Latest Defence Helicopters news – Page 269
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Boeing ponders “variably” manned aircraft
Boeing has filed for a US patent on an aircraft control system that could be configured for two, one or zero pilots.
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NewsNorthrop buys Swift's KillerBee UAS family
Northrop Grumman has acquired a line of small unmanned air systems (UAS) invented by Swift Engineering and formerly known as KillerBee. The acquisition...
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Australia to buy seven Boeing CH-47F Chinooks
Australia plans to buy seven Boeing CH-47F Chinooks from the US government, with the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) saying in a notice...
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NewsLockheed wins ISIS airship contract from DARPA
Lockheed Martin has won a $400 million contract to build a high-altitude airship demonstrator with radar technology so powerful it could spot a car hidden under a canopy of trees more than 300 km away.
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NewsPICTURES: First Boeing P-8A gets airborne
Boeing confirms that a US Navy P-8A Posiedon test aircraft achieved first flight early on Saturday, flying from its factory Renton, Washington.
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Boeing's double squeeze
Civil aviation crisis and Obama's defence budget are pressing both sides of the business
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Australia's Wedgetail begins make or break exercise
Australia's Boeing 737-based Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft is undergoing an operational evaluation as part of the Royal Australian...
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Taiwan tries to expedite Black Hawk purchase
Taiwan's defence ministry has set aside an initial $230 million from its latest budget to purchase 60 Sikorsky...
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South Korea begins study into attack helicopter requirement
South Korea has begun a study into its attack helicopter requirement, with the country deciding between an indigenous AH-X development programme and an international...
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NewsUSAF selects datalink to bridge communications gap between F-22 and F-35
The US Air Force has cleared a five-year upgrade project to allow the Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor to communicate with other stealthy - and perhaps some...
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NewsLAAD: Lockheed and Russians see new hope for FX-2 fighter deal
Current economic conditions could force the Brazilian Air Force to redefine and delay the FX-2 contract decision, with the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter potentially re-emerging as a viable competitor.
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Good vibrations hit the ice
Red-ink economics and green ambitions are increasingly driving the aerospace industry to Long Island in search of the targeted technologies created, built and delivered by Cox & Company.Cox is a New York-based provider of temperature control and ice-protection systems.
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IAI releases details of maritime Heron UAV
Israel Aerospace Industries has released new details about the configuration of its maritime patrol-configured Heron unmanned air vehicle. To be employed...
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Italy continues air response to devastating earthquake
The Italian authorities are continuing a major earthquake response effort involving multiple helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft ...
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Lockheed proposes funding plan for air-launched Patriot missile
Lockheed Martin has proposed a $137 million plan to develop and integrate an air-launched version of the MIM-104 Patriot advanced capability-3 (PAC-3) missile...
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US military launches bidding war for small UAS contract
The US Navy and US Marine Corps have launched bidding for a new fleet of small, long-endurance unmanned aircraft systems, with as many as 11 different competitors...
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Pentagon proposes to revamp spending priorities, shut down F-22
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates today proposed the most radical reshaping of the Pentagon’s spending priorities since the end of the Cold War, including halting Lockheed Martin F-22 production at 186 aircraft.
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BA's search for biofuel candidates continues
The prospect of aviation moving swiftly to a greener fuel alternative to help reduce its carbon footprint looks increasingly doubtful. The latest blow is...
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: BAE Systems shows Hawk upgrade to current users
Eleven Hawk operators have received demonstrations on modernisation proposals for the jet trainer, as BAE Systems seeks a 'critical mass' to launch the upgrade ...