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Guided rockets set to arm US A-10s and Harriers
Precision-guided rockets could be added to the weapons load-out of the US Air Force's Fairchild A-10 and the US Marine Corps' Boeing AV-8B Harrier II strike...
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Israel, Turkey hold fresh talks over Heron delays
A Turkish delegation arrived in Israel on 10 January in a fresh attempt to solve a dispute linked to the supply of Israeli-made unmanned air vehicles to...
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NewsA400M 'cannot continue' without more funding, warns Airbus CEO
EADS chief executive Louis Gallois says the A400M programme cannot continue beyond the end of the month without a commitment by European customer governments to fund the increased costs of developing the military airlifter
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VIDEO: F-35 engages vertical landing propulsion system
A Lockheed Martin F-35 has made more progress in a series of flight tests leading to the programme's first vertical landing. The company's BF-1 flight-test...
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Indian air force seeks deal for C-17 transports
The Indian government has sent a letter of request to Washington over a possible future purchase of up to 10 C-17 transports ...
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Foam will replace wax for casting says AFRL
A new type of foam can replace wax in lost-wax casting of aerospace components and the US Air Force Research Laboratory estimates industry's savings will...
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EADS running out of patience on A400M refinancing
EADS is warning the Airbus Military A400M customer nations that time is running out to save the troubled airlifter ...
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NewsLeaked report: Brazilian air force 'wants Gripen'
Brazil's F-X2 fighter programme could be the subject of further delays, after a summary of the air force's 30,000-page evaluation report was leaked to one...
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NewsSikorsky settles with survivor, families of Cougar S-92A crash victims
Sikorsky has reached an out-of-court settlement with the lone survivor and families of the 17 passengers and crew killed in the crash of an oil industry S-92A off the coast of Newfoundland in March 2009.
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Northrop Grumman readies first RC-12X clutch
Northrop Grumman has successfully completed electromagnetic emissions and interference (EMI/EMC) tests of an RC-12X Guardrail platform for the US Army. This...
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Modified helicopters to lift UK's Afghanistan effort
The UK has received its first examples of two modified support helicopter types intended to support operations in Afghanistan ...
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NewsUAE ups C-17 order to six aircraft, from four
The United Arab Emirates has unexpectedly increased the size of its order for the Boeing C-17 by signing a deal to buy six of the strategic transports. The...
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PICTURES: Chile receives first four Super Tucanos
Chile has received its first four of 12 EMB-314 Super Tucano trainer/light attack aircraft from Brazilian manufacturer Embraer ...
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NewsForecasts 2010: Defence - selection headaches
Will 2010 see the end of long-running procurement processes as Brazil seeks a new fighter and the USA a tanker?
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Forecasts 2010 - Propulsion
Engine makers are treading water as the big two airframers prevaricate about developing new narrowbody aircraft
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Opinion
Comment: Time to quit fighting and love the F136
Despite a library full of news articles to the contrary, President Barack Obama never threatened to veto a defence spending bill that included funding added...
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NewsEgypt deal extends F-16 line into 2013
Lockheed Martin has secured a key order as it seeks to extend F-16 production long enough to stay in the competition for a massive order by the Indian Air...
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Business - briefs
Rockwell Collins is to buy on undisclosed terms AR Group and its affiliated...
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NewsSecond F-35B arrives at USN's Patuxent River base
The US Navy now has two F-35Bs at Patuxent River, Maryland, to complete a series of tests leading to the first transition from horizontal flight to a vertical...
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NewsUSAF starts search for UH-1N replacement
The US Air Force has announced that it wants to start replacing 62 Vietnam-era UH-1Ns with up to 93 new helicopters after 2015. A "sources sought"...