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NewsUK signs £1.1bn deal for new military training fleet
The UK Ministry of Defence has signed contracts worth £1.1 billion ($1.58 billion) to cover the remaining fixed-wing elements of its Military Flight Training System (MFTS) infrastructure. The deals span the provision of a trio of new aircraft types and related ground-based training equipment.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: IAI CEO studies regional jet, light jet projects
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is at a major crossroads and every move in the wrong direction is crucial.
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News
PICTURE: HAL rolls out first HTT-40 basic trainer
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has rolled out the first prototype of the HTT-40 basic trainer aircraft.
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NewsPentagon report questions ‘unrealistic’ F-35 test schedule
The Pentagon’s chief weapons tester says an operational evaluation of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II could be delayed by up to one year because of difficulties completing developmental testing by the due date of August 2017.
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NewsPICTURE: First glimpse of Israel's Impact UAV
Flightglobal has obtained first details and an image of the Impact unmanned air vehicle being developed by new Israeli company Meteor Aerospace.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: F-35 revolutionises multi-role operations for IAF
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has accelerated its preparations for the delivery of the first Lockheed Martin F-35I Adir at the end of the year.
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NewsUK reveals sharp increase in Reaper Hellfire use
A sharp surge in the number of Lockheed Martin AGM-114 missiles deployed from the Royal Air Force’s unmanned air vehicle fleet was seen between 2014 and 2015, marking a rise in the type's use from the drawdown from intervention in Afghanistan, to current operations in Iraq and Syria.
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NewsBoeing receives first contract of Air Force One recap
One year after being announced as prime contractor, Boeing is formally on contract to replace America’s 747-200-derived "Air Force One" fleet with up to three modified 747-8 widebodies.
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NewsUS commission urges tweaks to Army aviation restructure
A two-year-old US Army plan to restructure the aviation branch over the next five years while saving billions of dollars is overall a “well-crafted” approach, but should be tweaked, says the National Commission on the Future of the Army.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Dassault's chief on the benefits of a balanced business
Any chief executive has to take the rough with the smooth, and for Dassault Aviation’s Éric Trappier, the past 12 months have provided plenty of both. The company has seen its once-turbocharged Falcon business clock up its lowest deliveries in a decade on the back of slumps in markets such ...
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Opinion
OPINION: Dassault excels in balancing act
“We had the impression the crisis was over and the world was back to recovery.” The downturn in markets that as recently as 2014 were darlings of Dassault, and its rivals in large-cabin business jets, surprised the French firm’s boss Éric Trappier, but it illustrates the fragility of a sector ...
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NewsBoeing secures deal for 20 US and Australian P-8 Poseidons
Boeing will supply 16 more armed P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to the US Navy and four to the Royal Australian Air Force under a $2.5 billion contract announced this week.
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NewsTurkish F-16s to receive new self-protection pods
Turkey’s Lockheed Martin F-16C/D fleet will receive a bolstered electronic warfare capability, after Harris was awarded a contract to provide more defensive aids suites for the air force.
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ATD-X to spur Japan’s advanced fighter research
The Mitsubishi ATD-X fighter technology demonstrator could conduct its maiden flight in February, following a media rollout in Japan on 29 January.
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NewsHungary-based C-17 crews to train in UK
Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) C-17 aircrews will soon begin training on Boeing-owned simulators in the UK under an $8 million contract negotiated by the US Air Force.
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NewsDesign review to unlock Sikorsky HH-60W funds
US air force’s Combat Rescue Helicopter programme is on track to complete a preliminary design review in April that will unlock funds for five more aircraft.
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NewsF-35B due to make second attempt at UK airshow debut
Two years after Lockheed Martin's abortive attempt to give its F-35 an international debut was scuppered by an engine fire, as many as five Joint Strike Fighters will be in the UK in July to appear at two major air shows.
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NewsRaytheon and Northrop to receive JSTARS radar contracts
The US air force is poised to award sole-source contracts to Raytheon and Northrop Grumman for the development of their competing active electronically scanned array radars as part of its Northrop Grumman E-8C JSTARS recapitalisation effort.
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NewsLockheed posts upbeat outlook as defence spending rises
Lockheed Martin chief executive Marillyn Hewson says the company ended 2015 “strategically and financially stronger” following the acquisition of Sikorsky and bump-up in F-35 Lightning II procurement funding for 11 more US aircraft in fiscal year 2016.
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NewsBahrain considering F-16V order, fleet upgrade
Bahrain is nearing a decision on whether to launch a major programme to modernise its Lockheed Martin F-16s and acquire an additional batch in an advanced V-model configuration.