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Final MQ-8C testing slated for spring
The US Navy expects to enter initial operational test and evaluation for its unmanned MQ-8C by this spring, with sea-based testing on the littoral combat ship to follow in the summer, the service’s Fire Scout programme manager says this week.
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VIDEO: Russia flies first Su-57 fitted with new Product 30 engine
Russia’s latest fighter aircraft flew on 5 December for the first time with the NPO Saturn “Product 30” engine, which will be the production standard for the Sukhoi Su-57.
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Australia retires its last legacy Seahawk
The Royal Australian Navy has completed its transition to the Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin MH-60R maritime helicopter, having flown its last S-70B-2 Seahawk into retirement on 1 December.
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PICTURES: Senegal takes more overhauled Mi-24s
Poland's WZL-1 military aviation works in Lodz on 30 November transferred to the Senegal air force the remaining two of three overhauled Mil Mi-24V attack helicopters. The handover followed the completion of acceptance flights performed by Polish and Senegalese air force pilots.
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France welcomes first tanker-equipped A400M
France has taken delivery of its first Airbus Defence & Space A400M equipped with underwing hose-and-drogue refuelling pods, edging its air force closer to introducing a new tactical tanker capability.
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ANALYSIS: UK preparing ground for F-35B's arrival
Sixteen years after signing up as a Level 1 partner on the US military's Joint Strike Fighter programme, the UK is now just months away from welcoming its first examples of the Lockheed Martin F-35B to home shores.
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Lockheed Martin certificates slate of weapons for F-35
Lockheed Martin has certified the F-35 Lightning II to employ a roster of weapons including the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, Small diameter bomb I, GBU-12 laser guided-bomb and Joint Direct Attack Munition.
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ANALYSIS: World Air Forces maintaining strength
Brinkmanship was the name of the game for much of the 2017 calendar year, with global tensions in no small part linked to the head-on approach to diplomacy taken by US President Donald Trump.
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B-52 re-engine effort could start in 2020
The long-awaited B-52 bomber re-engine effort would start no earlier than fiscal year 2020, but the USAF’s head of Global Strike Command feels a final decision to lengthen the 60-year-old Boeing aircraft’s life is closer than ever.
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Norway sticks to AW101 helicopter schedule despite ground accident
Norway has no current plans to accelerate deliveries of its new fleet of search and rescue-roled Leonardo Helicopters AW101s despite the severe damage sustained by the lead example in a ground accident last week.
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Manila to beef up attack capability with Super Tucano
Manila has placed an order for six Embraer A-29 Super Tucano close air support aircraft.
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Electric aircraft start-up tests disposable UAV glider for USMC
The US Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory has selected Yates Electrospace Corporation’s Silent Arrow unmanned air vehicle to test a disposable cargo UAV concept.
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Navy expects MQ-25 decision by summer
The US Navy could select its final candidate for the MQ-25 Stingray by this summer, the service’s programme executive officer for unmanned aviation and strike weapons says this week.
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Classified projects boost Raytheon Missile Systems
Raytheon is investing in new buildings to house a rapidly growing workforce after the Missile Systems division recently won new contracts, including classified deals, a top executive says.
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Tokyo to conclude X-2 programme in March 2018
Japan's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) is approaching the end of testing with the Mitsubishi X-2 technology demonstrator aircraft.
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Raytheon files protest against JSTARS radar decision
Raytheon has filed a protest against the US Air Force after the service determined the company’s “Skynet” radar would not meet qualifications for the Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) recapitalisation programme.
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Last Fort Worth-built F-16 leaves Lockheed factory
Lockheed Martin’s last F-16 produced at its Fort Worth, Texas facility rolled out the door on 14 November, marking the end of an era for the Fighting Falcon.
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Poland launches new fighter study
The Polish defence ministry's armament inspectorate has launched the analysis/market survey phase of a process supporting a new multirole fighter selection.
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Pentagon taps Silicon Valley firm for aircraft predictive maintenance
Silicon Valley is now disrupting aircraft maintenance services using artificial intelligence and the internet of things to develop predictive maintenance solutions for US Defense Department assets.