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UK support bolsters Sweden's Gripen offer to Brazil
Saab's FX-2 fighter bid to Brazil has received strong support from the UK government, with a decision just weeks away ...
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Israel to review UAV maintenance arrangements
The Israeli air force is evaluating changes to its maintenance infrastructure to support the growing use of large unmanned air vehicles ...
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PICTURE: Saab's Gripen Demo makes first flight with AESA radar
Saab's Gripen Demo aircraft has made its first test flight since receiving a key technology on offer to countries including Brazil, India and Switzerland ...
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Uncertainty surrounds Thailand's F-16 upgrade plan
Thailand has yet to indicate when it will launch a planned mid-life upgrade to its F-16A/B fighters ...
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South Africa cancels order for eight A400M transports
The EADS-led A400M programme has suffered its first orders blow, with South Africa having cancelled its purchase ...
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Lockheed signs new F-35 pacts with Australian industry
Lockheed Martin has boosted Australian involvement in its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme by signing two new memoranda of understanding ...
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Sleep cycle factors strongly in new ALPA pilot fatigue policy
Natural circadian rhythms factor strongly in a new, potentially landmark pilot fatigue policy that has been adopted by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)...
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PICTURE: Poland receives loaned C-130E from USA
Delayed modernisation programme sees Poland receive C-130E transport on free loan from the USA ...
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UK could arm its Watchkeeper UAVs
The UK could integrate a lightweight weapon with its Watchkeeper 450 tactical unmanned air vehicles, the MoD has confirmed ...
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Turning back time
Reliability, ruggedness, versatility, economy and excellent short take-off and landingperformance have been the hallmark of two unpressurised turboprops long out of production. But now, the former de Havilland Canada Twin Otter and Germany's Dornier 228 are poised to re-enter production.
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US Coast Guard C-130 and USMC AH-1 Cobra collide off California
Nine people are missing after a US coast guard Lockheed Martin C-130 transport aircraft collided with a US Marine Corp Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter off the...
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PICTURE: UK's first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter enters assembly
Northrop Grumman has begun assembling the centre fuselage for the UK's first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in California ...
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BAE Systems apologises for failings on Nimrod safety
BAE Systems has "apologised unreservedly" for the procedural flaws made during a safety review of the UK Royal Air Force's Nimrod surveillance aircraft ...
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Airbus faces supplier pressure to revise A400M contracts
Airbus is coming under pressure from A400M risk-sharing suppliers to renegotiate their contract terms as it closes in on securing a revised production contract...
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RAF threatened by equipment cuts, says senior officer
The UK Royal Air Force is so heavily committed in Afghanistan that it could not repeat its Operation Telic effort of the second Gulf War, a senior officer warns ...
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Morocco requests $134m purchase of CH-47D Chinooks
Morocco has requested the purchase of three Boeing CH-47D Chinook transport helicopters worth up to $134 million ...
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RAF hails performance of Tornado GR4 in Afghanistan
Panavia Tornado GR4 ground-attack aircraft have made a "seamless transition" in replacing the UK's BAE Systems Harrier GR9As on operations in Afghanistan ...
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Malaysia to consider fighter options once economy recovers
Malaysia plans to consider a variety of options for its medium multi-role fighter requirement once the direction of its economic fortunes becomes clearer. "We...
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Germany selects IAI's Heron UAV for Afghanistan mission
The German armed forces will operate IAI Heron UAVs over Afghanistan from March 2010 ...
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MoD responds to damning report into loss of Nimrod XV230
Industry and military officials have received fresh criticism over the 2006 loss of a Royal Air Force Nimrod MR2 surveillance aircraft and 14 lives ...