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India re-opens competition to supply 110 fighters
A global competition to sell more than 100 fighters to the Indian air force re-opened for the third time in a decade on 6 April.
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Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet production line busy until 2025
Boeing said its F/A-18 Super Hornet production line has work until 2025 thanks to purchases of dozens of aircraft by the US Navy and the Kuwaiti Air Force – a change in fortunes for a platform that was supposed to be obsolete by now.
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Boeing receives first Super Hornet for service life modification
The first F/A-18 Super Hornet scheduled to undergo service life modification arrived at Boeing’s St. Louis, Missouri facilities on 5 April.
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Phantom Works selects Rolls-Royce turbofan to power MQ-25 bid
Boeing’s MQ-25 unmanned aerial vehicle prototype is powered by a Rolls-Royce AE 3007N turbofan, Boeing disclosed on 5 April.
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Potential MQ-4C sale to Germany moves forward
Northrop Grumman’s long courtship with the Germany’s requirement for a high-altitude unmanned air system took another step toward a contract on 5 February.
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Boeing tankers refuel each other in KC-46 milestone test
Boeing announced that its KC-46 Pegasus aerial tanker programme completed its fuel on-load testing, part of its overall Supplemental Type Certificate, by successfully transferring 146,000 pounds of fuel from one KC-46 to another KC-46 during flight.
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Saab offers AEL wide area display for Gripen E buyers
Brazilian-made wide area and head-up displays for the Saab Gripen E/F will be offered to all customers of the single-engined fighter as a potential cockpit upgrade, says Mikael Franzén, head of Business Unit, Gripen Brazil.
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Colombian air force chief pushes for more Black Hawks
The Colombian air force’s appetite for the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk has not waned five months after the government in Bogota signed an agreement ending a 50-year-old conflict with FARC guerrilla fighters.
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Repaired KC-390 test aircraft takes FIDAE bow
A KC-390 aircraft that was grounded by Embraer for several months after an October flight test mishap returned to the spotlight as the star of the FIDAE air show.
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NewsNetherlands outlines 10-year defence spending plan
The Netherlands has unveiled a new long-term defence plan, which includes additional funding to boost operational readiness.
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HAL hits new milestones as revenue up 2.2% to over Rs180bn
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) generated revenue of more than Rs180 billion in the financial year ended 31 March 2018, up 2.2% year-on-year.
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Boeing awarded contract to deliver 28 Super Hornets to Kuwait
Boeing was awarded a contract worth up to $1.17 billion to produce and deliver 22 F/A-18E and 6 F/A-18F Super Hornets for the government of Kuwait by 2022, the US Defence Department announced on 30 March.
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UK C-130J tapped as next Fat Albert aircraft for Blue Angels
A used Royal Air Force C-130J could soon be supporting the US Navy’s Blue Angels fighter demonstration team as a long-term replacement for the team’s famous “Fat Albert”.
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US Navy remotely lands F/A-18 Super Hornet on carrier deck
Naval officers aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln demonstrated for the first time the ability to remotely take control of an aircraft and land it on an aircraft carrier’s deck.
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Boeing Defense reorganizes by adding two new divisions and eliminating another
Boeing plans to launch two new divisions within its Defense, Space & Security business starting next week – a Commercial Derivative Aircraft division, and a Missile and Weapon Systems division – as part of an ongoing reorganization effort by the business unit’s chief executive, Leanne Caret.
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NewsBrimstone deal to support MBDA sales offensive
MBDA has received a long-term contract from the UK Ministry of Defence that will extend the production and sustainment of its improved Brimstone air-to-surface missile into the 2030s.
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South Korean delegation presses for F-35 MRO&U contracts
A member of a South Korean governmental delegation pressed the US Department of Defense to grant maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade contracts for the F-35A Lighting II to Korean companies during a speech at a rollout ceremony for the jet fighter in Fort Worth, Texas on 28 March.
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Double defence delivery milestone for Airbus Helicopters UK
Airbus Helicopters UK will mark a series of milestones this month, with the first and last deliveries for two key defence contracts.
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USAF researches bidders to deliver 22 AC-208 armed Caravans
The US Air Force plans to acquire 22 more Cessna AC-208s to provide to allied governments to use for lightly armed surveillance missions.
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US Navy completes fleet carrier qualifications for F-35C
The US Navy said it completed fleet carrier qualifications for the Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on the Atlantic Ocean 17 March to 21 March.