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NewsB-1B bomber catches fire on runway in Qatar
A US Air Force B-1B bomber in Qatar caught fire on the runway, becoming the third US Air Force bomber of the same type to experience an incident while landing or taxiing within one month.
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Israel sets April deadline for $100 million battalion UAV contract proposals
A deadline of mid-April has been set for industry proposals for the Israeli Defence Force's battalion level unmanned air vehicle requirement that would deliver...
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Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Block 20 achieves 33h endurance
Northrop Grumman's high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) RQ-4 Global Hawk set an...
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UK Ministry of Defence to tackle collision threat to helicopters
Concerned over the potential for mid-air collisions involving its rotorcraft, the UK Ministry of Defence ...
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Lockheed tests F-35 navigation system using CATBird
Lockheed Martin has flight-tested the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's navigation modes using the Co-operative...
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More RFP changes delay USAF CSAR-X again
Reselection of the CSAR-X combat search-and-rescue helicopter has been pushed back to October, as the US Air Force prepares to release yet another amendment...
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NewsMoscow demands speed up of Russian engine production lines for Klimov TV3-117 and VK-2500
Moscow is demanding that industry speed up the establishment of Russian production lines for the Klimov...
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Pratt & Whitney makes progress with F135 for STOVL F-35 JSF
Pratt & Whitney has completed durability and performance testing of the short take-off and vertical landing version of its F135...
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Northrop Grumman winds down civilian counter manpads work
Northrop Grumman is dissolving its civilian Guardian ...
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New Zealand keen on Australia's Seasprite spares
New Zealand is keen to buy the spare parts that will become available from the sale of Australia's cancelled Kaman Aerospace SH-2G(A) Super Seasprite helicopters. Australia...
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Space Shuttle to get moving map
NASA is rolling out a moving-map display for its Space Shuttle orbiters under its 33rd operational increment (OI33), the penultimate software update before...
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PICTURE: Chile's ENAER signs M-346 pact with Alenia Aermacchi
Chilean manufacturer ENAER has signed an agreement to jointly market Alenia Aermacchi's M-346 jet trainer in Latin America ...
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PICTURE: RAF Typhoons join Red Arrows for 90th anniversary flypast
The RAF's Red Arrows display team has led a four-ship formation of Eurofighter Typhoons over central London as part of the service's 90th anniversary celebrations ...
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PICTURE: UK Royal Air Force to receive fifth C-17 transport next week
The UK's fifth Boeing C-17 transport will arrive at its Brize Norton air base on 7 April ...
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Chinook: Five decades of development
In the late 1950s, Vertol Aircraft began developing two tandem-rotor helicopters, the Model 107/YHC-1A and Model 114/YHC-1B. The smaller -1A...
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Analysis: US military examines pitfalls of relying on commercial aircraft
Taking an "off-the-shelf" aircraft and adapting it for a new military role was supposed to be the cheap and easy alternative to designing an all-new platform....
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Israel reveals configuration requirements for new C-130J transports
The Israeli air force has revealed first details of the unique configuration...