All Fixed-Wing news – Page 114
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AVALON: Boeing drone heralds Australian aerospace renaissance
Australian defence minister Christopher Pyne sees the developmental Boeing Airpower Teaming drone as heralding a renaissance in Australian aerospace defence production.
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PICTURES: Boeing unveils new loyal wingman drone at Avalon
Boeing Australia unveiled at the Avalon air show in Victoria, Australia a mock-up of a new unmanned air vehicle called the Airpower Teaming System, designed to fly as a loyal wingman alongside fourth- and fifth-generation fighter aircraft.
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PICTURES: Serbia receives MiG-29 fighters from Belarus
Serbia formally accepted four RAC MiG-29 fighters from Belarus during a ceremony at the latter's 558th Aircraft Repair Plant in Baranavichy on 25 February.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Air Commander Australia Steve Roberton
In December 2018, the Royal Australian Air Force truly entered the era of the Lockheed Martin F-35, with the arrival of its first two examples.
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AVALON: Zephyr gears up for Australian payload work
Airbus Defence & Space is gearing up for a series of payload tests operating from the Western Australian town of Wyndham with its revolutionary Zephyr unmanned aircraft.
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AVALON: RAAF C-17s keep it cool on Antarctic missions
Boeing C-17 strategic transports operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) are providing a heavy lift capability to the nation’s research mission in Antarctica.
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AVALON: Boeing eyes T-X opportunity in Australia
Boeing is positioning its T-X advanced jet trainer and its accompanying training system for a long-term requirement in Australia.
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Rolls-Royce touts modernised Indiana factory for B-52 engine bid
Rolls-Royce plans to build its F130 turbine at a modernized factory in Indiana if selected by the US Air Force to replace the engines on the service’s fleet of Boeing B-52 bombers.
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Pilot error caused Light Attack Experiment crash: Investigators
US Air Force investigators have found that the fatal Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano crash in June 2018 during the service’s Light Attack Experiment was caused by pilot error.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How Aero Vodochody recharged the L-39
Most of the pilots who honed their combat skills in the Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros single-engined jet trainer were defending the Soviet empire. The 21st century-born aviators who fly its successor – the L-39NG – will only know of the Cold War from history books.
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Brazilian navy orders three Airbus H135 light helicopters
Brazil’s navy ordered three Airbus H135 light twin-engine helicopters.
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Northrop Grumman Australia’s F-35 repair work outlined
Northrop Grumman Australia was awarded a contract by the US Department of Defence for maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade (MRO&U) work on Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters stationed in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Opinion
OPINION: Lockheed's F-21 reveal: marketing or masterstroke?
What’s in a name – particularly when your product seemingly already has more than enough of them to choose from?
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AERO INDIA: Boeing offers India futuristic Super Hornet factory
Boeing has promoted its industrial capabilities in India, as it eyes potential deals to sell the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the nation's air force and navy.
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AERO INDIA: DRDO reveals plans for C295 variants
India’s Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) plans to adapt the Airbus Defence & Space C295 tactical transport for special missions should a deal to obtain the type be finalized.
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MTU sees benefits from joint European future fighter
Engine maker MTU Aero Engines has not ruled out the possibility that the planned development of a future combat air system (FCAS) between France, Germany and Spain, in which it is involved, could ultimately be combined with the UK's parallel Tempest programme to deliver a new pan-European fighter.
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Boeing KC-46A refuels stealth aircraft for first time
The Boeing KC-46A Pegasus air tanker refueled a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II for the first time over California.
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US Air Force testing upgraded rotary launcher for B-52 bomber
The US Air Force started testing an upgraded version of the Boeing B-52 bomber’s Conventional Rotary Launcher on 11 February.
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AERO INDIA: F16V rechristened ‘F-21’ for New Delhi fighter deal
Lockheed Martin has redesignated the F-16V Block 70 as the F-21 in its offering for India's fighter requirement.
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AERO INDIA: Tejas Mk2 gets canards, big payload boost
India’s Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) has detailed a number of improvements for the planned Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) Tejas Mk2 fighter.