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India seeks proposals for Tejas 2 fighter engine
India's Aeronautical Development Agency has issued requests for proposal to General Electric and the Eurojet consortium for a higher-thrust engine to power...
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Israel rejects assessment of unmanned helicopter systems
Israel's air force and navy are not evaluating the use of an unmanned rotorcraft from the latter's missile boats, and intend to continue operations with...
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Lockheed Martin debuts first F-35C for US Navy
The first carrier variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been rolled out at Lockheed's Fort Worth facility in Texas ...
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Israel to sign C-130J deal before year-end
Israel is expected to sign a contract by the end of this year for a new fleet of four Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports. The deal will also include...
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Northrop outlines UAV strategy for Asia, Middle East
Northrop Grumman is confident it can work around tight export controls on its unmanned air vehicle technology to exploit the burgeoning market for aerial...
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F-22: end of an era
Ten years after the network-centric warfare revolution and as the US Senate votes to stop F-22 production, has the case for increasingly complex and iconoclastic platforms been lost?
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US Senate axes F-35 alternate engine
US Senators today voted to freeze spending on the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136, the second engine under development for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme.
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PICTURE: New Zealand's UH-1 'Hueys' in amphibious debut
The Royal New Zealand Air Force has for the first time deployed four of its Bell UH-1H 'Hueys' onto an amphibious vessel ...
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F-22 fight continues despite Senate vote
A backlash in the US Congress against the Obama administration's decision to end production of the Lockheed Martin F-22 will continue, despite a setback...
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A400M partners head for latest crisis meeting
Defence ministers from Europe's seven A400M partner nations will meet in Nice on 24 July to agree the delayed programme's fate ...
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Dassault prepares for lay-offs as business jet market collapses
Dassault will begin furloughing workers at its French factories in September as it grapples with a collapse in demand for business jets that has left it...
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Fly-by-wire failure downed Indian Su-30MKI
Preliminary investigations into the crash of an Indian air force Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter earlier this year indicate that the cause "is likely failure of...
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UK approves Puma upgrade as helicopter debate rages on
The UK Ministry of Defence is to approve a major life-extension programme for the Royal Air Force's Eurocopter Puma HC1 transports, as national debate continues...
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RAF, Luftwaffe chiefs back new technology for Tranche 3 Eurofighter
Air force chiefs from Germany and the UK say active-array radars should equip their future examples of the Eurofighter strike aircraft ...
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Japan and Lockheed mull F-35 assembly plant
Lockheed Martin executives have held initial discussions with Japanese government and defence ministry officials about building an in-country final assembly...
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Israel delays Shoval UAV's maritime debut until late 2009
The Israeli air force and navy are facing a short delay to the introduction of their Israel Aerospace Industries Heron/"Shoval" unmanned air vehicles, with...
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PICTURES: Colombia loses newly upgraded Kfir fighter in runway overshoot
Two Israeli test pilots escaped injury when a modified Kfir fighter ran off the runway in Cartagena, Colombia ...
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India inks deal to upgrade An-32 fleet
India has signed a deal with Ukraine's state foreign trade enterprise SpetsTechnoExport (STE) to upgrade its fleet of Antonov An-32 transports. The...
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Israeli air force to get one more 707 tanker
The Israeli air force will soon receive another Boeing 707 modified to a tanker configuration, as part of a strategic effort to enhance its aerial refuelling...