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NewsKC-46 team working fixes to complete C-17 demo in ‘late May’
Boeing is developing both a hardware and software fix for its KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling system that it hopes will resolve the boom axial loads issue that has so far prevented refuelling of the C-17A.
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NewsUTAS touts MS-110 reconnaissance sensor for MQ-9 Reaper
UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) has not given up trying to find a customer willing to install its dual-band DB-110 airborne reconnaissance sensor – or its newer multispectral version, the MS-110 – on the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper.
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NewsRaytheon retaining focus on small, swarming unmanned aircraft
US missile manufacturer Raytheon is zeroing in on low-cost, tube-launched small unmanned aircraft like the Coyote and autonomous swarming technology to capture new business as part of the Pentagon’s Third Offset Strategy.
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NewsInsitu pressing forward with FLARES as ScanEagle launch system
The quadcopter-based contraption Insitu and Hood Technology have developed for launching the ScanEagle – the flying launch and recovery system (FLARES) – should be ready for production by late 2017.
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PICTURES: RAAF A330 MRTT achieves C-17A milestone
The Royal Australian Air Force has conducted air-to-air refuelling trials between its two largerst aircraft types: the Airbus Military A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft and Boeing C-17A strategic airlifter.
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NewsTwin-tailed Airbus Zephyr completes maiden flight
Airbus Defence & Space has carried out the maiden flight of a larger twin-tailed variant of its Zephyr high-altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS).
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NewsUS Army wants to boost reliability of MQ-1C Gray Eagle's engine
The US Army is pursuing component changes to boost the reliability of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-1C Gray Eagle’s heavy fuel engine, the service’s product manager for the medium-altitude, long-endurance platform says.
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NewsMartin UAV nears completion of vertical take-off design
Martin UAV has completed development of the autonomous flight control system for its V-Bat vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle, which will lead to a series of customer flight demonstrations in summer and further testing for the US Navy.
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Controp introduces IDF Sky Rider battalion’s new payload
Controp has developed an updated version of its T-Stamp stabilised electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) payload that will be incorporated into the Israel defence force’s “Sky Rider” unmanned air vehicle battalion.
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NewsKratos breaking into the unmanned combat air vehicle market
Kratos Defense is gaining ground in the unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) market traditionally dominated by the world’s largest defence firms and privately-held General Atomics Aeronautical Systems in the USA, having captured at least one significant classified contract and most recently winning a place on the US Defense Advanced Research ...
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Bell Helicopter mates fuselage and wings of first V-280
Bell Helicopter has joined the fuselage to the tilting wings and fixed nacelles of the V-280 Valor more than a year in advanced of a scheduled fly-off for the US Army.
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NewsUSAF to automate MQ-9 takeoffs and landings
The US Air Force is pressing forward with a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper upgrade that would allow the widely fielded armed aircraft to takeoff and land automatically.
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USAF’s Small UAS roadmap calls for swarming ‘kamikaze’ drones
If the US Air Force needed to break into places like Iran, North Korea, Russia or China, it would overwhelm those countries' integrated air defence systems with tens of thousands of small and relatively cheap small unmanned aircraft acting as jammers, decoys, cameras and “kamikazes”.
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NewsTextron pushing Shadow M2 airframe as it signs final V2 contracts
The US Army has put Textron Systems on contract to update all but two of its RQ-7 Shadows to the all-digital Version 2 system, and a deal for those remaining aircraft operated by the National Guard should be forthcoming later this year, says the manufacturer’s vice-president of tactical unmanned aircraft ...
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NewsNew Zealand picks up training pace with T-6C fleet
Flightglobal contributor Peter Clark was given the opportunity to fly in one of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) newly-operational Beechcraft T-6C trainers, during a 42min sortie from Ohakea air base.
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Israel starts weapons testing for F-35 Adir
Israel's air force has tested new versions of some of the locally-made weapon systems that will be carried by its Lockheed Martin F-35s.
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Unmanned systems use to grow under Israel's five-year plan
Israel's defence forces have completed the preparation of the nation's next five-year plan, with one of its main pillars an increase in the number of unmanned systems to be deployed by the air force.
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NewsUSN expects more development of MQ-25 'CBARS' timeline this year
A risk-reduction request for proposals (RfP) for the US Navy’s MQ-25 unmanned air vehicle acquisition is expected to be released “this summer”, which will help set out the timeline in which the service can realistically expect the tanker system to be deployed on-board its carrier fleet.
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NewsLeonardo unveils lightweight Osprey AESA radar
Europe’s newly-renamed Leonardo Airborne & Space Systems has expanded its product portfolio, announcing a new lightweight active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has been selected by a trio of customers.
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NewsScorpion readied for another starring role at Farnborough
A production version of the Textron AirLand Scorpion jet with a modified wing and landing gear is coming together in the same Wichita facility where the demonstrator was secretly constructed over an 18-month period three years ago.