All articles by Craig Hoyle – Page 50
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NewsFrench Hercules upgrade enters avionics testing
A modernisation programme for the French air force's Lockheed Martin C-130H tactical transports has passed an early milestone, with Rockwell Collins having installed its Flight2 avionics suite in a system integration laboratory in Toulouse.
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ANALYSIS: How 737 Max is transforming pilot training
A new era in Boeing's more than 50-year history with the 737 began on 16 May, when the company delivered the first Max-series example of the ubiquitous twinjet to Malindo Air. Part of the Lion Air group, the Malaysian mainline carrier swiftly followed this milestone by placing its lead 737 ...
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NewsUK commits to major upgrade for Shadow surveillance fleet
One of the UK's key intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) types is to receive a major upgrade, under the terms of a long-term arrangement between the Royal Air Force and prime contractor Raytheon UK.
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Leonardo enters ASDOT training battle for UK
Leonardo has joined forces with Discovery Air Defence Services and Inzpire in pursuit of a major UK aggressor aircraft requirement, making it the latest company to target the air support to defence operational training opportunity.
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NewsG120TP buy completes ETPS fleet renewal
Qinetiq has ordered Grob Aircraft's G120TP to deliver basic training services for the Empire Test Pilots' School.
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NewsGripen Aggressor targets UK, US requirements
Saab has launched a new derivative of its Gripen C, which it believes is ideally suited to meeting the future adversary training needs of the UK and USA.
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NewsPICTURE: First Phénix tanker rises for France
Airbus Defence & Space has moved a step closer to delivering an A330 multi-role tanker transport to the French air force, after flying its first example on 7 September.
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NewsVixen radar chosen for Romanian trainer project
Leonardo has been selected to provide its Vixen 500E active electronically scanned array radar in support of an advanced trainer research activity in Romania.
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Australia welcomes first six PC-21s to East Sale
The Royal Australian Air Force has welcomed the first six of its eventual 49 Pilatus PC-21 basic trainers at East Sale air base in Victoria.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: RAF Typhoons impress on Romanian air policing duty
Through a shimmering heat haze, the pilots of two sleek combat aircraft run to their jets, armed and ready beneath makeshift sun shelters on a Romanian base near the Black Sea coast. These are not the crews of the home nation's Aerostar-adapted MiG-21 Lancer interceptors, however, but of Royal Air ...
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ANALYSIS: How Leonardo's UK transformation will pay dividends
Little more than six months after implementing a "one company" structure in the UK, Leonardo MW is seeing clear benefits from the new way of working, says chief executive Norman Bone.
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ANALYSIS: G120TP flight experience reveals Prefect's promise
This year's Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) coincided with a major event for the G120TP programme, as Grob Aircraft's highest profile customer for the type so far cleared a key milestone on the path to training its first student pilots for the UK.
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NewsBAE details slowing Typhoon production rate
BAE Systems delivered 10 Eurofighter Typhoons in the first half of this year, as the UK company and its European partners wait for further international sales to safeguard long-term production of the type.
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ATP Flight School adds to Skyhawk 172 backlog
Textron Aviation's Cessna unit has secured a further follow-on order for its Skyhawk 172 from US pilot training specialist ATP Flight School, with the investment to boost the operator's fleet of the type to almost 130 examples.
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NewsAvionics upgrade to boost French AWACS fleet
An avionics upgrade will enable France's Boeing E-3F airborne warning and control system (AWACS) fleet to remain operationally relevant until at least 2035, the nation's DGA defence procurement agency says.
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RAF weighs training balance as new fleet nears use
A new fleet of fixed-wing trainers being introduced to Royal Air Force use over the next two years will transform the way it prepares new pilots, with the service now reviewing its plans for the trio of types.
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ANALYSIS: Affinity ready to deliver on UK training deal
A trio of new types on static display at the 14-16 July Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) showcased the near future of the UK's fixed-wing training inventory for the first time.
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NewsIraq to revive T-6 trainer capability
The US Department of Defense has awarded Textron Aviation a contract worth almost $8.8 million for the "reconstitution" of 15 Beechcraft T-6A basic trainers for the Iraqi air force.
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UK to drive down Typhoon operating costs to match F-16
The UK Royal Air Force is to enhance the capability of its Eurofighter Typhoons by using money saved via a new in-service support model for the multirole type.
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Franco-German fighter proposal gains momentum
France and Germany have signalled their intention to co-operate on the development of a future combat aircraft to be produced after the Dassault Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon.