2010 Military Aviation News
12/27/2010
In the course of the creation of a united aerospace defense system, the Russian Ground Forces' Air Defense Force will become one of its most important parts which together with other aerospace defense elements will be responsible for air defense and non-strategic missile defense at infrastructure and military facilities and troop deployment sites, Major General Alexander Leonov told journalists in Moscow on Saturday.
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12/25/2010
Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman said the indigenously produced radar, built with China's assistance at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), in Kamra, north of Islamabad, would equip the JF-17 'Thunder' fighter aircraft jointly produced by the two countries.
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12/23/2010
Russia and India signed a contract on Tuesday to jointly develop a design for a new fifth-generation multirole fighter.
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12/22/2010
The Russian-Indian second prototype T-50 fighter aircraft will take to the skies in early 2011, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) President Alexei Fyodorov said on Monday.
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12/22/2010
Lockheed Martin recently received an order for two additional P-3 Orion Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) kits from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The order brings the total number of CBP P-3s on contract to receive the MLU to 11 with an option for five additional kits in 2011.
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12/22/2010
The worldwide fleet of C-17 Globemaster III airlifters built by The Boeing Company surpassed 2 million flying hours during an airdrop mission over Afghanistan on Dec. 10. Reaching 2 million flight hours equates to 1.13 billion nautical miles – the equivalent of a C-17 flying to the moon and back 2,360 times.
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12/19/2010
Turkey's top defense procurement committee decided late Wednesday that Ankara would develop and manufacture its next air-to-air fighter aircraft, either by itself or in cooperation with another country, Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül said.
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12/19/2010
Federal agents have arrested a California man who allegedly attempted to export a U.S. military fighter jet to Iran, authorities announced Friday.
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12/19/2010
The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC], marked the delivery of the 400th LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) at a ceremony held today at a Lockheed Martin facility in Orlando, FL. The combat-proven LONGBOW FCR is fielded with the U.S. Army and eight international customers.
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12/19/2010
Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] delivered the first of six C-130Js for the Indian Air Force at ceremonies here today. The new fleet was ordered under a $1.2 billion U.S. Foreign Military Sale (India’s first) in late 2008.
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12/18/2010
Rolls-Royce Corp. scored more than $100 million in military business this week, winning two contracts to provide support for engines its makes.
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12/18/2010
The aerospace industry is headed for continued sales growth in 2011, but warplanes are likely to play a smaller role than in recent years, the industry's main trade and lobbying group said on Wednesday.
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12/18/2010
Turkish authorities decided during a Defense Industry Executive Committee (SSIK) meeting on Wednesday to begin production on the first Turkish fighter jets in 2020, in order to meet the needs of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK).
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12/18/2010
US aerospace and defence company Lockheed Martin expects India’s defence ministry to approve a formal letter of request to be sent to the US government for an additional six C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft within the next couple of months, according to Orville Prins, the company’s vice-president for business development in India.
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12/16/2010
Russia and India have agreed the estimated cost of a design contract for their joint fifth-generation fighter project at $295 million, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chairman Ashok Nayak said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
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12/12/2010
The military plans to put 400 of the Marine Corps' new vertical take-off F-35B fighter jets at four installations in North and South Carolina, California and Arizona.
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12/11/2010
The Royal Air Force has recently been working closely with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force in the UAE to build stronger ties between the two militaries and enhance the way they co-operate.
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12/11/2010
Russia has warned Poland against hosting American fighter jets as part of a NATO missile system plan, saying that it would attempt to counter the move.
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12/11/2010
The Idaho congressional delegation received notification Friday that Mountain Home Air Force Base has been chosen as the preferred site to host a training mission for the Royal Saudi Air Force.
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12/11/2010
The Pentagon announced Friday that aging aircraft at the Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point will be replaced by 128 new joint strike fighter jets over the next ten years.
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12/11/2010
The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin and Kaman Aerospace a $45.8 million contract for K-MAX® unmanned aircraft systems for a U.S. Marine Corps evaluation of unmanned cargo resupply in an operational forward deployed environment.
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12/10/2010
After decades of importing and reverse-engineering Russian arms, China has reached a tipping point: It now can produce many of its own advanced weapons—including high-tech fighter jets like the Su-27—and is on the verge of building an aircraft carrier.
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12/10/2010
Australia’s first squadron of F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jets is operational and ready for duty following the arrival of four new aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley.
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12/10/2010
The first of the six state-of-the art C-130J military transport aircraft would be delivered to India on December 16, its manufacturer Lockheed Martin said today.
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12/10/2010
Northrop Grumman is wooing South Korean support for a proposal to upgrade its F-16 jet fighter program with mechanically scanned radar system.
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12/10/2010
Russia's Central Aerodynamics Institute (TsAGI) is testing a model unmanned air vehicle (UAV) developed at the institute with vertical take-off and landing capability suitable for local-area ecological monitoring and a range of other surveillance duties, TsAGI said on Thursday.
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12/10/2010
India's next three C-130Js have now reached the final production positions at the Lockheed Martin Marietta facility.
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12/09/2010
U.S. planemaker Boeing, which opened an office in Qatar this week, is in talks with the Qatari military to supply further C17s and fighter planes, a top executive said Wednesday.
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12/09/2010
Conservative cabinet minister Stockwell Day made a stop at a River Road facility last Friday that will manufacture components for the highly advanced Joint Strike fighter jet.
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12/09/2010
Outgoing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won't decide on the future partner for Brazil's military aircraft industry in a deal that involves a multibillion-dollar jet fighter purchase from the winning bidder.
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12/09/2010
Kazakh Air Force pilots will start using the Russian-made Yak-130 advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft next spring, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
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12/08/2010
A joint U.S.-Japanese military exercise in the Sea of Japan was suspended when two Russian Il-38 May anti-submarine aircraft flew over the area, the NHK channel said on Wednesday citing the Japanese defense ministry.
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12/08/2010
Milestones seem to be all in a day's work for the employees who develop and sustain the Army's unmanned aircraft fleet.
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12/08/2010
The Israeli Air Force has attacked the southern Gaza Strip, enlisting the services of military aircraft and unmanned spy planes, a report says.
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12/08/2010
Counterfeit computer chips could pose a threat to military computer-based hardware and systems, crippling or disabling them, U.K. experts say.
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12/08/2010
The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC], has received a $26.8 million contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) Life Cycle Contractor Support.
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12/08/2010
Boeing on Nov. 8 delivered three F-15K Slam Eagles to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) at Daegu Air Base. The company delivered the first three of 21 F-15Ks it is producing under the Next Fighter II contract to the ROKAF in September. The remaining 15 aircraft will be delivered through March 2012.
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12/08/2010
The Boeing P-8I team began fabricating the first part for the Indian navy's first long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft on Dec. 6 in Wichita. The P-8I, based on the Boeing Next-Generation 737 commercial airplane, is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing is developing for the U.S. Navy.
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12/07/2010
The US Air Force said it has tried to correct an embarrassing mix-up that sent the wrong data to aerospace rivals bidding on the lucrative contract for a new aerial refueling tanker.
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12/07/2010
New Delhi, Dec 6 Pitching hard to grab lucrative defence deals worth billions of dollars, Germany Monday said it has offered India provisions for forgoing an end user monitoring agreement and transfer of technology in joint production of military hardware for third-party sale in future.
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12/07/2010
The Indian air force's first of six Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports will be handed over to the US Air Force on 16 December, ahead of its delivery to the nation in late January.
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12/07/2010
Boeing today announced that it has received a two-year engineering and manufacturing development contract for the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) from the U.S. Army. EMARSS is a manned, airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system.
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12/03/2010
Russian Helicopters will start production of its new Mi-38 utility transport helicopter in 2013, after resolving engine supply problems with Canadian supplier Pratt & Whitney Canada, Russian state-owned rotorcraft builder Russian Helicopters said on Thursday.
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12/03/2010
The Boeing Company will bid a fond farewell to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F-111 strike fighters that the company has supported for more than 14 years when the fleet is retired on Dec. 3.
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12/03/2010
The South Carolina Air National Guard recently returned from a combat deployment utilizing Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Sniper pods on the F-16 Fighting Falcon. This marks the first time Sniper pods have been used in combat by an Air National Guard unit.
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12/03/2010
Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the Republic of Korea to provide the nation four C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.
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12/02/2010
India successfully test-fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a military base in the northeastern coastal state of Orissa on Thursday, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said.
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12/02/2010
European defense giant EADS is confident it can turn around its troubled Airbus A400 military transporter program by selling up to 500 of the planes.
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12/02/2010
Following decades of decline, Argentina hopes to recover some of its past glory in the aviation industry as state-run aircraft maker Fabrica Argentina de Aviones SA looks to carve out a niche in the civilian and military markets.
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12/02/2010
BAE Systems will provide laser warning sensor sets to protect U.S. military aircraft under a $17.7 million contract by Alliant Techsystems.
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12/02/2010
Army aviation was an arm of the Ground Forces prior to becoming part of the Air Force in 2003. The possible return of army aviation assets to the Ground Forces has been one of the main discussion topics during the ongoing military reform in Russia.
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12/02/2010
The Russian Air Force will procure over 1,500 new aircraft and significantly increase the number of high-precision weapons in its arsenal by 2020, a deputy Air Force commander said on Wednesday.
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12/01/2010
Russia has offered to give Lebanon a free arsenal of weapons, including helicopter gunships and tanks, amid U.S. unease about providing arms to a country on Israel's doorstep in which the Iranian-backed Hezbollah is the most powerful force.
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12/01/2010
Airmen on the ground whose mission is to help deliver close air support will soon receive a set of tools that will help them do their jobs better while lightening the loads they're required to carry.
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12/01/2010
Preparing for the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC), the Light Combat Aircraft, ‘Tejas,' on Tuesday conducted its last phase of flight trials by successfully test-firing air-to-air close combat missile at Goa.
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11/30/2010
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the third and final AW159 test aircraft successfully completed its maiden flight on November 19th at AgustaWestland’s Yeovil facility in the UK. During its maiden flight a range of general handling checks were completed and it performed as expected.
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11/30/2010
Saudi Arabia's National Guard (SANG) is to be a key beneficiary of the mega arms deal with the USA and will directly lead to the creation of a new air arm.
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11/30/2010
UK's Secretary of State for Defence Dr. Liam Fox visited the Eurofighter Typhoon Office in New Delhi today and met high-level company officials. Bernhard Gerwert, CEO of Cassidian Air Systems and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Eurofighter GmbH, briefed Dr. Liam Fox on the current status of the Eurofighter Typhoon campaign to win India’s tender for 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA).
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11/30/2010
South Korea and the United States plan to stage maritime interdiction and aerial interception drills Tuesday on the third day of major naval exercises in the Yellow Sea aimed at warning North Korea against any future provocations, military officials here said.
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11/30/2010
At stake is a program to develop an alternate engine for the Joint Strike Fighter, a stealthy, supersonic jet supposed to be the backbone of the U.S. fighter fleet for the next three decades. For the past four years, Congress has funded the development of the second engine against the wishes of the Pentagon, which maintains that only a Pratt & Whitney engine should be funded.
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11/29/2010
An Army unit deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq, is shaping the future of the Army’s unmanned aircraft systems program with a handful of its newest aircraft, the MQ-1C Gray Eagle.
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11/29/2010
Canada's new stealth fighter aircraft will require extensive maintenance, as well as very expensive changes to improve security at the military bases they operate from, according to Defence Department documents obtained by the Ottawa Citizen.
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11/29/2010
The playing field, however, is unequal as Turkey has already selected the JSF as its next fighter aircraft type and plans to buy about 100 F-35 aircraft worth nearly $15 billion. Many Turkish companies are members of the nine-nation JSF consortium and are producing parts for the aircraft.
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11/29/2010
South Korea and the United States began on Sunday large-scale joint naval exercises in the Yellow Sea just days after North Korea's artillery attack on a South Korean island that killed four people, the Yonhap news agency said.
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11/28/2010
US and South Korean naval forces plan to stage four days of war games from Sunday off the tense Korean peninsula, days after the North launched a deadly artillery strike against the South.
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11/28/2010
The Air Force stands ready to respond if hostilities between North Korea and South Korea escalate, the service’s top uniformed officer said, but American fighter jets remained at their normal alert status a day after a North Korean artillery attack.
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11/28/2010
Could bad luck be coming in threes for the U.S. Air Force? This month, officials were sacked from the tanker-replacement program, concern grew about another slip in the F-35’s initial operating date, and South Korea is enduring the worst attack by North Korea in more than 50 years.
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11/28/2010
A Russian-made Il-76 cargo plane crashed early Sunday in a Karachi residential neighborhood, killing all eight crewmembers and destroying several buildings under construction, CNN reported.
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11/27/2010
Pakistan on Saturday received six new F-16 C/D Block 52 high tech aircraft from the United States.
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11/27/2010
Russian helicopter deliveries to Iraq are proceeding as planned, a source in the Russian aircraft industry said on Thursday, in response to American claims that deliveries are over-budget and late.
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11/27/2010
Russia hopes that NATO will resolve the problems in financing a deal on the delivery of Mi-17 multipurpose helicopters to Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
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11/25/2010
Indian Air Force(IAF)’s Mig-29 and the home-made ’Tejus’ Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) will have electronic warfare(EW) systems developed by India’s DRDO from next year onwards. The older Mig-27 fighters are being equipped this year and operational trials are scheduled next year.
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11/25/2010
As India’s homegrown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA Tejas) nears critical initial operational clearance next month, Indian air force officials say the aircraft will fail to meet performance requirements laid down by the service for the limited-profile Mk.1 platform.
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11/25/2010
An amateur pilot in a Cessna caused chaos to an RAF fly-past marking the Queen's Birthday when he strayed into its flight path.
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11/24/2010
Sweden Tuesday reached an agreement with Thailand on selling another six JAS 39 Gripen fighters with peripheral equipment, according to a statement from Swedish Ministry of Defense.
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11/23/2010
South Korea has launched F-16 fighter jets and returned fire after North Korea shot around 200 artillery shells on to a populated South Korean island near the countries' western border.
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11/23/2010
A senior military official in Poland says the U.S. Air Force will deploy F-16 jet fighters and C-130 Hercules transport planes in the country by 2013.
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11/23/2010
A UAE military aircraft crashed in Wadi Al Bih in Ras Al Khaimah on Monday morning, killing its pilot who was the only person on board.
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11/23/2010
Flight trials of the second prototype of Sukhoi's fifth-generation T-50 fighter aircraft are due before the end of the year, Sukhoi holding CEO Mikhail Pogosyan said on Monday.
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11/23/2010
Lockheed Martin received a $15.6 million contract to produce paveway II Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (ELGTR) for the U.S. Navy. This award is for the first year of a planned three-year procurement that will maintain continuous production on the ELGTR, with work under this contract beginning in the third quarter of 2011 at Lockheed Martin’s Archbald, PA, operation.
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11/23/2010
Lockheed Martin scored a hit on a main battle tank at six kilometers in a company-funded, multiple-mission firing of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM). The complex flight test, at White Sands Missile Range, NM, demonstrated the ability of the imaging infrared (I2R) sensor in the missile’s cooled tri-mode seeker to lock on before launch at extended range.
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11/22/2010
The J-10’s evolution mirrors that of another famous single-engine fighter aircraft, the Lockheed Martin F-16 in more than one respect.
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11/22/2010
Pakistan, increasing its fleet of warplanes, is all set receive six more new F-16 from the US on Saturday, the defence sources said.
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11/22/2010
India's light combat aircraft Tejas, in its march towards operational status, achieved an important milestone today when it made its first flight.
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11/22/2010
When does a promise to cut government spending result in $8 billion of new government waste? When Defense Department procurement is involved.
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11/22/2010
This year has seen several notable achievements in China’s progression as a manufacturer and supplier of front-line military aircraft to export customers. Much positive publicity was earned by the public debut of Pakistan’s JF-17 fighters at the Farnborough Airshow—with JF-17s again featuring here at Airshow China.
