All United States articles – Page 159
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DSEI: Dutch air force chief criticises Future Vertical Lift ambitions
Ongoing US efforts to develop the next generation of battlefield helicopters, for the 2030s and beyond, will not be able to address future requirements or combat emerging threats, according to senior Dutch air force official.
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Opinion
OPINION: Can the aerospace industry boom continue?
In our new issue of Flight International, we and our partners at PwC sift through 2014 aerospace industry financial data, indeed through a decade of such information. It is no surprise, but the numbers confirm the widely-held view that this industry has never had it so good.
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Aurora’s Orion UAV in storage after USAF world-record flight
The US Air Force appears to have no room for Aurora Flight Sciences’ long-endurance Orion unmanned aerial vehicle in its inventory, despite the aircraft successfully demonstrating 80 hours of endurance in a world-record flight last December.
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Airbus officially opens A320 final assembly line in Alabama
Airbus today staged an official grand opening for the A320 family final assembly line and delivery centre in Mobile, Alabama, with executives touting the company’s growing stature as a US manufacturer.
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Lockheed Skunk Works' next-generation U-2 morphs into 'TR-X'
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ proposal for a next-generation, optionally-manned U-2 surveillance aircraft has morphed into more of tactical reconnaissance aircraft dubbed “TR-X”.
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Lockheed secures contract to install JASSM on Poland’s F-16s
After jumping through the required regulatory hoops, Lockheed Martin says it has a foreign military sales contract in hand for integration of its “JASSM” cruise missiles for Poland’s F-16s.
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US Navy orders Elbit’s QuadEye-based NVG cueing and display system
The US Navy has places its third order with Rockwell Collins and Elbit System of America (ESA) for a night vision cueing and display system that enables pilots to fly and fight as if it were daytime.
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Airbus offers sneak-peek inside Alabama A320 factory
Airbus opened the $600 million final assembly and delivery center for the A320 aircraft family in Mobile, Alabama, to the international press for the first time on 13 September.
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Deptula: USAF needs 174 new bombers to replace ‘geriatric’ force
The US Air Force needs at least 120 combat-coded next-generation bombers and another 54 for test, training and attrition reserve, which is far more than the 80 to 100 the service intends to buy, according to retired Lt Gen David Deptula, dean of the Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute.
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US-based German Tornados receive life-extending upgrades
Deliveries of upgraded Panavia Tornados to the German air force’s training wing at Holloman AFB in New Mexico are now under way, with five modified examples from the 15 aircraft based in the USA having been delivered to date.
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CAE reveals plans for extending Predator training
CAE’s defence lead has revealed plans to replicate the unmanned air vehicle training that it offers to the US Air Force to more operators of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems family of Predator UAVs.
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BAE Systems protests Army CIRCM award to Northrop
BAE Systems has protested the award of a relatively small but lucrative US Army contract to Northrop Grumman for development of a laser-based Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system for rotary-wing and small fixed-wing military aircraft.
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NTSB detects signs of uncontained engine failure from BA 777 fire
An uncontained engine failure has emerged as a possible source of the fire that damaged a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER on a Las Vegas runway on 8 September.
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Lockheed reveals Advanced EOTS targeting sensor for F-35 Block 4
Lockheed Martin has announced an improved version of its Electro-Optical Targeting System for the F-35, called Advanced EOTS, just months after the long-delayed fifth-generation fighter was declared fit for combat with the Marine Corps.
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USAF needs more than 80 to 100 new bombers
A former commander of the USAF’s bomber force says 80 to 100 new Long-Range Strike Bombers are not enough to meet American national security objectives, and the service should consider buying more to rejuvenate its “withering” combat fleet of Boeing B-1s and B-52s.
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UCLASS in ‘acquisition hell’ awaiting requirements redemption
The long-running debate over the mission of the US Navy's future carrier-based unmanned reconnaissance and strike aircraft might have set the "UCLASS" competition back few years, but the maritime force's acquisition chief says getting the Day 1 requirements right from the beginning is vital.
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Boeing announces new 767 rate increase
Boeing will increase the 767 production rate by 25%, or six aircraft annually, starting in the fourth quarter of 2017 in response to enduring demand for the freighter version of the aircraft.
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GE stops short of confirming BA 777 engine failure
GE Aviation is not yet confirming initial reports that a British Airways 777-200ER suffered a “catastrophic" engine failure on 8 September.
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Italian tankers could support first F-35 transatlantic crossing
The Italian Air Force is aligned to complete the first transatlantic crossing of the Lockheed Martin F-35 when its first two aircraft fly from Novara, Italy, to Arizona in early 2016, and those aircraft are likely be refuelled along the way by Italian Boeing KC-767A tankers.
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Lockheed to open training centre for C-130J, LM-100J customers
Lockheed Martin hopes to boost the popularity of its C-130J tactical transport and in-development LM-100J commercial freighter by establishing a new international training centre for the types.