All Fixed-wing articles – Page 188
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AERO INDIA: Saab talks up Gripen industrial opportunity
The Saab Gripen has appeared at the Aero India show for the first time since 2011, signalling the Swedish firm’s determination to win a planned Indian single-engined fighter deal.
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AERO INDIA: Tanker suppliers ready for new tender
Key suppliers in the niche air-to-air refueling segment are quietly preparing for a hoped-for Indian tanker competition.
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F-35A premiers at Nellis AFB Red Flag
The F-35A premiered at Red Flag this month, marking the first time the US Air Force’s Lightning Strike variant participated in the training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
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Sikorsky planning Latin America tour for M28
Sikorsky will launch a two-month tour this March for its PZL Mielec M28, taking the twin turboprop aircraft across seven Caribbean and Latin American countries to demonstrate its short take-off and landing capabilities.
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AERO INDIA: Lockheed powers up India F-16 pitch
Lockheed Martin is confident of securing new sales for the F-16, and claims that the type’s economies of scale and broad user base give the Block 70 variant an edge in New Delhi’s requirement for a single-engined fighter.
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AERO INDIA: New Delhi set to sign off on A330 AEW&C platform
New Delhi’s Defence Research Development Organisation is awaiting final approvals for its Airbus A330-200 based Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft.
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UH-60V Black Hawk achieves first flight
Northrop Grumman and the US Army completed the first flight of the UH-60V engineering and development model last month, bringing the legacy Black Hawk’s analog cockpit into the digital age.
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AERO INDIA: Boeing looks beyond Indian offset work
Boeing wants to help improve India’s aerospace industrial capabilities, as it further integrates the country into its supply chain.
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Lockheed Martin rolls-out first LM-100J
Lockheed Martin ceremonially rolled out the first LM-100J commercial freighter off the assembly line in Marietta, Georgia, completing a key milestone ahead of a scheduled first flight in the spring.
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NewsIAI reveals export version of Heron TP
Israel Aerospace Industries has revealed an export-specific version of its Heron TP medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle.
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F-35 cost target impossible without block buy, Lockheed says
A hand-shake agreement with US government negotiators slashes the cost of each F-35A ordered in the latest annual lot to $94.6 million, but the Lockheed Martin programme’s goal to drop the price to $85 million in three years is in jeopardy unless the Defense department invokes a package of special ...
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Leonardo returns to T-X competition alone
Leonardo has decided to compete for the US Air Force’s $16 billion T-X trainer contract despite the withdrawal last month of Raytheon as the company’s US partner and prime contractor.
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Australian navy details manned/unmanned teaming plan
The Royal Australian Navy will introduce its new vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle capability on 29 April, after selecting the Scheibel S-100 Camcopter. The service is to buy one system, with an option for another, to support test and evaluation activities ahead of a potential operational acquisition.
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Rafael steps up weapons offer for Tejas
Rafael is stepping up its efforts to provide systems for the Indian air force’s Hindustan Aeronautics-built Tejas light combat aircraft, with its current emphasis on offering air-to-air missiles and a targeting pod.
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NewsFlying Production unveils new UAVs
Israel’s Flying Production has expanded its range of multi-rotor vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicles.
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USAF to test Israeli runway monitoring system
The US Air Force is evaluating technology developed by Israeli company Xsight Systems to rapidly detect damage to runways at air bases outside the USA.
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NewsElbit wins Mi-17 upgrade deal in Asia-Pacific
Elbit Systems' efforts to secure more business in the helicopter upgrade market has led to a roughly $110 million contract to modernise and maintain the Mil Mi-17 transports operated by an undisclosed country in the Asia-Pacific region. "The project will be performed over a five-year period," the company says, adding ...
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ANALYSIS: The future of nuclear weapons will be networked
When the US Air Force’s Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber talks to the long-range standoff (LRSO) weapon, it will mark the first time a nuclear cruise missile communicates digitally with its delivery aircraft.
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A-10 fleet spared retirement through 2021
The Fairchild Republic A-10, the titanium bathtub revered by the US Air Force and congressional members alike, will dodge early retirement for at least five more years, the USAF chief says this week.
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Taiwan launches indigenous advanced jet trainer project
The Taiwanese government on 7 February committed to support local industry to design and fly a prototype advanced jet trainer by 2020 and deliver 66 production aircraft to replace the air force’s aging fleet of AIDC AT-3 and Northrop F-5F trainers.