Fixed-wing – Page 739
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News
UK advances Merlin HC3A, Sea King upgrades
AgustaWestland is engaged in two key projects to boost the UK's battlefield helicopter capabilities, with efforts linked to the EH101 Merlin and Sea King...
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Opinion
Comment: The way back from the brink
It would be easy to write off commercial aviation safety in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) as a lost cause. But actually, aviation...
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NewsVIDEO: CAL 737-800 nearly overruns runway (UPDATED)
A China Airlines 737-800 broke one of eight lamps at the end of a runway in a near-overrun incident at Saga Airport in Japan.
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Interview
Interview: Niall Olver, Grob Aerospace
Niall Olver has turned a small South African Learjet distributorship into one of the world's biggest business aviation services organisations, with fixed-base...
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Australian, Austrian air forces join Canada’s NATO flying training scheme
Ottawa's Bombardier-delivered NATO Flying Training in Canada scheme has confirmed fresh deals with the Australian and Austrian air forces...
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A400M delays prompt Europrop management reshuffle
Rolls-Royce and Snecma have assumed increased responsibility for delivering the Airbus Military A400M transport's troubled TP400-D6 turboprop engine...
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India, Eurocopter extend army helicopter negotiations
Price negotiations between India and Eurocopter are continuing over the country's 197-aircraft army light utility helicopter requirement, even though a 30...
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News
Defence in brief 9 October 2007
TURKISH TEST Turkey has launched a test campaign to support its acquisition of 50 AgustaWestland T129 attack helicopters, using a modified Bell AH-1S...
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US Navy delays decision on BAMS UAV
Contract award for the US Navy's $2 billion Broad Area Maritime Surveillance programme has...
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News
Saudi Arabia awards GE F110 deal to re-engine Boeing F-15S
General Electric will deliver 65 F110-129C engines to Saudi Arabia from 2008 to re-engine...
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Boeing to supply A160T for DARPA gigapixel sensor demo
Boeing is to supply an A160T Hummingbird unmanned helicopter as a platform for...
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Raytheon advances digital RWR with ALR-69A(V)
Raytheon has received the first production contract for ALR-69A(V) all-digital radar warning receivers...
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News
General Aviation in brief - 9 October 2007
EUROCOPTER ERA Era Helicopters has ordered four more Eurocopter EC225s, bringing its order tally for the type to eight. Era is the first offshore oil...
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News
Dutch team unveils fatigue-immune fibre-metal laminate for wings
A new fibre-metal laminate material is being promoted as an anti-fatigue technology for aircraft wings by its creators, the Netherlands'...
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News
Call for European air forces to form disaster relief capability groups in advance of futures needs
European air forces should consider establishing co-operative airlift "capability packages" to provide a faster response to major international disasters...
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US-UK defence treaty sent to legislators
A new Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty brokered by the USA and the UK last June has been passed to legislators in both countries for ratification, with Washington-based...
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News
P&W feels HEETE after second USAF rejection
Pratt & Whitney has lost out again on a second key contract to develop next-generation engine technology for future fighter, bomber and transport aircraft. The...
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News
USAF rounds on Congressional C-5 protection
US Air Force leaders seeking to free up funds to buy more Boeing C-17s and new tankers have stepped up a rhetorical campaign against a Congressionally protected...