All Helicopters articles – Page 281
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NewsUS DoD cancels troubled KC-X tanker contest
The US Department of Defense is cancelling the KC-X contest, which is aimed at procuring new air-to-air refuelling tankers for the US Air Force, because...
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NewsSaudi Arabia, Egypt seek new attack, utility helicopters
Two Middle Eastern nations have requested Apache and Black Hawk helicopter deals worth a combined $774 million ...
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Alenia Aeronautica secures fresh customer for C-27J
Alenia Aeronautica has signed a new contract for four C-27J Spartan tactical transports to be delivered to a non-NATO Mediterranean country, according to...
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King Airs take on USAF surveillance role in Iraq and Afghanistan
The US Air Force is poised to outfit squadrons of propeller-driven surveillance aircraft to help identify insurgents and locate bombs in Afghanistan and Iraq
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Lockheed looks to widen Hercules
Ground vehicle transport demands linked to the US Army's Future Combat System programme have prompted Lockheed Martin to study an enlarged version of the venerable Hercules ...
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NewsUK Apache crashes in Afghanistan, crew safe
Both crew members survived the 4 September crash of a British Army Apache AH1 attack helicopter in Afghanistan: the UK's first accident involving the type ...
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RAF gets funds for more Reaper UAVs, Puma upgrade
Royal Air Force planners have received approval to buy two more General Atomics Predator B/Reaper UAVs, and funds to extend the lives of 30 Eurocopter Puma transport helicopters ...
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Sikorsky high-speed X2 prototype starts flight-test phase
Sikorsky's ambitious X2 prototype, designed to conquer the 170kt (315km/h) speed barrier for conventional helicopters, passed its first test by getting airborne...
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Japan's ATD-X stealth fighter suffers funding crunch
Japan is unlikely to get the funding required to construct a stealth fighter demonstrator in 2008, with industry sources expecting the finance ministry to...
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Bell plots path back to the top
Once-dominant manufacturer aims to recapture prominence in civil market
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Japan to boost defence budget, but cut aircraft orders
Japan has proposed making a 2.2% increase to its defence budget for fiscal year 2009, but its ¥4.8 trillion ($29.5 billion) allocation contains just ¥189.1...
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Opinion
Comment: Whose data is it anyway?
There is a tendency among many of the world's accident investigation agencies to treat the information they gather as their property. It is not. And judicial interference makes this worse
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NewsJapan receives first Kawasaki XP-1 maritime patrol aircraft
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has delivered its prototype XP-1 maritime patrol aircraft to Japan's defence ministry for test and evaluation ...
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IAM urges member to reject Boeing contract, begin strike after 3 Sept
The International Association of Machinists (IAM) has urged 27,000 Boeing employees to vote for a strike on 3 September, potentially creating a work stoppage...
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Court permits Kuwait Airways to seize Iraq-bound CRJ900s
Kuwait Airways is carrying out its threat to force the Iraqi Government to pay reparations over war damage by seizing interests in Bombardier regional jets...
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NewsSikorsky's X2 speedster completes first flight
Sikorsky today launched the flight test phase for the X2 high-speed technology demonstrator, achieving a first flight of 30 minutes in Schweizer Aircraft's rapid prototyping facility in Horseheads, New York.
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NewsSpanair MD-82 struck terrain tail-first: investigators
Spanish investigators have disclosed that the Spanair Boeing MD-82 which crashed on departure from Madrid Barajas last week descended and struck the ground...
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Boeing backs off interoperable goal for modelling and simulation networks
Boeing has softened its once-strident stance on the need to establish standards for networking protocols across the US and global defence industry. In...
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India set for offset bounty
Hindustan Aeronautics leads a pack of manufacturing enterprises eyeing import...