Latest Defence Helicopters news – Page 276
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NewsBoeing halts V-22, Chinook lines after quality breach
Work on the V-22 Osprey and CH-47 Chinook have halted at Boeing's Philadelphia site while a production investigation continues ...
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Northrop wins next-generation missile warning system contract
USAF to assess two-colour infrared sensor technology
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Portugal takes delivery of first C-295 transport
Portugal has received its first EADS Casa C-295 tactical transport under a 2006 order for 12 of the type. One of seven aircraft to be delivered in...
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US Army ARH request draws wide interest from helicopter industry
US Army's resurrected ARH contest attracts interest from AgustaWestland, Boeing, EADS North America and Sikorsky ...
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MRO Special Report: EADS opens new Manching centre
EADS Military Air Systems has expanded its footprint at Manching in Bavaria, and aims to make the site a world-class centre for military MRO ...
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Pentagon adds four F-22s, but future unsettled
The US Air Force has been authorised to spend up to $50 million up to the end of January to keep the earliest pieces of the Lockheed Martin F-22 supply chain...
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CAE lands multinational training deals
CAE has received contracts worth a combined C$55 million ($44.7 million) to deliver a variety of training services to air force customers in Germany, Italy...
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Air power in demand - World Air Forces 2008
Continued hostilities in Afghanistan and Iraq, a brief conflict in Georgia and Turkish action against Kurdish rebel groups have kept air arms busy this year
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Pilot's YouTube indiscretions could trigger wider air power debate
An unidentified US Air Force Boeing F-15 pilot has become an instant YouTube star, unwittingly sharing his explicit insights about the technical and aerodynamic...
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A380 wake 'no worse' than any other heavy jet: Airbus
Airbus claims unprecedented tests of conditions experienced by aircraft following the Airbus A380 in flight demonstrate that the wake turbulence it creates...
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Helicopter missile warning systems poised for next major leap
US Navy and Marine Corps officials will look to stretch the state of missile warning technology for rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft with a major contract...
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This Week briefings
Bell Helicopter last week laid off around 500 employees, representing 4% of its total workforce and...
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Malaysia's maritime agency confirms AW139 helicopter orders
AgustaWestland has completed the sale of three AW139 medium twin helicopters ...
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Business briefs
Sales and pre-tax profits at engineering group GKN for the nine months to the end...
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Boeing tests recovery training on pilots
Boeing reported to the Flight Safety Foundation International Aviation Safety Seminar the results of a controlled test it carried out on a group of more...
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Italian navy recapitalises
Recapitalisation will see the Italian navy equipped with new-generation helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
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Italy special report
Independent from Europe's heavyweights, BAE Systems and EADS, Finmeccanica continues to dominate Italian aerospace. Subsidiary Alenia...
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Italian Space Agency plans its relaunch
Italy is a prime mover in European space programmes, but its national ambitions could be affected by ESA budget needs
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Secondo Mona intends to double turnover
MANUFACTURING Centurion marches on Fuel systems and landing gear specialist Secondo Mona intends to almost double its turnover in the next 10...