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11/21/2010
China is emerging as a competitor in the international arms market, offering increasingly sophisticated fighter jets, missiles and equipment that are beginning to rival Russia and other longtime exporters.
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11/21/2010
A Russian MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor/fighter crashed on Friday in the Perm region of the Urals, but the pilots ejected safely.
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11/21/2010
Iran has successfully test-fired a domestically designed air-defense system that has the same capabilities as the Russian-made S-300, a top Iranian military official said on Saturday.
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11/21/2010
Lockheed Martin has received a $3.5 billion contract modification from the U.S. Department of Defense to manufacture 31 F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters in the fourth lot of low-rate initial production (LRIP). The contract also funds manufacturing-support equipment, flight test instrumentation and ancillary mission equipment. Including the long-lead funding previously received, the total contract value for LRIP 4 is $3.9 billion.
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11/21/2010
Boeing today delivered the 10th C-40A transport/cargo aircraft to the U.S. Navy. The Boeing 737-700 commercial derivative was modified at the company’s Wichita facility for its Navy mission.
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11/19/2010
In the wake of conclusive evidence that the pilot of a crashed F-22 did not eject from his aircraft, search and rescue operations have ceased.
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11/19/2010
The pilot of the F-22 aircraft that crashed Tuesday night has been identified as Capt. Jeffrey Haney, assigned to the 525th Fighter Squadron. Capt. Haney’s current status is missing.
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11/19/2010
The U.S. Navy is buying 19 AN/APG-79 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems from the Raytheon Co. Space and Airborne Systems segment in El Segundo, Calif., to retrofit F/A-18E/F Super Hornet carrier-based jet fighter-bombers.
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11/19/2010
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry will not fund the joint Russia-Ukraine Antonov An-70 transport aircraft project, the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily said on Thursday.
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11/19/2010
Pakistan has bought Chinese missiles and avionics for its 250 JF- 17 Thunder jet fighters, Air Force chief Rao Qamar Suleman said on Thursday.
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11/19/2010
Russia and India are highly likely to sign a fifth-generation fighter design contract in December, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Thursday.
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11/19/2010
Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) today announced they have successfully completed the first year of in-country Pilot Initial Qualification (PIQ) training for the C-17 Globemaster III airlifter.
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11/18/2010
Japan is expected to soon issue a long-awaited request for proposals for its F-X fighter competition, despite a media report that the country has settled on the Lockheed Martin F-35 as a future combat aircraft.
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11/18/2010
The US military has deployed an upgraded A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft to its base in South Korea.
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11/18/2010
Iraq, which has no combat aircraft, will be vulnerable to an air attack for at least a year after American troops leave at the end of 2011, the spokesman for US forces in the country said on Wednesday.
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11/18/2010
Britain's decision to buy a different version of the F-35 fighter jet will not dramatically raise the cost of the aircraft for the US Marine Corps, a military official said Tuesday.
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11/18/2010
Search and rescue aircraft discovered what military officials believed to be the wreckage of a missing Air Force F-22 jet on Wednesday south of Denali National Park in Alaska.
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11/17/2010
According to a news release sent by Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, the status of the overdue F-22 has been changed to Missing.
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11/17/2010
A Lockheed-Martin F-22, assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, lost contact with air traffic controllers while on a training mission.
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11/17/2010
The Indian air force is exploring upgrade options for U.S. military aircraft that will be handed over without key capabilities in the absence of an agreement governing those systems.
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11/17/2010
11 types of military aircraft of the PLA Air Force participate in this air show. They are not only fighters in service such as the world renowned J-10 fighter and “Flying Leopard ” fighter-bomber, but the “KJ-200” early warning aircraft praised as “Balance Beam” by military lovers.
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11/17/2010
Russia and China have agreed to resolve the issue of the illegal production of Russian arms in China, a deputy head of Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Tuesday.
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11/17/2010
Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Tuesday it was ready to hold talks with China on the delivery of advanced Su-35 fighter aircraft to the Chinese air force.
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11/17/2010
Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport will compete in a helicopter tender for the U.S. anti-terrorism campaign in Afghanistan.
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11/17/2010
Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport is preparing a contract for the delivery of additional RD-93 jet engines to China, a senior official from the company said on Tuesday.
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11/17/2010
The Boeing Company delivered the United Kingdom’s seventh C-17 Globemaster III to the Royal Air Force (RAF) today during a ceremony at Boeing’s final assembly facility in Long Beach.
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11/16/2010
Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi has begun flight testing of a new batch of Su-34 fighter bombers ahead of their delivery to the Russian Air Force by this year-end.
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11/16/2010
The Army and the U.S. Transportation Command are looking into using updated versions of the ill-fated German Hindenburg airship and the Navy's USS Macon dirigible to transport cargo in support of combat and humanitarian operations.
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11/16/2010
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to sell the United Arab Emirates 60 Boeing AH-64D Apache strike helicopters worth $5 billion - even as Washington turns up the heat on the Persian Gulf state to curb trade with Iran.
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11/16/2010
The United States has approved the exports of five Czech L-159 ALCA combat aircraft, including parts made by U.S. firms, that are to be swapped for one Spanish CASA transport plane, the Czech Defence Ministry confirmed to Friday's daily Hospodarske noviny (HN).
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11/16/2010
The fundamental building block for all future avionics software on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter has entered flight testing on an F-35 test jet.
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11/15/2010
The RF-4C was produced in the U.S. in 1966, and the Air Force bought and recycled them in 1990s after the U.S. Forces Korea retired them in 1989. Spain bought the same reconnaissance aircraft at around the same time and retired them in 2002, but the Korean Air Force still operates 20 to monitor North Korea.
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11/15/2010
Beijing, Nov 9 (IANS) About 70 aircraft models from across the globe will be showcased at the upcoming international aviation expo Nov 16 in China, a media report said Tuesday.
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11/15/2010
Masooma Hussaini's path to becoming one of the Aghan air force's first female military pilot candidates began with a TV advertisement encouraging young women to join.
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11/15/2010
Lawmakers are not particularly impressed with the United States offer of 24 secondhand F-16 fighters, which would more than double the current Air Force fleet of 10 F-16s.
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11/14/2010
The U.K. Defense Ministry has revealed its first detailed road map of how to implement many of the changes spelled out in the Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR).
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11/14/2010
SNP Westminster Leader and MP for Moray, Angus Robertson has been to Norway to explore the possibility of defence cooperation with the Nordic country as a way to secure the future of the threatened airbase at RAF Lossiemouth.
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11/14/2010
Recent increases in military spending and arms procurement by the eight states bordering the Gulf – Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – have revived widespread discussion about the possible impacts of military build-ups in the region.
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11/14/2010
Pratt & Whitney will get more than $1 billion in jet-engine orders through a contract announced during President Barack Obama's trade trip to India and Asia.
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11/13/2010
The growing demand for unmanned spy aircraft in combat zones has increased the burden on training organizations that are being asked to produce more operators, and faster.
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11/13/2010
India is co-developing and building missiles and military aircraft with Russia; it is co-developing missiles with Israel. But targeted American sanctions, and a Washington licence raj that stifles the outflow of military technology, has ensured that India's Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) has never co-developed weaponry with the world's most evolved and high-tech defence industry - that of the United States.
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11/13/2010
The first delivery of F-35s was expected this month at Eglin Air Force Base, where pilot and support training squadrons were formed for Air Force, Navy and Marines in April 2010. But the first two aircraft are now destined for Edwards Air Force Base in April 2011.
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11/13/2010
SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, published on Wednesday a report about the transfer of armaments at a global level. It was found that over the past five years, the military fighter aircraft are a third of the world exports of major armaments. United States come out to be the main sellers, while the most important buyers for number of orders are India, Emirates, and Israel.
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11/13/2010
Boeing and Number 2 Squadron personnel from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have delivered the first Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) mission crew training course at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales.
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11/12/2010
Russia has started in-flight tests of an Indian domestically-designed gas turbine engine for an indigenous light fighter, state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said.
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11/12/2010
Boeing today celebrated the opening of a new P-8 aircraft production facility near Boeing Field in Seattle. The refurbished factory gives Boeing and its P-8 teammates the space they need to install mission systems and conduct tests on aircraft for current and future customers.
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11/11/2010
Parking lots at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway open at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday for the public to take buses to the annual Aviation Nation air show at Nellis Air Force Base.
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11/11/2010
South Africa’s contribution to the Airbus Military A400M programme has taken another step forward with the delivery of the first set of production top shells for the aircraft’s fuselage to the planemaker this week. Six pre-production sets have previously been delivered.
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11/11/2010
Boeing and U.S. Air Force officials at Kadena Air Base celebrated the arrival of four F-15Cs upgraded with the APG-63(V)3 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar on Oct. 21. The newly arrived F-15Cs will join the APG-63(V)1 and (V)2 aircraft already in the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons to provide unmatched combat power for the defense of Japan.
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11/11/2010
The US Army's unmanned aircraft fleet surpassed the 1 million combat flight hours mark on 27 October 2010. Earlier in 2010, the Army's unmanned aircraft fleet achieved a historic milestone of 1 million flight hours, of which roughly 89 percent of those hours flown were "combat flight hours" or approximately 884,000 hours.
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11/11/2010
The Pentagon concluded that a contrail videotaped off the Southern California coast this week probably was caused by a non-military aircraft, a spokesman said.
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11/11/2010
Russia started the first day at an arms show in Jakarta with a contract on the delivery of munitions for Sukhoi-family fighters to Indonesia, worth $54 million, a senior defense official said on Wednesday.
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11/11/2010
An Indian air force MiG-27 ground attack aircraft crashed in Rajasthan, western India, on Wednesday according to the IANS news agency. The pilot ejected safely.
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11/10/2010
Combat planes account for one third of all global arms transfers, with the United States topping the list of sellers and India, the United Arab Emirates and Israel the biggest buyers, according to the SIPRI think tank.
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11/10/2010
The 10 Boeing C-17 heavy airlifters the Indian Air Force (IAF) wants to buy could cost much more than the $4.1 billion initially tagged, Boeing says, a sure sign that hard bargaining is on the cards.
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11/10/2010
Kazakhstan Engineering and Sagem Defense Security have signed a deal to set up a joint venture to manufacture tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, the Kazakh company said on Tuesday.
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11/10/2010
The first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant, the U.S. Navy’s first stealth fighter, arrived at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Md., on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 2:37 p.m.
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11/10/2010
Boeing today announced it has received a $106 million contract extension from the U.S. Air Force for nearly 2,700 Small Diameter Bomb Increment I (SDB I) munitions and approximately 380 BRU-61 carriages.
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11/09/2010
Israel Aerospace Industries has delivered a converted B767-200ER Multi-Mission Tanker Transport to the Colombian air force.
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11/09/2010
Evaluation of program candidates has begun, the service’s commander, Brig. Gen. Mubarak Bin Mohammed Al-Khayarin, tells the Shephard Air Power Middle East conference here. The goal is to make a type selection before the end of 2012.
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11/09/2010
Unable to buy new aircraft designs (because they are too expensive, or simply take too long to get into service), and facing the prospect of unmanned aircraft (UAVs) displacing more and more manned ones, the American military is spending a growing chunk of its budgets on upgrading and refurbishing the combat aircraft they already have.
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11/08/2010
Not for the first time, the Joint Strike Fighter is making headlines for all of the wrong reasons - cost and schedule overruns and cancelled orders. This is not good news when the aircraft is the planned future of Australia's air combat force.
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11/07/2010
The multi-role combat aircraft, manufactured by a joint venture between Britain's BAE Systems, Italy's Alenia Aeronautica and the German-Spanish giant EADS, has come top in the Indian Air Force's technical assessment of rival bids, beating the American F16 and F18s, the Russian MiG 35 and its closest rival, the French Dassault Rafale.
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11/07/2010
The Obama administration said Saturday that U.S.-India trade deals support 53,670 U.S. jobs and have a total value of $9.5 billion in U.S. export content.
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11/07/2010
European governments have agreed a final funding deal for the 20bn euro (£17.3bn) programme to build a new military transport aircraft.
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11/06/2010
The first F-16s that the Netherlands have sold to Chile took off from Leeuwarden Air Base this morning on their way to their new home in Antofagasta.
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11/06/2010
Mystery shrouds high levels of military spending and arms procurement in the Gulf states among which Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates stand out, says a new document by the eminent Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
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11/06/2010
Details of an upcoming report on JSF technical progress, leaked in the United States, point to higher costs and further delays in the program which is already running around four years late.
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11/06/2010
The ILSS technology, which was hitherto developed by only a few advanced countries, enables a fighter pilot to venture to the limits of the aircraft capability in terms of flight altitudes and G(gravitational)-forces.
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11/06/2010
The U.S. Air Force has begun peering into the far blue yonder for a futuristic aircraft to replace Lockheed Martin Corp's (LMT.N) F-22 fighter, a move that has cheered the aerospace industry.
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11/05/2010
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that one of his priorities in the coming weeks will be to decide on a multibillion-dollar fighter jet tender with his successor, Dilma Rousseff.
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11/05/2010
Lockheed Martin said it improved its version of the F16IN Super Viper on offer to India under the country's largest ever combat aircraft tender.
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11/05/2010
The U.S. Air Force is giving assurances that a program that provides aerial refueling of military aircraft going to and from Europe and the Middle East won't be dismantled altogether -- but it will be scaled back, Sen. Susan Collins said Thursday.
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11/05/2010
A Su-27UB fighter jet has crashed in Russia’s Far East while it was being tested after having just been repaired. Both pilots ejected in time and were not harmed in the incident.
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11/05/2010
Boeing and U.S. Air Force officials at Kadena Air Base celebrated the arrival of four F-15Cs upgraded with the APG-63(V)3 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar on Oct. 21. The newly arrived F-15Cs will join the APG-63(V)1 and (V)2 aircraft already in the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons to provide unmatched combat power for the defense of Japan. The upgrades were installed and tested at Langley Air Force Base, Va.
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11/04/2010
The Eurofighter consortium – the UK, Germany, Spain and Italy – is considering inviting India as the fifth partner in its defence alliance should it opt for the Typhoon multirole combat aircraft as part of the modernisation of its air force.
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11/04/2010
The Colombian air force on Wednesday unveiled the first military training aircraft built in the Andean nation, the T-90 Calima, and said it expects to assemble 25 units before the end of 2011.
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11/04/2010
Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport accounts for 85% of the country's arms sales worldwide, with the remainder coming from several companies authorized to deal in arms on the global market.
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11/04/2010
Russia has completed its part of a contract on the delivery of A-50 Mainstay AWACS aircraft to India, a Russian aircraft industry official said.
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11/04/2010
Boeing today announced that the company has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) for KAI to design, develop and manufacture the Conformal Weapons Bay (CWB) for the F-15 Silent Eagle.
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11/03/2010
The Indian Air Force (IAF) was going for a “composite upgradation” of its capabilities in the northeast, following which similar steps would be taken in the north, Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik said here on Tuesday.
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11/03/2010
The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) will next year take delivery of the first of three Airbus Military C295 military transports. The north African state signed a contract with Airbus Military for the purchase of the three aircraft on Friday.
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11/03/2010
U.K. defense giant BAE Systems PLC (BA.LN) Tuesday welcomed U.K.-French defense and security cooperation and said it already had entered negotiations with French jet manufacturer Dassault Aviation SA (AM.FR) on development of a military unmanned aircraft, or drone.
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11/03/2010
The leaders of Britain and France signed a groundbreaking treaty on defense cooperation Tuesday that would combine many elements of their militaries, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced.
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11/03/2010
Argentina and Brazil are pooling industrial resources to develop a twin-engine military aircraft that is likely to compete on the international market with manufacturers from the United States and Europe.
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11/02/2010
The development of next generation combat UAVs along with the health of the Royal Air Force’s current fighter fleet will be key factors in determining how many F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters the United Kingdom buys in the coming years, a senior British defense official said today.
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11/02/2010
With the U.K. government’s decision not to field the Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol aircraft, military planners are now trying to decide how to cover the capability gap.
