The Aviation Applied...
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Lockheed Martin invests in Abu Dhabi's military MRO venture
Lockheed Martin has become a joint venture partner in UAE-based Advanced Military Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Center (AMMROC) between Abu Dhabi Aircraft...
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NewsUS Army outlines VTOL UAV needs
In the same January speech in which US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates listed Pentagon programmes to be cut in an attempt to save hundreds of billions of dollars, several ambitious new efforts were also mentioned, including the US Army's vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle programme.
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Israel to expand F-15 upgrade plan
The Israeli air force is to enhance an upgrade programme to its Boeing F-15 "Baz" strike aircraft to include its oldest A/B-model aircraft. One prototype has already been completed and will serve to accelerate the series upgrade.
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NewsA400M on track for 2011 certification despite funding issues
Airbus chief executive Tom Enders says he remains confident that Airbus Military's A400M transport aircraft will gain certification by the end of the year, despite reports in the German media that the country's parliament may delay a crucial funding decision.