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US Air Force planners want irreguar warfare wing
US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) planners have called for the stand-up of a new "irregular warfare"...
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US Air Force proposes reliability plan for Lockheed missile
The US Air Force has proposed a reliability improvement plan for Lockheed Martin's AGM-158...
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The green agenda
environment The green agenda Mounting political pressure is forcing airframers and operators to tackle the effects of air travel on climate change aimee...
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Latest V-22 hydraulic leak fixed
Pressure switches on proprotor swashplate actuators on 21 Bell Boeing V-22 Ospreys ...
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Air-taxi providers form trade body
AIR TAXI European and American air-taxi providers have formed a dedicated trade body designed to establish benchmark operating standards across the...
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BA sets 2011 for BA609 civil tiltrotor deliveries
Bell Helicopter and Agusta Aerospace have set 2010 as the target date for US and European certification of their...
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Extra EH101 Merlins to boost UK's battlefield helicopter fleet
The UK Ministry of Defence has advanced several programmes intended to boost its available fleet of...
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Mixed messages
Airbus may have won the order battle at Paris, but a clear vision of the reinvented A350 has yet to emerge from...
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Sagem takes over Robonic
Finnish-based UAV catapult manufacturer Robonic has been taken over by Sagem Defense and Security in an undisclosed value deal which includes Finland's sole...
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Thales UK to offer S-100 UAV to Royal Navy
Thales UK has teamed with Schiebel to offer the Austrian firm's S-100 Camcopter to compete for an expected Royal Navy requirement for a vertical take-off...
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NewsUK unprepared to co-ordinate helicopter resources in large scale emergency
Widespread concern about the lack of a UK system for enabling inter-agency co-ordination in a major national emergency was voiced at a Royal...
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Pilot hiring causes US instructor shortage
Training woes in the USA are even more advanced than elsewhere in the world, and by all accounts are set to get much worse. Solutions elude academies and...
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Aerospace deals pick up pace
business The long good buy A strong appetite for mergers and acquisitions is fuelling the view that the industry's upturn has a number of years...
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Europe's air transport boom is great news for pilots
Europe's air travel boom is great news for prospective pilots, who know a cockpit job is virtually assured once they are qualified. But one casualty of the...
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You've got MALE
unmanned systems You've got MALE Urgent European requirements for medium-altitude long-endurance UAVs are stimulating a rush of activity peter...
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Evolution spans aircraft spectrum at Paris
technology Universal solutions Innovations in electronically dimming window shades and fully integrated cockpits can be applied to aircraft of...
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Nigerian air force is to receive two ATR 42MP
The Nigerian air force is to receive two ATR 42MP maritime patrol aircraft from 2009 under a $73 million deal with Alenia Aeronautica. The award also covers...