Helicopters – Page 278
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RAF gets funds for more Reaper UAVs, Puma upgrade
Royal Air Force planners have received approval to buy two more General Atomics Predator B/Reaper UAVs, and funds to extend the lives of 30 Eurocopter Puma transport helicopters ...
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Sikorsky high-speed X2 prototype starts flight-test phase
Sikorsky's ambitious X2 prototype, designed to conquer the 170kt (315km/h) speed barrier for conventional helicopters, passed its first test by getting airborne...
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Japan's ATD-X stealth fighter suffers funding crunch
Japan is unlikely to get the funding required to construct a stealth fighter demonstrator in 2008, with industry sources expecting the finance ministry to...
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Japan to boost defence budget, but cut aircraft orders
Japan has proposed making a 2.2% increase to its defence budget for fiscal year 2009, but its ¥4.8 trillion ($29.5 billion) allocation contains just ¥189.1...
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Bell plots path back to the top
Once-dominant manufacturer aims to recapture prominence in civil market
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Opinion
Comment: Whose data is it anyway?
There is a tendency among many of the world's accident investigation agencies to treat the information they gather as their property. It is not. And judicial interference makes this worse
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NewsJapan receives first Kawasaki XP-1 maritime patrol aircraft
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has delivered its prototype XP-1 maritime patrol aircraft to Japan's defence ministry for test and evaluation ...
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IAM urges member to reject Boeing contract, begin strike after 3 Sept
The International Association of Machinists (IAM) has urged 27,000 Boeing employees to vote for a strike on 3 September, potentially creating a work stoppage...
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Court permits Kuwait Airways to seize Iraq-bound CRJ900s
Kuwait Airways is carrying out its threat to force the Iraqi Government to pay reparations over war damage by seizing interests in Bombardier regional jets...
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NewsSikorsky's X2 speedster completes first flight
Sikorsky today launched the flight test phase for the X2 high-speed technology demonstrator, achieving a first flight of 30 minutes in Schweizer Aircraft's rapid prototyping facility in Horseheads, New York.
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NewsSpanair MD-82 struck terrain tail-first: investigators
Spanish investigators have disclosed that the Spanair Boeing MD-82 which crashed on departure from Madrid Barajas last week descended and struck the ground...
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Boeing backs off interoperable goal for modelling and simulation networks
Boeing has softened its once-strident stance on the need to establish standards for networking protocols across the US and global defence industry. In...
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India set for offset bounty
Hindustan Aeronautics leads a pack of manufacturing enterprises eyeing import...
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EADS lets US market strategy slip in job ad
A new job advertisement inadvertently confirms EADS North America’s serious intention to use Airbus platforms to compete for a variety of Boeing 707- and 747-based platforms flown by the US Air Force.
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Australia expands P-3 upgrade, plays down Growler reports
Australia has committed to the next stage of upgrades to its Lockheed Martin AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, with the award of a A$68 million ($58.8...
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US firm Coast Composites to supply A350 tooling
Airbus has signed a letter of intent with a US division of UK firm Hampson Industries covering the supply of wing and fuselage curing tools for the A350...
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Japan's C-X programme faces fresh delays
Japan's C-X programme to develop an indigenous airlift capability faces fresh delays of up to a year...
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Top 100: Dubai dollars propel Doncasters' drive for profits
Placed at number 87 in this year's Top 100, The Doncasters Group has had deep pockets to draw on since May 2006, when its acquisition by Dubai International...