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NewsPARIS: Lockheed Martin juggles F-35 upgrades with fixing issues
Lockheed Martin is attempting to upgrade the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, while dealing with lingering as well as new supply chain and reliability issues.
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NewsPARIS: Boeing looks to F/A-18 E/F Block III for overseas boost
Boeing is optimistic on the international prospects for the Block III version of its F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet.
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PARIS: JF-17 returns after 2017 absence
The Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex JF-17 will make its second appearance at this year's show, appearing in the static park and in the flying display.
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PARIS: Additional nations poised to try CH-53K, Sikorsky says
Sikorsky has been cleared to host demonstration flights of its CH-35K heavylift helicopter for additional nations, as the company eyes sales prospects beyond its long-held interest in re-equipping the air forces of Germany and Israel.
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PARIS: DA62 makes budget ISR platform for Leonardo
Leonardo and Diamond Aircraft have teamed up to pack much of the Italian aerospace champion’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission management system – normally flown on ATR turboprops – into a smaller, budget package.
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R-R engine upgrade to extend Thai Hercules life
Rolls-Royce has received an engine upgrade contract that will extend Thailand’s operational use of the Lockheed Martin C-130H tactical transport and also reduce the maintenance demands of its turboprop engines.
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NewsPARIS: F-35 to take about half of fighter market over next decade
The worldwide fighter market could grow by 17.2% over the next decade, representing a total output of 3,401 aircraft.
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NewsPARIS: StormBreaker foul-weather precision bomb to IOC in 2019
The US Air Force is likely to declare Raytheon’s foul-weather precision bomb, the StormBreaker, to have initial operational capability (IOC) on the Boeing F-15 fighter before the end of 2019.
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PARIS: Kratos now has 10 jet-powered tactical UAVs in development
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions now has 10 jet-powered tactical UAVs at various levels of development with several soon heading into production runs.
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PARIS: Bell-Boeing tries to sell V-22 despite lacklustre interest
With its ability to offer bulk discounts to foreign militaries closing within about a year, the Bell-Boeing joint venture that makes and sells the V-22 Osprey hoping to close the sale of up to 50 aircraft.
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NewsPARIS: Lockheed unveils maritime patrol kit for C-130 Hercules
Lockheed Martin is working on a maritime patrol aircraft retrofit kit for the C-130 Hercules.
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NewsPARIS: Boeing sticks with big number for future T-X sales
Boeing is promoting its T-X advanced jet trainer system with a full-size mock-up in a pavilion near the static park, highlighting its big ambitions for the single-engined type.
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NewsPARIS: Pentagon threatens to cut out European suppliers
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is considering a range of responses – including threatening to cut out European companies from its supply base – should the EU adopt policies that prevent American companies from being able to compete for contracts within joint European military projects.
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NewsPARIS: Lego X-Wing design pitched for future fighter deals
Lego has spied an opportunity to play a role in emergent sixth-generation fighter requirements. The toymaker is displaying a life-sized X-Wing combat system outside hall three, made entirely of Lego bricks.
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PARIS: Embraer and Elta team on P600 AEW aircraft
Embraer and Israel's Elta Systems have launched at Paris the P600 AEW, an airborne early warning variant of the Brazilian manufacturer's Praetor 600 super-midsize business jet.
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PARIS: Turkish Fighter emerges, as US spat intensifies
Turkish Aerospace is one of the many companies at this year’s show to have pulled the covers off a new full-scale aircraft model – its fifth-generation Turkish Fighter (or TF-X) – and even stole some of the limelight from the unveiling of the Franco-German Future Combat Air System at the ...
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NewsPARIS: USAF still finding FOD in Boeing KC-46 and expects more
The US Air Force (USAF) continues to find foreign object debris (FOD) inside the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus in-flight refuelling tanker, including loose material found this week, and it expects to discover objects for the foreseeable future.
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PARIS: Russia upbeat on arms sales, despite 'unfair competition'
Russia is promoting a full range of aerospace products at the show, as it looks to build on a strong sales performance in the defence sector last year.
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PARIS: NATO tanker fleet passes countermeasures test
Officials involved in the multinational multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) fleet (MMF) – which will see eight adapted Airbus A330s pooled between five European nations – are keen to introduce more countries to the capability-sharing agreement.
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NewsPARIS: DGA flight-test centre ushers in connected future
France’s DGA defence procurement agency is to transform its flight-test activities, with a new generation of increasingly sophisticated military aircraft requiring a more networked approach.