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AVIC markets upgraded Wing-Loong UAV
Chinese manufacturer AVIC has provided details about its new Wing Loong II unmanned air vehicle, which is larger and can carry more payload than the Wing Loong I.
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NewsPentagon inspector finds no fault with US Navy’s 70-Triton buy
The US Navy properly justified its requirement for 70 maritime versions of the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, the Pentagon’s top auditor says, but the final number depends on the aircraft’s performance after 100,000 flight hours.
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NewsUSAF seeks ‘interim’ CHAMP, longer-range air-to-air missiles
The US Air Force plans to introduce Boeing and Raytheon’s “CHAMP” high-power-microwave emitting cruise missile into the combat force on board the 1990s conventional air-launched cruise missile as an “interim capability” while the technology transitions to Lockheed Martin’s JASSM-ER.
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NewsDSEI: Thales introduces new Watchkeeper concept for export
Thales has introduced a new concept – the WK X – to sell its Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicle to export markets.
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NewsLockheed and Roketsan shoot for SOM-J first flight in 2017
Lockheed Martin and Turkish missile maker Roketsan hope to flight tests the next-generation SOM-J cruise missile on a Turkish F-16 fighter jet in 2017 ahead of integration for internal carriage on the Lockheed F-35 in Block 4.2.
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NewsDSEI: BAE carries out Striker II HMD night trials
BAE Systems has implemented a number of modifications to its Striker II helmet-mounted display (HMD), following night trials conducted on board a Eurofighter Typhoon in May.
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NewsNorthrop, Raytheon JSTARS radars to detect slow, human targets
Northrop Grumman and Raytheon are at two different places in the race to replace the US Air Force’s radar-carrying Northrop E-8C “JSTARS,” but the two companies say their competing radar solutions will be ready in time to meet the initial fielding date in 2022 or 2023.
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NewsMubadala takes full ownership of Piaggio Aerospace
Seventeen years after heading a consortium that rescued Piaggio Aerospace from bankruptcy, Piero Ferrari has ended his financial links with the Italian aircraft maker.
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DSEI: UK to consider maritime patrol programme in defence review
The UK’s continuing Strategic Defence and Security Review process has identified the lack of a maritime patrol aircraft capability as a key area of consideration, defence secretary Michael Fallon says.
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NewsFirst functional Boeing KC-46A tanker to fly 25 September
The air force’s developmental next-generation tanker, the Boeing KC-46A, is expected to make its maiden flight 25 September, according to the service’s programme executive officer for tankers.
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NewsDSEI: AgustaWestland reveals results of Royal Navy RWUAS trials
AgustaWestland has revealed the results of the live trial phase of the UK Royal Navy’s Rotary Wing Unmanned Air System (RWUAS) capability concept demonstration (CCD) programme.
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NewsBoeing doubles F-15C missile load in '2040C' Eagle upgrade
Boeing has unveiled an up-gunned version of its supersonic F-15C air superiority jet designed to keep the aging fleet operationally relevant through 2040.
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NewsDSEI: UK orders penetrating warhead for Paveway IV bomb
Raytheon UK has been awarded a £25 million ($38.5 million) contract to complete the development and qualification of a new warhead to equip the Paveway IV precision-guided bomb, for carriage by the Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoons.
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NewsDSEI: Selex introduces the Falcon Shield counter-UAV system
Selex ES is the latest sensor manufacturer to introduce a counter-unmanned air vehicle system that tracks and defeats airborne threats.
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NewsDSEI: Northrop maintains hope in UK, Norway markets for Triton
Ahead of the release of the UK’s Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) next month, Northrop Grumman remains hopeful that the nation’s maritime patrol capability gap can be filled with its MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned air vehicle.
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DSEI: Upgraded Merlin HM2 fully operational with Royal Navy
The Royal Navy’s AgustaWestland Merlin HM2 helicopter fleet has achieved full operational capability, with 80% of its eventual 30 modified aircraft having been returned to use.
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NewsP&W, GE submit proposals for next-gen fighter engine development
Pratt & Whitney and General Electric’s proposals for the next phase of US Air Force’s sixth-generation fighter engine development effort are due tomorrow, with two sides anticipating sole-source contract awards in June or July of 2016.
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NewsDSEI: A400M achieves service entry milestone for UK
The Royal Air Force has achieved the in-service date for its Airbus A400M tactical transport, with the milestone representing the transfer of a seventh aircraft from Airbus Defence & Space.
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NewsFirst flight for new Aero Vodochody L-39NG
Aero Vodochody performed the maiden sortie of its updated L-39NG trainer from its Odolena Voda facility in the Czech Republic on 14 September.
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DSEI: Airbus calls for UK maritime patrol competition
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is being urged to hold an open competition to fill any requirement for maritime patrol or multimission aircraft that may emerge from its Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) later this year, rather than pursue a sole-source procurement with Boeing.