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  • News

    Trump: Lockheed cuts price on 90 F-35s by $600m

    2017-01-30T16:18:30Z

    US President Donald Trump says that the Lot 10 contract for 90 Lockheed Martin F-35s will be $600 million cheaper overall thanks to heavy pressure from the White House, but Boeing will continue to be asked to compete for orders against the Lockheed stealth fighter.

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    Boeing surpasses $2 billion in KC-46 tanker charges

    2017-01-25T20:01:25Z

    Boeing Commercial absorbed a $243 million pre-tax charge on the KC-46 Tanker programme, while its defense sector took a $69 million pre-tax charge as well. It marks the fifth cost overrun for the programme, following a $393 million charge last July associated with a refueling boom issue. The terms of ...

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    ​US State Department approves $1.8 billion in arms deals

    2017-01-24T00:32:02Z

    The US State Department has inked $1.8 billion in arms deals for the UK, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Kenya this week, including air-to-air missiles and threat detection systems.

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    BAE develops digital HUD replacement for F-22

    2017-01-23T21:11:01Z

    ​BAE Systems will develop a digital replacement for the cathode ray tube-based Lockheed Martin F-22 head-up display (HUD).

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    Polish firm updates Mi-24 for Senegal

    2017-01-20T15:08:08Z

    Poland’s Lodz-based WZL-1 has completed the modernisation of a Mil Mi-24V attack helicopter for the Senegal air force. The secondhand rotorcraft is understood to have been acquired from a former Soviet-era operator.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Lasers and scanners illuminate F-35 ramp up

    2017-01-20T13:16:18Z

    When comes to its production, the F-35 is to the F-16 as digital is to analogue

  • Opinion

    OPINION: Sales are not the only metric of success

    2017-01-20T08:59:50Z

    ​As Leonardo chief executive Mauro Moretti notes, the bulk of the company’s core defence and helicopter activities are concentrated in its “twin-pillar” domestic markets of Italy and the UK.

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    Rolls-Royce studies two new stall fixes for V-22 engines

    2017-01-18T21:39:16Z

    ​Rolls-Royce is exploring two new avenues for reducing the susceptibility of Bell Boeing V-22 engines to in-flight stall and surge events.

  • News

    ​South Korea to add 12 ASW helicopters

    2017-01-18T07:31:23Z

    South Korea is in the market for a follow-on order for ship borne anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters.

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    ​Lower requirements could decrease Air Force One price

    2017-01-17T22:19:12Z

    The government could decrease the price of Air Force One if the incoming administration decides to lower the aircraft’s requirements, according to top Pentagon procurement official.

  • News

    Virginia start-up sets endurance record for small UAV

    2017-01-17T20:01:19Z

    ​A Virginia-based start-up company has announced setting a new endurance record with a 56h flight by a combustion-powered unmanned air vehicle (UAV) funded by the US military.

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    News

    UK's Crowsnest surveillance programme takes off

    2017-01-17T11:52:59Z

    Prime contractor Lockheed Martin UK has been awarded £269 million ($327 million) to launch the manufacturing phase of the Crowsnest airborne surveillance and control (ASaC) system upgrade to the Royal Navy’s fleet of AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin HM2s.

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    News

    Italy presses ahead with AW129 attack helicopter replacement

    2017-01-16T15:13:46Z

    Italy has begun the process of replacing its army’s fleet of AW129 attack helicopters, signing a multi-year, €487 million ($515 million) contract with Leonardo, which will see the nation’s aerospace champion develop a successor aircraft.

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    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Wildcat export sales key to Yeovil's future

    2017-01-16T10:43:36Z

    It is always good to the start the new year with positive news. To that end, Leonardo’s helicopter division and the UK Ministry of Defence held a press conference on 9 January to trumpet a £271 million ($330 million) five-year support contract for the country’s 62-strong fleet of AW159 Wildcat ...

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    Leonardo confident on securing UK Apache support work

    2017-01-13T17:02:42Z

    Leonardo’s UK helicopter business is confident that it can capture a slice of the sustainment work for the British Army’s fleet of 50 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, which are due to enter service from 2022.

  • News

    Qinetiq outlines basic trainer, helicopter purchase plans

    2017-01-11T10:25:46Z

    ​Qinetiq will build on its recent order for two Pilatus PC-21s by finalising deals in 2017 for new basic trainers and single-turbine helicopters to be used by the Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS).

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    News

    Early work under way on Tiger Mk III attack helicopter

    2017-01-06T12:36:48Z

    Defence procurement body OCCAR is in the early stages of defining the Mk III mid-life upgrade for the Airbus Helicopters Tiger, but admits uncertainty over Australia’s participation.

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    News

    Leonardo acquires full ownership of SD-150 Hero UAV

    2017-01-03T15:56:39Z

    Leonardo has acquired the remaining shares of Sistemi Dinamici from IDS of Italy, providing it with full ownership of the SD-150 Hero unmanned helicopter programme.

  • News

    FORECASTS: What's in store for 2017?

    2017-01-03T10:19:27Z

    ​As the old saying goes, anybody who can tell the future should keep quiet about it and quietly get rich on the stock market. Here at Flightglobal, we are naturally quite confident of our forecasting ability but instinctively generous with our opinions. Herewith our best horizon-scanning guestimates for 2017:

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    ​KAI secures deal for 30 amphibious Surions

    2016-12-30T03:12:58Z

    Korea Aircraft Industries has secured a KRW630 billion ($523 million) contract with Seoul’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) to provide KUH-1 Surion transport helicopters to the country’s marines.