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11/02/2010
The MiG-21 LanceR plane belonging to the military base of Campia Turzii, central Romania, crashed near the airfield while preparing to land, the ministry said in the statement.
The plane was on a weather research mission, preparing instruction flights. An investigation will be launched.
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11/02/2010
Based on the research, global government spending in 2010 on military aircraft avionics systems, across all platforms, will total $12.9 billion.
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11/02/2010
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor performed its precision aerobatics at the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Oct. 30-31, marking the first time the aircraft has demonstrated its aerial capabilities in the skies over the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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11/02/2010
Russia's Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on Sunday confirmed the ministry's plans to buy two foreign helicopter carriers for the Russian Navy and eventually produce vessels of this class on Russian soil.
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10/30/2010
The U.S. Air Force is close to finalizing a sole-source deal to buy up to 93 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters from the U.S. Army, according to defense industry sources.
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10/30/2010
Indian sources confirm to AVIATION WEEK that a flight readiness review meeting was held recently and the LSP-5 will fly “soon,” weather permitting. LSP-4 had its first flight in June.
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10/30/2010
US aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corporation has offered India its tailor-made advanced F-16IN Super Viper aircraft for the Indian Air Force.
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10/30/2010
The second A330 MRTT Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) for the UK Royal Air Force has successfully completed its maiden flight from the Airbus Military facility at Getafe, Madrid following its conversion.
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10/30/2010
Argentina's government may participate in the development of the new military transport aircraft being designed by Brazil's Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA (ERJ, EMBR3.BR), or Embraer, and could buy up to six of the planes, the company said in a statement Friday.
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10/29/2010
AN HISTORIC aircraft which was Britain’s last line of defence in the Cold War could be grounded or sold unless its owners can raise £150,000 by the end of tomorrow.
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10/29/2010
A government purchase of F-35 fighter jets could cause "angst in Russia" and trigger an Arctic arms race, Arctic sovereignty expert Michael Byers said Thursday.
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10/29/2010
Russian state arm company Rosoboronexport says it has no contracts for delivery of P-800 Yakhont (SS-N-26) anti-ship cruise missiles or the associated Bastion missile system, the firm's general director Anatoly Isaikin said on Thursday.
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10/29/2010
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor 4168 ascends over C-130H aircraft belonging to the 94th Airlift Wing at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., shortly after taking off from the company’s Marietta facility on its delivery flight to Langley AFB, Va., Tuesday.
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10/29/2010
The Boeing Company will showcase its newest intelligence, geospatial and cross-domain technologies for the U.S. Intelligence Community and international customers at this year’s GEOINT 2010 Symposium, Nov. 1-4 in New Orleans.
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10/28/2010
BAE Systems has formally opened a new state-of-the-art titanium machining facility at its Samlesbury site in Lancashire. The robotic facility will be used to manufacture detail and assembly components of the Aft Fuselage, Vertical Tail and Horizontal Tail for the F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft, further reinforcing BAE Systems’ key role in the world’s largest defence programme.
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10/28/2010
The Army in the coming months will complete a review to determine whether it needs to buy a new armed scout helicopter to replace its aging OH-58D Kiowa Warriors.
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10/28/2010
Russia's arms exports are expected to hit an all-time high of over $10 billion in 2010, the head of Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Thursday.
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10/28/2010
India is set to acquire American C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in a few weeks, but the airplanes would come stripped of advanced electronic equipment - all because New Delhi refuses to sign a controversial and sensitive security agreement with Washington.
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10/28/2010
Fiscal constraints are forcing Britain and Germany to scale back A400M military transport aircraft purchases.
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10/28/2010
The Boeing Company will showcase key products -- including the CH-47 Chinook and AH-64 Apache helicopters, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter, the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system, and Harpoon and Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) weapons -- at the first DEFENSYS trade show, Oct. 28-31 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
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10/28/2010
Russia does not have a contract to supply MiG-31 Foxhound fighter jets to Syria, the head of the Russian state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday.
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10/28/2010
Russia is planning to sign in December an agreement with India on the preliminary design of a joint fifth-generation fighter aircraft, a senior Russian aircraft industry official said on Wednesday.
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10/27/2010
Jack Walsh was just out of high school when, after six months’ training, he was assigned to a base in France. This summer, aged 72, he returned to the Châteauroux-Déols Nato airbase, in the Indre, with other veterans. It was closed in 1967, when France left the military command structure of Nato, and now operates as a test ground for planes and freight airport and scrapage centre. He spoke to Nick Rowswell about life in France in the 1950s, how he thought the country had changed, and how the exp
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10/27/2010
India and the United Kingdom have taken to aerial war-games expected to assess India's first participation of airborne early warning and control system aircraft and interest in Eurofighter Typhoon jet fighters.
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10/27/2010
A formal financing contract for the A400M European military transport aircraft could be signed by the end of the year, a senior French arms official has said.
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10/27/2010
As the Defense Department increasingly relies upon unmanned aircraft to fight insurgents, companies are developing smaller bombs that are more suitable for drones.
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10/27/2010
Russia will compete for a helicopter tender for the U.S. anti-terrorism campaign in Afghanistan, the head of the Russian delegation said at the Euronaval 2010 exhibition in Paris.
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10/26/2010
Bringing back the propeller-driven fighter in the age of counterinsurgency may seem to some a belated no-brainer or to others a wasteful diversion with potentially suicidal risk to the pilot.
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10/26/2010
The contract is likely to be finalized during President Barack Obama’s visit to India, due to begin on Nov. 4, industry executives say. India is in talks with the U.S. government to purchase 10 airlifters at a cost of up to $5.8 billion, which includes training, ground equipment and other items.
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10/26/2010
The French are driving hard to clinch orders for Dassault's multi-role Rafale fighter in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait to keep the jet's production line going.
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10/26/2010
Iranian military advisers have been training Taliban fighters in Afghanistan on the use of surface-to-air missiles, a potential game changer in the war if insurgents can use such weapons effectively, several current and retired military officials told The Washington Examiner.
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10/26/2010
The Boeing Company today announced it has received a $247 million contract to begin Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) for the U.S. Army’s AH-64D Apache Block III helicopter, the most advanced multi-role combat helicopter in the world. The contract, signed by the U.S. government on Oct. 22, covers production of eight Apache Block III helicopters in the Lot 1 configuration.
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10/25/2010
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the second AW159 multi-role military helicopter successfully completed its maiden flight at AgustaWestland’s Yeovil facility yesterday.
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10/25/2010
Eurofighter has upped its ante on the IAF MMRCA contract. For its long-term cooperation with India, the Supervisory Board of Eurofighter GmbH is meeting in New Delhi the first time. CEOs from Eurofighter partner companies which includes EADS, BAE Systems and Alenia Aeronautica are visiting New Delhi from 25th to 26th October 2010.
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10/25/2010
Kazakhstan is interested in buying some American military transport aircraft, the country's air force chief of staff says.
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10/25/2010
The Pentagon is fleshing out its plans to change the way it buys and develops helicopters and tilt-rotor aircraft.
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10/25/2010
Taking advantage of an invitation to tour this small U.S. air base as a friend of a civilian Kyrgyz national who works here, tobacco producer Ulvgbek Abazgano took a moment to reflect as he struggled to describe what he was feeling.
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10/23/2010
F0r an investment of almost $2 billion - relatively modest by defence standards - Australia is about to acquire five aircraft that will dramatically boost the capability of the defence forces, and the RAAF in particular.
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10/23/2010
A U.S. Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon launched sonobuoys for the first time on Oct. 15, Naval Air Systems Command announced Thursday.
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10/22/2010
The Obama administration notified Congress it plans to sell Saudi Arabia up to $60 billion in advanced military aircraft, including F-15s equipped with bunker-buster bombs that Washington sees as part of an effort to contain Iran.
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10/22/2010
Indian fighter pilots will be able to strike at the enemy with an accuracy that others can only hope to achieve. All thanks to the head up display (HUD) developed and tested by Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO), Chandigarh. Overcoming limitations of hitting a target within a range of 10-100m, they have cut it down to single digit accuracy.
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10/22/2010
European aerospace major EADS is on the verge of bringing into markets its new A400M Grizzly to compete in Indian military proposals for inducting giant airlifters to boost its strategic reach.
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10/22/2010
In the first ever move of its kind in India to mitigate noise pollution around an airport, the aviation ministry and DGCA have asked the defence ministry to avoid flying their old and extremely noisy military aircraft in and out of Delhi airport. At the same time realising the security requirements, the aviation authorities have suggested a practical alternate also by suggesting the movement of such aircraft be limited to runway 27 (that's closest to Dwarka side).
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10/22/2010
Russian and Kazakh combat pilots will take part on Friday in live-firing exercises in preparation for the upcoming large-scale exercises of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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10/21/2010
New Delhi has decided to play hardball on military pacts with the Pentagon after expectations were raised that the pending agreements may be signed during the visit of Barack Obama in about two weeks from now.
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10/21/2010
Boeing is optimistic it will make the shortlist for India's medium multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA) requirement in 2011 with its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, says Rick McCrary, capture team manager for its Defense, Space & Security business unit.
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10/21/2010
Struggling to contain a horrifying epidemic of mass rapes and murders, United Nations peacekeepers in Congo say they desperately need one thing above all: helicopters. But more than 50 countries – including Canada – have failed to help.
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10/21/2010
Sikorsky had picture perfect weather to show off the world's fastest helicopter Wednesday morning, and X2 test pilot Kevin Brendenbeck didn't waste the opportunity.
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10/21/2010
Boeing and United Technologies could win billions of dollars of orders from a U.S. deal to sell military aircraft to Saudi Arabia. The U.S. State Department plans to sell as much as $60 billion worth of planes and helicopters to the Arab country over the next two decades, in an attempt to help protect the Middle East against the threat of Iranian military expansion, Andrew Shapiro, assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, said during a news conference Wednesday.
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10/20/2010
Indonesia will continue its military-technical cooperation with Russia, the country's defense minister said on Wednesday.
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10/20/2010
As the U.S. Congress mulls the administration's plans to sell Saudi Arabia advanced F-15S strike jets and other weapons worth some $60 billion, Riyadh's Persian Gulf partners are also looking at new combat aircraft to counter Iran.
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10/20/2010
Håkan Buskhe has only been CEO of Saab for one and a half months but he has already travelled the globe marketing Gripen to several countries. Yesterday, Mr Buskhe got his first flight in the Gripen fighter, taking-off from the Saab airfield in Linköping, Sweden.
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10/20/2010
The Royal Navy is set to lose its ability to fly combat jets off aircraft carriers for the next 26 years under defence cuts to be announced today, The Daily Telegraph has learnt.
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10/20/2010
Given the global buzz around the Indian Air Force ongoing $10-billion procurement of 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA), my suggestion to scrap the process and, instead, go in for a straight buy of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightening II fighters is admittedly radical. But consider this: when the F-35 enters service, a couple of years from now, it will comfortably outclass every one of the six fighters that the IAF is currently evaluating.
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10/20/2010
India and Boeing remained locked in negotiations for the former's purchase of as many as 10 military transport aircraft by Dec. 15.
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10/19/2010
Britain may drop plans to purchase the short-takeoff, vertical-landing (STOVL) version of the Lockheed Martin F-35 strike aircraft and replace it with the conventional carrier variant of the Lighting II.
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10/19/2010
The last new KC-135 Stratotanker was delivered to the U.S. Air Force in 1964. After nearly a decade of war, the fleet’s age is showing, most profoundly to the men and women on the ground who keep the 415 tankers flying.
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10/19/2010
Deputy defense minister Andrew Yang says Taiwan is interested in buying F-35 fighter jets in the future. Those jets are more advanced than the F-16C/Ds which Taiwan has requested to purchase from the United States.
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10/19/2010
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he highly appreciates the prospects for cooperation with Ukraine in the aviation industry.
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10/19/2010
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) spokesman Yao Jian said Friday that China welcomes the U.S. intent to waive the embargo on the export of C-130 planes to China for use in oil spill response operations.
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10/18/2010
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will participate for the first time in an international aviation and aerospace exhibition being held in China next month.
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10/18/2010
The Israeli Minister of Defense Director General (Maj. Gen. Ret.) Udi Shani, has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the procurement of F-35 Lightning II aircraft, produced by Lockheed Martin. Pratt & Whitney's F135 engine will power the initial purchase of the Israel Air Force's F-35 aircraft. The F135 is the only engine currently powering the F-35 aircraft and is in production today. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. company.
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10/18/2010
Authorities say a Thai air force pilot was killed when his F16 fighter jet crashed into a mountain in northern Thailand during a training drill.Police Maj. Gen. Chamlong Nomsien says the aircraft has one of four planes from the Royal Thai Air Force taking part in the Monday exercise.He said the planes took off from an air base in central Thailand and one of them suddenly vanished from radar.
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10/18/2010
The Harris Corporation will continue to provide avionics maintenance on the CF-18 until the military replaces the craft with the controversial F-35 Lightning II fighter in 2020.
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10/18/2010
As India seeks to boost its strategic reach by inducting more mid-air refuellers, European defence major EADS has announced that it would aggressively bid for the multi-billion reopened contract by offering latest technology.
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10/17/2010
The new Airbus Military Training Centre has been opened today in Seville (Spain).
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10/17/2010
A Familiarization Tour, conducted by L-3 Platform Integration, Alenia North America, and the companies’ joint venture, Global Military Aircraft Systems, took place at the 119th Wing Airbase today. The day was filled with briefings and familiarization flights for the Airmen and North Dakota National Guard leadership.
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10/15/2010
A senior RAF officer has warned that cuts to military aircraft numbers would leave the United Kingdom vulnerable to attack. Air Marshal Timo Anderson, director general of the Military Aviation Authority, addressed MPs in a private talk, and gave a stark assessment on cuts expected to be outlined next week.
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10/15/2010
Taiwan's defence ministry said Tuesday it was developing an unmanned surveillance aircraft, showing that the island's arms race with China has not ended despite improving ties.
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10/15/2010
There will be a lot more military aircraft than usual in the skies over southwest Idaho this week. It’s all part of the "Hawgsmoke 2010" competition at Gowen Field.
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10/15/2010
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) will be playing a critical role in the design and development of the much-vaunted Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) programme , contrary to expectations , the state-owned defence undertaking’s chairman and managing director told ET.
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10/15/2010
Nicolas Sarkozy likes to portray himself as the executive president. He sees himself as France’s salesman-in-chief promoting the country’s flagship exports, clinching deals around the world, especially with fast-growing emerging countries like China, India, Brazil and the oil-rich Gulf nations. He has even set up a so-called “war room” in his Elysée palace to support military and civil exports.
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10/14/2010
Employees working at various test sites throughout Yuma Proving Ground will no longer hear the familiar sounds of either of the two O-2 Skymaster the installation has soaring high overhead.
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10/14/2010
The air force is about to reverse a decade of decline with a string of new aircraft. THE balance of power in Asia is changing faster than the new Gillard government would like.
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10/14/2010
India and Vietnam on Wednesday decided to tone up their defence-related engagement, with New Delhi agreeing to carry forward its assistance to Hanoi in its ongoing military modernisation.
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10/14/2010
Commander of the Egyptian Air Force Reda Mahmoud Hafez on Wednesday downplayed the military importance of a recent decision by Washington to provide Israel with a number of US F-35 fighter jets and dismissed fears that the move might alter the regional balance of power.
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10/14/2010
Israel Aerospace Industries said on Wednesday it has signed a contract with the Russian defense firm Oboronprom on the delivery of assembly components and servicing for aerial drones.
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10/13/2010
Russia has made public for the first time in many years a detailed account of its defense spending until 2013, the Vedomosti daily said on Tuesday.
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10/13/2010
On a sweltering summer day here recently, 49 young Iraqi cadets sprinted off a C-130 cargo plane to start a three-year journey that Iraqi officials hope will be an important step toward military self-sufficiency.
