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Israel to issue jet trainer request for information in June
Israel is expected to issue a request for information for new advanced jet trainers in June, as local industry positions for the deal ...
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PICTURES: Sagem advances Patroller UAV flight tests
Sagem is to resume flight activities with its Patroller unmanned air vehicle at the French air force's Istres test base ...
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EADS touts maturity of A330 MRTT design
EADS has taken a more aggressive stance than Northrop in its bid to promote the KC-45 tanker to the US DoD ...
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DoD acqusition strategy key for KC-X bidding process
The US Department of Defense is using the KC-X tanker contest to transform its troubled procurement model ...
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Fuelling the fight: Heayweights battle for the KC-X tanker contest
As hard-fought competitions go, the US Air Force's KC-X tanker battle has had pretty much everything to offer. Congressional scrutiny, corporate impropriety...
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Sikorsky to upgrade Saudi Black Hawks
Sikorsky Aerospace Services will upgrade Saudi Arabia's 14 A-model Black Hawk utility helicopters to the UH-60L standard ...
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NewsCH-53K delay will not hold up GE38 engine programme
General Electric will maintain its schedule for testing the GE38 engine for the US Marine Corps' delayed Sikorsky CH-53K ...
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Opinion
Comment: Anchors away
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates stared down the air force and army over big acquisition deals. Now it looks like he's turning his formidable firepower on the navy and marines
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NewsAirbus demonstrates torpedo launch with C-295
Airbus Military has demonstrated the ability of the C-295 to launch torpedos against submarines ...
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NewsBoeing displays concepts for F/A-18E/F replacement
Boeing has revealed two concepts for a stealthy, supercruising strike fighter to replace its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet after 2025 ...
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RAF investigates Hercules wheels-up landing
The UK Royal Air Force is investigating the cause of a training mishap which has disrupted operations at its main air transport hub ...
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Poland to deploy C-295 to Afghanistan
The Polish air force is to permanently base one of its Airbus Military C-295 tactical transports in Afghanistan's Ghazni Province ...
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NewsGates raises uncomfortable questions for naval aviation
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has questioned the US Navy's long-term carrier aviation plans ...
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Pakistan to get Chinese AEW&C aircraft this year
Pakistan has received its second Erieye radar-equipped Saab 2000, and is also to get Shaanxi ZDK-03 AEW aircraft from China ...
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Submarine signal analysis moves AF447 search to new site
French investigators are to extend the search for a crashed Air France Airbus A330 to a new location, south of the current region under examination.
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Lockheed's new F-35 leader to face familiar challenges
When Lockheed Martin executive Larry Lawson assumes control of F-35 operations and manufacturing on 7 June, the F-22 programme manager since 2004 will confront a familiar set of challenges, but on an even grander scale.
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PICTURE: Chilean navy gets first of three C-295s
The Chilean navy has received its first of three Airbus Military C-295 maritime patrol aircraft ...
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EBACE: AgustaWestland authorises Sky Maintenance as service centre
Sky Maintenance Services has been appointed as an authorised service centre for AgustaWestland's A109 series, AW109 Power, Grand and GrandNew helicopters.
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NewsInvestigators yet to refine Air France AF447 flight recorder search
French investigation agency Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses (BEA) has yet to confirm indications that the search zone for the wreckage of an Air France Airbus...
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Australia pushes Lockheed to allocate more JSF work
Lockheed Martin should give Australian companies more work on the Joint Strike Fighter, says minister for defence materiel and science Greg Combet ...