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PICTURES: German Phantoms resume Baltic air policing duties
Germany has resumed its provision of quick reaction alert cover for NATO's Baltic member states with six McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantoms ...
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Solar panels and wind turbines throw up concerns for aviation
Possible interference with radar signals by wind farms is one of several aviation safety issues that have put the brakes on some US renewable energy projects
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Israel bars AESA radar export to India
The Israeli defence ministry has blocked the potential sale of IAI's EL/M-2052 active electronically scanned array radar to India ...
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India's Tejas fighter achieves initial operational clearance milestone
More than two decades after it was conceived, India's Tejas light combat aircraft has received its initial operational clearance ...
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Opinion
Comment: Don't be fooled
On the surface, the dramatic emergence of a previously-secret Chinese fighter might cause consternation in the West. But Beijing is a long way from developing a true modern warplane
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Targeting intelligence
Raytheon's Applied Signal acquisition bid heats up US defence electronics sector
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Lockheed wins contract for Apache sensor upgrade
The US Army has given Lockheed Martin a $15 million contract to launch production of its VNsight enhancement for the AH-64 Apache ...
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Rafael pitches Litening pod for India's fighter contest
Israel's Rafael has intensified a marketing push to get its Litening G-4 targeting pod on board whichever aircraft eventually wins the Indian air force's medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) competition.
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Briefings
Two Airbus executives have been recognised in the UK’s 2011 New Year’s Honours list. Tom Williams, executive vice-president programmes receives a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his leadership of the Airbus business and contributions to the wider UK aerospace industry
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Australia welcomes US F-35 programme changes
Australia has welcomed the restructuring of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II programme announced by US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ...
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Italy orders DIRCM systems for transports, helicopters
Elettronica is to provide countermeasures equipment for Italian air force transports and helicopters ...
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Pentagon IG: BAMS suffering from lack of oversight
The US Navy is mishandling its new high-altitude surveillance unmanned air vehicle programme, says a Pentagon inspector general report ...
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US military unveils possible F-35B redesign in sweeping budget reforms
Lockheed Martin may need to redesign the airframe structure and propulsion system of the STOVL F-35B, says US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ...
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F-35 enters 2011 on high note, but still dogged by future uncertainty
Lockheed Martin's 11th F-35 flight-test aircraft should begin taxi trials next week, as the programme awaits on the outcome of a new review ...
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IAI to help India develop unmanned Dhruv
Israel Aerospace Industries and Hindustan Aeronautics are co-operating on an unmanned version of the Dhruv advanced light helicopter ...
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Philippines to receive refurbished C-130H
The Philippines is to receive a former Tunisian air force Lockheed Martin C-130H transport, which was refurbished by US maintenance, repair and overhaul company Derco.
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Helibras lands deal to upgrade Brazilian army AS350s
Eurocopter's Helibras subsidiary is to lead a major upgrade to the Brazilian army's in-service fleet of AS350 helicopters ...
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Three bidders to contest UK's fixed-wing training requirement
Three bidders have submitted proposals to deliver the remaining fixed-wing element of the UK's Military Flying Training System programme ...
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IAI offers systems for Embraer's KC-390 programme
Israel Aerospace Industries has offered its systems for possible integration with Embraer's developmental KC-390 tanker/transport.
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PICTURES: Alenia Aermacchi rolls out Italy's first T-346 trainers
The Italian air force's first two T-346A advanced jet trainers were rolled out at Alenia Aermacchi's Venegono plant in December, ahead of their planned delivery to the service's Test Wing at Pratica di Mare air base by mid-April.