All articles by Gayle Putrich – Page 7
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FARNBOROUGH: Super Hornet flies at Farnborough
Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet production line will keep humming through 2015, at the same time saving the Pentagon about half a billion dollars, said Boeing...
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FARNBOROUGH: Universal sells upgraded MSAT target
Universal Target Systems' MSAT 500 NG aerial target has been selected by an unnamed Asian navy for use with its air defence training units, the company announced at the show
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FARNBOROUGH: ScanEagle could help Gulf clean-up
InSitu has offered to help BP keep an eye on the spread of oil and the ongoing clean-up process in the Gulf of Mexico.
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FARNBOROUGH: General Atomics gets manned
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, maker of the family of Predator unmanned air vehicles, is getting into the manned aircraft game.
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FARNBOROUGH: Phantom Ray to get 747 piggyback ride to California
Boeing's medium-altitude Phantom Ray unmanned air vehicle will get a piggyback ride on a 747 to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California for testing, the company announced at the show.
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FARNBOROUGH: General Atomics says Avenger ready for RAF
The next generation of Predator unmanned air vehicles is moving quickly through its scheduled test programme, says General Atomics Aeronautical Systems,...
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FARNBOROUGH: Euro Hawk ready to make second flight
The RQ-4E Euro Hawk will have its second test flight at Edwards air force base in California on 22 July, Northrop Grumman says.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing completes C-130 AMP deliveries
Boeing delivered the last of three test aircraft on 19 June for the US Air Force C-130 Avionics Modernisation Programme (AMP).
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FARNBOROUGH; Mini UAVs Get Their Own Indoor Playground in Hall 3
Don't look to the flightline for all of the most exciting flying at this year's Farnborough International Airshow - some of the most interesting aircraft will actually be flying indoors.
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FARNBOROUGH: Global Hawk gripes 'exaggerated'
The US Air Force's recent complaints that the RQ-4 Global Hawk is expensive and unreliable were "exaggerated"," say Northrop Grumman executives at the show.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing, Bigelow to build space station by 2015
Boeing and Bigelow Aerospace are teaming up to build a commercial space station system, with a 2015 target for a fully operational station in low Earth orbit...
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FARNBOROUGH: Italian MoD buys AAI Shadow UAVs
Italy is the second international customer for the catapult-launched Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle, AAI announced as the show got under way.
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Solar Impulse: Seeing the light
The Solar Impulse flight proved it is possible to achieve carbon-free flying in a manned aircraft. But can commercial aviation ever harness power from the Sun?
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Aurora testing OPA-configured Diamond
Virginia-based aerospace company Aurora Flight Sciences is currently conducting tests on an aircraft meant to bring the best of manned and unmanned flight...
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VIDEO: UAE gets look at Fire Scout
The United Arab Emirates got a 10-day look at the MQ-8 Fire Scout as Northrop Grumman prepared the unmanned vertical takeoff and landing system for US Navy...
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FARNBOROUGH: Hypersonics hype?
HYPERSONIC HYPE? Is the world any closer to witnessing aircraft fly at Mach 5? Or will it always be 10 years away? GAYLE PUTRICH WASHINGTON DC As...
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Boeing unveils Phantom Eye
Boeing's Phantom Works offered a first glimpse of Phantom Eye, the hydrogen-powered unmanned demonstrator built to stay aloft at 65,000ft (19,800m) for up to four days at a time, on 12 July in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Block 1 Sky Warrior moves into low-rate initial production
Drone manufacturer General Atomics has begun low-rate initial production on the next version of the Block 1 MQ-1C Sky Warrior for the US Army's Army's Extended...
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FARNBOROUGH: Cutaway & technical description: Defying convention - Boeing A160 Hummingbird
As the international aerospace community converges on the 47th Farnborough air show, models and mock-ups of Boeing's A160 Hummingbird will be on hand as part of the US aerospace company's massive showing, which includes its own unmanned air vehicle pavilion.
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NASA enlists Global Hawk for hurricane study
To get a better grip on how tropical storms form and develop into hurricanes, NASA plans to fly aircraft and unmanned air vehicles into them this summer. The...