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Price haggling delays South Korea F-X III decision
South Korea's F-X III competition for 60 fighters appears to have temporarily broken down over pricing ...
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Maintenance changes raise RAAF C-130J availability
Changes to Australia's maintenance programme for the C-130J tactical transport has increased availability by 8% ...
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NewsBAE Systems to upgrade Australia’s Hawk fleet
Australia has awarded BAE Systems a deal to upgrade its fleet of Hawk 127 lead-in jet trainers ...
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NewsPaveway IV integration on target for RAF Typhoons
The UK has moved a step closer to fielding Raytheon Systems' Paveway IV precision-guided bomb with its Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft ...
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NewsUK gets sixth Voyager, as type nears debut on Falklands route
AirTanker has introduced its sixth Airbus A330 Voyager tanker/transport for the UK ...
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Doomed Polar Mil Mi-8 impacted high terrain, says investigation
Russian investigators probing the 2 July crash of a Mil Mi-8 helicopter in which 24 people were killed have recovered the aircraft's flight data and cockpit...
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UN mandates terrain-awareness avionics on helicopters
United Nations representatives are mandating the carriage of terrain-awareness and ground-proximity warning systems on helicopters operating under its banner. The...
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NewsIsraeli pilots rescued after F-16I crash
An Israeli air force F-16I crashed in the Mediterranean sea off the coast of the Gaza Strip during a training flight on 7 July ...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Is there room for so many players in civil simulator manufacturing?
Can the civil aviation market sustain so many flight simulator manufacturers? Three companies are behind 92% of the equipment on the market, but several new entrants are keen to take a share
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NewsPICTURES: How Netra UAVs helped Indian disaster relief effort
India's Ideaforge has released images showing the Netra UAV's involvement in disaster relief operations ...
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Eurocopter takes Canada to court over coast guard procurement
Eurocopter and the Canadian government are at legal loggerheads over the latter's procurement exercise to replace its...
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NewsChina certifies first aircraft carrier pilots
China has certified its first pilots and deck crew for aircraft carrier operations following a 25-day training deployment using the Liaoning ...
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NewsUSAF studying future unmanned aircraft fleet mix
The US Air Force is studying how best to formulate its future unmanned aircraft fleet to operate inside contested airspace ...
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USN kicks off second phase of EMALS testing
The US Navy has started a second phase of aircraft launch tests using the EMALS catapult system ...
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NewsPICTURES: Canada receives first F-model Chinook
Canada's first of 15 Boeing CH-47F Chinook transport helicopters has been flown to Ottawa, with the manufacturer saying it is on track to complete deliveries during 2014.
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NewsIsrael's Lavi reborn as renamed M-346
The Israeli air force is to name its M-346 advanced jet trainer the 'Lavi', re-using the name carried by the nation's cancelled fighter programme ...
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NewsIsrael advances communications system for F-35 fleet
Rafael is in the advanced stage of work on the unique communications systems that will be installed in the Israeli air force's F-35s ...
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NewsPICTURE: Gripen on target with Meteor missile firings
MBDA's Meteor beyond visual-range air-to-air missile is on target to enter use with the Swedish air force from 2014, following a dual firing performed using a Saab Gripen test aircraft.
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NewsBoeing starts building first KC-46A
Three years after winning the KC-X contract, Boeing workers in Everett, Washington, started building the first KC-46A refueller for the US Air Force on 26...
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NewsPentagon notifies Congress of potential French MQ-9 Reaper buy
The Pentagon notified the US Congress on 27 June of a possible foreign military sale to France of 16 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper unmanned...