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Boeing juggles KC-46 tanker deliveries and boom redesign
Boeing delivered three more KC-46A Pegasus in-flight refuelling tankers to the US Air Force (USAF) on 8 and 9 August, a week after the company was awarded a $55 million contract to redesign the aircraft’s boom telescope actuator.
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Video: DARPA drones swarm building
Teams of small autonomous quadcopters, in coordination with groups of small wheeled ground vehicles, swarmed around a building in a tactics test in at Fort Benning, Georgia in June.
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Video: Russia’s Sukhoi S-70 flying wing UAV makes first flight
Russia’s Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik flying wing unmanned air vehicle (UAV) made its first test flight.
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MH-60R helicopters cleared for potential South Korea sale
Washington has approved the possible sale of 12 Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopters to South Korea in a deal worth an estimated $800 million.
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Lockheed Martin F-35 sends target data to US Army missile control
Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force (USAF) integrated the F-35 Lightning II’s target tracking data with the US Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS), an important milestone for the stealth aircraft to act as an elevated sensor.
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Raytheon delivers Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band pod to US Navy
Raytheon delivered the first Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) pod to the US Navy (USN) for the service to begin ground and aircraft integration testing.
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Northrop Grumman scramjet engine produces record thrust in test
A scramjet engine made by Northrop Grumman set a record for the highest thrust produced by an air-breathing hypersonic engine in US Air Force history.
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PICTURE: KAL-ASD conducts first flight of unmanned MD500
The Korea Airlines Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) has conducted the maiden flight of the 500MD, an unmanned helicopter based on the MD Helicopters MD500, and laid out ambitions to create unmanned variants of other legacy types.
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Germany picks NH90 to replace Sea Lynx
Germany has selected the NH Industries NH90 as the replacement for its navy's 21-strong fleet of Westland Sea Lynx 88A anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters.
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First AH-64E Apaches arrive in India
The Indian Air Force will receive its full complement of 22 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters by 2020, as its first four examples arrive at Hindan Air Force Station.
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NewsLockheed sees $3.5 billion of hypersonic work in near term
Lockheed Martin expects to sign $3.5 billion worth of hypersonic development contracts within the next two years.
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NewsPratt & Whitney wins $254m to remanufacture foreign F100 engines
Pratt & Whitney (P&W) Military Engines won a $254 million contract to remanufacture an undisclosed number of F100 engines for Foreign Military Sales customers of the USA.
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NewsRIAT: UK plans growth of military training fleet
UK defence procurement officials are evaluating an expansion of the country’s military flight training fleet, with decisions on the acquisition of new rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft due over the next 12 to 18 months.
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NewsUS Air Force flies HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter for first time
A pilot with the US Air Force’s (USAF) 413th flight test squadron conducted the service’s first flight of the Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter on 11 July at Sikorsky’s Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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NewsRIAT: New MFTS arrivals add lift to UK pilot training
All three of the UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) new fixed-wing training aircraft types will be in the static display at this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) in the hands of military operators, following the recent completion of deliveries via Affinity Flying Training Services.
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NewsPHOTO GALLERY: All the best images from RIAT 2019
We showcase some of the hardware on display at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), taking place from 19-21 July at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
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NewsUSA officially boots Turkey from F-35 programme
The USA officially removed Turkey from the Joint Strike Fighter programme – the international effort to develop and manufacture the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter – less than a week after the country received shipments of the first components of Russia’s S-400 anti-aircraft missile battery.
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Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-22 to miss 80% mission capability rate
The US military’s fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor stealth fighters will fail to meet a 80% mission capability rate by September 2019 as directed by US Department of Defense.
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Trump blames Turkey-F-35 dispute on Obama-era Patriot decision
President Donald Trump blamed former President Barak Obama for Turkey’s decision to buy the S-400 missile system – a decision which has caused the USA to ban the sale of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II to the country.
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USAF starts construction of permanent F-35 base in Europe
The US Air Force (USAF) and the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Defence Infrastructure Organisation broke ground during a ceremony on new Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II infrastructure at RAF Lakenheath on 15 July.