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PARIS: GKN wins extended C-130J nacelle deal
Lockheed Martin's increased success with selling the C-130J tactical transport means a bumper time for UK supplier GKN Aerospace, which has scooped a new contract to supply the aircraft's engine nacelles.
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PARIS: Elta Systems to provide AEW radar for C-295
Airbus Military and Elta Systems signed a major deal on Tuesday to complete the development of an airborne early warning and control variant of the C-295 medium transport, a mock-up of which is making its public debut in the show's static park.
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PICTURE: Lockheed flies first C-130J for Qatar
Qatar's first of four C-130J transports has made its flight debut from Lockheed's Marietta assembly site ...
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PARIS: Martin-Baker seats save in Spain
While Martin-Baker has been displaying its wares here at Le Bourget, the UK-based firm's ejection seats have saved two more lives in Spain.
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PARIS: CMC upgraded Finnish air force Hawk Mk66 Trainer takes first flight
Canada's Esterline CMC Electronics upgraded Finnish air force Hawk Mk66 advanced trainer has taken its first flight.
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PARIS: Elta delivers ISR aircraft to Latin American customer
Israel Aerospace Industries subsidiary ELTA Systems recently delivered an additional compact intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to a Latin American customer.
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PARIS: Northrop Grumman BAMS first flight in summer 2012
The first Northrop Grumman MQ-4C broad area maritime surveillance (BAMS) aircraft is on track for rollout in the spring of 2012, with first flight that summer.
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PARIS: Interview: Thales defence SVP Pierre-Eric Pommellet
Pierre-Eric Pommellet is Thales's senior vice president of defence mission systems. He talks to Flightglobal about the growing importance of unmanned aerial vehicles, the significance of India's shortlisting of the Dassault Rafale fighter and the likely impact of the 'Arab Spring' on the global defence market
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PARIS: Marshall Aerospace offers C-130J maritime patrol conversion
Lockheed Martin's C-130J Super Hercules could be adapted for an entirely new mission, if UK company Marshall Aerospace gets its way.
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PARIS: PICTURE - Happy Rafale livery a star of day one
A literary livery created by Happy Design Studio adorned the Dassault Rafale as it roared over Le Bourget yesterday.
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PARIS: Interview - Boeing Defense chief executive Dennis Muilenburg
Every year Singapore's Shangri-La Dialogues bring together the elite of the Asia Pacific defence establishment. It is an opportunity for defence ministers, senior officers, and the defence industry to discuss Asia's strategic challenges and opportunities - and, behind closed doors, hold meetings about weapons. One attendee this year was ...
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PARIS: Bedek seeks 767 multi-mission opportunities
The selection of the KC-46A as the US Air Force's next-generation tanker will help the Bedek division of Israel Aerospace Industries to market its conversion of the Boeing 767 as a multi-mission aircraft with aerial refuelling capability.
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PARIS: RAF crew hail Tornado GR4's performance over Libya
One of the UK Royal Air Force's combat crews visited the Paris air show to detail the Panavia Tornado GR4's role operations over Libya ...
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PARIS: Beating those JF-17 blues
Chinese arms exporter CATIC has received a number of potential customers in its chalet, despite the failure of its flagship export offering, the Chengdu/Pakistan...
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PARIS: CMS to supply TacView system to US Air National Guard RTIC programme
Esterline CMC Electronics has a signed a contract with Northrop Grumman to supply the TacView portable mission display to the US Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command Real Time Information in the Cockpit programme.
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PARIS: CMC moves from strength to strength with cockpit upgrades
Flight testing of a Chilean air force Lockheed Martin C-130 with an upgraded cockpit from Quebec-based Esterline CMC Electronics (hall 5, stand B242) has been completed, with all planned test points achieved.
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PARIS: Saab's Gripen NG demonstrator visits Le Bourget
Saab's Gripen NG was due to touch down at Le Bourget as the crowds drifted away on Monday evening, with the manufacturer to showcase its new-technology fighter demonstrator to several delegations over the next two days.
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PARIS: Selex Galileo takes wraps off new-look Falco UAV, cites Italian interest
Selex Galileo took the wraps off its new-look Falco Evo unmanned air vehicle on Monday, and also revealed Italian military interest in the extended-range model.
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PARIS: PICTURE - AEW-themed C-295 makes public debut
Airbus Military has brought a surprise debutante to the show, with its airborne early warning-styled C-295 having first been flown in modified form just three weeks ago.
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PARIS: AgustaWestland unveils AW189
AgustaWestland has unveiled an 18-passenger, eight tonne-class twin-engined helicopter primarily for the oil and gas industry, where it will rival Eurocopter's EC175.