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New Zealand struggles with Seasprite sustainment
New Zealand is finding its five Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopters increasingly difficult to maintain, a new report has revealed ...
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NewsUK signs £1bn deal for Chinook HC6 fleet
The UK has signed a £1 billion ($1.65 billion) contract to acquire an additional 14 Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopters ...
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Old fashioned weaponary now greatest threat to war zone helicopter survivability
The shooting down of a Chinook earlier this month suggests that it is easier to protect helicopters from advanced smart weapons than from bullets and RPGs
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NewsMAKS: TsKB Progress flight tests new twin-turboprop
Samara, Russia-based TsKB Progress, better known as the producer of the Soyuz rocket, has produced a fifth Rysachok twin-turboprop utility aircraft, which...
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NewsUK's Joint Helicopter Command keeps focus on Afghanistan
Despite the budget cuts facing the UK's defence forces, its rotorcraft activities continue to secure fresh investment ...
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Taiwan’s AIDC balances defence and commercial work
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation is the sort of company one would be unlikely to find in the West, with a finger in virtually every aspect of aircraft development and construction, from avionics to engines and complete airframes.
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NewsRed Arrows pilot killed as Hawk crashes at UK show
A BAE Systems Hawk T1 aircraft from the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows aerobatic display team has crashed, killing its pilot ...
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AUVSI: Aurora reveals Reaper-like payloads for Orion
Aurora Flight Sciences has revealed the payload options in consideration for the experimental Orion UAS, a five-day endurance vehicle now in development.
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NewsAUVSI: $1M grand prize awarded in robotic range clearing competition
A multicompany collaborative team took home the Robotic Range Clearance Competition's $1 million grand prize.
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Composite nanotubes find new aerospace applications
For nearly 20 years, the super-strength, lightweight material has found commercial application in golf clubs and bicycles, but has made few in-roads into the aerospace industry.
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PICTURES: RAAF AP-3Cs hit 20,000 hours of Middle East operations
Australia's Lockheed Martin AP-3C Orion aircraft have reached 20,000 hours of operational missions in the Middle East theatre ...
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NewsEngine swap transforms UK Lynx operations in Afghanistan
One of the UK's major successes of the past year has been the performance of its upgraded AgustaWestland Lynx AH9A utility helicopters in Afghanistan.
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NewsAustralia may decide on additional Super Hornets in 2012
Australia will make a decision next year as to whether it will acquire additional Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighters ...
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Boeing to provide Australian army with Kiowa simulator
Boeing will provide the Australian army with a Ryan Aerospace Helimod simulator for its Bell 206B-1 Kiowa helicopters ...
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Unmanned systems star at Taiwanese defence show
Unmanned aircraft systems were a major element of this year's Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition ...
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AUVSI: Second UCAS nearing flight
The second Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS) is scheduled to hold its first engine-on tests on August 21.
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AUVSI: CAE signs team training deal with Israeli defence manufacturer
CAE has signed a strategic teaming agreement with Aeronautics to become the preferred simulation and mission training solution provider
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NewsAUVSI: HDT doubles up on robotic arm tech
HDT Global is demoing for the first time its dual-arm MK 1 Highly Dexterous Manipulator at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America 2011.
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NewsAUVSI: Army cautiously advances stateside ground-based see and avoid
The US Army is preparing to use a prototype ground-based sense-and-avoid (GBSAA) system to allow UAS operators to fly vehicles in civilian airspace corridors between military training areas.
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AUVSI: BAMS gets signals intelligence by FY2019
The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) will pick up a signals intelligence (sigint) payload and communications relay (comms) payload...