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10/13/2010
The Harper government's decision to forgo a typical competitive process to select Canada's replacement for its aging CF-18s has drawn considerable fire in the editorial pages of this country. Discussion has centred on the issues of competition and the examination of alternative aircraft that might meet Canada's fighter aircraft needs. What has not been examined in particular is what precisely those needs are.
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10/13/2010
The Israeli and Greek Air forces started a joint four-day exercise code-named Minoas 2010 over Crete and the western Peloponnese Peninsula,where as same as Iran coasts, debka file 's military sources report.
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10/13/2010
Turkish sources said Teheran enabled Chinese fighter-jets to refuel in Iranian air space in September. They said the four Chinese Air Force Su-27 combat aircraft had been on their way to Turkey to participate in the NATO-aligned Anatolian Eagle air exercise.
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10/12/2010
The Islamic Republic of Iran has reportedly opened its airspace to Chinese warplanes taking part in joint military maneuvers with Turkey.
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10/12/2010
The Government of Kuwait has requested a possible sale of "one" C-17 aircraft from Boeing. But with just one aircraft, Kuwait operators will find themselves waiting on the ten elements of LOGISTICS before they can provide: "humanitarian, disaster, and peacekeeping missions, and/or transporting dignitaries, etc."
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10/12/2010
Adding to a prolonged delay, Brazil says it will wait until the end of the month, when presidential elections will have been completed, to decide on a multibillion-dollar purchase of new combat jets.
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10/12/2010
The Navy is developing a military version of the widely used Boeing 737 airliner to serve as its next-generation maritime patrol aircraft. Designated the P-8A Poseidon, the land-based jet will perform anti-submarine, anti-surface and intelligence-gathering missions for the joint force once it becomes operational in 2013.
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10/12/2010
India is looking at fitting its Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighters with Russian Phazotron Zhuk-AE active, electronically scanned array (AESA) radars.
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10/12/2010
The joint development of a fifth generation fighter aircraft has moved to the fore of Russian-Indian cooperation. The issue was discussed during Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov's recent visit to India. But an important question remains: Which fifth generation fighter are we taking about? The first prototype of the T-50 aircraft built under the PAK FA project is already flying in Russia.
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10/11/2010
Top-notch fighters and other aircraft from India and UK will match their combat skills in the `Indra-Dhanush' joint exercise at Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal later this month.
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10/11/2010
The Russian Defense Ministry will receive its first Su-35 fighter plane by the end of the year, Russia's Sukhoi Aircraft Design Bureau said on Monday.
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10/11/2010
The United States appears ready to lift its 21-year-old arms embargo against China in the wake of President Obama's request on Saturday to ease restrictions on the sale of cargo aircraft to Beijing.
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10/09/2010
The Philippine air force will acquire 26 trainer and combat utility aircraft from Italy and Poland to bolster its capability to carry out anti-insurgency attacks and respond to disasters, an official said Sunday.
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10/09/2010
France has stood up a squadron of Rafale F3 multirole fighters at its big fighter base at St. Dizier, in Eastern France, to train pilots transitioning to the new combat aircraft.
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10/09/2010
A severe funding shortfall is dogging the South African Air Force’s (SAAF) fighting ability and placing the highly expensive and capable Saab Gripen combat aircraft in danger of being mothballed. This means that, if funding levels continue at current levels, only the BAE Systems Hawk Mk120 training jets will be kept flying, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) 2009/10 annual report states.
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10/08/2010
Price negotiations will begin soon for 99 General Electric F414 fighter jet engines selected to power the Mk II version of the Indian Air Force’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA).
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10/08/2010
A 75-foot refueling hose fell from a large cargo plane that was part of an air show Saturday and landed on a house in a San Diego County neighborhood, according to military officials. No one was injured.
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10/08/2010
India is planning to buy up to 300 co-produced fifth-generation fighters and 45 utility transports from Russia, the Indian defense minister said on Thursday.
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10/08/2010
Following the Israeli Government decision to select the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as the Israel Air Force’s next-generation fighter aircraft, Israeli Ministry of Defense Director General (Maj. Gen. Ret.) Udi Shani signed the Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the procurement of the F-35 aircraft earlier today in New York.
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10/07/2010
Ahead of the 78th Air Force Day, to be celebrated on Friday, the officers and airmen of the Indian Air Force (IAF) presented an impressive dress rehearsal at the Hindon airbase near Ghaziabad.
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10/07/2010
The Government proposes continuing investment in the Armed Forces in 2011 – with a defence budget of NOK 39,249 million. Increased activity, new materiel and security in the High North will be given priority. Increased funding and new efficiency measures in the Armed Forces will in fact represent a strengthening of the defence budget in excess of NOK 300 million.
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10/07/2010
In the past nine years, Air Mobility Command statistics show AMC tankers have off-loaded more than 12.2 billion pounds of fuel to aircraft for worldwide military operations, including Operation Enduring Freedom.
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10/07/2010
Russia and the U.S. are considering the possibility of jointly building a heavy military cargo aircraft, Russia's Defense Minister Anatoli Serdyukov said on Tuesday.
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10/07/2010
In advance of the Royal Australian Air Force’s receipt of its first Airbus A330-based Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) in the coming weeks, Spanish military authorities have provided the aircraft’s military type certificate.
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10/06/2010
India and Russia will hold talks this week on a multi-billion-dollar deal to supply up to 250 advanced stealth fighter jets to the technology-starved Indian Air Force, officials said on Tuesday.
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10/06/2010
Japan is considering buying at least three U.S.-made spy aircraft to monitor China's military buildup and North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.
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10/06/2010
As soon as I got off the military aircraft that took me there, I saw a helicopter with a red cross sign painted on it. I approached a crew doing a routine check on their aircraft and, after introducing myself, they explained the details of my embed and gave me some instructions. They pointed me to a section in the chopper where they said I should keep my body armor and helmet, which I have to put on when we flew.
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10/06/2010
Prince William has undertaken his first air-sea rescue mission with the RAF in an offshore operation off Cumbria to help a stricken oil-rig worker.
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10/06/2010
The first of six C-130J Super Hercules for India took to the skies for its maiden flight yesterday. The aircraft will now complete a series of company and customer flight tests prior to delivery in December. The second and third aircraft are due to fly within the next few weeks.
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10/06/2010
Russia's Sukhoi aircraft holding revealed on Tuesday it has begun ground and flight trials of the modernized fourth generation Su-33 naval fighter.
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10/05/2010
Ukraine's state-run Antonov aircraft producer will compete with U.S. aerospace giant Boeing and Europe's EADS in a multi-billion tender to supply almost 180 airborne refueling tankers to the United States Air Force (USAF), Antonov's President and General Designer Dmitry Kiva said on Monday.
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10/04/2010
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will unveil its new revolutionary tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for tactical missions, the Panther, at the Latrun Conference in Israel, October 5-7, 2010. The Panther will be exhibited for the first time internationally at the Association of the United States Army's (AUSA) 2010 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington D.C., October 25-27.
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10/04/2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Bell Helicopter, a Textron company (NYSE:TXT), have moved a significant step closer to being able to offer military users a vertical unmanned system that can ferry cargo – either internally or externally – over extended distances.
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10/04/2010
The order concerns delivery of the Saab 2000 AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning & Control) system, which comprises of a Saab 2000 aircraft equipped with the advanced ERIEYE radar system. The contract also includes ground equipment as well as logistics and support services.
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10/04/2010
Ukraine and Russia plan to build 13 upgraded An-70 short take-off and landing tactical military transport aircraft, the president and chief designer of Ukraine’s Antonov state enterprise told Itar-Tass on Saturday.
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10/02/2010
The U.S. Navy is purchasing 124 combat aircraft from defense contractor Boeing as part of a $5.3 billion multi-year contract, the company and the Naval Air Systems Command announced.
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10/01/2010
As it prepares to withdraw "fully" from Iraq, the US seems to be concerned about its security posture in the Gulf and the Middle East at large. Amidst mounting domestic pressure to limit its direct military involvement worldwide, and particularly in the Middle East, the Obama administration will be trying to re-establish the regional balance of power, which has been disrupted by the removal of Iran's two key rivals — the Taliban and Saddam Hussain.
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10/01/2010
The US administration is stepping up pressure on India to buy US military hardware five weeks ahead of Barack Obama’s first state visit to India.
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10/01/2010
As India's biggest defence contract of USD 10 billion to acquire 126 Medium Multi-role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) nears final stages, the lone Swedish contender SAAB is optimistic of making it to the downlist.
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10/01/2010
The Americans have upstaged the Europeans yet again in the tussle for the lucrative Indian defence market. The heart of Indian Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA), finally on its way to becoming operational after 27 long years, will be American rather than European.
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10/01/2010
Lockheed Martin completed delivery of the first production C-5M Super Galaxy at a ceremony here today with officials from Air Mobility Command, Air Force Material Command and Dover Air Force Base, Del.
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09/30/2010
Chile is starting to take delivery of Dutch F-16 fighter bombers, that old workhorse of the Cold War years, as part of a deal that will see the Chilean air force making more use of the refurbished jets.
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09/30/2010
Singapore’s Defence Ministry (MINDEF) has awarded a S$543 million contract to Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) to acquire 12 M—346 aircraft and a ground—based training system.
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09/30/2010
Russia's Sukhoi aeronautical firm has completed its factory flight tests for its multi-role double seater Su-30M2 fighters.
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09/30/2010
BAE Systems has received a U.S. Air Force contract of $3.9 million to provide engineering, training, and other services for the continued use of the company's Silver Fox unmanned aircraft systems. The Silver Fox aircraft supports military operations during intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.
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09/30/2010
The Boeing Company today received an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force for B-52 Stratofortress weapon system modernization. The company released the following statement:
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09/30/2010
Boeing today announced that it has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to supply airframe services and support for the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft fleet.
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09/29/2010
US and Indian defense chiefs met on Tuesday amid efforts by Washington to step up arms sales to New Delhi and ease restrictions on hi-tech weaponry.
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09/29/2010
The appearance of a fifth generation fighter in Russian naval aviation will not happen before 2020, the outgoing head of the air forces and air defense forces of the Russian Navy, Lt. General Valery Uvarov told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
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09/29/2010
Boeing announced today that it successfully completed the first flight tests of the MK-84 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (Laser JDAM) this summer at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The first two of seven planned tests at Eglin demonstrated the 2,000-pound weapon's precision strike capability against fixed, relocatable and moving targets.
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09/29/2010
The Boeing Company has been awarded a new multi-year procurement (MYP) contract from the U.S. Navy for 124 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft.
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09/28/2010
The Czech arms dealing firm Omnipol gained 890 million as commission for the purchase of Spanish CASA planes for the military, weekly Respekt writes in its latest edition to appear on Monday.
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09/28/2010
Arms dealer Jacques Monsieur was jailed by a U.S. court for plotting to smuggle jet engines to Iran but, with the Islamic Republic smarting under a new Russian arms ban and international sanctions, Tehran's going to need suppliers like Monsieur more than ever.
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09/28/2010
The United States has welcomed a proposal on establishing a joint Kyrgyz-Russian venture to supply aviation fuel to the Pentagon's transit center in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz deputy prime minister said on Monday.
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09/27/2010
On September 23rd, four MiG jet fighters crashed (three MiG-21s and a MiG-29) in three different countries. This is just the latest evidence of the decline of the once feared, and admired, MiG combat aircraft. Starting in World War II (the MiG-1 entered service in 1940), through the Korean war (the MiG-15 jet fighter) and the Cold War (the MiG-17/19/21/23/27/29), MiGs comprised the bulk of the jet fighters in communist air forces.
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09/27/2010
A handover ceremony for three Su-30MK fighters was held at an air base in southern Indonesia on Monday.
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09/27/2010
The South African Air Force's (SAAF) growing fleet of SAAB Gripen fighters conducted about half the 51 aircraft intercepts conducted during the June/July soccer world cup. The SAAF deployed 11 of the available 15 Gripen during the month-long tournament as well as 12 of 24 BAE Systems Hawk lead-in fighter trainers.
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09/27/2010
Tactical Air Defense Services, Inc., an Aerospace/Defense Services contractor that offers tactical aviation services, aerial refueling, aircraft maintenance, disaster relief services, and other Aerospace/Defense services to the United States and foreign militaries and agencies, is pleased to announce that it is has acquired the exclusive contractual right to purchase six Canadian CF-5 Fighter Jets and related assets (the "CAD Assets") from Crown Asset Distribution, Minister of Public Works and G
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09/27/2010
Leading Australian defence contractor, Australian Aerospace Limited, has welcomed the addition of the F/A18 Hornet fighter to the inventory of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) combat aircraft which the company supports through maintenance and service agreements with the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
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09/27/2010
The administration has endorsed an Iraqi request for 18 new F-16 aircraft for Baghdad's Air Force. Officials said the Defense Department has notified Congress of the proposed sale, estimated at $4.2 billion.
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09/26/2010
Having already procured three Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS), the Indian Air Force is planning to induct ten such eyes for boosting the country's air defence.
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09/26/2010
Iraq is moving forward with plans to buy 24 Hawk jet training aircraft from BAE Systems of Britain, a deal worth up to $1.6 billion, as it gradually rebuilds its air force amid the U.S. military withdrawal.
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09/24/2010
A MiG-27 Flogger ground attack aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has crashed in the country's east, the third crash of a plane of this type in India this year, a spokesman for the Indian Army Eastern Command said.
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09/24/2010
The Airmen of the South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing have once again distinguished themselves as the most outstanding Air National Guard fighter unit in the nation. They were selected as the 2010 recipient of the National Guard Bureau's Winston P. Wilson Trophy.
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09/24/2010
MANUFACTURERS of military aircraft at this week’s Africa Aerospace and Defence show in Cape Town have been jostling for the attention of South African Air Force (SAAF) and defence buyers, each believing their product is best suited for SA’s defence requirements.
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09/24/2010
A fighter jet of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) crashed into the river Karnaphuli while its pilot escaped unhurt near the Patenga Boat Club here yesterday afternoon.
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09/24/2010
Three Democratic members of Congress are trying to block a sale of $60 billion in U.S. military aircraft to Saudi Arabia, saying the Saudis are "anti-Israel."
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09/24/2010
Russia does not need Israeli assistance to make progress in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), including military drones, the head of a Russian UAV production company said on Thursday.
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09/24/2010
Boeing announced today that it has completed production of the first Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18F Super Hornet that has the capability to be converted into an electronic attack aircraft.
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09/23/2010
Russia and Kyrgyzstan have settled all disputes surrounding the creation of the United Russian Military Base in Kyrgyzstan, deputy chief of the General Staff Col. Gen. Valery Gerasimov said on Thursday.
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09/23/2010
Russia has delivered three Mi-35M Hind assault helicopters to Indonesia, a military source said on Thursday.
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09/23/2010
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation’s T-6 military trainer recently debuted in Africa as part of a demonstration tour en route to the African Aerospace & Defense (AAD) Expo in Capetown, South Africa. The trip includes stops in Algeria, Gabon, Angola and Namibia with demonstration flights in Nigeria and South Africa. From HBC’s headquarters in Wichita, Kan., to the arrival at AAD in South Africa, the T-6 turboprop will cover nearly 9,500 miles.
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09/23/2010
A group of Air Force Academy cadets playing the role of Special Operations commandos were repeatedly rescued Thursday during a training mission in the woods north of the cadet area.
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09/23/2010
The Pentagon said on Wednesday it reached a "fixed-price" agreement with Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) for a fourth batch of F-35 fighter jets, wrapping up months of negotiations about the U.S. military's biggest weapons program.
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09/23/2010
All three Su-27SKM fighters delivered to Indonesia by Russia earlier this month have successfully passed flight tests at an airbase in the South Sulawesi province, a source at the base said on Wednesday.
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09/23/2010
The first C-130J for India ran engines for the first time on Tuesday, Sept. 21. The aircraft is being prepared for its maiden flight early next month. The aircraft’s distinctive air-to-air refueling probe can be seen over the left side of the cockpit.
