All Fixed-Wing news – Page 230
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Philippines to lease five Japanese King Airs for maritime patrol
The Philippines plans to lease five Beechcraft King Air 90 aircraft from Japan, which will help the Southeast Asian nation beef up its maritime patrol capabilities.
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Support builds for USAF to replace Hueys with Black Hawks
The US Air Force will decide in “next couple of weeks” whether to procure Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to replace the Vietnam-era Bell UH-1N Hueys that protect America’s nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Penalty for breaking Northrop's B-21 contract is '$300 million'
The US Air Force says it would cost the US government upward of $300 million to breaks its cost-plus contract with Northrop Grumman to develop the B-21 strategic bomber.
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USAF wants on-time F-X, not more F-22s
The US Air Force has no interest in restarting production of the Lockheed Martin F-22, partly because it too expensive and because it wants to move quickly on a next-generation fighter.
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UAE announced as first export customer for Hammerhead UAV
Piaggio Aero has secured the first export order for its P.1HH Hammerhead unmanned air vehicle, following the United Arab Emirates’ decision to acquire eight of the type.
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USAF studying future attack aircraft options
The US Air Force has begun studying future close air support aircraft to succeed the Fairchild Republic A-10 as the Pentagon evaluates the weaponry it needs for “prolonged operations” of one year or more.
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IAF looks to increase endurance of Heron TP
The Israeli air force (IAF) and Israel Aerospace Industries are working to “significantly” increase the endurance of the Heron TP unmanned air vehicle from its current 36h.
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Boeing develops mission system for South African warplane
Boeing will develop an advanced mission system for the military variant turboprop-powered South African light attack fighter and reconnaissance aircraft.
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US general backs fighter sales to three Gulf states
The head of US Central Command Gen Lloyd Austin has declared his support for the sale of American fighter jets to Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain.
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Israel Aerospace Industries plans civil push
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) intends to become more involved in the civil market, as it looks to boost profitability.
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New $2.2 billion Anglo-French FCAS phase announced
France and the UK are set to launch a new project under their Future Combat Air System (FCAS) effort that will see unmanned air vehicle prototypes developed under a newly announced £1.54 billion ($2.19 billion) agreement.
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RAAF KC-30 to begin P-8A refuelling trials in early 2017
The Royal Australian Air Force is preparing to add the Boeing P-8A Poseidon to the growing list of aircraft that can be refuelled by its Airbus KC-30A multirole tanker type.
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USAF names seven top-tier Northrop B-21 suppliers
The US Air Force has named the seven top-tier suppliers for the Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber, including propulsion system provider Pratt & Whitney.
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UAE seeks Northrop LAIRCM upgrade for C-17As
The United Arab Emirates Air Force could protect its eight Boeing C-17A strategic transports with Northrop Grumman’s missile-dazzling large aircraft infrared countermeasures (LAIRCM) system under a $225 million deal recently approved by the US government.
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Lockheed prepping Advanced EOTS and Legion Pod for flight tests
Lockheed Martin is assembling a prototype of its "advanced" electro-optical targeting system (EOTS) that is being offered to replace today’s baseline F-35 EOTS sensor ahead of flight testing next year.
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Aviation accounts restored in DOD 'unfunded priority' lists
If Congress directed an extra $690.5 million to the US Air Force, it would restore the five Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft that it cut from its fiscal year 2017 budget request. The US Marine Corps, meanwhile, would spend a $750 million windfall on two more F-35Bs and two ...
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ANALYSIS: America's hypersonic missile revolution beckons
Long before hitching a ride to the moon aboard Apollo 11, then US Air Force test pilot Neil Armstrong was zipping around in a rocket-powered North American X-15, which to this day remains the fastest manned, winged aircraft ever built. That flight record of Mach 6.72 or 7,274km/h was set ...
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VIDEO: Aurora’s LightningStrike wins DARPA VTOL X-plane comp
Aurora Flight Sciences will build a prototype of its unmanned, hybrid-propulsion “LightningStrike” aircraft after beating two remaining competitors for the coveted DARPA vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) X-plane project.
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Boeing’s second KC-46A achieves first flight
Boeing’s second functional KC-46A has joined the fledgling Pegasus fleet as the US Air Force's next-generation tanker programme advances toward a production decision by the Pentagon in April or May.
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HELI-EXPO: FVL 'taking off' as military helo sales wane
With global sales of military rotorcraft set to decline, the AHS International vertical flight technology society is pushing future vertical lift as a way of replacing veteran rotorcraft designs like the Sikorsky H-60 and Boeing H-47, which trace their lineage back to the 1960s.