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NewsSingapore confirms order for M-346 trainer
Singapore has confirmed that it will buy 12 Alenia Aermacchi M-346 advanced jet trainers for delivery from 2012 ...
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NewsKuwait requests possible C-17 buy
Kuwait could buy one Boeing C-17 and a related support package for a combined $693 million, the US government says ...
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Switzerland: How Berne got its sums wrong on F-5 replacement
The government's decision to cancel a fighter procurement has dealt a severe body blow to the Swiss air force ...
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Switzerland: Ruag focuses on growth markets of aviation and space
The country's publicly owned aerospace champion is much more diversified, growth-driven and global than a decade ago
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FLIGHT TEST: Pilatus PC-6
The ultra-short take-off and landing Pilatus PC-6 first flew in 1959. We flew the latest version to find out if - with an upgraded cockpit - there is still life in a venerable turboprop
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Business briefs
Airbus's biggest customer, Lufthansa, has taken its backlog with the airframer to 91 aircraft with an order for 32 A320-family aircraft and eight Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered A330-300s to be operated by itself and its Swiss and Germanwings units
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Cassidian to protect Norwegian F-16s
EADS's Cassidian unit is to protect Norway's F-16 fighters from shoulder-launched missile attack ...
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NewsPICTURE: Surplus Dutch F-16s near delivery to Chile
Chile is close to receiving its next batch of ex-Royal Netherlands Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters ...
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Mexico signs repeat order for EC725
Eurocopter has increased its orderbook for the EC725 to include 12 for Mexico ...
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PICTURE: HC-130J delivery marks treble milestone for Lockheed
Lockheed Martin has handed over the first HC-130J combat tanker to the USAF's Air Combat Command ...
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Fox's spending axe threatens UK programmes
Tensions are mounting as the UK government nears the end of its Strategic Defence and Security Review process ...
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Iraq offered new F-16s with older missiles
Iraq could receive 18 Lockheed Martin F-16s worth up to $4.2 billion and equipped with previous generation missiles and radar ...
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EADS solves identity crisis
European giant's rebranding exercise is much more than a cosmetic makeover
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Croatian MiG-21 pilots escape mid-air collision
Two Croatian air force pilots ejected safely after their MiG-21 fighters were involved in a training mishap on 13 September ...
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NewsMartin-Baker responds to Eurofighter seat reports
Ejection seat manufacturer Martin-Baker has countered claims of a design fault with the Eurofighter's Mk16A system ...
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Blended wings make a quiet comeback on refurbished X-48B
The Boeing/NASA X-48B blended-wing body research aircraft is back in the air after undergoing a major overhaul and upgrades.
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NewsLockheed, US government strike deal on next F-35 order
The US government has agreed the structure of a more than $5 billion fixed-price contract for up to 32 more F-35s ...
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UAE, Brazil in talks for Embraer KC-390
The United Arab Emirates is the latest nation targeted by Brazil to join Embraer's KC-390 tanker/transport programme as a supplier and customer.
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NewsXcor completes primary supersonic wind tunnel tests for Lynx vehicle
Mojave-based Xcor Aerospace has completed primary supersonic wind tunnel testing of a scale model of its Lynx suborbital spacecraft