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09/22/2010
The UAE and Brazil are crafting a wide-ranging defence cooperation pact that could see the Emirates purchase transport and light combat aircraft from the South American country.
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09/22/2010
The Pentagon says the largest sale ever of US arms, worth more than $60 billion, is aimed at bolstering Saudi Arabia on a number of fronts, Yemen included. While the threat from Iran appears to be the main motivation for the sale, its deterrent effect won't be known for some time.
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09/22/2010
China's military is nearly self-sufficient in building advanced weaponry following decades of importing aircraft, ships, submarines and missile technology, mainly from Russia, and the capability is raising new fears of Chinese military hegemony in Asia and arms exports to rogue states.
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09/22/2010
Ministries of Defence of the Czech Republic and Brazil yesterday signed an agreement in terms of which Aero Vodochody will cooperate with the third global most important aircraft manufacturer a company Embraer on development and production of a new military multipurpose transport aircraft KC-390.
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09/22/2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Air Force commemorated the milestone deployment of the first RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to Pacific Command (PACOM) with an arrival ceremony Sept. 20 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
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09/22/2010
MARIETTA, Ga., September 21st, 2010 -- Lockheed Martin’s first production C-5M Super Galaxy made its first flight here Sept. 19 sporting the new “Super Galaxy” tail flash and nose art. It is set to be delivered Sept. 30 and will arrive for duty at Dover Air Force Base, Del., in November.
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09/22/2010
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $10 million contract to develop software that will enable MH-60R and MH-60S multi-mission helicopter aircrews the latest technology to pre-plan their missions for maximum success.
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09/21/2010
The German army intends to withdraw its six Tornado combat aircraft from Afghanistan, it was reported Saturday. The personnel resources are to be invested in training Afghan security forces instead.
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09/21/2010
Spain has followed Germany's lead and grounded its Eurofighter combat aircraft until an inquiry into a possible ejector seat problem is completed, a defence ministry spokeswoman said Monday.
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09/21/2010
The Gulf kingdoms have always been big spenders on weaponry, but Iran’s nuclear ambitions have caused their defence budgets to surge.
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09/21/2010
JET fighters may be sexy in a Tom Cruise-ish sort of way, but for guerilla warefare—in which the enemy rarely has an air force of his own with which to dogfight—they are often not the tool for the job. Pilotless drones can help fill the gap. Sometimes there is no substitute for having a pilot on the scene, however, so modern air forces are starting to turn to a technology from the yesteryear of flying: the turboprop.
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09/21/2010
A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 military aircraft crashed but both pilots ejected and were rescued, an aircraft plant official said.
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09/21/2010
Russian domestically built unmanned aerial vehicles have completed a series of tests, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Monday.
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09/21/2010
A developmental radio for a revolutionary Internet-Protocol tactical communications network has been delivered ahead of schedule to the U.S. Army AH-64D Integration Team. The Lockheed Martin team delivered a preliminary engineering development model radio with essential Link-16 functionality to the Airborne and Maritime Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) Program Office.
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09/20/2010
The last of Tyndall Air Force Base’s three remaining F-15 Eagles will fly out of the base Tuesday, after the 95th Fighter Squadron holds a morning inactivation ceremony.
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09/20/2010
United States Congressman Edward Royce has urged his government to agree to sell F-16 C/D fighter jets to Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said.
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09/20/2010
Berlin - Germany's air force said Friday all its fighter planes were susceptible to a potential fault in their ejector seats, but insisted that it retained full military
domination over German airspace.
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09/20/2010
A new aircraft gadget will help protect fighter jets from incoming heat-seeking missiles, by blinding the trailing weapon with a high powered infrared beam.
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09/20/2010
I have to wonder, under what circumstances, will Canada need them? Unfortunately, after WW2, the only time we seem to use our military aircraft in actual battle, is when we join in to help fight the United State’s battles. That being the case, why doesn’t the US just give us a bunch of them?
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09/20/2010
French military reconnaissance aircraft are flying "for some time" several Sahelian countries, while the five French kidnapped on Thursday in Niger are now in a mountainous area of north-eastern Mali, according to officials sources.
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09/17/2010
Indonesia's Air Force chief of staff Marshal Imam Sufaat said on Friday his country planned to buy six more Sukhoi fighter jets from Russia, the Jakarta Post reported.
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09/17/2010
Russia has delivered the last of six contracted Su fighter jets to Indonesia, a Russian Defense Ministry source said on Thursday. It added that the Russia's An-124 transport plane delivered the Su-27SKM plane to the air base in the city of Makassar in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province earlier in the day.
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09/17/2010
A Romanian fruit picker who admitted endangering an RAF fighter jet by shining a laser into the pilot's eyes was jailed for four months.
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09/17/2010
Air commanders often quote five-star Army, and later, Air Force Gen. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, who on V-J Day 1945 proclaimed that “the next war may be fought by airplanes with no men in them at all.”
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09/17/2010
The Israeli government said Thursday it had given final approval to the purchase of F-35 stealth fighter jets from the United States, in one of the Jewish state's largest-ever arms purchases.
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09/17/2010
The Boeing Company on Sept. 14 signed an agreement with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and fly the SolarEagle unmanned aircraft for the Vulture II demonstration program. Under the terms of the $89 million contract, SolarEagle will make its first demonstration flight in 2014.
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09/17/2010
Four Russian Tu-95MS Bear H strategic bombers have successfully completed an air-patrol mission in Russia's Far East, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
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09/16/2010
India plans to purchase 139 military helicopters worth €1.5bn ($1.9bn) from Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport.
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09/16/2010
Kyrgyzstan will not increase the rent for Russian military facilities on its territory and wants to continue receiving payments in the form of military assistance, the Kyrgyz defense minister said on Thursday.
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09/16/2010
The official start of commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain yesterday was an occasion of poignancy and pride with the Prime Minister meeting the pilots who saved Britain in her darkest hour. But even as the celebrations got under way the RAF faces a struggle for survival in the face of savage military cuts.
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09/15/2010
Portugal and Brazil have signed a Declaration of Intent for Portugal's participation in the development of Embraer's KC-390 military transport.
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09/15/2010
EADS North America's proposed KC-45 aircraft recently became the only entrant in the Air Force's aerial refueling tanker competition to show it satisfies the Air Force's requirement to offload fuel at 1,200 gallons per minute through its boom, the company said Tuesday.
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09/15/2010
Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, has left a dry dock after scheduled repairs and is getting ready for a training mission in the Barents Sea, the Northern Fleet said in a statement.
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09/14/2010
The integration means that Meteor will be adapted to other Gripen systems, such as the radar and displays. The order includes test flights and test firing, as well as the integration of Meteor with support and maintenance systems such as simulators and planning computers. The Swedish Gripen C/D aircraft will also have a two-way datalink for communication between the aircraft and the missile once it has been fired.
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09/14/2010
The US military remains committed to building a new long-range bomber but will take a "cautious" approach to avoid costly disasters from past weapons programs, the Air Force's top official said Monday.
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09/14/2010
Argentina could soon join with other countries in the region to help develop a military transport plane built by Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer, a defense ministry spokesman said on Monday.
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09/14/2010
Lockheed Martin’s first production C-5M Super Galaxy sports a newly painted tail flash at the plant here.
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09/14/2010
Lockheed Martin continues to meet and exceed the production and delivery schedule for the F-22 Raptor, with 86 straight aircraft delivered on or ahead of schedule to the U.S. Air Force. To date, the company has delivered 166 production F-22s, including 13 this year.
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09/13/2010
The Obama administration is set to notify Congress of plans to offer advanced aircraft to Saudi Arabia worth up to $60 billion, the largest U.S. arms deal ever, and is in talks with the kingdom about potential naval and missile-defense upgrades that could be worth tens of billions of dollars more.
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09/13/2010
Australia and China have played show-and-tell with their jet fighter aircraft ... in a gesture of transparency.
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09/13/2010
The Eurofighter consortium has made its debut appearance at Poland’s International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Kielce, with the Typhoon being promoted as a potential replacement for the nation’s RSK MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-22M4 strike aircraft.
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09/13/2010
Britain’s Conservative government, faced with enormous deficits, may launch its Queen Elizabeth class carriers without airplanes to put on them as it considers early retirement for its Harrier jump jets.
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09/13/2010
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has requested technical information on the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, a surprise move that turns an anticipated order of Dassault Rafales into a $10 billion competition, an Arabian Gulf defense source said.
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09/13/2010
Seeing an almost limitless market, dozens of defense contractors - Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. among them - are now vying to build drone aircraft. They are building surveillance drones the size of insects that can fly through open windows, and others as big as jetliners that can skim the stratosphere.
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09/13/2010
There is nothing like mega arms deals to sweeten presidential visits. With Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy and Dmitry Medvedev slated to visit India in quick succession in November-December; India is fast-tracking major defence contracts with US, France and Russia.
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09/13/2010
BAE Systems has put parts of its US commercial aerospace business up for sale for $2bn (£1.3bn) as it prepares for swingeing cuts in defence spending.
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09/12/2010
India and Russia have pooled in $ 600.7 million to develop a medium, military transport aircraft to fly by 2017.
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09/12/2010
Russia's Vega and Ukraine's Motor Sich are discussing the possible delivery of Ukrainian-made engines for Russia's unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Vega CEO Vladimir Verba said on Saturday.
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09/12/2010
Russia will be able to produce advanced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) able to compete with those produced abroad by 2013, the head of a major UAV production company said on Friday.
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09/11/2010
The U.S. Air Force has authorized the retirement of the military plane. The T-43 is the military version of the Boeing 737. The Air Force uses the T-43 as a training aircraft in its Combat Systems Officer curriculum under the 562nd and 563rd Flying Training Squadrons in San Antonio. The Air Force will hold its final flyby on Sept. 17.
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09/11/2010
Air forces of Russia and India may hold joint exercises in the next few years, Russian Air Force chief, Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin, said after his visit to India.
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09/11/2010
Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer signed on Friday a letter of intent with Portugal's government to help develop a military transport plane, the fourth such agreement in two months as the company seeks to diversify away from regional commercial jets.
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09/11/2010
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) is satisfied with the domestically produced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) it is using, a UAV maker said on Friday.
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09/10/2010
Italy is not immune to the defense cuts that are spreading across Europe. While the government has yet to present a plan for reducing military spending, Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa has revealed highlights of the reductions he will announce by the end of October.
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09/10/2010
The military will have a robust air fleet next year, but in the meantime, the Philippine Air Force has to make do with what is available to perform its job, an Air Force official said Wednesday.
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09/10/2010
Russia will team up with foreign firms to manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) on its soil, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Thursday.
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09/09/2010
Have you ever wanted your own remote controlled reconnaissance drone? Have you ever wanted to be able to control an aircraft from your iPhone and to be able to see what’s going on some where that you aren’t?
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09/09/2010
India and Russia have finalized arrangements to jointly develop the Multi-role Transport Aircraft (MTA) with each side pooling in $300.35 million.
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09/09/2010
BAE Systems announced today that it will pursue the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Pilot Training Family of Systems with the world’s most advanced and successful fast jet training system, the proven Hawk Advanced Jet Training System.
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09/08/2010
Alenia Aermacchi - a Finmeccanica Company - a world leader in the design, production of military training aircraft and integrated solutions, attends the 18th International Defence Industry Exhibition MSPO at Kielce (Poland) from 6 to 8 September 2010.
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09/08/2010
While US and European aerospace companies, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Airbus Military and Antonov, are intensely competing in the global tactical airlift market, an unexpected competitor has quietly positioned itself in the key players’ backyard and, in the future, may be reaching out beyond its ancestral geographic and business environment.
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09/08/2010
The S-70i(TM) BLACK HAWK helicopter, the international variant of the BLACK HAWK helicopter, is on public display for the first time. Built at PZL Mielec, Sikorsky Aircraft's company in Poland, the aircraft will be on static display at the MSPO exhibition through Sept. 9. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp..
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09/08/2010
Russia will deliver two of its contracted Su fighter jets to Indonesia on Thursday, which is two days later comparing to the previously announced date, a source close to negotiations said.
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09/07/2010
Analysts and media in the region say the duelling drills are yet another sign that a new Cold War is developing on the Korean peninsula.
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09/07/2010
The current opinion in some circles, mostly in the United States, is that at some point in the near future , the growing imposition of devastating economic sanctions on Iran will hopefully convince its radical religious leaders to terminate their pursuit of nuclear weapons.
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09/06/2010
Reports are circulating that cash strapped Britain and France could share aircraft carriers in a move to save both countries money.
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09/06/2010
Emerging technology can ease the problem of wind farms causing interference with air-traffic control systems. But deployment of that technology in the U.S. has been slowed by questions over authority and cost.
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09/06/2010
Some 50 Russian military servicemen are undergoing training in the use of Israeli-built unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Monday.
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09/06/2010
India successfully test-fired the BrahMos cruise missile with the missile performing its first steep dive at supersonic speed, The Hindu reported on Monday.
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09/06/2010
Russia will deliver the last of six contracted Su fighter jets to Indonesia on September 7 and 16, an informed source said on Monday.
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09/05/2010
Poland’s plans to procure a new advanced jet training system can act as a catalyst for Polish industry in a number of industrial sectors, not just in aerospace and defence, according to Alan Garwood, group business development director at BAE Systems - the world’s second largest defence, security and aerospace company.
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09/05/2010
There can be no doubt that China is trying to apply pressure on India through measures like refusing a visa to India’s Northern Army Commander in Jammu and Kashmir, issuing stapled visas to people from that state visiting China, undertaking large-scale projects in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and discussing the possibility of limited war against India. The New York Times has reported that 7,000-11,000 Chinese troops have been deployed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and that the area is closed to the
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09/04/2010
South Sudan’s military is in the process of acquiring 10 Russian-made helicopters, according to documents seen by VOA.
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09/04/2010
The US Air Force is in the process of redistributing the F-22 flight squadrons. The Secretary of the Air Force and the chief of staff of the Air Force determined the most effective basing for the F-22.
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09/04/2010
A newly developed broad-spectrum laser mounted on choppers could effectively dazzle shoulder-launched antiaircraft weapons in flight, and prevent them from finding and destroying their targets.
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09/04/2010
The Conservative government has been warning of the increasing threat of Russian excursions into Canadian airspace, but newly released details about such air patrols show that the majority don't even involve Canadian territory or interceptions by Canadian fighter aircraft.
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09/04/2010
Britain and France will consider sharing Europe's new A400M military transport aircraft as part of closer military ties, but have ruled out common use of aircraft carriers, the countries' defence ministers said.
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09/03/2010
Saab AB is stepping up a campaign to sell its Gripen warplane in Asia and eastern Europe as Switzerland’s decision to delay a $1 billion fighter purchase threatens to curtail production of the 1,320 mile-per-hour jet.
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09/03/2010
Another Lockheed Martin C-5 is being transformed into the world’s most capable strategic airlifter, the C-5M Super Galaxy.
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09/03/2010
Boeing today announced that it has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide spare servo-actuators for the AC-130U gunship.
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09/03/2010
The Boeing Company and the U.S. Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron VX-31 have begun flight testing a Distributed Targeting System for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Advanced Weapons Lab in China Lake.
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09/02/2010
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington, purportedly to be part of the Obama administration’s relaunch of peace negotiations. But the urgent talk is of war, thanks to Jeffrey Goldberg’s much-discussed Atlantic Monthly cover article, which faithfully reproduced the logic of Israeli military and political leaders.
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09/02/2010
Turkish newspaper Hurriyet says Americans will not participate in joint military exercise slated for next month should Israel be barred from traditional drill.
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09/02/2010
U.S. Marine Corps officials needed infrared missile warning systems to protect their fleets of medium- and heavy-lift helicopters from heat-seeking missiles–particularly from shoulder-fired ground-to-air missiles.
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09/02/2010
NATO declined to comment on Wednesday on a report saying it could use Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighters at a Cold War-era base in Iceland for training purposes.
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09/02/2010
Russia has signed a "historic" contract on Mi-17 helicopter deliveries to Argentina, a member of a Russian delegation said on Wednesday.
