All Fixed-Wing news – Page 154
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Israel Aerospace Industries chief to step down
Israel Aerospace Industries has disclosed that its chief executive Joseph Weiss will step down once a replacement is identified and "an orderly succession process has taken place".
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Single engine failure damages five E-8C JSTARS
An engine failure on an airport ramp caused damage to five E-8C JSTARS aircraft, or nearly one-third of the fleet on 21 December, the US Air Force says.
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Qatar orders 36 F-15QAs to complete fighter shopping spree
Qatar’s air force will receive 36 Boeing F-15QA fighters under a $6.17 billion deal announced by the US Department of Defense on 22 December.
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Japan KC-46 acquisition moves forward
The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a $279 contract to produce Japan's first KC-46 tanker aircraft.
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New Delhi proceeds with deal for 83 Tejas fighters
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has received a request for proposal (RFP) for 83 Tejas Mk-1A light combat aircraft from the Indian air force (IAF).
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Block III Super Hornet upgrades to begin this spring
The first US Navy Super Hornet to receive service life modification upgrades will arrive at Boeing’s St. Louis facility next April and will leave with an additional 3,000 flight hours, Boeing’s vice president of FA-18 programmes tells FlightGlobal.
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Lockheed and Northrop win deals to demo new missiles
The US Air Force Research Laboratory has contracted Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to build low-cost, networked cruise missile prototypes for the service’s Gray Wolf technology demonstration effort.
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Boeing KC-46 receives 767 certification
Boeing’s KC-46A tanker received the Federal Aviation Administration’s amended type certification for the baseline 767-2C, ensuring the US Air Force’s tanker replacement is safe to fly, the company announced this week.
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Boeing held talks with Embraer on takeover: WSJ report
Boeing reportedly has held talks with Brazilian aircraft and defence services company Embraer to acquire an ownership stake, the Wall Street Journal reports on 21 December.
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Lockheed meets 2017 F-35 delivery goal
Lockheed Martin hit its F-35 delivery mark for the year, rolling out its 66th jet this month out of its Fort Worth, Texas facility.
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J-Music to protect NATO tanker fleet
Elbit Systems has been awarded a $46 million contract to equip a future pooled NATO fleet of Airbus A330 tankers with its J-Music directional infrared countermeasures self-protection equipment.
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NewsIAI targets avionics fit on L-39NG
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is in negotiations with Aero Vodochody over the potential supply of an avionics suite for the Czech Republic airframer's in-development L-39NG trainer.
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Embraer moves closer to KC-390 delivery with IOC declaration
Embraer on 20 December declared initial operational capability (IOC) for the KC-390 under the standards set by the Brazilian air force (FAB).
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USAF details scope and schedule for B-52 re-engining
A new US Air Force document released last week outlines the details, timeline and likely competitors for a plan to acquire at least 608 new turbofan engines to replace the eight Pratt & Whitney TF33s on each of 76 Boeing B-52H bombers in the US Air Force fleet.
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Bell Valor V-280 makes maiden flight
Bell Helicopter’s V-280 Valor flew its inaugural flight this week, marking a later maiden voyage than expected after the company announced the tiltrotor would fly earlier this fall.
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Boeing offers revealing sneak-peek of MQ-25 bid
Boeing has revealed a narrow, nose-on view of the company’s bid to win a three-way competition to build the MQ-25 Stingray, a carrier-based unmanned air system (UAS) that the US Navy plans to use as an in-flight refueler to extend the range of manned fighters.
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ANALYSIS: The year in review, 2017's top stories in aerospace
Time and tide may wait for no man, but man doth have archives – which may not wind back the clock but do make for a time machine of sorts. Herewith, a selection of 2017 Flight International highlights
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PICTURES: Leonardo test fires Sidewinder from M-346
Leonardo has continued the development work on the attack variant of its M-346 trainer with the successful test firing of a Raytheon AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missile from the platform.
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USAF finds F-35 maintainers outside A-10 fleet
The US Air Force no longer needs to rob its A-10 fleet’s maintainers to support the incoming Lockheed Martin F-35As, according to a Congressional report.
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AIA calls Congress to strengthen Ex-Im bank
The head of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) praised Republican lawmakers’ efforts on new tax legislation while encouraging the more radical Tea Party contingent to back down from their attack on the US Export-Import Bank.