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Korea Aerospace and Eurocopter to form joint venture
Korea Aerospace Industries and Eurocopter are forming a joint venture to market a military utility helicopter that they are jointly developing in South Korea. The...
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New deals extend Saab Gripen line into next decade
Saab has received contracts and commitments that will keep the Gripen multi-role fighter production line...
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Airbus executive calls on Europe, USA to settle subsidy row
Airbus's top executive in North America has called on Europe and the USA to negotiate a settlement to their World Trade Organisation dispute over subsidies...
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EADS Casa to deliver C-295s to Chilean navy
EADS Casa will deliver at least three C-295 transports equipped with a maritime patrol and search and rescue sensor suite to the Chilean navy. The new contract,...
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Airbus dusts off cryoplane studies
Airbus is dusting off the concept of the hydrogen-fuelled aircraft in its bid to develop a zero carbon-emissions aircraft of the future. Christine...
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Airbus-Boeing rivalry may extend to US Air Force contracts
The Airbus-Boeing rivalry for US Air Force contracts may stretch beyond tankers to new replacements for Lockheed Martin C-5-class freighters and Air Force...
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Aeroflot to open first training school as pilot shortage threatens expansion
Aeroflot is to open Russia's first modern commercial pilot training school in 2009, in response to an aircrew shortage crisis that could limit growth in...
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SkyEurope bids to be Europe's first requied navigation performance precision approach user
SkyEurope Airlines has engaged Seattle, Washington-based...
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BAE to receive Nimrod support contract
BAE Systems will on 1 November receive a contract worth between £20 million ($40.7 million) and £100 million to support initial operations of the Royal Air...
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US safety body demands unmanned air vehicle changes following Predator crash
After investigating an unmanned air vehicle accident in the USA in 2006, the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that transponders in UAVs...
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South Korea studies Western proposals for fighter programme
South Korea is studying proposals from Western manufacturers for its KFX fighter programme, with the details of a feasibility study into an indigenously...
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Israel moves to expand unmanned air vehicle force
The Israeli air force is set to invest "big sums" in acquiring unmanned air vehicles in a bid to build a three-tier force. A senior air force officer...
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UK flying wing project to adopt canards
A scale-model flying wing using a canard foreplane to improve take-off performance could be flight tested by next June if students at the UK's Salford...
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Defence news in brief
APACHE RESTRICTIONS Israel has imposed operating restrictions on its Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters, after a joint investigation into...
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MDBA studies US low-cost cruise missile
European missile house MBDA's US arm is looking at the possibility of using technology from a UK loitering munition in a low-cost cruise missile it is studying...
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Boeing begins F-15C AESA radar upgrade
Boeing is talking to overseas operators of the F-15 about radar upgrades, after receiving a $70 million contract to start retrofitting US Air Force and Air...
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Veteran troubleshooter takes his place in 787 hot seat
Boeing has installed a veteran crisis manager with a problem-solving style described by former subordinates as "relentless" to fix a 787...
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Lockheed Martin success clears path for shorter en-route separation
The success of Lockheed Martin's en-route modernisation (ERAM) ...
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New generation Cosmo SkyMed planned as first satellite starts operations
EARTH OBSERVATION PINO MODOLA GENOA Italy plans second-generation Cosmo SkyMed constellation As they presented the first images from Italy's...