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Can Boeing's combat aircraft business survive?
Does the loss of one demonstrator contract spell the beginning of the end for the US manufacturer's combat aircraft business? The US DoD must face up to that possibility
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Will Iran provoke a Mid-East arms race?
If Iran is indeed seeking a fighter aircraft upgrade of epic scale, as recent reports suggest, be prepared to see a US-sponsored arms race wash over the...
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Spider may have caused Afghanistan F-16 fighter aircraft to crash
A Dutch air force Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon …
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ATK begins anti-radar missile tests of supersonic weapon
Alliant Techsystems has begun flight testing an upgraded HARM anti-radar missile as it looks...
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Teams forms to rewing C-130 transport aircraft
With a large number of Lockheed Martin C-130s in service around the world facing fatigue problems, US technical services firm...
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PICTURE: BAE completes Harrier rear fuselage programme
The seventh and final Harrier GR9 replacement rear fuselage has been...
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Defence in brief
in brief WESTAR APACHE DEAL Qinetiq North American company Westar Aerospace & Defence has a new five-year contract with the US Army to continue...
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Boeing calls for missile competition
Boeing has raised a completely new option for the US Air Force to overcome cost and reliability issues with a competitor's...
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US Navy awards UCAS-D contract to Northrop Grumman
The US Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to build and demonstrate the first carrier-based, unmanned, strike aircraft with the X-47B.
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Aircraft carrier delay grounds Indian MiG fighters
India is unlikely to take delivery of the refitted Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov until 2011, three years after the due delivery date, Russian...
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Pilot Profile: Mike Mangold
Although Mike was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 10, 1955, he was raised on "California Sunshine".
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Lockheed tempts India with F-35 access
Lockheed Martin is dangling the carrot of future access to its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme to India, with industry...
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FLIGHT TEST: F-35 Simulator - Virtual fighter
It has become fashionable to talk of fighters in terms of generations that broadly describe their capabilities. Within this paradigm the F-15, F-16 and F-18...
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JSF pays off for Italians
jsf pays off for Italians Luca Peruzzi genoa A major stake in the development and production of its next fighter should reap huge benefits for...