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NATO’s new 'AGS' Global Hawk achieves first flight
NATO has moved a step closer to filling its long-held airborne ground surveillance capability gap after Northrop Grumman successfully flight tested the military alliance’s new RQ-4B Global Hawk-based “Alliance Ground Surveillance” UAV.
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Airbus delays first A320neo delivery to IndiGo
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo is unlikely to receive its first Airbus A320neo this year, following an unspecified delay in the delivery schedule.
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Boeing raises protest of ‘irreparably flawed’ bomber selection
Boeing and Lockheed Martin have reaffirmed their objection to the US Air Force’s next-generation bomber development contract award to Northrop Grumman in October, calling the lengthy source-selection process “irreparably flawed”.
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Lockheed to reveal 'ultimate offering' for T-X next year
Lockheed Martin is yet to reveal its “ultimate offering” for the US air force’s hotly contested advanced pilot training competition despite joining Korea Aerospace Industries in the unveiling of its possible T-50 Golden Eagle-based T-X proposal in South Korea this week.
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Second Bell 525 joins test campaign with three following in 2016
Bell Helicopter’s initial 525 Relentless flying prototype now has a companion on its test and certification campaign with Flight Test Vehicle-2 (FTV-2) joining the programme last week, the airframer confirms.
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New US army chief embraces predecessor’s aviation upgrade plan
The US Army’s new top general isn’t planning any major shakeup of the ground force’s aviation modernisation plan, but there may be opportunities to move faster on Future Vertical Lift.
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Lufthansa trials UAV at Frankfurt
Lufthansa has flight-tested an unmanned air vehicle at Frankfurt airport as the airline plans to employ the technology for aerial surveillance purposes for third-party customers.
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Royal Saudi Air Force to acquire 30 An-178 transports
Saudi Arabia has tentatively signed for 30 examples of the developmental Antonov An-178 tactical transport, in a deal that could eventually see the Kingdom producing the aircraft locally.
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Transport Canada announces type certification for CSeries
Canada’s Minister of Transport Marc Garneau announced the Bombardier CSeries CS100 has received type certification in a 18 December ceremony at Bombardier’s assembly line in Mirabel, Quebec.
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Ground trials near for third flight-test AW609
AgustaWestland will shortly begin initial ground trials of its third AW609 prototype as it looks to press ahead with the programme despite an ongoing investigation into a fatal crash involving an earlier flight-test example.
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Quarrel over next-gen nuclear cruise missile heats up
As the voices opposing America’s new nuclear-tipped cruise missile grow louder, recently-retired air force general Larry Spencer has rejected suggestions that cancelling the programme will inspire other nations to follow suit.
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Congress offers Christmas cheer to F-35 and F/A-18 programmes
The Lockheed Martin F-35 and Boeing F/A-18 are major winners in an omnibus spending bill announced by US lawmakers Wednesday, with funding granted for 11 more Lightning IIs than requested by President Obama in February.
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France orders third Reaper system
France has ordered the third General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air system to bolster its growing fleet of the type, which is operating in the Sahel-Saharan strip in Africa.
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Netherlands retires last Alouette III helicopters
After a service life spanning 51 years and more than 450,000 flight hours, the Royal Netherlands Air Force will retire its last four Aérospatiale SA316 Alouette III helicopters from use on 1 January, 2016.
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Sweden receives first anti-submarine-variant NH90
Sweden has received the first NH Industries NH90 maritime helicopter designed for anti-submarine warfare, and has confirmed plans to convert four of its in-service search and rescue variants into the same configuration.
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Aerion appoints Axon as Russian sales agent for supersonic AS2
Aerion is stepping up its international sales effort, with the appointment of Axon Aviation as exclusive representative for the AS2 supersonic business jet in Russia.
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PICTURES: KAI, Lockheed rollout T-X prototype
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has revealed the prototype that will form the basis of Lockheed Martin’s bid for the US Air Force’s T-X next generation trainer competition.
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Delta orders 20 737-900ERs, buys used E190s
Delta Air Lines has reached a new agreement to purchase 20 used Embraer 190s from Boeing Capital and order 20 new 737-900ERs from the airframer.
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Welsh: Modernise USAF or risk more lives in future conflict
The military head of the US Air Force has warned that the cost of not modernising front-line combat aviation forces “will be measured in terms of lives lost of friendly forces”.
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F-22, Typhoon and Rafale tested in new joint combat exercise
The increasingly cluttered warzone in Syria and the recent shoot down of a Russian Su-24 bomber by Turkey underscore the need for deeper interoperability, deconfliction and coordination between coalition fighters, according to US Air Force’s top general.