All articles by Dave Majumdar – Page 11
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US Navy awards Huntington Ingalls $2.6 billion contact to overhaul USS Abraham Lincoln
Huntington Ingalls has landed a $2.6 billion contract to refuel and overhaul the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln ...
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Boeing unveils updated F/A-XX sixth-gen fighter concept
Boeing is unveiling an updated version of its F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter concept at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Washington DC this...
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Lockheed extends range of unmanned K-Max
Lockheed Martin is extending the range of its optionally unmanned cargo-hauling version of the Kaman K-1200 K-Max helicopter by adding an auxiliary fuel...
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F-35B completes first night short take-off and vertical landing
A Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) completed its first night short take-off and vertical landing during a test sortie at NAS Patuxent River,...
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USAF F-22 Raptors return to normal flight operations
The US Air Force's fleet of Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors has returned to normal flight operations following the completion of modifications to the aircraft's...
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US reveals details of F-15SE, F-35A bids for South Korea
The US Department of Defense formally notified the US Congress of potential sales of the Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle and Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike...
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Solar-powered aircraft to fly across USA in May
A Swiss effort to fly a solar-powered aircraft across the USA is expected to launch from San Franciso, California, this May. Called Solar Impulse,...
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Boeing and USAF will have to recertificate entire F-15SA flight envelope
Boeing and the US Air Force will have to recertificate the new F-15SA's performance over the Eagle's entire flight envelope due to its new fly-by-wire...
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Former USN chief suggests DoD should cancel F-35A in favour of C-model
A former US Navy chief of naval operations says the DoD should consider eliminating the F-35A and focus on the C-model version ...
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Lockheed awarded long-lead items contract for Japanese F-35s
The US DoD has announced a $40.2 million long-lead items contract linked to Japan's first four of a planned 42 F-35A Joint Strike Fighters ...
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Outgoing F-35 programme boss shares hard won lessons
After spending 12 years fronting the Lockheed Martin F-35 programme, retiring executive vice-president Tom Burbage can look back in hindsight on a few key...
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Embraer completes KC-390 critical design review
Embraer says that it has successfully completed a critical design review (CDR) for its KC-390 tactical transport and tanker aircraft in conjunction with...
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USAF tells Sierra Nevada/Embraer to keep working on LAS contract
The US Air Force has told the Sierra Nevada/Embraer team to continue working on the light air support (LAS) programme unless ordered not to by the Court...
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Sikorsky hands over five S-70i helicopters to Colombia
Sikorsky has formally handed over five new S-70i Black Hawk multi-mission helicopters to the Colombian army, the company says. The aircraft were accepted...
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Beechcraft sues USAF over LAS decision
Beechcraft is suing the US Air Force in an attempt to prevent the service from continuing work on an effort to supply Afghanistan with a Light Air Support...
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US Navy may add conformal fuel tanks to F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fleet
The US Navy is considering adding conformal fuel tanks onto its fleet of Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters ...
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US Army seeks advanced engine for future rotorcraft
The US Army is asking industry to submit proposals for research and development into an alternative concept engine ...
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RAF's first operational F-35 pilot flies first training sortie
The first operational UK pilot selected to fly the Lockheed Martin F-35B has performed his first training sortie in the type ...
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Lockheed shakes-up aeronautics business leadership
Lockheed Martin is shaking-up the leadership of its aeronautics business, including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme. Larry Lawson, the company's...
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PICTURE: USAF flies first F-15SA for Saudi Arabia
The US Air Force has flown the first fly-by-wire F-15SA combat aircraft for Saudi Arabis ...