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India's long-delayed Kaveri engine makes flight debut
India has successfully flight tested its Kaveri jet engine using an Ilyushin Il-76 transport as a testbed.
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NewsUS Navy overcomes mass P-3C grounding scare
The US Navy has quietly overcome a grounding scare that programme officials now acknowledge brought the Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion fleet "to its knees" only...
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NewsTurkey signs for more T129 attack helicopters
Turkey has increased its order for the T129 attack helicopter to 60 aircraft, AgustaWestland says ...
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Opinion
Comment: China's not whispering
Foreign visitors to next week's Zuhai air show may rightly conclude that locally developed aircraft aren't up to Western standards - but they'll be completely missing the point
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South Korea to develop F-15SE's conformal weapons bays
Korea Aerospace Industries will develop the conformal weapons bays for Boeing's stealthy F-15SE Silent Eagle ...
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Interview
Working week - Lyndon Yorke
Years of experience with myriad sensors fitted to a wealth of aircraft around the globe led Lyndon Yorke to set up Trackair Services, where he now brokers resources and solves problems for international operations
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NewsUAE seeks $5bn deal to double Apache fleet
The United Arab Emirates plans to double the size of its Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter fleet to 60 aircraft, under a potential acquisition and modernisation package worth $5 billion.
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NewsLockheed starts post-F-22 transition in Marietta
Lockheed Martin has entered the final 12 months of a key transition phase at its massive final assembly plant for the F-22 in Marietta, Georgia.
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Sagem scouts for Kazakh, Ukraininian UAV deals
Sagem has signed new UAV co-operation agreements which it hopes could lead to deals in Kazakhstan and Ukraine ...
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PICTURE: Israel approves display concept for F-16 mission training centre
The Israeli air force has approved the display system concept for Elbit Systems' mission training centre for pilots of its Lockheed Martin F-16C/D and F-16I fighters.
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NewsPICTURE: First paratroops jump from Europe's A400M
Airbus Military's A400M "Grizzly" transport has dropped its first six paratroops in a key test for the European design ...
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Mini UAVs promoted for infrastructure security tasks
Integrators of multi-layered security systems are showing increasing interest in using mini unmanned air vehicles as a tool that will positively identify and "incriminate" threats before deadly force is used to stop them.
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This Week briefing
EADS's Astrium division has been awarded a five-month study by the European Union's Single Sky future air traffic management programme to look into new satellite solutions for tracking aircraft over remote locations
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NewsCHINA SPECIAL: Air force rejuvenation gathers steam
China's reverse engineering skills are improving and its air force is being rejuvenated. But can its subsystems match its airframes?
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NewsAirbus welcomes European agreement on A400M
Airbus and EADS have reached a new agreement with the seven European customers for the A400M transport ...
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Opinion
Comment: UK/France defence pact spells a tale of two cities
Facing the worst of financial times, the UK and France have signed a broad-ranging defence co-operation pact ...
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Philippines takes delivery of SF-260F primary trainers
The Philippine air force has taken delivery of its first four Alenia Aermacchi SF-260F primary trainers, with 14 more expected to be handed over in the first quarter of 2011.
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NewsPICTURE: US Air Force tests eight-blade propellers for legacy Hercules
The USAF is flight-testing a legacy C-130H with Hamilton Sundstrand eight-blade NP2000 composite propellers ...
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Australian Heron UAVs return to flight
Australian defence forces resumed use of the Heron unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in Afghanistan on 1 November after temporarily grounding the fleet for 24...
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NewsFire Scout, back in the air, makes 2011 plans
Northrop's MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter has returned to flight, and passed the programme's 1,000h test mark ...