All Helicopters articles – Page 293
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NewsBoeing eyes X-49A technology for Apache attack helicopter
Boeing is to enter talks to determine whether Piasecki Aircraft's X-49A experimental compound helicopter could provide technologies for a future version of the AH-64 Apache ...
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Australia to weigh Lockheed Martin F-22 against Russian fighters
Australia's Labor government is to request information on Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor, but will also study Russian fighters as it considers scrapping an order for 24 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets ...
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US unveils first national plan for aeronautics R&D
Increasing airspace capacity, improving aircraft efficiency and introducing new vehicle types are key goals of the first US...
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NewsUK to buy 10 more General Atomics Reaper UAVs
The UK Ministry of Defence has requested a $1 billion deal to expand its General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper fleet to 13 UAVs ...
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Boeing claims successful 2007 for Airborne Laser programme
With several infrastructure milestones completed, Boeing has moved closer to its planned 2009 demonstration of the 747-400F-based Airborne Laser system ...
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China may merge AVIC I and II units
More than eight years after splitting state aerospace giant Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) into two mammoth holding companies, China is considering...
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Lockheed Martin to upgrade Portuguese P-3C Orion fleet
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $141 million deal to modernise the Portuguese air force's five P-3C Orions ...
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Australia to review Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet purchase
Australia is to review its air power plans, and could potentially reverse earlier decisions on the Boeing Super Hornet and Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ...
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NewsSaudi Arabia picks EADS to supply three Airbus A330-based tankers
EADS is to negotiate the sale of three Airbus A330-based inflight refuelling aircraft to equip the Royal Saudi Air Force, after beating Boeing's rival offer of the 767 tanker ...
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NewsSwitzerland to expand Boeing F/A-18 Hornet upgrade
Switzerland has requested a $535 million expansion to its modernisation programme for 33 Boeing F/A-18C/D fighters ...
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Canada spares CP-140 Auroras from early retirement
Canada's military is to upgrade, rather than replace, 10 of its 18 Lockheed Martin CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft ...
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2008 forecast: Defence in holding pattern in USA
With the prospects of a slow year, US industry will be protecting existing programmes, while in Europe there is much to play for
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Synthetic fuel powers US Air Force Boeing C-17 flight
The US Air Force has flown a Boeing C-17 strategic transport across country using a synthetic fuel blend ...
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UK signs £90 million deal to fix grounded Chinook helicopters
The UK has finally approved a modification programme that will enable its eight grounded Boeing CH-47 Chinook HC3 transport helicopters to enter use from 2009 ...
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PICTURES: Australia's last two Boeing C-17s emerge
The Royal Australian Air Force has accepted its third Boeing C-17, with the strategic transport to arrive at its Queensland base next February ...
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Turkish air force in major attack on Kurdish camps
The Turkish air force launched one of its largest ever strike missions on 16 December, sending more than 50 aircraft to strike Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq ...
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Defence contracts
The South Korean air force's future four Boeing 737-based airborne early warning and control aircraft will use mission computers from BAE Systems North America's...
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USAF tests zero-visibility landing with BAE fused radar/infrared system
Flight tests of a fused radar and infrared imaging system designed to enable military transports to land in zero visibility are under way in California ....
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AFRL targets heavier payloads with Speed Agile airlifter demonstration
With thinking on a future tactical airlifter shifting towards a larger aircraft able to carry heavier US Army vehicles, the US...