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MRO firm Pemco files for Chapter 11
Tampa, Florida-based MRO provider and conversions company Pemco World Air Services will be bankrolled by Avion Services Holdings through its Chapter 11 restructuring,...
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NewsBoeing has new partner for F-X2 bid in Brazil
Boeing is attempting to tip the scales in its favour in Brazil's F-X2 fighter contest by entering into an alliance with avionics supplier AEL Sistemas ...
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NewsAustralia’s Quickstep to make C-130J composite flaps
Australian firm Quickstep has been named the future sole source supplier for the composite wing flaps of the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules. The...
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NewsAerosonde wins special operations contract
US Special Forces Command (SOCOM) selected the AAI Aerosonde to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services. The mid-endurance unmanned...
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NewsUSAF training command set to start F-35 operations
The US Air Force is poised to launch training flights with its first Lockheed Martin F-35As delivered to Eglin AFB, Florida ...
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NewsIN FOCUS: India advances air force modernisation
Although India's MMRCA deal is a step closer to being concluded, the nation's airpower still faces a number of challenges in its drive to modernise
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NewsChina’s defence budget to aid air force modernisation
China has announced that it will raise its 2012 defence budget by 11.2% year on year to yuan 670 billion ($106 billion) ...
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NewsNorthrop Grumman completes repairs to RAF E-3D Sentry
Northrop Grumman has completed work to repair a damaged wing spar on a Royal Air Force Boeing E-3D Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft ...
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NewsUK's Chinook upgrade nears operational milestone
The UK's Project "Julius" to modernise up to 46 Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopters is nearing initial operational capability ...
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NewsPeru considers Super Tucano, KC-390 offers
The Brazilian and Peruvian governments have signed a wide-ranging defence agreement covering mutual assistance and the procurement of new materiel and services for the latter's armed forces.
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Meggitt provides avionics for Chinese Y-8 transport
Meggitt Avionics has been selected to provide improved avionics for four Shaanxi Y-8 transport aircraft operated by the Chinese military. Under the...
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NewsAirbus Military lands C-295 deal with Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan's air force is to receive up to eight C-295 medium transports under a new agreement signed with Airbus Military ...
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NewsMoscow approves deal for 92 Su-34 bombers
Sukhoi has received a contract to produce 92 more Su-34 strike aircraft for the Russian air force ...
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NewsFrench army signs Sperwer UAS support deal
Sagem will provide continued support for the French army's Sperwer unmanned air systems under a new deal with the nation's SIMMAD military maintenance, repair and overhaul body.
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F-22 redesign considered as oxygen system concerns linger
US Air Force leaders are considering a redesign of the Lockheed Martin F-22 but still have no answers for the oxygen system breakdowns responsible for another...
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NewsThree unmanned aircraft to contest $874 million US Navy programme
AAI, Boeing and a Computer Sciences Corp/Saab team will compete for the US Navy's ISR Services deal ...
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Dutch defence ministry issues MALE UAS request
The Netherlands has launched the process to acquire a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system capability ...
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Kuwait seeks AIM-9X deal for Hornet fleet
Kuwait wants to enhance the air defence capabilities of its Boeing F/A-18C/D fighters via the acquisition of Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinders ...
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NewsRussian navy signs for MiG-29K fighters
Russia has signed a contract to acquire 20 MiG-29K carrier-based fighters and four MiG-29KUB trainers ...
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India eyes C-130J for cyclone hunter role
India could obtain a Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules aircraft to help it better forecast and monitor tropical cyclones.