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NewsLockheed awarded $334 million contract for F-35 long lead items
The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a $334 million fixed-price-incentive advance acquisition contract for long lead components for...
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NewsPoland issues new jet trainer tender
Poland's armament inspectorate has launched a new tender to acquire eight advanced jet trainers and associated equipment ...
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NewsAVALON: F-35 programme chief lambasts Lockheed, P&W
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II programme's key contractors need to take a longer view on the Joint Strike Fighter effort, the US military's programme...
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IN FOCUS: For EADS, no defence is no offence
For several years now, EADS's corporate strategy has been guided by a vision - of reducing its reliance on its dominant Airbus commercial airliners division by building up its Eurocopter, Astrium space and Cassidian defence businesses
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NewsSuper Tucano beats out AT-6 for Afghan Light Air Support tender
The US Air Force has awarded Sierra Nevada and partner Embraer a $427 million firm fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply...
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AVALON: A330 MRTT enters RAAF operational service
Australia's Airbus Military A330 multirole tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft have achieved initial operational capability (IOC), with the type demonstrating...
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NewsSaudi Arabia puts first A330 tanker into service
Saudi Arabia has placed its first Airbus Military A330-200-based multirole tanker transports into operational use ...
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NewsPratt & Whitney to test upgraded F135 this year
Pratt & Whitney expects to test an upgraded version of its F135 afterburning turbofan later this year, a top company official says. The engine is installed...
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NewsAVALON: Grob eyes Australian opportunity for G120TP
Grob Aircraft is mounting a major push for its G120TP basic trainer at the Avalon air show in Australia ...
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NewsDetails emerge about Lockheed’s Cuda missile
More details are emerging about Lockheed Martin's prospective Cuda hit-to-kill missile system. According to a company product card being distributed...
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NewsFAA queries helicopter industry on airworthiness standard re-write
On the eve of the 2013 Heli-Expo convention, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will ask manufacturers whether the basis for the airworthiness...
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NewsUS grounds all F-35s over engine blade crack
All Lockheed Martin F-35s are grounded while the programme investigates the root cause of a crack discovered on 19 February in a third-stage low-pressure...
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NewsSweden commits first funds to Gripen E programme
Sweden has placed its first contract with Saab linked to the introduction of 60 new-generation Gripen E fighters from 2018 ...
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BAE hit by defence spending cuts
BAE Systems' 2012 financial results underscored the austerity-era challenges facing arms makers, as sales dipped 7% to £17.8 billion ($27.2 billion) and pre-tax profits slipped nearly 6% to £1.41 billion.
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NewsSequestration could force USAF to reopen KC-46 tanker contract
A Congressional budgetary sequestration maneuver set to go into effect on 1 March may force the US Air Force to reopen its KC-46 fixed-price developmental...
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NewsIN FOCUS: A400M to meet requirements ‘from day one’: Airbus Military
Airbus Military says its first production A400M will meet performance and payload requirements for the French air force
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NewsUK CAA plays down chances of early return for grounded EC225s
Eurocopter's hopes that its EC225 can make an early return to unrestricted overwater operations appear to be fading after the UK Civil Aviation Agency poured...
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NewsIsrael clears Elta equipment for Turkish AEW fleet
The Israeli government has approved the delivery of electronic support measures (ESM) equipment to be installed on the Turkish air force's new Boeing 737 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system aircraft, despite the ongoing severance of defence ties between the nations.
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NewsLockheed awarded $6.9 billion F-22 upgrade contract
The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling of $6.9 billion to upgrade the service's...
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Taiwan to upgrade T56 engines for P-3C fleet
Taiwan will overhaul 16 Rolls-Royce T56-A-14 turboprop engines under a deal worth $10.6 million ...