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US tests aim to eliminate brownouts for helicopter pilots
A series of US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded tests in the California desert in early January could in the near future help helicopter...
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NewsIraq eyeing possible T-50 lead-in fighter trainer buy: paper
Iraq is considering purchasing Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI)/Lockheed Martin T-50 lead-in...
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UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CUTS FORECAST OUTLOOK Pratt & Whitney engines and Sikorsky Helicopters...
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NewsSearchers find Cougar S-92A fuselage, bodies in 120m water
Search teams have located the fuselage and detached tail boom of the Cougar Helicopters S-92A that crashed en route to oil fields off the coast of Newfoundland Thursday morning
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NewsAVALON 2009: Australia interested in more C-130J transports
Australia and Lockheed Martin have begun preliminary talks over a possible follow-on deal for additional C-130J Hercules transports ...
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AVALON 2009: Team Aero to support Australian C-130Js
Australia has selected the Team Aero consortium to provide through-life support for its Lockheed Martin C-130J transports ...
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EADS profits up despite A400M hit
A400M problems reduced EADS's earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) by €704 million ($900 million) in 2008, following a switch to early-stage accounting...
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NewsOne confirmed dead in Cougar Helicopters Sikorsky S-92 downing
Newfoundland-based Cougar Helicopters has confirmed that one of 18 passengers on a company S-92 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean enroute to oil platforms this morning is dead.
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A400M negotiations on hold as termination deadline looms
The right of A400M customer nations to seek contract termination at the end of the month is "very unlikely" to be exercised, says EADS, but formal negotiations...
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NewsEC225, S-92 to contest UK's SAR-H requirement
The two consortia in the running for the UK's military/coastguard SAR-H search-and-rescue deal have confirmed their platform choices ...
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AVALON 2009: Northrop remains confident about future Australian BAMS participation
Northrop Grumman believes Australia may return to the US Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance programme once Canberra releases its Defence White Paper,...
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AVALON 2009: Boeing aims for November Wedgetail delivery
Boeing is aiming to deliver two 737-based Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force in November to allow the...
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USAF tests non-aviators for unmanned air system operations
The US Air Force is testing a scheme to prepare non-aviators to fly its General Atomics MQ-1 Predator A and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air systems, with its current...
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AVALON 2009: Lockheed confident on Australian F-35
Lockheed Martin is confident that it will be able to deliver Australia's first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in 2013. But continuing worries about possible delays...
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Aviadvigatel proposes new PS-14 engine for MS-21
Russian powerplant specialist Aviadvigatel is to develop a new turbofan with the aim of marketing it for the proposed United Aircraft MS-21. Aviadvigatel,...
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RAF ditches attempts to fly 100% synthetic fuel on TriStar
The UK Ministry of Defence's efforts to fly non-crude oil derived 100% synthetic fuel were ditched last year...
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OCCAR 'unlikely' to use A400M termination clause: EADS
EADS has admitted that delays to the first flight of the Airbus Military A400M could lead...