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NewsFARNBOROUGH: US Navy and Boeing praise P-8A
Though Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft remains years away from reaching full operational capability, it is already proving its mettle on deployments with the US Navy, according to programme officials.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Boeing defence signs first African industrial partner
Boeing’s defence division has revealed its first industrial move on the African continent, launching a wide-ranging partnership with Midrand, South Africa-based Paramount Group.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: UK weighs options for maritime patrol reinstatement
High-profile search-and-rescue missions and a resurgence of Russian naval activity have put the UK's capability gap for maritime patrol aircraft in the spotlight
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: US lifts grounding on F-35, improving chances of UK trip
The US Department of Defense today lifted a three-week-old grounding order on the Lockheed Martin F-35, which improves the chances for the fighter to make a debut appearance at the Farnborough airshow.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Merlin HM2 enters service after 'Deep Blue' test
One of the world’s most sophisticated maritime helicopters has entered service four months ahead of schedule, as the Royal Navy has expressed its delight with the type’s performance during a key exercise.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Raven selected for Gripen E
Selex ES’s Raven ES-05 active electronically scanned array radar has been selected to equip the next-generation Saab Gripen E combat aircraft.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Textron’s big hopes for its small guided bomb
Textron Systems thinks big things can come in small packages and the company has used Farnborough to unveil its newest munition - a 27in (0.7m) precision-guided glide weapon called Fury.
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus Helicopters picks Thales Scorpion
Airbus Helicopters has selected Thales’s Scorpion helmet-mounted sight and display system for integration into its future Helicopter Weapons System.
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FARNBOROUGH: Saab philosophical on Gripen's Swiss miss
Saab’s chief executive remains hopeful about future business opportunities in Switzerland despite the defeat of its planned deal to supply it with Gripen E fighter jets at a public referendum in May.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Airbus Helicopters eyes UK MoD training requirement
Airbus Helicopters hopes to use its presence at Farnborough to advance its bid to replace the UK armed forces' fleet of 34 AS350 B3 Squirrel HT1 training helicopters.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Raytheon confident in US shooter detection purchase
Raytheon is anticipating a decision from an undisclosed US customer “before the end of the year” on the full scale purchase of the airborne variant of its Boomerang shooter detection system.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Russia's resurgent United Aircraft
For United Aircraft, Russia’s state-owned aerospace giant, the last 12 months appear to have been a period of consolidation and reinforcement. Its two flagship civil programmes have made solid if unspectacular progress, largely avoiding the calamities of previous years. And on the military side, deliveries of current models have continued ...
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NewsBrazil's F-X2 supply chain takes shape
Six months after the announcement of the Gripen NG as the Brazilian Air Force´s (FAB) future fighter, the local supply chain is taking shape with the signing of updated and more detailed memoranda of understanding (MoUs).
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NewsUSAF launches competition for new bomber
The US Air Force has launched the competitive phase of the classified long range strike bomber by issuing a request for proposals, with Northrop Grumman and a Boeing/Lockheed Martin team poised to compete for a contract to develop and build 80-100 aircraft over the next two decades.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Fighter manufacturers enter dogfight with F-35
With smaller, counter-insurgency types taking business and new types muscling in, Western fighter manufacturers have to fight harder than before to retain market share
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F-35 industry partners invest in cost saving plan
Three F-35 industry partners will invest $170 million over the next three years to lower the price of the $131 million fighter, the US Department of Defense announced today.
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NewsMultiple birdstrike downed Pave Hawk, USAF concludes
A multiple birdstrike caused the 7 January fatal crash of a US Air Force Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter over the UK east coast, accident investigators have determined.
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NewsPoland launches attack helicopter acquisition
Poland is continuing its plan to update its army's rotorcraft fleet with the launch of a procurement process covering the acquisition of as many as 40 attack helicopters.
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NewsIsrael receives first two Lavi trainers
Alenia Aermacchi on 9 July delivered the first two of 30 M-346 training jets to the Israeli Air Force.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: RAF prepares for new air transport era with A400M
The UK Royal Air Force’s first pair of Airbus A400M tactical transports are scheduled to be accepted just over two months from now, with the European type to provide a long-anticipated and much-needed replacement for its already-retired Lockheed Martin C-130Ks.