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09/01/2010
Military leaders and analysts are at odds over Defense Minister Ehud Barak's recent decision to buy 20 Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters, largely because it will take four years for them to be delivered and become operational, too late for any assault on Iran.
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09/01/2010
Iraq is preparing to buy as much as $13 billion in American arms and military equipment, a huge order of tanks, ships and hardware that U.S. officials say shows Iraqi-U.S. military ties will be tight for years to come.
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09/01/2010
Tomorrow the Department of Homeland Security will be expanding their use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) along the Southwest border to provide support and reconnaissance to Border Patrol Agents with the arrival of a new Predator-B aircraft upping Customs and Border Protection’s fleet of drones to seven aircrafts.
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08/31/2010
Russian Helicopters company will supply four Kamov Ka-32 helicopters to Azerbaijan in the near future, the Azerbaijani APA news agency said on Monday.
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08/31/2010
Lockheed Martin’s multi-purpose AGM 114R HELLFIRE II missile struck and destroyed a stationary tank target in its third proof-of-principle flight test, a ground-launch test configured to simulate launch from an unmanned aerial system (UAS).
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08/31/2010
The Boeing Company today announced the induction of the first C-130 aircraft slated to receive the Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) upgrade at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Ga. This is the first of 20 aircraft to be upgraded during low-rate initial production (LRIP).
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08/31/2010
Neil Smith has a tough assignment. For the next several years, the EADS North America director's task is to sell a European-built airlifter to a US military that now acknowledges no shortage of large transport aircraft.
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08/31/2010
A national nonprofit group dedicated to preserving the history of the F-4 Phantom fighter jet will hold its annual conference in the Panama City area this year, a group spokesman said Monday.
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08/31/2010
Mr Petursson, chief executive of FM Service, an Icelandic facility management company, is a cheerleader for plans by a private military training company to base up to 33 Sukhoi “flanker” jets at Keflavik for use by air forces worldwide as mock enemy in aerial war games.
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08/30/2010
In a move that could put hundreds of British manufacturing jobs at risk, defence chiefs are ready to abandon plans to buy a vertical-landing fighter jet for the Royal Navy.
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08/30/2010
Pilots from the 199th Fighter Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, completed their last training mission with the F-15 Eagle from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii Aug 25.
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08/30/2010
With Texas high school football starting up a new year, I'm reminded once again why I love it here: Texas has a competitive spirit like nowhere else. Better than anyone, we know that competition is what creates best-in-class results. This is Texas at its best, and I wish others shared the sentiment. Unfortunately, not everyone does — particularly in Washington.
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08/29/2010
Estled among the woods of South Park is a quiet stretch of land known as Jack Coates Memorial Field. Unlike other grassy patches in the park, this one has a landing strip down the center.
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08/29/2010
The government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently concluded the largest of a series of so-called Canadian sovereignty exercises in the Arctic, Operation Nanook, which ran from August 6-26.
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08/29/2010
Russia stands by its international obligations and has no plans to stop an arms deal with Syria, a Kremlin aide said on Saturday.
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08/28/2010
Test pilots from India’s National Flight Test Center (NFTC) are currently familiarizing themselves with the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) and learning techniques used by the Indian Air Force’s frontline squadrons.
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08/28/2010
Lockheed Martin is developing an unmanned helicopter for the U.S. military designed to lift supplies and equipment to troops in Afghanistan.
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08/28/2010
The Indian-Russian venture BrahMos Aerospace Ltd. plans to produce engines for Brahmos missiles in India, CEO Sivathanu Pillai said on Friday.
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08/27/2010
A pilot was killed Thursday after two Greek F16 fighter planes collided during a military exercise off the southern Mediterranean island of Crete, the Defence Ministry said.
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08/27/2010
Members of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing responded to Pakistan's call for assistance following the devastating floods that began July 29.
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08/27/2010
Two months ago, India put out a request for foreign firms to make offers to produce a stealthy UCAS (Unmanned Combat Aerial System). This could be a big contract, but no one responded. There were two reasons. First, none of the American manufacturers could respond because India and the U.S. are still negotiating technology transfer agreements, and American UCAS sales would involve a lot of tech transfer. Second, none of the European manufacturers were far enough along to provide anything to Indi
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08/27/2010
The Boeing Company today joined the U.S. Navy at Cecil Field in Jacksonville to celebrate the Naval Air Training Command’s 1 millionth flight hour with the T-45 Goshawk, the Navy's premier jet trainer aircraft.
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08/26/2010
A report said the Royal Saudi Air Force could not train sufficient numbers of pilots and support personnel for its planned purchase of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft from the United States.
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08/26/2010
Britain could be forced to "borrow" American warplanes for its new aircraft carriers as the Armed Forces' core capabilities are eroded by budget cuts.
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08/26/2010
Switzerland on Wednesday postponed its search for new air force fighter jets for several years, just weeks before it was expected to announce a decision on the multibillion dollar tender.
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08/26/2010
Two Canadian air force fighter jets shadowed a pair of Russian military aircraft Tuesday as they flew within 56 kilometers (35 miles) of Canadian soil, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reports.
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08/25/2010
BrahMos Aerospace Ltd., a Russian-Indian joint venture manufacturing supersonic cruise missiles, is successfully using Russian-built Glonass receivers for aiming and target acquisition, CEO Sivathanu Pillai said on Wednesday.
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08/25/2010
Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan acknowledged that no relationship between two sovereign states is as unique and durable as that between Pakistan and China.
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08/25/2010
A Eurofighter aircraft has crashed at Spain's Morón air base with one fatality, the Spanish ministry of defence has confirmed.
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08/25/2010
Mexico has purchased Israeli-made unmanned drone aircraft, the government said, which may be used for spotting remote drug fields as officials fight powerful cartels.
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08/25/2010
Chile's Air Force is considering the acquisition of six KC-390 military cargo jets from Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer (ERJ, EMBR3.BR), the company said Tuesday in a statement.
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08/25/2010
Lockheed Martin Corp. has received a $111.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for sustainment of the F-22 Raptor fleet, resulting in a contract value of $709 million.
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08/25/2010
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $5.1 million contract for additional Desert Hawk III unmanned aircraft vehicles.
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08/24/2010
South Africa's Denel AH-2 Rooivalk attack helicopter, once the country's hope for entering the lucrative global armaments market, is facing problems at home.
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08/24/2010
The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $260 million follow-on production contract for the combat-proven Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), also known as Arrowhead, for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter.
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08/24/2010
The Obama administration plans to include attack helicopters in an expanded arms package for Saudi Arabia, swelling the size of the proposed deal to as much as $60 billion over 10 years, according to officials familiar with the matter.
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08/24/2010
The US Coast Guard has ordered three additional Airbus Military CN235s through EADS-North America, which is the prime contractor for EADS military and defence products sold into the United States.
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08/24/2010
Russian, Chinese and South Korean coast guards will hold joint anti-piracy and anti-terrorism drills in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) border guard spokeswoman has said.
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08/24/2010
The Boeing Company, along with teammate ProActive Technologies LLC of Orlando, Fla., has submitted a proposal for the U.S. Air Force's B-52 Training System Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) program.
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08/23/2010
The Indian government may have to reassess its strategy to field a fleet of unmanned combat aircraft after initial outreach to potential industrial partners elicited little response.
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08/23/2010
Three $100 million air base expansions in southern and northern Afghanistan illustrate Pentagon plans to continue building multimillion-dollar facilities in that country to support increased U.S. military operations well into the future.
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08/22/2010
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled Iran’s first locally made long-range unmanned aerial drone, saying his country’s military arsenal is aimed solely at deterring enemies.
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08/21/2010
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] will spotlight its wide array of unmanned systems at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Unmanned Systems North America 2010 conference and exhibition. This year’s event takes place Aug. 24-27 in Denver.
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08/20/2010
When U.S. and Coalition Forces aircraft launched the air campaign at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom during the early morning hours of March 20, 2003, not a single Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) aircraft took to the skies to challenge the attacking aircraft.
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08/20/2010
The Israeli defence ministry has decided, pending formal government approval, to purchase an initial 20 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters. The $2.75 billion deal has been the subject of US-Israeli discussions over Israeli industrial co-operation and the extent to which the country will be allowed to install its own electronic warfare systems in the stealth fighter.
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08/20/2010
Taiwan has repeated its plea for advanced F-16 warplanes from the United States to defend itself - apparently from a potential Chinese military threat - in the wake of the latest Pentagon report on China's military might.
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08/20/2010
The Indian Air Force will soon order an additional 59 Russian Mil Mi-17 helicopters on top of the 80 ordered earlier, the IAF chief said on Thursday.
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08/20/2010
Boeing announced today that Headquarters U.S. Air Force Directorate of Operations (HQ USAF/A3O) has endorsed the company's C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) Head-Up Display (HUD) and Head-Down Primary Flight Display (HDPFD) as the aircraft's primary flight reference.
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08/19/2010
Minister of Defence Dragan Sutanovac said in Beijing after meeting with Chinese Minister of National Defence General Liang Guanglie that there is close cooperation between the armed forces of Serbia and China, but noted that there is always room for improvement of relations.
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08/19/2010
BAE Systems intends to establish a military aircraft assembling plant in Saudi Arabia, according to Guy Griffiths, managing director international and a member of the company’s executive council.
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08/19/2010
The Pentagon's annual report on China's military power finally surfaced Monday, five months overdue. Considering that the report tells us little that we didn't already know—not least, that China is rapidly modernizing and expanding its arsenal of missiles, ships and aircraft—we'll put the delay down to the Obama Administration's reluctance to offend Beijing's sensitivities. That may be the most alarming fact of all.
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08/19/2010
Intelligence experts are analysing reports that a North Korean fighter jet crash-landed in northern-eastern China on Tuesday afternoon, leading to speculation of a failed defection attempt by the plane’s pilot.
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08/19/2010
India could spend up to $2.34 billion on modernization of its fleet of Su-30MKI Flanker-H fighters with the participation of Russian companies, the country's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
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08/19/2010
Russia is interested in supplying Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan and is setting no constraints on a possible deal, a Kremlin aide said on Tuesday.
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08/19/2010
Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday approved purchase of U. S. fifth-generation F-35 fighters, the ministry's press service said.
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08/19/2010
Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the Sultanate of Oman for two additional C-130J Super Hercules.
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08/19/2010
Lockheed Martin has successfully conducted the first flight of the F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) on the Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATBird) platform. EOTS maturation on the CATBird is the final step prior to integration on the BF-4, the first mission systems-equipped F-35 test aircraft.
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08/19/2010
Lockheed Martin and teammates Marvin Engineering and Aerojet have completed successful component and system Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs) on the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) Technology Development (TD) program, further demonstrating the missile’s technological maturity level.
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08/18/2010
China's official Xinhua news service confirms that a military aircraft, likely a MiG-21, has crashed in China's Liaoning Province today and may be from North Korea.
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08/15/2010
The United States has approved a long list of arms sales to friendly Arab countries in the Persian Gulf aimed at countering Iran’s growing influence in the region.
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08/15/2010
The Air Force’s adoption of the C-27J Spartan cargo plane reaches a milestone Saturday when the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield, Ohio, becomes the first unit to convert to C-27J operations.
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08/15/2010
Russian fifth-generation T-50 fighter, which is currently being developed by the Sukhoi aircraft manufacturer, will outstrip best world analogs, Air Force Commander Colonel General Alexander Zelin said on Saturday.
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08/15/2010
Two U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopters arrived in Pakistan today as part of the continued U.S. humanitarian assistance to Pakistan in support of flood relief from the monsoon floods.
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08/15/2010
Mistral-class helicopter carriers, which Russia plans to buy from France, will be armed with Russian Ka-52 Alligator helicopters, Air Force Commander Colonel General Alexander Zelin told the Ekho Moskvy FM station on Saturday.
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08/14/2010
With flight trials complete, the downselect process has begun for the six candidate fighters in India’s Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) program, a competition with a $10 billion-plus payday for providing 126 aircraft.
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08/14/2010
The U.S. government is preparing to launch a study to solve one of the most vexing questions about hurricanes: Why do some storm systems rapidly intensify into destructive cyclones, while most remain weak?
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08/14/2010
The Russian air force is completing a modification program for its MiG-31 interceptor aircraft to the MiG-31BM standard, the force's commander Col.Gen. Alexander Zelin said on Friday.
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08/13/2010
From new Sukhoi-30MKI bases at Chabua (Assam), Halwara (Punjab) and Jodhpur (Rajasthan) to one for Tejas fighters in Sulur (Tamil Nadu), IAF is going in for a massive upgrade of its airfield and helipad infrastructure across the country.
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08/13/2010
Safety is always at the top of the checklist for flying, for both pilots and passengers. But a recent clutch of accidents in the commercial world has concentrated minds even more keenly than usual.
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08/13/2010
As Russia’s military announce the deployment of S-300s in the former Georgia’s republic, analysts say these air defense systems were deployed there two years ago.
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08/12/2010
The U.S. has agreed to sell Saudi Arabia 84 F-15s. These are special models, similar to the two-seater F-15E, and unlike the single seat F-15s the Saudis already have. Israel protested selling the Saudis such advanced bomber technology, but the U.S. worked this out via secret discussions.
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08/12/2010
US aviation major Boeing Wednesday said if India selects its Super Hornets for its USD 11 billion deal for 126 multirole combat aircraft, it will be allowed to add advanced capabilities in the fighters as per future requirements.
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08/12/2010
Officers of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) say they are satisfied with the results of joint anti-terrorism drills with the Russian Air Force and hope for further cooperation.
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08/12/2010
The Russian Air Force will install firefighting equipment on its Il-76 military transport planes, the force commander said on Wednesday.
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08/11/2010
The U.K.’s effort to upgrade the Astor ground-surveillance aircraft to enhance detection of improvised explosive devices (IED) is one in a series of equipment upgrades European militaries plan to bolster their military presence in Afghanistan.
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08/11/2010
The Lebanese Army says Israeli aircraft have violated the country's southern airspace for the second time in less than a week.
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08/11/2010
Russia's MiG-35 multirole fighter aircraft has failed to make the short-list in a $10 billion international tender for 126 combat aircraft for the Indian air force, according to Indian media reports quoted by Kommersant daily.
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08/11/2010
Lockheed Martin announced today that its Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) rocket motor successfully boosted the experimental X-51A WaveRider beyond Mach 4.5, the speed at which a scramjet will start and begin to provide thrust. The successful boost helped the X-51 hypersonic scramjet engine to accelerate to a historic Mach 5, a first for the vehicle.
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08/10/2010
J-11 planes, the most modern Chinese jet fighters said to be pirated copies of Russia’s Su-27, have for the first time been shown in training over the Tibetan Plateau recently.
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08/10/2010
The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) or Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya, is one of the largest air arms in the region and is also one of the longest established. Formed in 1930 as the Egyptian Army Air Force, it became fully independent in 1937.
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08/10/2010
President Ma Ying-jeou said Friday that the reason Taiwan wants to purchase high-performance combat aircraft from the United States is to maintain its self-defense capability.
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08/10/2010
The RAF will shrink to its smallest size since the First World War, under unprecedented cuts being proposed at the Ministry of Defence.
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08/09/2010
Cold War enemies the United States and Vietnam demonstrated their blossoming military relations Sunday as a U.S. nuclear supercarrier cruised in waters off the Southeast Asian nation's coast — sending a message that China is not the region's only big player.
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08/09/2010
The Obama administration plans to sell advanced F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia but won't equip them with long-range weapons systems and other arms whose inclusion was strongly opposed by Israel, diplomats and officials said.
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08/09/2010
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Russian Air Force are beginning on Sunday their first-ever joint air defense exercise, NORAD said.
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08/09/2010
The Kyrgyz interim government is not negotiating with the United States on the establishment of a new military base in the republic, government spokesman Farid Niyazov said on Monday.
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08/07/2010
This week's military clash along the Israeli-Lebanese border has raised concerns in Israel about U.S. military assistance to Lebanon.
