Latest Defence Helicopters news – Page 127
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NewsWhy Skunk Works ditched its clean-sheet T-X for Korean T-50
One year ago this week, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works chief Rob Weiss announced that his advanced design team had been working on a clean-sheet aircraft for the US Air Force’s T-X programme as a potential alternative to the South Korean T-50 Golden Eagle, which Lockheed jointly developed with Korea Aerospace ...
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SINGAPORE: Fire Scout touted for Asia-Pacific export
Northrop Grumman is in talks with a number of Asian countries regarding the possible sale of its MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned rotorcraft on the back of a successful deployment aboard US Navy Littoral Combat Ships (LCS).
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SINGAPORE: F-15SG, AH-64D to perform joint aerial display
This year’s aerial display at the Singapore Airshow will include a unusual joint performance between a Republic of Singapore Air Force Boeing F-15SG fighter and AH-64D Apache attack helicopter.
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NewsUS State Department approves F-16 sale to Pakistan
The US State Department has approved Pakistan to buy eight Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 52 aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney F100-229 engines, but whether the $700 million deal can survive a 30-day congressional review process remains to be seen.
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SINGAPORE: Aviage, Roketsan among newcomers at 2016 show
The Singapore Airshow this year has attracted several new aerospace firms in 2016, while retaining 75% of the companies that participated in 2014.
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NewsKC-46 demonstrates probe-and-drogue refuelling of F/A-18
Boeing and the US Air Force have completed the first KC-46A Pegasus refuelling of a combat jet using the next-generation tanker's wing-mounted hose-and-drogue system.
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NewsUSAF calls for nuclear debate as fiscal realities set in
The US Air Force has called for a national debate on how best to modernise America’s nuclear arsenal, with one official saying funding levels become “unmanageable” in budget year 2022 and beyond as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) replacement project ramps up.
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NewsInternational F-35 customers pushing block-buy plan
International buyers of the Lockheed Martin F-35 are considering leading the US government in entering into a three-year “block buy” arrangement for planned orders between 2018 and 2020.
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NewsNATO E-3As to ease AWACS shortfalls
NATO’s 16 Boeing E-3A airborne early warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft could soon be supporting the defence needs of member nations, freeing up local assets for coalition operations against the Islamic State terrorist group in Iraq and Syria.
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NewsUS Navy seeks 16 more F/A-18 Super Hornets
The US Navy has sought more F/A-18 Super Hornets by funding two aircraft in fiscal 2017 to replace combat losses and another 14 in 2018 to maintain capacity as older Hornet units wear out.
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NewsUCLASS reborn as US Navy spy-tanker
The US Navy’s long-running attempt to field a carrier-based unmanned combat aircraft has taken another turn, morphing from a surveillance and strike aircraft into a reconnaissance and aerial refuelling drone with “limited strike capability”.
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NewsLockheed proposes KAI T-50A for T-X over Skunk Works design
Lockheed Martin will offer an upgraded version of the T-50 fighter it jointly developed with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) for the US Air Force's T-X trainer programme, forgoing a clean-sheet alternative designed by its Skunk Works division.
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NewsJoint Strike Fighter chief plays down F-35A deferrals
The head of the multinational F-35 programme Lt Gen Christopher Bogdan is playing down the US Air Force’s decision to reduce annual procurement of the F-35A Lightning IIs to 48 per year, with the planned ramp-up to 60 units deferred from fiscal 2018 to 2021.
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NewsPentagon curtails aircraft procurement in 2017 budget plan
The Pentagon has reduced aviation procurement by 7.2% to $45.3 billion in its fiscal year 2017 budget submission compared to the $48.8 billion requested last year.
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ANALYSIS: RSAF ratchets up capabilities
Southeast Asia’s leading air force continues to methodically improve to its already impressive fixed wing force.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Singapore sizes up Super Puma replacement
The major focus of Singapore’s helicopter force is finding a replacement for its main transport rotorcraft.
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NewsItaly claims first F-35 transatlantic crossing
An Italian Air Force pilot flying the first Italian-made F-35A Lightning II has made history after completing the first transatlantic crossing of the stealthy, single-engine Lockheed Martin type.
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ANALYSIS: Rafael looks for new connections
Being a small country with a relatively small air force that usually abstains from coalition-level air campaigns can be an isolating experience, but sometimes in a helpful way.
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NewsUS Navy boosts F-35C and F/A-18 buy in new budget plan
The US Navy says maintaining Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet production in St Louis is "vital" for overcoming a strike-fighter shortfall caused by delays in fielding the Lockheed Martin F-35C.
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NewsUS Navy looking for answers to F/A-18 pilot ailments
The US Navy’s director of air warfare says efforts to overcome high rates of hypoxia and decompression sickness in pilots flying Boeing F/A-18 variants is “like chasing a ghost,” but he remains confident in the aircraft and its oxygen backup systems nevertheless.