All articles by Craig Hoyle – Page 161
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PICTURE: UK Royal Air Force to receive fifth C-17 transport next week
The UK's fifth Boeing C-17 transport will arrive at its Brize Norton air base on 7 April ...
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UK signs £13 billion tanker deal
The UK Royal Air Force will receive its first Airbus A330-based tanker-transport in 2011, after a delayed contract closure is made on its FSTA deal ...
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PICTURES: Eurofighter delivers final Tranche 1 Typhoon
The four-nation Eurofighter consortium has delivered its last of 148 Typhoons from a Tranche 1 production order from Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Handed...
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UK's defence exports shift to offer 'strongest ethical standards'
The UK's amalgamation of the Defence Export Services Organisation within its Trade & Investment infrastructure has begun, with budget and staffing details...
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Finland to approve interim pilot training service
Finland's defence ministry is checking the final text of an agreement with Patria on the Nordic Pilot Training Centre ...
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US Navy to add synthetic radar to Goshawk, eyes T-45D
The US Navy is to add a synthetic radar function to some of its Boeing/BAE Systems T-45C Goshawks, as interest emerges for 180 more trainers ...
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Switzerland special: Pilatus the success story
Pilatus is set to make first deliveries of its PC-21, a turboprop with ambitions to replace the need for advanced jet trainers ...
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Switzerland special: Bidders line up in fighter competition
Switzerland early this year launched the first stage of a contest to replace its Northrop F-5 fighters ...
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Switzerland special: PC-21 builds on example of PC-12
business aviation PC-21 builds on example of PC-12 Pilatus will deliver its 800thPC-12 turboprop early this year, while the first Next Generation...
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PICTURES: Guided firing success clears way for pre-production of MBDA's Meteor BVRAAM
MBDA's Meteor beyond visual-range air-to-air missile programme will advance into its pre-production industrialisation...
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UK to sign delayed tanker aircraft deal this month
The UK is poised to sign a contract this month for the Royal Air Force's Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft fleet, four years after rejecting Boeing's 767 ...
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PICTURE: Eurocopter delivers first EC635 for Swiss air force
Switzerland has accepted its first of 18 EC635 light twin helicopters destined for air force use ...
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Typhoon training syllabus to add multirole skills
The UK Royal Air Force is to introduce a new training syllabus later this year to prepare its pilots for the demands of operating the Eurofighter...
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Alsalam looks to the future
Boeing-supported Saudi MRO specialist to add new military skills and commercial types
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Boeing, Alsalam discuss Gulf support centre for Apache attack helicopter
Boeing and Alsalam Aircraft are eyeing an initiative under which the Saudi Arabian company would offer...
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UK to trial multirole Typhoon training syllabus, but Afghan debut in doubt
The UK Royal Air Force is to introduce a new training syllabus for its Eurofighter Typhoon, but plans to send the type to Afghanistan are in question ...
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US presidential helicopter programme makes progress amid restructuring
AgustaWestland has flown the fourth test aircraft for the US Navy's Lockheed Martin VH-71 presidential helicopter programme ...
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UK nears Saudi Eurofighter Typhoon local assembly deal
Plans for in-country assembly of 48 of the Royal Saudi Air Force's 72 Eurofighter Typhoons could be finalised within...
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Tucano upgrade on offer as UK nears Military Flying Training System contract award
With a partnering contract for the UK...