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Qatar confirms plans to buy two more C-17s
Qatar has confirmed plans to buy two more Boeing C-17s by the end of this year, in a move which would double its future strategic transport fleet ...
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PICTURES: Typhoons 'intercept' modified Austrian 767
The air policing capabilities of Austria's Eurofighter Typhoons have been demonstrated during an exercise involving a modified commercial airliner ...
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Wales has emerged as one of the UK's foremost
Wales has emerged as one of the UK's foremost regions for aerospace and defence thanks to a Darwinian ability to adapt to a slew of economic blows
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Opinion
Comment: Fatal distraction
Another of those uncanny studies has been produced. The type that produces a conclusion that - once you have read it - is so obvious that it's suddenly amazing...
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PICTURE: Arrow Cargo DC-10 sheds large engine parts over Manaus
Brazilian authorities have identified a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 freighter which shed a large engine part over the city of Manaus as being from the fleet...
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India withdraws attack helicopter request for proposals
India has withdrawn a request for proposals issued last year for the acquisition of 22 attack helicopters, announcing that remaining bidders AgustaWestland,...
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Fifth V-22 with loose bolts points to design problem
US Naval Air Systems Command confirms today that a fifth MV-22 -- and the first US-based aircraft – is afflicted with the same “loose bolts” problem that caused the fleet to be grounded earlier this week
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Switzerland to slip fighter selection by six months
Swiss defence minister Ueli Maurer has announced a six-month delay to the nation's selection process for a Northrop F-5 fighter replacement ...
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UPDATED: Lockheed test pilot killed in USAF F-22 Raptor crash
The US Air Force has confirmed that a Lockheed Martin test pilot died in a 25 March accident involving an F-22 Raptor near Edwards AFB in California ...
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US Navy seeks fuel-saving upgrade for Super Hornet engines
The US Navy plans to task General Electric Aircraft Engines with reducing the specific fuel consumption for the propulsion system powering its Boeing F/A-18E/F...
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'Loose bolt' grounding spoils V-22 milestone
A precautionary order that temporarily grounded all 84 BellBoeing V-22 Ospreys currently in service marred a celebration for the US Air Force CV-22 programme’s latest milestone event.
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PICTURES: Poland receives first C-130E Hercules
Poland has received its first of five secondhand Lockheed Martin C-130E tactical transports from the USA ...
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Obama, lawmakers offer split views on KC-X strategy
US Defense Secretary Bob Gates has scotched suggestions that the air force's KC-X tanker deal could be split between Boeing and Northop Grumman ...
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PICTURES: New equipment to boost French helicopter safety
France's DGA procurement agency has ordered 25 ground mat kits to improve the safety of military helicopters landing under "brownout" conditions ...
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PICTURE: Crew escape German Tornado crash
Both crew members of a German air force Panavia Tornado were injured when they ejected during a landing incident at Büchel air base ...
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Indian air force seeks new basic trainer
The Indian air force is in discussion with Bangalore-based Hindustan Aeronautics to finalise the configuration and performance parameters of a new ab initio...
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FAA grounds large portion of Sikorsky S-92 fleet
The US FAA today grounded the Sikorsky S-92 fleet so that operators can replace certain original hardware thought to be related to the 12 March crash of a Cougar Helicopters S-92 off the coast of Newfoundland
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Argentina moves to nationalise Lockheed AT-63 plant
Argentinian officials have decided to reassert state control over the country's major aerospace manufacturing hub in Cordoba that was outsourced to Lockheed...
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Ecuador finalises big Super Tucano order
Ecuador has finalised a contract to buy 24 Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano trainer and light attack aircraft ...