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Fresh delays hit Dutch Chinook, airlift projects
The Netherlands' acquisition of six Boeing CH-47F Chinook transport helicopters has encountered a six-month delay, with its first aircraft now scheduled...
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Indian air force prepares to launch basic trainer contest
India's defence ministry has given its approval for the nation's air force to acquire 75 ab initio trainers as off-the-shelf replacements for its Hindustan...
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NewsPICTURE: A400M performs first taxi trial
Airbus Military's A400M transport has undergone its first low-speed taxi trial, reaching up to 20kt during a 90min series of tests ....
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NewsQinetiq's Zephyr 7 UAV to fly in mid-2010
Qinetiq's high-altitude, long-endurance Zephyr 7 unmanned air vehicle is to fly in mid-2010 for two weeks continuously.
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India’s delayed Saras aims for 2011 approval
National Aerospace Laboratories is gearing up to fly the third Saras twin-turboprop prototype next year and hopes to clinch certification for India's first...
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Crashed Italian C-130J confirmed as modified tanker
The Italian C-130J that crashed with the loss of five lives on 23 November was its first to have been modified as a tanker ...
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PICTURE: Royal Navy King Air trainers arrive in UK for modification
All four Beechcraft King Air 350ERs to be converted for use as Royal Navy observer trainers have arrived in the UK ...
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Working Week: Fast track on the dream path
Pam Melroy was a USAF pilot and instructor and Space Shuttle commander who helped investigate the Columbia disaster. Since August, she has been deputy space programme manager at Lockheed Martin
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NewsFive killed as Italian C-130J transport crashes
An Italian air force C-130J transport has crashed, killing all five personnel onboard ...
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Iraq seeks light, medium utility helicopter deals worth $1.2bn
Iraq wants to buy 27 new military utility helicopters, with six models under consideration ...
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India's Rustom UAV crashes during first flight
India's Rustom technology demonstrator has crashed during the first flight of the indigenous UAV ...
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Eurocopter lightning test results verify finite element analysis
Lightning strike tests at Eurocopter's Donauwörth facility have verified finite element analysis accuracy for carbonfibre structure current flow simulation,...
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Indonesia's Lion to have MRO hangar at Surabaya in Q1
Indonesia's largest privately-owned carrier Lion Air is proceeding with plans to establish a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firm at Surabaya's Juanda...
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Technican training for Typhoon assembly in Saudi Arabia begins
Eurofighter partner company BAE Systems has begun training technicians for final assembly of the Typhoon fighter jet in Saudi Arabia.
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NewsEurofighter companies land new support deals worth over $1.4bn
Eurofighter nations will benefit from reduced through-life support costs, following the signature of new deals with industry ...
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ETC's Orange Flag: simulation with gusto
Realistic flight training experience of high g -forces is vital preparation to cope with emergencies - and that is what the US National Aerospace Training and Research Centre gave pilots in its Phoenix simulator during last month's Orange Flag exercise
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PICTURE: A400M completes first ground run of all four engines
Airbus Military has for the first time performed a simultaneous ground run of the A400M's TP400 engines ...
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Dubai 09: UAE hosts first mock dogfights for F-22, Typhoon, Rafale
The United Arab Emirates not only attracted the Lockheed Martin F-22 to the Dubai air show, but also staged perhaps the first mock dogfights between F-22s, Dassault Rafales and Eurofighter Typhoons.
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Tributes paid to Thunder City pilot killed in Lightning crash
South Africa's CAA is investigating the cause of a Lightning T5 crash which killed Thunder City pilot Dave Stock ...
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Report: crashed Irish Air Corps PC-9 had 'no technical defects'
The loss of an Irish Air Corps Pilatus PC-9 trainer on 12 October appears to have resulted from a controlled flight into terrain event ...