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08/07/2010
In the same week that the Chengdu JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft made its international debut at the Farnborough airshow, the product of this co-development between China and Pakistan was offered to Indonesia.
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08/07/2010
Azerbaijan will buy Turna unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for training and target practice from Turkey, the Baku based ARA news agency reported on Friday.
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08/06/2010
Lockheed Martin will someday build the last F-16 fighter jet at its Fort Worth plant, but that day is still years away.
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08/06/2010
Iran claimed it had smuggled four S-300 anti aircraft missile systems with a 90 mile range in defiance of United Nations sanction that prompted a Russian ban on selling the sophisticated defence system to Tehran.
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08/06/2010
Although the UN, the US and the EU have separately adopted new sanctions to force Iran to abandon its nuclear programme, and in spite of the relative calm that has since prevailed between the Western and Iranian camps, Israel evidently feels that the sanctions are not enough. Claiming that the sanctions will not work, Israel has begun to advise its friends not to rule out "other options", meaning war.
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08/06/2010
Somehow, against all odds, the already-surreal competition to build America’s next fleet of tanker planes just got sillier and more venal. A tiny, troubled aerospace firm and its Ukrainian partner have been disqualified from the bidding because they handed in their proposal five minutes too late. The companies, for their part, insist that their messenger had a few minutes to spare.
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08/06/2010
China's air force this week is conducting a five-day exercise involving scores of aircraft and 12,000 soldiers. Dubbed "Vanguard 2010," it is the latest sign of China flexing its muscles amid rising military tensions with the United States.
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08/06/2010
Tactical Air Defense Services, Inc., an Aerospace/Defense Services contractor that offers air-combat training, aerial refueling, aircraft maintenance, disaster response services, and other Aerospace/Defense services to the United States and Foreign militaries and agencies, is pleased to announce that it has submitted a proposal for the purchase of 12 Dassault Mirage military aircraft to the government of a foreign allied country.
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08/06/2010
U.S. naval planners are scrambling to deal with what analysts say is a game-changing weapon being developed by China — an unprecedented carrier-killing missile called the Dong Feng 21D that could be launched from land with enough accuracy to penetrate the defenses of even the most advanced moving aircraft carrier at a distance of more than 1,500 kilometers (900 miles).
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08/05/2010
Sikorsky Aircraft has formally protested a Navy plan to buy Russian-made helicopters for military operations in Afghanistan.
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08/05/2010
Bulgaria will try to renegotiate deals worth hundreds of millions of euros for the delivery of army helicopters and transport airplanes due to financial constraints, Defence Minister Anyo Angelov said on Wednesday.
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08/05/2010
Israeli business executives here like to point out that most of the angry Turks who protested Israel’s deadly raid on a Turkish-led flotilla to Gaza this summer do not know that their cellphones, personal computers and plasma televisions were made using parts and technology from Tel Aviv.
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08/05/2010
The Belarusian government denied on Wednesday rumors that Minsk had allegedly sold S-300 air defense systems to Iran.
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08/04/2010
Two Israeli military helicopters made emergency landings in Romania following a technical failure.
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08/04/2010
6.2 million kilometres on the clock, but well maintained and always garaged. Too many modifications to list. Make an offer.
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08/04/2010
Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, will supply the United Arab Emirates air force with four more 10 MB-339A trainer aircraft in aerobatic configuration.
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08/04/2010
The US military is sending American pilots and helicopters to Pakistan to help with rescue and relief efforts after devastating floods, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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08/04/2010
The Airbus Military A400M transport has passed its ultimate wing-load test, the company announced Tuesday.
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08/04/2010
The Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopter was fielded July 30 by the U.S. Army's B Company, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. The 10th Mountain Division is the sixth Army unit to be trained and equipped with the aircraft.
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08/04/2010
Boeing received the first APG-82(V)1 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar test set for the U.S. Air Force F-15E Radar Modernization Program (RMP) from Raytheon in St. Louis on June 10.
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08/03/2010
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Russian Air Force will hold their first-ever joint air defense exercise on August 8-11, NORAD said.
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08/03/2010
Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo will become the training base for the F-16 and will acquire 48 F-16 fighter jets by 2013.
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08/03/2010
The Indian Air Force has contracted six aircraft for the special forces for $1 billion without military-grade secure equipment because Washington denied the technology after New Delhi refused to sign a communications secrecy pact.
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08/03/2010
Rep. Allen Boyd thanked Bay Defense Alliance officials and area leaders Monday for their efforts in securing a new operational F-22 squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, as the congressman discussed additional details of the new mission.
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08/03/2010
The Boeing Company today announced it will relocate the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) and B-1 Program from Long Beach to Oklahoma City.
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08/02/2010
Boeing subsidiary Insitu Inc. has won a $43.7 million contract to build the military's next generation of remote-controlled spy craft.
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08/02/2010
The EC665 Tiger HAP (combat support) helicopter operated by the French Army's 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment, has now logged more than 1,000 flight hours in Afghanistan in less than a year.
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08/02/2010
Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft T3 successfully completed its first flight test in Seattle on July 29. T3 is the P-8A program's mission-system and weapon-certification aircraft.
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08/02/2010
Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (HBC) is morphing its T-6B Texan II military training aircraft into the AT-6B, a welterweight contender in the U.S. Air Force’s upcoming Light Attack and Armed Reconnaissance (LAAR) competition.
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08/02/2010
Israel has been urged to consider developing its own fighter-jet with an international partner.
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07/31/2010
Canadian fighter jets have scrambled to repel Russian bombers that intruded into Canadian airspace.
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07/31/2010
All four crew members were killed in a U.S. Air Force cargo plane that crashed in flames while practicing for an aviation show at Elmendorf Air Force Base, the Air Force said Thursday.
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07/31/2010
Iran's Air Force will engage its all bases for massive week-long drills, which kick off on Saturday.
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07/31/2010
Russian defense spending will increase by 60 percent, to more than 2 trillion rubles ($66.3 million) by 2013 from 1.264 trillion ($42 million) in 2010, a leading Russian business daily said on Friday.
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07/30/2010
Unwise acts in the Middle East at the hands of Western powers will be met with a "crushing and decisive response," an Iranian commander said.
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07/30/2010
The U.S. Air Force has chosen bases in Arizona, Florida, Utah and Vermont as homes for the military's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, prompting applause from officials banking on the pricey new combat jets to supercharge their communities' economies.
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07/30/2010
The Russian government has commissioned the renewal of the “Caspian Sea Monster,” the legendary ground effect vehicle (GEV). Only 30 such crafts were built in the Soviet Union over two decades.
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07/30/2010
Two Russian Tu-95MS Bear-H strategic bombers have carried out a record-breaking 40-hour patrol over three oceans, an Air Force spokesman said.
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07/30/2010
The missing pilot, who disappeared after a Russian helicopter was hijacked in Dafur, has been freed, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Thursday.
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07/29/2010
DEFENCE firms BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce yesterday cashed in on a drive to boost trade links with India by sealing a £700million deal to supply Hawk jets to the Indian military.
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07/29/2010
Fighter jets from Osan Air Base flew mock combat sorties with live munitions Wednesday in the final day of Invincible Spirit, the four-day U.S.-South Korean show of naval and air power.
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07/29/2010
Tuesday afternoon, in a room on Capitol Hill, a group of House members will vote on the fate of a jet engine, adding yet another battle to a years-long lobbying war between two big defense contractors.
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07/29/2010
Lockheed Martin said Tuesday that several parts on the most complex version of its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter were failing more often than expected, a problem that is slowing flight testing on a model tailored for the Marines.
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07/29/2010
Iran's Air Force will stage massive week-long drills to start Saturday, a national news agency quoted a senior commander as saying on Tuesday.
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07/27/2010
Russia on Monday said that its new Mig-35 fighter had passed Indian Air Forces three evaluation tests and matched all requirements listed by New Delhi in the $10 billion tender for 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA).
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07/27/2010
U.S. stealth jets joined South Korean and U.S. warships Monday in military exercises aimed at warning North Korea against provocative acts, officials said.
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07/27/2010
Negotiations between Lockheed Martin Corp. and the Pentagon over the price of the next batch of F-35 fighter jets are nearing conclusion, according to a senior Lockheed official.
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07/27/2010
An Israel Air Force helicopter crashed yesterday in central Romania during a joint military exercise. Six Israeli airmen and one Romanian soldier were on board at the time.
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07/27/2010
Boeing on July 20 delivered to the U.S. Navy the first F/A-18 Super Hornet featuring a gun bay door manufactured by India-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
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07/27/2010
Boeing on July 16 successfully completed the final design review (FDR) for P-8I, India's long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft. The P-8I, based on the Boeing 737 commercial airplane, is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing is developing for the U.S. Navy.
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07/26/2010
Venezuela may soon buy several Russian military transport aircraft, a department head for Russia's state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Monday.
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07/26/2010
Russia holds a strong position on Libya's weapons market, a department head for Russia's state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport said.
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07/26/2010
Raytheon is a name you may associate with turgid-sounding defense tech, but rarely anything that may rank as cool. This may change: It's just unveiled its Scorpion helmet digital info tech, which may sound familiar to fans of Blue Thunder.
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07/26/2010
With two new aircraft carriers set to be inducted in the next five years and its air fleet in expansion mode, the Indian Navy has signed a Rs 3,042 crore deal to procure advanced trainer aircraft to train its aviators. The deal to procure 17 new Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers (AJTs) was signed on Friday and the aircraft will be delivered starting 2013.
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07/26/2010
The versions of the F-16 being delivered to customers now - and which is in contention for an Indian order for 126 jets - are the most advanced 4th generation multi-role fighter aircraft currently available on the international market, its manufacturer Lockheed Martin said Wednesday.
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07/25/2010
Embarked on a spree of defence and commercial aviation deals, India was clearly in the limelight at the Farnborough International Air Show 2010 and the coming months may see increased efforts by foreign firms to woo the country.
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07/25/2010
A farmer died and at least 12 other people were injured on Saturday when a Soviet-era MiG-27 Indian war plane crashed into a village in eastern India, police said.
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07/25/2010
Fighter jets from the Royal Air Force have taken part in a dramatic exercise to test Britain's readiness to respond to a terrorist hijack plot.
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07/24/2010
Future airplane flocks would require a trained corps of pilots who intimately know their aircraft and their partners’ flying habits. Drone flocks would be a different task, however. Drones are not as smart as pilots, and cannot tell what other aircraft will do. But the military would like to change that.
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07/24/2010
The 19th Annual Alberta Air Show goes this weekend in Lethbridge despite the crash of a Canadian Forces CF-18 Friday.
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07/24/2010
Russia and NATO are discussing the possible delivery of 27 Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan, NATO Military Committee Chairman Giampaolo di Paola said on Friday.
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07/24/2010
The Peruvian Defense Ministry and Russian state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport have signed a contract for the sale of eight Russian-built helicopters to the South American country, the Russian company said on Friday.
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07/23/2010
The Russian air force will take delivery of its first Su-35S fighter by the end of 2010, with a Libyan deal for the aircraft also anticipated to be concluded in the same time-frame.
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07/23/2010
The aircraft was built to meet criteria hammered out by four European defence ministries - those in the UK, Spain, Germany and Italy.
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07/23/2010
If you want to see the shift in geopolitical and military clout from Western powers toward their growing emerging rivals, look no further than the sales stands of this year's Farnborough air show.
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07/23/2010
A year after Air Tractor made its international arms bazaar debut in Paris, the Olney company has taken its crop-duster-turned-warplane to England for the Farnborough International Airshow, which opened Monday.
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07/23/2010
Pilotless drones, remote-controlled military aircraft destined to play a vital role in combat, took a high-profile place at the Farnborough air show this week.
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07/23/2010
Time is running out for South Africa with regard to joining Brazil’s accelerating programme to build a new military transport and air-to-air refuelling aircraft, the KC-390.
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07/23/2010
Sales of unmanned military aircraft remain constrained by financing hurdles and U.S. restrictions on export sales, but Boeing Co. has found a way around that.
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07/23/2010
Russia will most likely continue holding a second place on the global market of new multirole fighter jets until at least 2013, a Russian arms trade expert said.
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07/23/2010
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor showcased its unrivaled maneuverability and aerial prowess for the international crowd attending the Farnborough International Airshow, July 19-20, in the United Kingdom.
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07/22/2010
In the period 2010-2019 the global military aircraft market is projected to amount to some €60 billion, including approximately €20 billion of logistic and retrofit activities. The market is growing, with a new generation multi-role combat aircraft being now in full series production, while there is an increasing demand for special missions and medium tactical transport aircraft.
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07/22/2010
Italy shocked Europe's military industry when it announced a major cut in the number of Eurofighter Typhoon jets it will order.
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07/22/2010
A first flight of the A330 multirole tanker and transport (MRTT) aircraft ordered for Britain’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) program is due before the end of the third quarter, said Antonio Caramazana, Airbus Military vice president, head of Airbus military derivatives.
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07/22/2010
Ongoing competition between Boeing and Airbus may have lent the most excitement to this year’s Farnborough International Air Show in England, but China’s expanding air force has also left its mark.
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07/22/2010
A surge in aircraft orders has taken the value of deals at the Farnborough International Airshow to more than $25bn (£16bn)
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07/22/2010
The pilot and co-pilot of a military plane ejected safely before their aircraft crashed in northeastern Venezuela on Wednesday, the national civil defense chief said.
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07/22/2010
Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport is preparing to compete for a U.S. tender to supply Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan, the company's deputy general director Alexander Mikheyev said on Wednesday.
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07/22/2010
Russia could sign its first contract for the export of Su-35 Flanker-E fighter jets by the end of the year, a deputy head of Russia's state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday.
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07/22/2010
Boeing on July 22 will celebrate the 100th CH-47F Chinook helicopter built at the company's Ridley Township facility.
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07/21/2010
Eurofighter GmbH, the industrial consortium that builds the Typhoon fighter, will “pre-finance” the initial development of the AESA radar the aircraft badly needs for export campaigns, but only until next March, CEO Enzo Casolini said at the Farnborough Air Show on July 20.
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07/21/2010
Russia said Tuesday it had signed agreements to sell 20 Sukhoi figher planes to Vietnam and 16 to Algeria, news agencies reported.
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07/21/2010
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. said it won U.S. approval for an export version of the Predator drone, clearing the way for the first sales of the unmanned aircraft in the Middle East.
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07/21/2010
A futuristic battle was fought over the Pacific Ocean recently, where laser beams targeted four robotic aircraft and set them on fire, sending the flaming drones plummeting into the sea.
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07/21/2010
L-3 Communications, the prime contractor for the U.S. Army and Air Force Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) program, announced today the fiscal year 2010 order from the JCA Joint Program Office for eight C-27J JCA aircraft.
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07/21/2010
India could buy 10 to 12 more C-17 transport planes from Boeing Co. beyond the 10 planes already planned, Christopher Chadwick, president of Boeing military aircraft told Reuters on Monday.
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07/21/2010
Russia's fifth-generation fighters for export will be cheaper than their foreign analogues, the general director of the aviation companies Sukhoi and MiG said on Tuesday.
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07/21/2010
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] successfully launched a missile from the F-15 Silent Eagle's newly designed Conformal Weapons Bay (CWB) on July 14.
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07/21/2010
The Boeing Company and its subsidiary Insitu Inc. announced today that they successfully demonstrated a high-performance Narrowband Relay communications system aboard a ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in June.
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07/20/2010
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today announced it has rolled out the first of 24 Beechcraft T-6C military trainers ordered by the Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF).
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07/20/2010
For 34 years, Peninsula residents could look skyward and spot the familiar silhouette of the F-15C Eagle.
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07/20/2010
The Russian Defense Ministry will buy the first 10 fifth-generation fighters between 2013 and 2015 and then another 60 after 2016, a senior military official said on Monday.
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07/20/2010
The Russian Defense Ministry may purchase some 20 An-124 Ruslan (Condor) heavy-lift transport aircraft according to the 2011-2020 state arms procurement program, a senior official said on Monday.
