All Helicopters articles – Page 250
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NewsPICTURES: First P-8A Poseidon delivered to Patuxent River
Boeing has delivered its first flight test example of the 737-based P-8A Poseidon to the US Navy's Patuxent River site ...
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Retired Nimrod will live on at Yorkshire museum
A retired RAF Nimrod MR2 will make its final flight on 13 April, but will be kept in ground operational condition ...
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Afghan role hits Dutch
The Netherlands started its military involvement in the Afghanistan region in 2002, but its commitment looks set to end late this year, following a political crisis ...
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Flanders - recent aerospace entrant but world class
Flanders is a comparatively recent aerospace entrant, but the region's companies have rapidly become world class
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NewsCrashed Polish presidential Tu-154 identified
Russian investigators have confirmed the identity of the Tupolev Tu-154M which crashed at Smolensk today, killing the Polish president Lech Kaczynski. The...
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NewsFour killed as USAF CV-22 crashes in Afghanistan
The US Air Force suffered its first fatal accident involving the CV-22 tiltrotor in Afghanistan on 8 April ...
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Seoul picks Sensor Fused Weapon for F/A-50 fighter
South Korea has selected Textron Defense Systems' Sensor Fused Weapon for integration with Korea Aerospace Industries' F/A-50 light attack aircraft ...
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US Army to trial glass cockpit retrofit for OH-58, TH-67 helicopters
A US Army Bell OH-58 has been outfitted with a glass cockpit as part of a new project that could lead to retrofits for its entire OH-58 and Bell TH-67 helicopter...
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C-130J deal nets $2.3bn offset package for Canada
In return for the $1.4 billion acquisition of 17 C-130J airlifters by Ottawa, Canadian aerospace industry will reap $2.3 billion in offsets over the life...
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On board Nimrod flight 'Kinloss 453'
Defence editor Craig Hoyle flew on one of the last training sorties involving the Nimrod MR2 ...
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Comment: Saga or sideshow?
The agonising WTO battle between Airbus's and Boeing's national sponsors can only achieve so much. A lasting solution surely must emerge from the political, rather than legal, realm
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NewsAinsworth: UK to cut A400M order
The UK will continue its commitment to the Airbus Military A400M project, but is likely to reduce its order to 22 aircraft ...
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Japan's test programme for maritime patrol and transport aircraft under way
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has delivered four XP-1 maritime patrol test aircraft and one XC-2 military transport test aircraft to Japan's defence ministry. KHI...
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Malaysia issues RFIs for fighters and AEW aircraft
Malaysia has issued a request for information for fighters and airborne early warning aircraft, with a view to placing orders in 2011-15.
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NewsUS Navy looks to develop unmanned, stealthy combat aircraft on mature technologies
The US Navy will start developing within 10 years a stealthy, carrier-based, unmanned air system to participate in a category of combat that US officials...
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RAF heralds emergence of 'combat ISTAR' over Afghanistan
UK air power has proved its worth in Afghanistan as the Royal Air Force has honed its surveillance assets and practices to support coalition ground troops
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NewsUK approves Rivet Joint purchase
The UK has agreed to buy three Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint electronic intelligence aircraft and related ground equipment from the USA ...
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Australia to sell retired Caribou transports
The Royal Australian Air Force plans to sell some of its retired DHC-4 Caribou light tactical transports 'as going concerns' ...
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This Week briefing
An Antonov An-26 that crashed on 18 March on to the 30cm (12in)-thick ice of a frozen lake on the Runway 08 extended approach centreline at Tallinn airport may have had trouble with one of its two engines