Latest Defence Helicopters news – Page 292
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2008 forecast: Defence in holding pattern in USA
With the prospects of a slow year, US industry will be protecting existing programmes, while in Europe there is much to play for
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Synthetic fuel powers US Air Force Boeing C-17 flight
The US Air Force has flown a Boeing C-17 strategic transport across country using a synthetic fuel blend ...
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UK signs £90 million deal to fix grounded Chinook helicopters
The UK has finally approved a modification programme that will enable its eight grounded Boeing CH-47 Chinook HC3 transport helicopters to enter use from 2009 ...
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PICTURES: Australia's last two Boeing C-17s emerge
The Royal Australian Air Force has accepted its third Boeing C-17, with the strategic transport to arrive at its Queensland base next February ...
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Turkish air force in major attack on Kurdish camps
The Turkish air force launched one of its largest ever strike missions on 16 December, sending more than 50 aircraft to strike Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq ...
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Defence contracts
The South Korean air force's future four Boeing 737-based airborne early warning and control aircraft will use mission computers from BAE Systems North America's...
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USAF tests zero-visibility landing with BAE fused radar/infrared system
Flight tests of a fused radar and infrared imaging system designed to enable military transports to land in zero visibility are under way in California ....
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AFRL targets heavier payloads with Speed Agile airlifter demonstration
With thinking on a future tactical airlifter shifting towards a larger aircraft able to carry heavier US Army vehicles, the US...
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NewsPICTURE: Boeing tests Turkey's Peace Eagle 737 AEW&C
Boeing has conducted its first mission-system flight test using the Turkish air force's first of four 737-based airborne early warning and control system aircraft ...
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NewsPICTURE: Boeing installs laser weapon on C-130
Boeing plans to demonstrate the Advanced Tactical Laser onboard the C-130H in 2008, completing a technology demonstration project begun in 2001.
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Comment - Nimrod's forgotten warnings
The Royal Air Force's loss of a Nimrod MR2 reconnaissance aircraft and 14 lives over Afghanistan last year remains a poignant symbol of the operational troubles...
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Nimrod fuel system flaw had been known for 20 years
The UK Ministry of Defence failed to properly recognise the risks posed by fuel system leaks aboard the Royal Air Force's British Aerospace Nimrod MR2 reconnaissance...
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Boeing and Lockheed close in on airborne JTRS
Competition for the airborne portion of the US Joint Tactical Radio System ...
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Malaysia weighs Boeing, Sukhoi bids for next fighter deal
Malaysia is expected to choose between a second batch of Sukhoi Su-30MKMs or Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets for its next fighter purchase, with industry...
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UK defence projects fall further behind schedule
Delays in expected deliveries of key equipment to the UK armed forces have lengthened, with the Ministry of Defence's biggest 20 procurement projects now...
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NewsV-22 mishap probe prompts US fleet restrictions
A design defect in an engine component will eventually require a permanent design fix, which will heap additional cost on the BellBoeing V-22 programme.
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PICTURE: Polish air force receives new batch of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters
Poland has now received 31 of its 48 Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters, following the late November arrival of four aircraft ...