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Sweden offers Croatia Gripen purchase
Croatia has been formally offered the purchase of eight Saab Gripen C/Ds to replace its aged air force fleet of Mikoyan MiG-21 fighters ...
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Turkish F-16s force Syrian A320 to land in Ankara
Turkish fighter jets intercepted and forced a Syrian Arab Airlines Airbus A320 to land in Ankara on 10 October after the aircraft was suspected of carrying...
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JPO plans to award Lockheed upgrade contract for 93 F-35s
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) is hoping to award Lockheed Martin a contract to upgrade 93 early production aircraft to the newest configuration. "The...
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Rolls-Royce opens US defence operations centre
Rolls-Royce has opened its first US defence operations centre, which will provide 24-hour technical support to US military customers ...
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Honeywell targets opportunities in Japan
Honeywell sees opportunities for both its commercial and defence businesses in Japan.
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Norway hopes for arrival of first F-35 in 2015
Norway intends to spend NKr1.78 billion ($300 million) in 2013 on its Lockheed Martin F-35A acquisition under its proposed defence budget, enabling it to...
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Lockheed Martin working with Mitsubishi on F-35 line
Lockheed Martin is working with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on a local final assembly and checkout line for the F-35.
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Kawasaki seriously exploring commercial potential of C-2 airlifter
Kawasaki is consulting potential customers to gauge the level of interest in developing a civilian freighter variant of its C-2 military transport aircraft.
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PICTURES: Dutch take delivery of first F-model Chinooks
The Netherlands' first two Boeing CH-47F transport helicopters have been accepted at its Gilze-Rijen air base ...
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Boeing eyes long-term prospects in Japan’s tough defence market
Boeing sees long-term opportunities for new aircraft and upgrade programmes in Japan, but cautions that budgetary issues will remain a fundamental challenge.
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ShinMaywa looks to India for US-2 amphibian sales
Japanese airframer ShinMaywa is confident Japan will order a sixth US-2 amphibious search and rescue (SAR) aircraft within the next two years, and is optimistic...
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VIDEO: Israeli F-16I downs unmanned aircraft
The Israeli air force has released video footage of a Lockheed Martin F-16I fighter shooting down an unmanned air vehicle that entered the nation's airspace on 6 October.
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PICTURES: Russian air force receives first Yak-130 combat trainers
Russia's air force has taken delivery of its first six Yakovlev-designed Yak-130 combat trainers from Irkut ...
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Modified An-70 resumes flight testing
Antonov's An-70 tactical transport took part in Ukraine's Aviasvit-XXI air show in late September, following an avionics modification programme which the...
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IN FOCUS: China crisis adds urgency to Japanese air force modernisation
This year's Japan International Aerospace Exhibition in Nagoya coincides with efforts to modernise the nation's air force amid concerns about China's rising airpower
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Russia signs deal for new-generation Il-76 transports
The Russian air force is to get 39 new Il-76 airlifters, under a contract signed on 3 October ...
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Australia signs A$73.9m deal to participate in P-8A development
Australia has signed a A$73.9 million ($81.1 million) agreement with the US Navy to participate in the further development of the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime...
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PICTURE: Gripen demonstrator arrives for latest Swiss promotion
Saab's Gripen F test aircraft touched down in Emmen, Switzerland, on 3 October, as part of a campaign to sell 22 of the new-generation combat aircraft ...
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LAN Peru and CAE open new training facility in Lima
LAN Peru and CAE have opened a new training centre for pilots and cabin crew in Lima. The facility, which currently offers training on a CAE Airbus...
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Eurocopter chief dismisses Ecureuil replacement plan
Eurocopter chief executive Lutz Bertling has quickly moved to dampen suggestions that the company's Brazilian subsidiary is about to embark on a programme...