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Dutch fly first ScanEagle mission off Somalia
The Dutch armed forces have performed their first surveillance mission off Somalia using the ScanEagle UAV ...
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NewsFLIGHT TEST: Ruag's Dornier 228NG put to the test
Ruag's revamped Do 228NG is pitched as a tool for intelligence gathering and surveillance. How does it feel to fly the turboprop?
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NewsUK issues urgent call for maritime UAS deal
The UK Ministry of Defence was due to receive responses by 28 August from contractors interested in bidding for a maritime unmanned air system deal worth...
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NewsPICTURE: Poland fields last second-hand C-130 Hercules
The Polish air force has commissioned its latest ex-US Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130E transport into service ...
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Indian EMB-145 AEW&C arrives in Bengaluru
India's first Embraer EMB-145 airborne early warning and control aircraft has arrived in Bengaluru following a flight from Brazil ...
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NewsAustralia to convert 12 Super Hornets into EA-18G Growlers
Australia will convert 12 of its Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets into EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft ...
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NewsIsrael may lease up to eight V-22s
Faced with insufficient resources to fund the purchase of Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotors, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) are instead considering leasing...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Embraer defence unit to build on billion-dollar 2012
In 2020, Embraer Defense and Security (EDS) will have fielded the KC-390 tanker/transport in Brazil and several other countries. It will have almost completed...
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NewsMorocco USMC MV-22 Osprey crash due to pilot error
The 11 April, 2012, crash of a Bell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor in Morocco belonging to the US Marine Corps's VMM-261 squadron was not due to a mechanical...
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NewsIndia receives its first EMB-145 AEW&C aircraft
India has received its first Embraer EMB-145 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft. The first of three aircraft was delivered at Embraer's...
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NewsUS Navy expects fall approval for UCLASS requirements
The US Navy expects formal approval of its unmanned carrier-launched surveillance strike (UCLASS) aircraft requirements in the early fall. "The UCLASS...
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NewsBlended Wing Body flight test campaign resumes at NASA Dryden
A six-month flight test campaign has kicked off at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB in California to evaluate the latest iteration of...
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NewsEmbraer confident of winning USAF light air support deal
Embraer is confident that its A-29 Super Tucano will win the US Air Force light air support contest, even though an earlier selection of the type was overturned in January.
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NewsIndonesia to rely on upgraded F-16s and K-FX fighters
Indonesia has ruled out further buys of Sukhoi fighter jets from Russia, instead bolstering its fleet with upgraded ex-US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16s and, in the longer term, aircraft jointly developed with South Korea through the K-FX programme.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Intelligence sharing ahead for UAVs
The US Department of Defense needs to develop new unmanned aircraft that can survive inside contested airspace, as it shifts its focus toward the Pacific...
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NewsIN FOCUS: UAV sector may be hit by US spending cuts
For small firms with innovative technologies, the UAV sector has long been a happy hunting ground, but that may be set to change due to US spending cuts
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NewsIN FOCUS: UAV market structure
For small firms with innovative technologies, the UAV sector has long been a happy hunting ground, but that may be set to change due to US spending cuts
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NewsIN FOCUS: Pilot projects bring prospect of UAVs in civil airspace closer
Pilot projects are bringing closer the prospect of UAVs flying in civil airspace, but technical problems and fears over crashes and surveillance must be overcome
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NewsIN FOCUS: Tokyo casts wary eye on Chinese airpower developments
A white paper published by Japan's defenc ministry has shed light on Tokyo's views of military aviation developments in China ...
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NewsAUVSI: Ones to Watch: unmanned vehicle programmes
This year's AVUSI will feature a number of unmanned vehicles from underwater versions to aircraft