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Seoul selects Falcon 2000S for ISR mission
Seoul has selected the Dassault Falcon 2000S as its next generation intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, although a deal has yet...
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Indonesia orders six Su-30MK2s
Indonesia has ordered six additional Sukhoi Su-30MK2 aircraft, with the first two to be delivered in 2012. Jakarta will receive two more in 2013 and...
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US Army to deploy enhanced vision radars on 10 UH-60Ls
The US Army will install radar-powered enhanced vision systems on 10 Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawks for a combat trial in Afghanistan, according to radar supplier Sierra Nevada.
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IN FOCUS: Bahrain in no rush to replace military assets
Bahrain's armed forces are equipped with a modest fleet of little more than 100 active military aircraft, with this volume reflecting the kingdom's status as having the lowest population among the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.
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L-3 joins BAE Hawk team for T-X contest
L-3 Link Simulation & Training has joined BAE Systems' Hawk team bidding team for the US Air Force's pending T-X contest ...
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PICTURES: RNZAF receives first NH90s
The Royal New Zealand Air Force on 6 December received the first two of eight NH Industries NH90 TTH helicopters dating from a 2005 order. The aircraft...
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Manila looks abroad for used C-130H
The Philippines Air force plans to obtain a single Lockheed Martin C-130H aircraft on the international market, as it awaits the return of two C-130Hs that...
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Missed targets prompt US Marine Corps to arm unmanned Shadows
The US Marine Corps will deploy AAI RQ-7 Shadows to Afghanistan armed with classified new gravity bombs in a demonstration that could pave the way for a dramatic expansion in the numbers of weaponised unmanned air vehicles (UAVs).
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Israel's trainer decision to hinge on industrial factors
The value of Israeli defence systems that will be purchased by Italy or South Korea if a trainer made by one of their domestic companies is selected by the Israeli air force will play a major role in the latter selection.
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PICTURE & VIDEO: Lockheed delivers first two F-35Bs to training base
Lockheed Martin has delivered the US Marine Corps' first two F-35B training aircraft to Eglin AFB, Florida ...
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PICTURE: UK's Voyager nears release to service milestone
The UK Royal Air Force is moving towards granting the release to service approval for its first Airbus A330-based Voyager tanker/transport ...
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UK launches Hawk T2 instructor training, as BAE steps up T-X push
The UK has moved a step closer to training the first student pilots using its BAE Systems-built Hawk T2 fleet, while the company is also poised to strengthen its bid to sell a further development of the type to the US Air Force.
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UK funds new UCAS research effort
BAE Systems and the UK Defence Science & Technology Laboratory will work together on a technology study linked to unmanned combat air systems ...
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IAI tight-lipped over $1.1bn deal with Asian customer
Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a $1.1 billion deal to supply "defensive and offensive" systems to an undisclosed Asian customer ...
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Indonesia to receive Super Tucano in March
Indonesia will receive its first four Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano trainer/light attack aircraft in March 2012. The aircraft will be based at Abd Saleh...
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IN FOCUS: Embraer's investment set to transform Portugal's fledgling aerospace industry
Five hundred years ago, Portuguese pioneers ventured to Brazil to seek their fortune in the young colony. Now Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer is on a transatlantic mission in the other direction to create its first overseas manufacturing outpost.
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IN FOCUS: A400M partnership a decade ago would have set Portuguese industry on very different path
Had a political decision gone another way almost 10 years ago, the infant Portuguese aerospace industry might have taken a very different path.
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IN FOCUS: KC-390 deal pushes transformation of OGMA
That Embraer has chosen OGMA - alongside design engineering specialist Empresa de Engenharia Aeronáutica (EAA) - to lead Portugal's involvement in the KC-390 airlifter and tanker programme comes perhaps as no great surprise.
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Seoul readies F-X III RFP
South Korea could issue a request for proposal for its F-X III competition for 62 fighter aircraft as soon as next week. An industry source indicates...