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NewsPICTURES: US Marine Corps retires final Prowlers
The US Marine Corps (USMC) retired its last Northrop Grumman EA-6B electronic warfare aircraft on 8 March, marking an end to operations with the venerable "Prowler".
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NewsPoland eyes F-35 for Harpia requirement
Warsaw has prioritised its Harpia fighter programme as part of a new technical modernisation plan for its armed forces, while its aged RAC MiG-29s remain grounded following a 4 March crash.
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Northrop Grumman starts AARGM-ER engineering and manufacturing
Northrop Grumman received a $323 million contract from the US Navy for engineering and manufacturing development work on its Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER), an air-launched weapon designed to seek and destroy radar sites on the ground.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Why Dassault trusts in abilities – not luck
Although it has a manufacturing presence throughout France, Dassault's headquarters is in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Cloud, its heavy black gates a stone's throw from the river Seine.
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No question of cancelling Paris air show public days: GIFAS
Organisers of the Paris air show have no intention of matching Farnborough’s cancellation of weekend public display flying, insisting that such a measure has never been considered.
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Secretary of US Air Force Heather Wilson to resign
Secretary of the US Air Force Heather Wilson plans to resign and become president of the University of Texas at El Paso.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How RAF's Tornados made storming contribution
Forty years after the type's introduction to service with the UK, the Royal Air Force's last Panavia Tornado strike aircraft have made their final operational flights and headed for retirement.
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Opinion
OPINION: Bidding a fond farewell to RAF's mighty Tonka
Out with the old, as the saying goes. This week, we mark the Royal Air Force’s retirement of its last Tornado strike aircraft, a half-century after it was conceived by the three-nation Panavia consortium, and 40 years after it entered UK service.
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X-60A hypersonic research rocket completes critical design review
The US Air Force’s X-60A hypersonic research vehicle has completed its critical design review.
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Airbus selects Pratt engine for US Navy H135 bid
Airbus Helicopters has selected the Pratt & Whitney PW206B3 engine to power the Airbus H135, the model it is proposing for the US Navy’s helicopter trainer replacement programme.
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PICTURE: Kratos XQ-58A makes flight debut
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator has conducted its first sortie, launching a planned five flight test campaign.
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USA funds pair of M28 Skytrucks for Nepal
The USA is providing financial backing of $19 million for a pair of Mielec M28 Block 50 utility transports that will be delivered to Nepal.
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HAI: Airbus eyes foreign military sales of UH-72A Lakota
Though Airbus Helicopters’ deliveries of the UH-72A Lakota to the US Army are scheduled to conclude in 2020, the company believes the programme may still have some foreign military sales life left.
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HAI: MD Helicopters developing winged MD902 as US Army scout
MD Helicopters is developing a wing-equipped variant of its tail rotorless, twin-engined MD902 Explorer to help it meet the speed requirements of the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme.
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Farnborough air show axing public weekend from 2020
Organisers of the UK’s Farnborough air show are axing the public weekend display, reducing the event from a seven-day to a five-day programme concentrating on the trade aspect.
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HAI: Leonardo AW609 set for military certification in 2021
Leonardo Helicopters is making steady progress with its AW609 tiltrotor and expects to achieve US Federal Aviation Administration this year, with first delivery following in 2020 and military approval in 2021.
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NewsPICTURES: Diamond nine formation marks end for RAF Tornados
The UK Royal Air Force has drawn to a close 40 years of service by its Panavia Tornado strike aircraft, with a final formation flight involving nine GR4-model examples conducted from the service's Marham base in Norfolk on 28 February.
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Rafale fighter production 'alive' for next decade
Dassault can secure sufficient additional orders for the Rafale fighter to take production to at least 2030, but is unconcerned over any potential production gap with the next-generation combat aircraft it is developing alongside Airbus.
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USAF suspends Boeing KC-46A tanker deliveries until FOD is fixed
After foreign object debris, including forgotten tools, were found inside an undisclosed number of Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aircraft delivered to the US Air Force, the service suspended acceptance of the air refueling tankers on 20 February.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: MH-60R Romeo comes of age Down Under
When the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) became the second operator of the Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky MH-60R "Romeo" helicopter in 2013, it represented a major step up in capability and training for its combat aircrews.