All articles by Stephen Trimble – Page 127
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Bell unveils 412EP power boost, hints at future upgrades
Bell Helicopter has unveiled a new power and cockpit upgrade plan for the 412EP as the four-bladed, light-twin nears its 30th anniversary in commercial service.
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NewsC-17 crash report exposes cracks in USAF safety culture
Pilot error is the US Air Force's official cause for the first fatal crash of a Boeing C-17, but the service's investigation report has also exposed lax oversight of an over-aggressive flier who was allowed to repeatedly perform an unsafe airshow routine.
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NewsFire-X first flight revives team’s bid for cargo UAS market
The Bell Helicopter/Northrop Grumman Fire-X completed its first flight on 10 December ...
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NewsPhantom Ray arrives in Dryden ahead of flight tests
Boeing's Phantom Ray has arrived at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in California to prepare for a series of 10 planned flight tests ...
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AIA: US aerospace sales rebound in 2010 despite civil aircraft slump
US aerospace sales are projected to creep higher by less than 1% in 2010 compared to a year ago, as a surge of military deliveries overcame declines in commercial...
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Sikorsky explains four-year delivery slip for S-76D
As Sikorsky launches production on the S-76D helicopter, the company has acknowledged that development setbacks have delayed first delivery by four years until 2012.
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NewsCUTAWAY: Ultimate Survivor - OH-58 enters fifth decade stronger than ever
Bell's OH-58 Kiowa is entering its fifth decade stronger than ever and the US Army intends it to stay on the payroll until at least 2025 ...
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First production engine delivered for F-35B
Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first production model of the F135-PW-600 jet engine to Lockheed Martin for the F-35B short take-off and vertical landing...
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US agency launches probe as P&W, Rolls patent war escalates
A US agency has launched an investigation springing from an ongoing patent dispute between Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce waged over turbine blades for...
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NewsF-35 partly recovers flight test record in 2010, but fresh obstacles await
The Lockheed Martin F-35 will pass the fourth anniversary of its first flight on 15 December with a test programme surging forward but facing new challenges in 2011, says chief test pilot Jon Beesley.
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Northrop offers South Korea M-scan radar for F-16s
Northrop Grumman is proposing a mechanically scanned radar for an F-16 upgrade programme in South Korea, marking a shift in its strategy for the emerging requirement.
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Fatigue test plots F-16 future for USAF
Lockheed Martin has received a US Air Force F-16 Block 50 fighter set aside to undergo a three-year series of fatigue life tests that will play a major role...
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NewsWikileaks: Embraer favoured Super Hornet for Brazilian fighter contract
A newly-leaked diplomatic cable describes Embraer chief executive Frederico Fleury Curado candidly revealing the company's preferred bidder for the F-X2...
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Simulator vendors vie for T-X trainer order
The US Air Force's T-X contest is the biggest prize by far in the global military trainer industry - and as well as 350-500 aircraft, the service will need a lot of simulators
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Wikileaks casts light on arms sales process
With fewer than 500 full-text cables published by 1 December, the impact of the roughly 250,000 US diplomatic messages exposed by Wikileaks on the aerospace business remains unclear.
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NewsRaytheon, Northrop Grumman take opposite paths on F-16 AESA sales
The rivals for a market to upgrade the radars on international Lockheed Martin F-16s are pursuing different strategies ...
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Pratt & Whitney sets 'dramatic' cost reduction plan for F-35 engine
Pratt & Whitney has unveiled a new cost-reduction goal as the F135 engine programme nears the end of a seven-year testing phase that was partly marred by...
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NewsBoeing keeps protest options open as KC-X questions linger
Boeing wants answers to "unresolved questions" before moving beyond a US Air Force blunder that sent proposal data to the wrong bidding teams for the KC-X tanker contract, the company says.
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Boeing claims SIGINT prize with US Army contract
Boeing has won a US Army contract to deliver a new fleet of signals intelligence aircraft called the enhanced medium altitude reconnaissance and surveillance...