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Indonesia trade agency proposes cargo use for A400M
State-owned Indonesia Trading Company (ITC) has proposed operating two Airbus Defence & Space A400M tactical transports to help balance domestic trade in Indonesia.
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Army orders 35 more UH-72A Lakotas from Airbus
Airbus Helicopters announced that it received a $273 million contract from the US Army to deliver 35 more UH-72A Lakotas.
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Riyadh advances on repeat Typhoon order
Saudi Arabia could be set to acquire a follow-on batch of 48 Eurofighter Typhoons, pending the conclusion of government-to-government discussions with the UK disclosed on 9 March.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Crunch time for T-X trainer bidders
There’s no question the pending contact for the USAF's T-X advanced pilot training system will shape the global market for supersonic trainers
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Embraer reports slight rise in 2017 defence revenue
Revenue generated from Embraer’s defence and security division rose 1.9% to $951 million in 2017.
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Brexit throws Anglo-French FCAS programme into doubt
A three-year-old Anglo-French bid to define the future of unmanned combat aircraft looks to be falling foul of Brexit, as “political and budgetary uncertainty” in London have left the launch of a demonstrator programme in doubt.
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U.S. Navy vexed by lack of access to F-35 logistics coding
The U.S. Navy remains frustrated by its inability to connect the F-35’s logistics software with the other logistics software programs it uses.
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F-35 development and support to cost $1 billion annually
The Joint Program Office (JPO) estimates that continued development of the F-35 to deal with evolving threats and changing warfighting environments will cost the U.S. government more than $1 billion a year between 2018 and 2024.
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Airbus to slash A400M assembly rate
Airbus is to dramatically slow its final assembly rate for the A400M tactical transport from a high of 19 achieved in 2017 to only eight per year from 2020.
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Embraer returns damaged KC-390 to flight-test programme
One of Embraer’s KC-390 prototypes returned to flight over Brazil on 2 March, after being grounded for several months due to unexpected altitude loss during a stall test flight conducted last October.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: German military wrestles with aircraft availability
Germany is struggling to maintain the operational readiness of its military aircraft inventory, as obsolescence issues and challenges around the introduction of new platforms combine to diminish front-line availability.
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Super Hornet upgrade takes off with life-extension
Boeing is to advance a planned service life-extension programme for the US Navy's F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, with the company having been contracted to perform work on an initial four aircraft.
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Jordan, Qatar to acquire DB-110 reconnaissance pods
Jordan and Qatar have been confirmed as new customers for United Technologies Aerospace Systems' DB-110 tactical reconnaissance pod, under deals worth a combined $51.2 million.
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Modified King Airs to boost Kuwaiti defences
Kuwait has secured approval to advance a possible intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) fleet acquisition comprising four modified Beechcraft King Air 350ERs.
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Israeli ground forces prefer Chinook over CH-53K
Israel may be erring towards the Boeing CH-47 Chinook after the country's army said it preferred the tandem-rotor helicopter for an emerging requirement for heavy-lift rotorcraft.
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Opinion
OPINION: F-35 cost issue is solvable, but needs fixing fast
Some time in the next several weeks or months, the Lockheed Martin F-35 programme will pass a historic milestone. The system development and demonstration phase that began 17 years ago appears poised – barring any unforeseen showstoppers – to conclude by the end of summer. The aircraft, engine, simulators and ...
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MTU bids to support engines for Germany's heavy-lift helicopters
Sikorsky has selected MTU as engine maintenance provider as part of a bid to supply the US manufacturer’s CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter to the German air force.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Why Super Hercules is a strong performer
With Lockheed Martin having marked the latest milestone in its C-130J “Super Hercules” programme on 9 February – the delivery of its 400th example – we use Flight Fleets Analyzer data to detail the type’s sales performance so far.
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Adapted Falcons to meet French air force EW need
Dassault will adapt a trio of Falcon business jets with Thales mission equipment for operations with the French air force, after Paris selected the combination for its "Epicure" airborne electronic warfare (EW) requirement.
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Israel concerned over Su-57 debut in Syria
Russia's surprise deployment of Sukhoi Su-57s to a base inside Syria has positioned its new stealth fighter within the same region of operations as the Israeli air force's Lockheed Martin F-35I.