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NewsTraining: jobs for tomorrow
Professional pilot skills are expensive to gain and, for the foreseeable future, expenditure on pilot training will remain essential to the functioning...
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Australia nears decision on interim pilot training
Canberra is expected to decide on the provision of an interim basic flying training service by early June, having received industry responses to a request...
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PICTURE: Nigeria receives second ATR 42 maritime patrol aircraft
Nigeria's second of two Alenia Aeronautica ATR 42 maritime patrol aircraft has been accepted at the company's Turin Caselle facility ...
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NewsNorthrop puts Global Hawk on show in Japan
Northrop Grumman has made a major fresh push to sell its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle to Japan ...
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NewsSaying goodbye to the 'Mighty Hunter'
The UK's Nimrod MR2 fleet will bow out of service on 31 March. We look back at the type's operational history, and fly on one of the type's final training sorties ...
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On board Nimrod flight 'Kinloss 453'
Defence editor Craig Hoyle flew on one of the last training sorties involving the Nimrod MR2 ...
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RAF prepares for future with Nimrod MRA4
The Royal Air Force is getting ready to transition to its next maritime patrol aircraft - but this is no ordinary Nimrod
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Business briefs
DAIMLER WILL NOT UPSET EADS VOTING BALANCE SHAREHOLDING The French-German balance of shareholder voting rights in Airbus parent EADS is to remain in...
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Opinion
Comment: Saga or sideshow?
The agonising WTO battle between Airbus's and Boeing's national sponsors can only achieve so much. A lasting solution surely must emerge from the political, rather than legal, realm
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NewsAinsworth: UK to cut A400M order
The UK will continue its commitment to the Airbus Military A400M project, but is likely to reduce its order to 22 aircraft ...
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Japan's test programme for maritime patrol and transport aircraft under way
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has delivered four XP-1 maritime patrol test aircraft and one XC-2 military transport test aircraft to Japan's defence ministry. KHI...
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NewsCessna Caravan leads race for Afghan airlift contract
A US Air Force contract for a fixed-wing light mobility aircraft (LiMA) has attracted interest from companies based in Australia, New Zealand and Spain,...
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Super Hornets arrive in Australia
The first five of 24 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets for the Royal Australian Air Force have arrived in Australia at its largest air force base, Amberley in...
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US Department of Defense negotiates multi-year F/A-18E/F and EA-18G contract
The US Department of Defense is negotiating a new contract with Boeing that could lock in more than 70 additional F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler...
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Helibras starts work on EC725 production facility
Brazil has confirmed Chile, Colombia, Portugal and South Africa as prospective partner nations in Embraer's KC-390 tactical transport programme to replace...
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Malaysia issues RFIs for fighters and AEW aircraft
Malaysia has issued a request for information for fighters and airborne early warning aircraft, with a view to placing orders in 2011-15.
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Malaysia to order CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft from Indonesia
Malaysia is planning to sign a letter of intent in April for four Indonesian Aerospace CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft.
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Australia's first five Super Hornets to arrive on Friday
Australia's defence minister has confirmed that the first flight of its air force's new Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets into their home base will be on 26 March. Canberra...
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Second A400M nears first flight
MILITARY TRANSPORT Murdo Morrison SEVILLE A400M flying back on track Rain in Spain has slowed progress, but Airbus Military says airlifter remains...
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A400M final assembly line gears up for production
ASSEMBLY GEARING UP FOR EFFICIENCY A year ago, the newly opened 145,000m2 (1.56 million ft2) A400M final assembly line complex at Seville was...