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Italy special: Avio searches for a new chief executive after sudden death of Ragni
Avio is one of the Italian aerospace industry's oldest names and - Finmeccanica aside - its biggest employer with 5,200 staff: 90% of them at six production plants throughout Italy
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Italy special: Italian defence programmes hit by budget squeeze
While JSF should provide a bounty for industry, budget cuts have already affected other key programmes, such as Eurofighter
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Italy special: Engineering strength in depth at Aerosoft
Evidence of the strength in depth of the aerospace sector in southern Italy can be found at Aerosoft, a design engineering house based in Naples, but with offshoots in Toulouse, Turin and Turkey and a sales office in Seattle, USA
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Italy special: Invesco's aerospace investments bear fruit
Sister companies Salver and Magnaghi are two of the south's top manufacturers, one in composites, the other landing gear
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F-35B flies with Block 1.0 software
Lockheed Martin has flown an F-35 flight test aircraft with the third of five major blocks of software for the first time ...
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Finmeccanica playing to strengths
Finmeccanica has a wide portfolio of airframes and technologies that equips it well for its global ambitions, says its chief executive
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PICTURES: Airbus chief Enders makes skydive from A400M
Airbus chief executive Tom Enders has become one of the first people to try out the A400M's suitability as a paratroop-delivery platform ...
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CAE to provide equipment for Royal Navy King Airs
CAE is to produce airborne tactical mission trainers to support the instruction of UK Royal Navy observers using four modified Beechcraft King Air 350ERs
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UK defence chiefs stand by Harrier retirement decision
The UK's most senior military officers have responded publicly to criticism over recently-announced defence cuts ...
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PICTURE: Italian navy deploys first AW101s to Afghanistan
Italy's navy has started flying support missions in Afghanistan using three AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters ...
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Australia’s first Wedgetail crew completes training
Australia's first mission crew for the Boeing 737-based Wedgetail airborne early warning and control system aircraft has completed its training ...
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Singapore's C-130 upgrade makes progress
The Republic of Singapore Air Force's C-130 transports and tankers are undergoing major modernisation ...
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Italian army reveals AW129 upgrade plan
The Italian army's AW129 attack helicopters are to get new targeting and missile systems under a major modernisation ...
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IAI to adapt G550 for maritime surveillance role
Israel Aerospace Industries is offering a version of its Gulfstream G550-based CAEW aircraft for maritime surveillance tasks ...
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Indonesia orders Super Tucanos for light attack role
Indonesia has announced plans to replace its OV-10 Broncos with up to 16 Embraer Super Tucano light attack aircraft ...
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F-16I crash halts Israeli training flights
The Israeli air force has suspended training flights with its Lockheed Martin F-16I "Sufa" strike aircraft following a fatal accident ...
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Indonesia nears decision on F-16, C-130 upgrades
Indonesia should make a decision on a mid-life upgrade for its Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs in 2011 or 2012 ...
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Indian AEW programme nears first flight
Embraer is aiming to have the first flight of an ERJ-145 that it is modifying for an indigenous Indian airborne early warning and control system payload in the first half of 2011, and plans to deliver it by the end of the year.
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KAI seeks additional partners for KF-X fighter
Korea Aerospace Industries is talking to external parties about participating in its KF-X fighter programme, with Indonesia's planned involvement yet to be confirmed.
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US Navy to keep some P-3Cs, despite replacement by P-8A
A subset of the US Navy's Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion fleet is being upgraded to remain airworthy for at least a decade beyond its scheduled replacement by the Boeing 737-based P-8A Poseidon.