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RIAT: Luftwaffe fighter ace reunited with Bf 109
The UK's 70th anniversary commemorations of the Battle of Britain attracted an unusual visitor to RIAT: a rare Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter. Owned...
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RIAT: Vulcan's return celebrates 50th anniversary of XH558
Avro Vulcan XH558 flew into RAF Fairford on 16 July, with its arrival marking a major show highlight for many of RIAT's weekend visitors.
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RIAT: F-22, Vulcan top show attractions
Staged at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire from 17 to 18 July, the annual Royal International Air Tattoo attracted around 350 aircraft from around the globe ...
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Israel grounds T-6 fleet after training mishap
Israel is investigating the cause of a non-fatal mishap involving its new T-6A trainer fleet ...
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FARNBOROUGH: MBDA reveals guided missiles of the future
At this year's show, weapons manufacturer MBDA is unveiling the outputs of its first annual Concept Visions exercise, an analogue of automotive manufacturers' concept cars that is intended to brainstorm ideas for the guided weapons of the future.
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NewsCanada formally commits to buy 65 F-35s
The Canadian government formally committed today to buy 65 Lockheed Martin F-35s six years ahead of first delivery in order to qualify national industry...
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US border patrol receives first re-winged P-3 Orion
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first re-winged P-3 Orion to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agency, which begins to restore the long-term viability of a surveillance fleet grounded because of safety concerns until two years ago.
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Boeing outsizes rivals in bid to replace HH-60
Boeing has submitted data on the CH-47 and V-22 to the US Air Force as potential replacements for the HH-60G Pave Hawk fleet of combat search and rescue...
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MAA to bring 'cultural as well as organisational change'
UK military aviation will feel a cultural as well as organisational change when the new Military Aviation Authority goes fully operational on 1 April 2011,...
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NewsUS Senators raise alarms over more C-17 add-ons
Two US Senators are concerned that fellow legislators on the appropriations committee are likely to add funding to buy more Boeing C-17s, despite strong opposition from the Obama administration.
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NewsPICTURES: Royal Navy offered AEW-configured AW101
AgustaWestland and Thales have stepped up their efforts to promote a development of the AW101 to replace the UK Royal Navy's venerable Sea King 7 airborne surveillance and control (ASaC) aircraft.
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Israeli trainer request due this month
A request for information concerning the purchase of a new advanced trainer by the Israeli air force will be sent before the end of the month to the two...
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Northrop Grumman eyes UK Global Hawk sale
Northrop Grumman is looking at innovative financing options in an effort to further its "aspiration" of selling Global Hawk unmanned air systems to the UK,...
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FARNBOROUGH: Saab plots bright future for Gripen programme
Flight-testing of Sweden's next-generation Gripen is on target as Saab looks for orders
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FARNBOROUGH: Air power redefined by AFRL
'Energy optimised aircraft 'will be at the heart of the next generation of fighters as the US Air Force looks to boost performance
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FARNBOROUGH: A350's race against time
The A350 programme has already suffered a three-month slip, and Airbus is working hard to ensure that no further delays threaten the twinjet's 2013 service-entry schedule
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FARNBOROUGH: Lockheed to expand navy's F-35 test fleet
Extending development by three years on two F-35 variants would not be enough to keep the restructured programme on track.
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FARNBOROUGH: UK unmanned air vehicles
Players from the UK unmanned air vehicle industry will arrive at this year's Farnborough air show with renewed optimism, following two significant steps recently made on the way towards being able to routinely fly such systems in the nation's airspace.
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FARNBOROUGH: Silent Eagle makes quiet progress
One year ago, a nascent F-15 Silent Eagle programme needed to be rescued from what seemed like an internal crisis of confidence given away by a stray comment...
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FARNBOROUGH: BAE to ramp up work on JSF production
The UK's commitment to the Joint Strike Fighter has enabled BAE Systems to secure a 16% stake in the programme, and invest in its manufacturing base