All Helicopters articles – Page 299
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US take final step towards Taiwan Lockheed P-3C sale
Taiwan's long-planned purchase of 12 refurbished Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion anti-submarine warfare aircraft has...
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Thales details Hermes 450 operations in Iraq
The UK's ability to perform battlefield surveillance tasks has been boosted through the recent delivery of an interim tactical unmanned air vehicle service...
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Boeing wins KC-135 tanker depot maintenance
Boeing's application of its commercial-aircraft lean production experience to the military-aircraft environment has helped it win a 10-year, $1.1 billion...
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Philippines asseses Chinese helicopters for army
China is emerging as a potential supplier of arms to the Philippines, with officials from the latter country assessing the Harbin Z-9 ...
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avionics boosts cobham at the half year results Cobham, the UK-headquartered aerospace and defence group, turned in a 9% rise in underlying - effectively...
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NewsBritish astronaut: Government report makes astronaut corps recommendations
After half a century of an in-principle opposition to involvement in human spaceflight the UK government's British National Space Centre is set to recommend the evaluation of an astronaut programme
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New Japanese budget to include first P-X maritime patrol aircraft
Japan plans to order 30 aircraft, including its first four Kawasaki Heavy Industries P-X maritime patrol aircraft and its final Fuji Heavy Industries/Boeing...
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Tech notes
Contoured rotor blade flies faster ROTARY-WING Sikorsky has patented a new rotor blade design for a high-speed compound...
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NewsPICTURES: UK, Saudi air forces complete Tornado exercise
Panavia Tornado strike aircraft from Saudi Arabia and the UK have concluded their first joint exercise in the UK
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India fighter competition gets under way
One of the most eagerly awaited fighter jet competitions is now under way, with India requesting for proposals from six manufacturers for its 126 multirole...
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AVIC 1 spins off civil and military assets into separate businesses
China Aviation Industry Corporation I ( AVIC I ) has separated the civilian and military work of subsidiaries Shenyang...
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In-line A330-200F production can trump Boeing KC-X offer, claims Northrop
Northrop Grumman says the Airbus A330-200F can be assembled in line as a tanker, negating a potential Boeing advantage in the $40 billion KC-X competition. Most...
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Canberra to pursue US military hardware compatibility policy
Australia is to formally include interoperability with the USA as a selection criteria in its future military hardware acquisitions. The new policy...
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PICTURE: Ratier-Figeac takes over Hamilton Sundstrand propeller business
France's Ratier-Figeac is to take over production of the entire...
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HUMAN-POWERED FLIGHT PIONEER RETIRES MILESTONE Paul MacCready (right) has retired as chairman and director of unmanned and electric systems company...
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Taiwan ups defence budget to boost air force
Taiwan's cabinet has approved a 16.4% increase in defence spending for 2008, with the bulk of the additional $10.3 billion to going towards air force projects....