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NewsUSAF names seven top-tier Northrop B-21 suppliers
The US Air Force has named the seven top-tier suppliers for the Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber, including propulsion system provider Pratt & Whitney.
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UAE seeks Northrop LAIRCM upgrade for C-17As
The United Arab Emirates Air Force could protect its eight Boeing C-17A strategic transports with Northrop Grumman’s missile-dazzling large aircraft infrared countermeasures (LAIRCM) system under a $225 million deal recently approved by the US government.
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NewsLockheed prepping Advanced EOTS and Legion Pod for flight tests
Lockheed Martin is assembling a prototype of its "advanced" electro-optical targeting system (EOTS) that is being offered to replace today’s baseline F-35 EOTS sensor ahead of flight testing next year.
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NewsAviation accounts restored in DOD 'unfunded priority' lists
If Congress directed an extra $690.5 million to the US Air Force, it would restore the five Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft that it cut from its fiscal year 2017 budget request. The US Marine Corps, meanwhile, would spend a $750 million windfall on two more F-35Bs and two ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: America's hypersonic missile revolution beckons
Long before hitching a ride to the moon aboard Apollo 11, then US Air Force test pilot Neil Armstrong was zipping around in a rocket-powered North American X-15, which to this day remains the fastest manned, winged aircraft ever built. That flight record of Mach 6.72 or 7,274km/h was set ...
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NewsVIDEO: Aurora’s LightningStrike wins DARPA VTOL X-plane comp
Aurora Flight Sciences will build a prototype of its unmanned, hybrid-propulsion “LightningStrike” aircraft after beating two remaining competitors for the coveted DARPA vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) X-plane project.
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NewsBoeing’s second KC-46A achieves first flight
Boeing’s second functional KC-46A has joined the fledgling Pegasus fleet as the US Air Force's next-generation tanker programme advances toward a production decision by the Pentagon in April or May.
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NewsHELI-EXPO: FVL 'taking off' as military helo sales wane
With global sales of military rotorcraft set to decline, the AHS International vertical flight technology society is pushing future vertical lift as a way of replacing veteran rotorcraft designs like the Sikorsky H-60 and Boeing H-47, which trace their lineage back to the 1960s.
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HELI-EXPO: Lockheed-Sikorsky Raider could answer FVL call
Lockheed Martin Sikorsky will answer the US Army’s call for information on potential light armed reconnaissance and attack aircraft with a proposal derived from the S-97 Raider.
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HELI-EXPO: Retired UH-60As could have big commercial future
A Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk might seem out of place at a commercial helicopter convention, but several companies were present at this year's Heli-Expo touting modifications and mission kits for retired US Army A-models as they eye a potentially huge supply of feeder aircraft.
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NewsMontenegro to sell fixed-wing fleet as focus turns to rotorcraft ops
The government of Montenegro has given the go-ahead for the sale of its remaining four Soko G-4 Super Galeb jets and three Utva 75 basic trainers, in line with a newly released development plan that envisages the air force flying an all-rotary-wing fleet.
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HELI-EXPO: Airbus slashes H225 output, anticipates military rebound
Airbus Helicopters is to dramatically slash output on its H225 over the next two years as it tries to deal with lower demand from the oil and gas market.
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NewsHELI-EXPO: Airbus Helicopters launches HForce common weapons system
Airbus Helicopters has unveiled a common weapons system for its range of civil-derived military helicopters, giving operators an affordable and incremental upgrade path.
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NewsFinmeccanica to offer AW139 and AW119 for US military missions
Finmeccanica intends to compete for two substantial helicopter requirements by the US military, offering the 15-seat AW139 as a replacement for the US Air Force’s 62 UH-1Ns and the AW119 Koala for the US Navy's helicopter training programme, potentially replacing up to 117 Bell 206-based TH-57 Sea Rangers.
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News[UPDATE]: Norwegian pilot counters leaked F-35 dogfight report
A Norwegian fighter pilot has published a soft rebuttal to a damaging critique leaked last summer about the Lockheed Martin F-35A’s dogfighting prowess, contradicting many of the critical points made in the scathing review written by another test pilot.
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NewsHELI-EXPO: Bell rules out future conventional military helicopter developments
Mitch Snyder, the chief executive of Bell Helicopter, does not imagine the company offering another clean-sheet helicopter type to the US military after completing delivery of the AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom programmes of record.
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NewsRNZAF NH90 embarks on first deployment
Two of New Zealand’s NH Industries NH90 rotorcraft have embarked on their maiden deployment, supporting aid delivery to Fiji in response to the cyclone that struck on 20 February.
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NewsUSAF flaunts ‘arsenal plane’ concept at Air Warfare Symposium
The US Air Force has offered the first artist’s impression of the Pentagon’s “arsenal plane” concept in a video presented by service secretary Deborah Lee James at an Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida.
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NewsBoeing and Lockheed back off potential bomber challenge
Boeing and Lockheed Martin will not challenge the US Air Force’s long-range strike bomber pick in the US Court of Federal Claims, or continue any action through the Government Accountability Office.
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NewsDRDO claims Nishant programme still alive after crash
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) insists its indigenous Nishant unmanned air vehicle programme is alive and well, despite reports it had been shelved after a crash in November.