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Fatigue test plots F-16 future for USAF
Lockheed Martin has received a US Air Force F-16 Block 50 fighter set aside to undergo a three-year series of fatigue life tests that will play a major role...
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NewsWikileaks: Embraer favoured Super Hornet for Brazilian fighter contract
A newly-leaked diplomatic cable describes Embraer chief executive Frederico Fleury Curado candidly revealing the company's preferred bidder for the F-X2...
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Simulator vendors vie for T-X trainer order
The US Air Force's T-X contest is the biggest prize by far in the global military trainer industry - and as well as 350-500 aircraft, the service will need a lot of simulators
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Synthetic fuelling
Is airborne refuelling more difficult to accomplish in a simulator than in the air? We flew CAE's training system being developed for Australia's A330 MRTTs to find out
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Aeromedical simulators: probing the weakest link
Certain aspects of piloting - such as visual illusions and motion sickness - continue to baffle scientists. But amusement park-like rides could provide researchers with some answers
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SpaceX-NASA launch postponed
The maiden flight of SpaceX's Dragon capsule originally planned for 7 Decemeber has been postponed due to a crack in the engine nozzle on the rocket's second...
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NewsUSAF welcomes home X-37B space plane
The U.S. Air Force is evaluating the performance and condition of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-1), the reusable space plane that lifted off in April...
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Lockheed Martin set to deliver India's first C-130J
The Indian air force's first of six Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports will be handed over to the US Air Force on 16 December, ahead of its delivery to the nation in late January.
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PICTURE: Israel steps up Greek training activities
The Israeli air force is conducting more of its training activities in Greece, after severing defence ties with Turkey ...
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Wikileaks casts light on arms sales process
With fewer than 500 full-text cables published by 1 December, the impact of the roughly 250,000 US diplomatic messages exposed by Wikileaks on the aerospace business remains unclear.
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Brazilian air force retires last Xavante trainers
The Brazilian air force retired its last Embraer EMB-326 Xavante trainers on 2 December ...
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Israel calls for aerial firefighting help
The Israeli government is planning to establish a national aerial firefighting unit by the middle of the year.
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NewsF-35 review results imminent, says Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin expects to learn the outcome of a recent review into its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme around mid-December ...
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Indian Hawks to receive Cobham weapons release equipment
Cobham has won an £18 million ($28 million) contract to supply weapons carriage and release equipment for the Indian air force's next batch of BAE Systems Hawk 132 advanced jet trainers.
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India’s Tejas launches first R-73 AAM
India's Tejas light combat aircraft has successfully fired the Vympel R-73 air-to-air missile for the first time, capping an important year for the long-delayed aircraft.
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NewsUSMC splits unmanned cargo resupply contract
Rivals Lockheed Martin and Boeing will both provide unmanned cargo resupply services to the US Marine Corps under a split $75 million fixed-price contract...
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NewsRaytheon, Northrop Grumman take opposite paths on F-16 AESA sales
The rivals for a market to upgrade the radars on international Lockheed Martin F-16s are pursuing different strategies ...
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NewsSouth Korea buys four new C-130Js
South Korea has signed a production order for four C-130J-30 tactical transports, with Lockheed Martin to deliver the fleet from 2014. "Because it...
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NewsBoeing keeps protest options open as KC-X questions linger
Boeing wants answers to "unresolved questions" before moving beyond a US Air Force blunder that sent proposal data to the wrong bidding teams for the KC-X tanker contract, the company says.
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Boeing claims SIGINT prize with US Army contract
Boeing has won a US Army contract to deliver a new fleet of signals intelligence aircraft called the enhanced medium altitude reconnaissance and surveillance...