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FARNBOROUGH: Brazilian fighter decision delayed until after October election
The winner of the Brazilian F-X2 contract will not be announced until after the election in Brazil this October, says the chief of the Brazilian air force.
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FARNBOROUGH: Black box inventor David Warren dies
In 1934, when he was nine years old, David Warren's father died in an air crash in his native Australia. In 1953 when a de Havilland Comet crashed he conceived the idea of a cockpit voice recorder to help accident investigators understand what contributed to the disaster, and three years ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Grob, Elbit join forces for UK trainer bid
Grob Aircraft and Elbit Systems have signed a teaming agreement to develop a family of G120TP military trainers ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Russia shrugs off Chinese Su-33 copy
Russia's Sukhoi Aircraft says that it is unable to do anything to stop China from testing and manufacturing a copy of its Su-33 carrier-based fighter
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Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky to submit Australia MH60R proposal
The Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky team will submit its proposal for Australia's multi-mission helicopter requirement on Friday, and expects a decision to be made in the first quarter of 2011.
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FARNBOROUGH: Victorian aerospace trio debut at show
The state of Victoria, Australia, is launching a concerted drive at Farnborough this year to showcase its $700 million aerospace industry.
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FARNBOROUGH: GKN scoops $960 million of new contracts
GKN Aerospace hit Farnborough running with a clutch of new contract announcements worth $960 million over 10 years that take the UK-based tier 1's new business
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing completes C-130 AMP deliveries
Boeing delivered the last of three test aircraft on 19 June for the US Air Force C-130 Avionics Modernisation Programme (AMP).
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FARNBOROUGH: Lockheed prepares for KC-390 competition
Lockheed Martin sees the Embraer KC-390 as a potentially serious competitor to its C-130J, but it adds that there are still many questions to be answered about the Brazilian aircraft.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing F-15 fires missile from internal bay for first time
The 40-year-old Boeing F-15 has fired an air-to-air missile for the first time from an internal weapons bay, demonstrating a critical new capability invented...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Boeing hints at KC-767 NewGen Tanker design
In a huddle with reporters after a press briefing, a Boeing executive offered the most tangible hint to date that the KC-767 NewGen Tanker blends major structural components from different aircraft models.
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FARNBOROUGH: Aermacchi provides modified MB-339As for UAE aerobatic team
Alenia Aermacchi is completing modification work on the final batch of four MB-339A trainer and light attack aircraft for the United Arab Emirates air force ...
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FARNBOROUGH Optimism returning to TAG
The name Farnborough has for years been synonymous with the international biennial air show but among the global business aviation community the brand now symbolises Europe's most iconic business airport
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FARNBOROUGH: Thales delivers software for UK Chinook cockpit upgrade
Thales has delivered the software for the first Project "Julius" cockpit upgrade for the UK's Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter fleet
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Eurofighter gets AESA radar deal, but Italy looks to F-35
Eurofighter has received approval to add an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to its Typhoon combat aircraft, but has been hit by an Italian decision to renege on a commitment to Tranche 3B production of the type, in favour of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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FARNOROUGH: Selex makes the link to next-generation capabilities
With the recent fourth flying campaign of Alenia Aeronautica's Sky-Y unmanned air system, Finmeccanica-owned Selex Communications gained the first operational...
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FARNBOROUGH: Italy's Elettronica embraces international markets and cyber war
Italy's Elettronica is looking to secure its solid position in the electronic warfare market by expanding into new international markets, enlarging its product portfolio and mastering new technologies - including cyber warfare.
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FARNBOROUGH: Britten-Norman launches airborne surveillance service
The venerable Britten-Norman Islander is enjoying its latest lease of life here at Farnborough as a platform for a low-cost, pay-by-the-hour aerial surveillance...
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FARNBOROUGH: Alenia's heavyweight ambitions
Italy's Alenia Aeronautica has set a two-year timeframe to develop and deliver to potential customers a new 1,800kg (3,960lb) maximum take-off weight medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Saab still hopeful of Brazilian fighter contest win
Saab is waiting on the outcome of the Brazilian air force's F-X2 fighter contest, but still believes it has the best product, says chief executive Ake Svensson.