Latest Defence Helicopters news – Page 150
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PARIS: Rafael reveals latest air-to-air missile
Rafael has unveiled its longest range air-to-air missile, the I-Derby ER.
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PARIS: PTDI signs for two Dauphins
Indonesia’s PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) has ordered two Airbus Helicopters AS365 N3+ Dauphins to boost the country’s search and rescue capabilities.
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PARIS: Thales to deliver new ATC radar to UK MoD
Thales has unveiled a new air traffic control radar that it will deliver to the UK Ministry of Defence for its Marshall modernisation programme.
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PARIS: Indonesia orders Selex Sage ESM
Selex has been awarded a contract to deliver its Sage 600 electronic support measure (ESM) system to Indonesia for integration on board two of the air force’s Airbus Defence & Space CN-235 transports for maritime patrol missions.
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PARIS: UTC to wrap up Sikorsky divorce by year’s end
After months of speculation, United Technologies Corporation has formally announced its intention to sell Sikorsky and exit the helicopter business.
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PARIS: Airbus and Textron to carry out UAV testing for French requirement
An Airbus Defence & Space and Textron Systems team is due to travel to Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, USA this week, to carry out testing of its offering for France’s tactical unmanned air vehicle requirement for the French DGA defence procurement agency.
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PARIS: Cubic takes air combat training to next generation
With 40 years in the business, Cubic Global Defense is moving to bring forward the next generation of air combat training with its P5 combat training system.
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PARIS: GE Aviation working on new military engine project
GE Aviation is working on a new engine for the military market that includes technology advances introduced by the GE9X and "something a little more radical", says GE Aviation chief executive David Joyce.
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PARIS: Bullish Embraer maintains momentum
Since its launch at the Paris air show two years ago, Embraer has made steady progress on its re-engined, re-winged E2 E-Jet programme.
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PARIS: Boeing eyes F-15 modifications, extra Super Hornet sales
Boeing sees strong demand for F-15 Strike Eagle upgrades domestically and among Japan and South Korea, particularly for communications upgrades that would allow the fourth-generation fighter to share and fuse data with the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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PARIS: Boeing optimistic about Korean tanker decision falling to KC-46
Boeing is optimistic about securing its first international KC-46A Pegasus tanker customer as South Korea prepares to downselect a supplier by month’s end.
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PARIS: RUAG showcases Swiss precision in military MRO
RUAG Aviation is showcasing its Swiss precision in the military upgrades market, with an example of its work available for inspection in the static display.
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PARIS: UVision introduces loitering munition family
UVision has revealed its family of loitering munitions at the show, ranging from man-portable soldier-level short range variants up to a gasoline-powered 97kg system.
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PARIS: Elbit launches pilot health-monitoring system
Elbit Systems has unveiled a new system that will monitor a pilot’s body condition in extreme phases of flight.
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PARIS: Esterline CMC shows off new former Barco range
There are some unfamiliar avionics products on the Esterline CMC stand at Paris. It follows the acquisition by Esterline of the aerospace and defence division of Belgium-based Barco. The former Barco avionics displays activities, as well as the training and simulation business, are being intergrated within CMC, and the Canadian ...
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PARIS: Boeing hunting Chinook sales to fill multiyear buy
Boeing is searching for about 35 Chinook CH-47F sales to fill the production options remaining on its second multiyear procurement contract with the US Army.
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PARIS: Bell bullish on V-22 and V-280 tiltrotors
Bell Helicopter arrives at Paris confident that production of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor will extend well into the mid-2020s, despite output falling this year to 21 aircraft from 2014’s high of 37 units.
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USAF awards Raytheon $31M for first small diameter bomb II buy
The US Air Force has placed its first low-rate initial production order for Raytheon’s newly developed small diameter bomb II, securing the first 144 Lot 1 weapons of what is expected to be a minimum 17,000-bomb buy.
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US senate panel approves extra JSF, Super Hornet, Reaper buys
The US senate appropriations committee has approved a spending bill that buys more Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets, Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and General Atomics MQ-9 Reapers than requested by the government, even as Republicans and Democrats disagree on how to get around mandatory spending caps known as sequestration.
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Cull the ‘creep’: Report on why US weapon programmes blow budgets
In an attempt to discover why large weapons programmes like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter too frequently miss their development cost and schedule targets, the US Government Accountability Office has found lower-level requirements creep due to a lack of systems engineering expertise is generally to blame.