Helicopters – Page 272
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FAA and US Airways move closer to ADS-B trials in Philadelphia
Tests of automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) on US Airways Airbus A330s could begin later this year as the carrier takes delivery of new aircraft...
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NewsEADS to push A330 as 'bridging solution' after A400M delays
EADS chief executive Louis Gallois has proposed Airbus A330s to A400M customers requiring interim lift due to the delayed military transport programme ...
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Forecasts 2009 - Defence: Make or break
Several key military programmes are facing pivotal funding decisions and capability milestones this year
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PICTURE: US contender for 2030 air transport vision
MiT professor's novel airframe concept under NASA blue-sky project
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PICTURE: Embraer confirms Super Tucano sale to Dominican Republic
Embraer has confirmed the signature of a long-planned contract with the Dominican Republic for eight EMB-314 Super Tucano light attack aircraft ...
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NewsAAI/Aerosonde unveils surprise competitors for STUAS/Tier II contract
AAI Corp. has announced a new, larger version of the Aerosonde unmanned aircraft systems family quietly developed over the last two years has achieved first flight.
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NewsIndian navy completes deal for Boeing P-8Is
Boeing has confirmed India’s decision to buy an initial eight P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, representing the first export sale of the type ...
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NewsIcing led to Air France Fokker take-off crash: investigators
French investigators have concluded that icing on the wings of an Air France Regional Fokker 100 contributed to a fatal departure accident at Pau nearly...
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STUAS vendors respond to new special ops contract
US Special Operations Command is moving swiftly to acquire the services of multiple types of “mid-endurance”-class unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
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NewsFrance, Brazil sign major deal for EC725s
Brazil and France today jointly announced signing a deal with a newly-formed consortium of Eurocopter and Helibras to build 50 EC725 helicopters.
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NewsPICTURE: Fresh details emerge of Taliban attack on UK Chinook
Fresh details and images have emerged of the damage sustained by a Royal Air Force Chinook transport helicopter during a May 2008 attack by the Taliban ...
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NewsUK report exposes fresh cost increase to Nimrod MRA4, delay on Meteor missile
The UK's National Audit Office has revealed new cost increases to the Nimrod MRA4 project, and a decision to slip the availability of MBDA's Meteor air-to-air missile until at least 2015 ...
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DGA aims for 2011 automatic UAV Frigate landing demo
High sea-state landings on a frigate by an autonomous rotorcraft unmanned air vehicle could in 2011 conclude a three-year contract awarded by France's defence...
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NewsEADS restructures to simplify A400M management
EADS is to integrate its Military Transport Aircraft Division (MTAD) into Airbus, simplifying the management organisation for its A400M project ...
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USAF launches competition for new HPM bomber
The US Air Force has launched a competition for a new aircraft demonstrator equipped with a high-powered microwave weapon that can take at least several...