All articles by Craig Hoyle – Page 37
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Falco Xplorer soars with first flight success
Leonardo completed a successful first flight of its Falco Xplorer unmanned air vehicle on 15 January.
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Finland launches HX fighter evaluation work
Finland has launched the latest stage of its HX fighter contest, with a first candidate type now involved in flight evaluation from the nation’s Pirkkala air base.
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Marshall lands KC-130J support deal with Kuwait
The UK’s Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group will provide in-service support services for a trio of Lockheed Martin KC-130J tanker/transports for the Kuwait air force.
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Ottawa advances FWSAR programme with C295 acceptance
Canada has formally taken receipt of its first C295 fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft from Airbus Defence & Space.
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Typhoons, Rafales star in Qatar’s annual flypast
Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons and Qatari Dassault Rafales took part in a flypast over Doha on 18 December.
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Dublin, Prague bolster Airbus C295 backlog
Airbus Defence & Space has secured new orders for its C295 twin-turboprop from the Czech Republic and Ireland.
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Burkina Faso to acquire C295 transport
Airbus Defence & Space has added Burkina Faso as a customer for its C295 medium transport, with the west African nation to receive a single example.
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Analysis
Political powerplays shape World Air Force fleet
Foreign policy clashes reshaped defence procurement in 2019 as international tension between the USA and Turkey grew. Our annual review looks at military fleets worldwide
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India nearing C295 contract go-ahead, Airbus believes
India’s long-running process to replace its Hindustan Aeronautics-built HS 748 – or “Avro” – fleet of utility transports could be nearing an end, with Airbus Defence & Space confident of concluding an order for its C295.
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Jamming pod test powers Saab electronic attack drive
Saab performed initial flight tests with a developmental electronic attack jammer pod (EAJP) earlier this month, declaring the activity successful.
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DUBAI: Saab GlobalEye debuts with launch order
Exactly four years after stunning its defence sector rivals with a surprise launch order from the United Arab Emirates, Saab is giving its GlobalEye surveillance aircraft an air show world premier appearance in Dubai.
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Airbus Helicopters' unmanned VSR700 starts tests
Airbus Helicopters has performed first tethered flight tests with its VSR700 unmanned rotorcraft, in support of a demonstration effort for the French navy.
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Airbus to advance automatic tanker trial for customer
Further flight testing of a developmental automatic boom refuelling capability for the A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) will be performed for an undisclosed customer next year, Airbus Defence & Space has disclosed.
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Berlin targets Eurofighter AESA deal and top-up buy
Germany appears poised to advance a joint programme with Spain to equip the nations’ later-model Eurofighters with active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars, as Berlin also nears granting approval to acquire 38 new aircraft to replace its Tranche 1-standard interceptors.
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Airbus reveals classified LOUT stealth testbed
Airbus Defence & Space has revealed a more than decade-long research and demonstration effort into very low observable (LO) technologies, conducted as a classified effort for the German defence ministry.
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RAF's first Poseidon delivered for training
Boeing has formally delivered a first P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft to the UK Royal Air Force (RAF), with the adapted 737NG to support crew training activities in the USA for the next few months.
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Analysis
ETPS hails performance of new H125s
After more than 75 years of operating experience, the UK’s Qinetiq-run Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS) has recently undergone one of the biggest periods of transformation in its history, including the replacement of most of its rotorcraft fleet.
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Industry details self-protection update bid for Eurofighter
The Eurofighter Typhoon’s self-protection equipment will be the subject of a major modernisation effort, with industry partners having launched plans for a so-called Praetorian Evolution, or “Evo” package of capabilities.
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UK F-35s make debut on new aircraft carrier
UK-owned Lockheed Martin F-35Bs have landed on the deck of the Royal Navy (RN) aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time, just over a year before the combination will be declared operationally ready.
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Airbus, Dassault warn over FCAS funding need
Industry partners Airbus Defence & Space and Dassault are urging the French and German governments to agree funding commitments to rapidly launch demonstrator-phase activities linked to a proposed Future Combat Air System (FCAS).