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NewsHow Hagel spending plan will transform US military
After months of speculation, the US Department of Defense on 24 February outlined a plan to ground some of the oldest aircraft in its fleet in the coming years.
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NewsLockheed/Piasecki move beyond flying cars with ARES
A Lockheed Martin/Piasecki team will build and fly a new kind of unmanned, vertical take-off and landing aircraft in mid-2015 that will seek to replace helicopters on a wide range of military missions.
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NewsHELI-EXPO: Israel could double V-22 order size, Bell says
Israel could double the size of a potential order and buy 12 V-22 Osprey and form part of a plan to preserve production of the tiltrotor aircraft for several more years, Bell Helicopter chief executive John Garrison says.
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NewsUSAF confident F-35A will reach IOC in December 2016
Despite fresh F-35 delays, a top US Air Force official says he remains confident the USAF version of the fighter will meet initial operational capability (IOC) by December 2016, as planned.
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NewsPentagon seeks to ground U-2s, A-10s and Kiowa Warriors, delay F-35C procurement
The US government will delay procurement of Lockheed Martin F-35Cs by two years and ground its aging fleets of Fairchild Republic A-10s, Lockheed U-2s and Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warriors under the US Department of Defense’ fiscal year 2015 budget proposal.
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NewsSikorsky CH-53K testing continues on schedule
The giant grey frame of a prototype Sikorsky CH-53K heavy lift helicopter rests on a concrete stand under South Florida’s hot winter sun, ready for testing.
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NewsProduction of Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider continues on track
Sikorsky continues to make progress on its S-97 Raider prototype helicopter, completing roughly one-quarter of the build cycle on the rigid rotor, pusher-prop helicopter.
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NewsThai army receives new utility helicopters
AgustaWestland has delivered a pair of AW139 utility helicopters to the Royal Thai Army, just over one year after securing the deal.
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SINGAPORE: Rolls-Royce eyes Asia’s defence services business
Engine maker Rolls-Royce sees its defence services business as a key revenue driver in the Asia Pacific region.
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NewsRolls-Royce signs $1 billion agreement for C-130J engines
Rolls-Royce has signed an agreement worth up to $1 billion to provide 600 AE2100 turboprops to power all variants of Lockheed Martin’s C-130J Super Hercules aircraft produced through 2025.
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SINGAPORE: Saab looks for additional Thai Gripen sale
Saab is in discussions with Thailand for six additional Gripen C/D fighters, the Swedish company says.
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SINGAPORE: BAE, Raytheon look to crash F-16 upgrade party
Raytheon is confident that an upgrade architecture developed for South Korea’s Lockheed Martin F-16 upgrade programme will prove to be a winner in international upgrade programmes for the popular fighter.
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SINGAPORE: Northrop confident of Seoul Global Hawk decision
South Korea is on the verge of signing a letter of acceptance for four Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 (I)s.
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SINGAPORE: Lockheed advances with Asia F-35 roll-out
Lockheed Martin is making steady progress introducing the F-35 fighter to the Asia-Pacific region.
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SINGAPORE: Boeing eyes $10 billion ISR market
Boeing believes there is a $10 billion business opportunity in the niche market for mid-sized Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Bell pushes ahead with export V-22 sales
Bell is working with partner Boeing to finalise a number of export sales campaigns for its V-22 Osprey even as it continues development activities on its V-280 Valor third-generation tiltrotor.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Boeing closes in on Indian Apache, Chinook deals
Boeing expects to sign contracts soon covering India’s planned purchase of its AH-64E Apache and CH-47F Chinook helicopters, while global interest in the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor produced with partner Bell has reached a new high.
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NewsWeather suspected in C-130 crash
Senior Algerian military spokesman Col Lahmadi Bouguern has suggested that today's fatal crash of an air force Lockheed C-130 Hercules was probably related to bad weather. He says there was high wind and turbulence over the surrounding mountainous terrain, and poor visibility in snow.
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NewsAlgerian military C-130 in fatal crash
An Algerian military Lockheed C-130 tactical transport has crashed in northeast Algeria with the loss of all 103 people on board, according to an on-site reporter from Agence France-Presse, quoting local officials.
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NewsSikorsky fires up main CH-53K engines
Sikorsky is moving forward with ground testing of its prototype CH-53K heavy lift helicopter, announcing it has ignited the ground test vehicle’s 7,500shp-class General Electric GE38-1B main engines and spun the rotor head.