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07/20/2010
India will purchase two additional Russian-made airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, the Times of India newspaper said on Monday.
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07/20/2010
Islamabad will put its JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft on sale at the Farnborough Air Show near London, a Pakistani TV channel said on Monday.
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07/20/2010
The 5th generation F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter will serve as the centerpiece for 21st century global security while strengthening international political and industrial partnerships, a senior Lockheed Martin F-35 executive said Monday at the Farnborough Air Show.
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07/20/2010
Boeing on June 30 delivered the last of three test aircraft for the U.S. Air Force C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) system design and development contract.
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07/19/2010
Europe's EADS (EAD.PA) said it is spending around $50 million to $75 million to develop a new armed version of its light utility helicopter for a possible U.S. Army competition and emerging strong interest by a "significant" number of foreign buyers.
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07/19/2010
Sikorsky Aircraft, a unit of United Technologies Corp , expects a significant first order this week from a Middle Eastern country for the international version of its Black Hawk helicopter.
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07/19/2010
In a pointed reference to the Boeing NewGen Tanker, EADS CEO Louis Gallois said in London on Saturday that “a large part of our development cost and risk are behind us…compared to our competitor.” The bids were delivered on July 8 and 9.
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07/18/2010
About 1,350 companies and organizations from 52 countries, including 59 Russian firms, will take part in the Farnborough-2010 Air Show, which opens near London on Monday.
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07/18/2010
Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Friday its orders so far this year had exceeded $38 billion.
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07/16/2010
Air Force Commander-in-Chief Air Chief Marshal Itthaporn Subhawong countered Matichon newspaper's claim that the Royal Thai Air Force is spending much more on Gripen aircraft than its Romanian counterparts.
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07/16/2010
The Canadian government is expected to announce on Friday that it will buy 65 F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin.
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07/16/2010
Indonesia agreed on Thursday to join a South Korean project to develop a new fighter jet which has been delayed for years by technical and budget problems.
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07/16/2010
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. will compete jointly for the contract to replace the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of combat search and rescue helicopters.
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07/16/2010
Boeing employees joined congressional representatives, local government officials and community leaders on July 9 at Cecil Field in Jacksonville to celebrate the arrival of the first F-16s for the QF-16 aerial target program.
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07/15/2010
The ultimate nightmare scenario could soon become a reality.
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07/15/2010
The United States Air Force has long been the envy of the world's militaries—sleek, high-tech and lethal to all who opposed it. Now, at a clandestine military base that serves as the headquarters for the Afghanistan air war, you stare at the rows and rows of decades-old planes and wonder how those things manage to make it into the sky.
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07/15/2010
In mid-June, a single-turbine helicopter took off from a test field in Mesa, Arizona, avoided obstacles during flight, scoped out a landing site and landed safely.
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07/15/2010
Russia's Air Force chief said on Tuesday he refused to rule out the expansion of an air base in Kyrgyzstan.
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07/14/2010
Manager Nissim Gayus says it’s “business as usual,” six weeks after Israeli troops killed nine Turkish activists on an aid convoy bound for the Gaza Strip. While the raid has strained a political alliance of more than half a century, commercial ties between the countries survive, according to Gayus, who works at Ankara-based Yilmazlar Construction Group.
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07/14/2010
The military has more than enough large transport planes, and the appropriation of any more in the next budget year will force some into premature retirement, Defense Department officials told a congressional panel today.
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07/14/2010
King Abdallah of Saudi Arabia has taken charge of arms negotiations with the United States and is seeking to downgrade the power of the defense ministry, which is run by his ailing designated heir, Prince Sultan, Paris's Intelligence Online says.
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07/14/2010
Boeing Co. and Netherlands-based EADS are in a battle that could redraw the boundaries for U.S. defense contracting for years to come.
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07/14/2010
Russia and China will cooperate in jointly developing and manufacturing a heavy-lift helicopter, a Russian deputy industry and trade minister said on Tuesday.
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07/14/2010
The Russian Air Force will receive more than 60 fifth-generation fighters from 2015-16, the force commander said on Tuesday.
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07/14/2010
The first Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion with new Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) enhancements was delivered to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in ceremonies here today.
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07/13/2010
Christened 'Taranis', this unmanned jet could be the combat aircraft of the future, carrying out intercontinental missile strikes while its pilot stays on solid ground.
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07/13/2010
One morning last July, a Russian-made military plane landed at an airport near this Lake Superior town. Nine men with foreign accents disembarked. Some went off to eat and shop. When they returned, a flock of federal agents and local police were waiting. Five men were taken to jail.
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07/13/2010
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today unveiled the hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system, a demonstrator that will stay aloft at 65,000 feet for up to four days.
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07/12/2010
The third Airbus Military A400M development aircraft, MSN3, took off for the first time at 13:57 (11:57 GMT) July 9 from the Seville manufacturing site in Spain.
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07/12/2010
Russia will supply Afghanistan with 21 Mi-17 Hip military transport helicopters, an Afghan television channel reported on Monday.
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07/12/2010
The Iranian Air Force says it plans to deploy reconnaissance drones along the country's border and step up production of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with combat capabilities.
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07/12/2010
With the country’s rugged terrain and roads pockmarked with militant bombs, air support is vital in the fight for Afghanistan.
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07/12/2010
Airbus, the world's number one aircraft manufacturer by annual civil aircraft deliveries, will have two industry leading edge aircraft participating in flying displays at the 2010 Farnborough International Airshow (19-25th July).
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07/12/2010
A sketchy outline of affected programs emerged during a July 7 hearing in which Defense Minister Hervé Morin appeared before the parliamentary defense committee. Morin said the government plans to postpone orders for a new fleet of multirole tanker and transport (MRTT) aircraft to replace the C-135 fleet.
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07/12/2010
India and the United States have begun talks here on the price and onboard equipment for the 10 Boeing C- 17 military transport aircraft that the Indian Air Force (IAF) wants.
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07/11/2010
The experimental aircraft has successfully flown at night. The Solar Impulse aircraft had took from Payerne (Switzerland) July 7, 2010 .The experimental aircraft Solar Impulse has landed safely Thursday, July 8 this morning after a flight of 26 hours, solely powered by solar energy and batteries.
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07/11/2010
The F-16 that touched down at Cecil Field on Friday morning is destined for a somewhat ignoble end: first turned into a drone and then shot down into the ocean.
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07/11/2010
Two gray F-22 Raptor fighters circled over Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam yesterday, turning on a knife edge before touching down and pulling up to an appreciative crowd of more than 1,000 people assembled to greet a new era in Air Force capability and history here.
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07/11/2010
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] Silent Eagle flight demonstrator aircraft F-15E1 completed a successful first flight on July 8 from Lambert St. Louis International Airport. During the 80-minute flight, F-15E1 opened and closed its left-side Conformal Weapons Bay, which contained an AIM-120 Instrumented Test Vehicle (ITV) missile. The ITV was not launched.
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07/09/2010
The US-based The Diplomat magazine and Jane's Defence Weekly in the UK published stories this month expressing concerns about the buildup of China's air force, respectively titled "China Air Force Steps it Up" and "Chinese military aircraft: up and coming."
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07/09/2010
The inter-theater redeployment of aircraft during Vostok-2010 was one of the key events of the strategic war games, which end today. The Su-24 Fencer and Su-34 Fullback tactical bombers used midair refueling to fly to the Russian Far East.
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07/09/2010
The issue of creating a new Russian military base in Kyrgyzstan's south is still on the agenda, the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry said.
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07/08/2010
Boeing expects to receive an export license for its new F-15SE Silent Eagle within the month, a development that brings the company to openly pitch the jet to South Korea as a potential launch customer.
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07/08/2010
The international news media has been largely silent on rumors of military movements that could quite possibly be the forerunner of an attack against Iran. Any attack against Iran in this context would be against Iran's emerging nuclear weapons capability.
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07/08/2010
The Obama administration's recent lifting of sanctions against Russia's state arms exporter could boost orders for Russian aircraft from a somewhat-unexpected customer: the U.S. military.
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07/08/2010
The US government has charged an Irish firm and two of its executives with illegally exporting US parts for military aircraft to Iran, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
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07/08/2010
The ninth Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter entered flight testing on Tuesday, becoming the second test jet to fly with the next-generation avionics package that will populate all operational F-35s.
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07/07/2010
The 1971 Indo-Pak War was over and the Pakistan Air Force did not perform as well as in the 1965 war with India. The American technology which our brave pilots and engineers had absorbed and put to its maximum performance in the previous war let us down in the 71 War.
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07/07/2010
Singapore has reportedly shot down Korea Aerospace Industries and chosen Alenia Aermacchi for military jet trainer aircraft, DefenseNews reports from Seoul.
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07/07/2010
U.S. Aerospace Inc, a small cash-strapped U.S. company, said on Friday it has joined forces with Antonov, the state-owned Ukrainian plane builder, to enter the hotly contested competition to build a new generation of aerial tankers for the U.S. military.
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07/07/2010
The unmanned craft were rushed into use in 2001 and some design and system problems were never fully addressed. Losses don't involve lives but are expensive.
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07/07/2010
A Romanian military aircraft has crashed with 13 people on board after taking off from the Romanian town of Tuzla, leaving 10 people dead and three in critical condition, one of whom is reported to be in a coma, international media reported late on July 5 2010.
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07/07/2010
India's first indigenously built naval Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) rolled out here on Tuesday. The first flight is scheduled by year-end and the plane will be inducted in 2015.
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07/07/2010
Australia's first new air combat aircraft in 25 years – have arrived at RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland.
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07/07/2010
Modernising its fighter jet fleet, the Indian Air Force is going to upgrade its SU-30 MKI combat aircraft with the help of Russia.
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07/07/2010
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has won the approval to buy 20 additional Tejas fighter jets, the home-grown light combat aircraft to be built by military plane maker Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), defence minister A.K. Antony said on Tuesday.
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07/07/2010
Russian aircraft makers MiG and Sukhoi have spoken against the sale of RD-93 jet engines to China citing the threat of strong competition from cheaper Chinese models of fighter aircraft.
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07/02/2010
The firm will receive $33 million from the Pentagon to retrofit the Global Hawk, which is used for reconnaissance above Iraq and Afghanistan, to carry extra fuel for other unmanned spy planes.
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07/02/2010
Russia and Yemen could sign an arms contract worth over $1 billion, an international arms expert said on Thursday.
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07/02/2010
Russia is willing to provide transport helicopters to assist the NATO-led military contingent fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan, a defense industry official said on Thursday.
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07/02/2010
Turkey's first Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance, or MALE, unmanned aerial vehicle is set for test flights, according to a top executive at the company developing the aircraft.
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07/02/2010
Norway’s fourth C-130J leaves the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta.
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06/30/2010
One little noticed decision reached at the G-20 Summit was to postpone the transfer of wartime command of allied forces on the Korean Peninsula, originally scheduled for April 2012, until 2015.
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06/30/2010
Bulgarian Defence Minister Anyo Angelov has held talks with defence secretary Robert Gates, where the two officials discussed the heightened Bulgarian-US strategic military partnership, the Defence Ministry website reported on June 29 2010.
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06/30/2010
Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Israeli military aircraft will no longer be allowed to use Turkish airspace.
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06/30/2010
The Russian Defense Ministry will auction part of the Moscow Region Kubinka military aerodrome in July for 212 million rubles ($8.6 million), a statement published on the ministry's website said.
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06/29/2010
US defence major Lockheed Martin today said it will offer its latest fifth generation F-35 fighters to meet Indian Navy's requirements for carrier-based combat aircraft.
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06/29/2010
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, has said there is no restriction on the use of newly-acquired F-16 combat aircraft against any adversary.
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06/29/2010
Later this week, 47 hot air balloon pilots will light up the sky over Battle Creek while another pilot will fly like his hair is on fire.
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06/29/2010
Sometime in the next two weeks, the Boeing Company and European aerospace giant EADS must submit their proposals for the next round of competition in the Air Force tanker solicitation. The deadline is July 9th, halfway between America's July 4th Independence Day and France's July 14th Bastille Day, so get ready for some heavy-handed advertising from both sides about the true meaning of freedom.
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06/29/2010
Lockheed Martin's F-35B Lightning II Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing aircraft has made its first supersonic flight, engine maker Pratt & Whitney announced Monday.
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06/28/2010
Inside a windowless room at Houston’s Ellington Airport, the 36-year-old major with the Texas Air National Guard will sit down at the controls of a Predator drone as it cruises over insurgent hideouts and convoy routes in Afghanistan or Iraq.
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06/28/2010
France has promised to provide Lebanon with modern weapons, the National News Agency (NNA) reported on Wednesday.
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06/28/2010
The Burmese air force continues to expand with the recent procurement of 50 K-8 jet trainer aircraft from China, according to sources within the air force in Meikhtila.
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06/28/2010
An agreement by the leaders of Seoul and Washington to delay the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) by some three and a half years to Dec. 1, 2015 comes after the allies reevaluated the threat posed by North Korea's asymmetrical and irregular warfare capability.
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06/27/2010
After 41 years, South Korea is retiring the last of its 222 F-4D Phantom fighter-bombers. They (and F-5 fighters) have been replaced, over the last 15 years, by 40 F-15K fighter-bombers and 180 F-16s.
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06/27/2010
The Army is planning to retool its combat aviation brigades by altering at least one unit's combination of aircraft and adding drones.
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06/27/2010
The Pakistan Air Force today received its first four of 18 Lockheed Martin Corp. F-16s that the U.S. hopes will give the Afghan neighbor nation a crucial edge against Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters in its northwest.
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06/27/2010
The first of India's six C-130J Super Hercules airlifters, considered the world's most advanced transport aircraft, has emerged from the paint shop in Indian Air Force colours, roughly six months before its scheduled delivery.
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06/26/2010
Adding potency to PAF’s fleet, three most modern F-16 aircraft would be inducted at the newly upgraded base under the Southern Air Command of the country on Sunday.
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06/26/2010
A French company offered to sell 40 of its state-of-the-art aircraft Rafale fighter jets to India for a bi-lateral air exercise on Friday. An Indo-French joint exercise is to be held somewhere in India in 2011 – 12. The offer was made by the maker of the Rafale and Mirage fighters, Charles Edelstennie, who is also the scion of the Dassult family.
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06/26/2010
The Cabinet Committee on Security earlier this month quietly cleared one of the biggest defence orders of recent times.
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06/26/2010
More than 1,000 airmen are at Alaska's Elmendorf and Eielson Air Force Bases for this month's Red Flag Alaska, an international training exercise.
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06/25/2010
Israeli Air Force aircraft dropped off large quantities of military gear at a Saudi Arabian military base last week in preparation for a potential attack on Iran, a number of Iranian and Israeli news outlets have reported.
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06/25/2010
U.S. Air Force leaders on Tuesday ordered eight Boeing C-17 Globemaster III rapid strategic airlift aircraft designed to operate from main operating bases or forward operating bases with short or unimproved runways.
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06/25/2010
The French Air Force may field its latest Rafale fighters for an Indo-French military exercise in India next year. The Rafale's presence in such a setting would come at a time when competition for IAF's mammoth MMRCA (medium multi-role combat aircraft) contract, in which the French fighter is participating, would enter the final lap.
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06/25/2010
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) recently marked its 46th anniversary in Kaduna by displaying its combat readiness. Chris Agbambu, who was there, reports that the force has come of age and can now bark and bite.
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06/25/2010
Russia may start receiving its first An-70 military transport planes as early as in 2012, the defense minister said on Thursday.
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06/25/2010
The Boeing Company today announced that the U.S. Air Force has granted the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) approval to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) following a successful Defense Acquisition Board Milestone C production review.
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06/24/2010
A Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II carrier variant successfully completed testing in which it was dropped from heights of more than 11 feet during a series of simulated aircraft-carrier landings. The tests validated predictions and will help confirm the F-35C's structural integrity for carrier operations.
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06/24/2010
Boeing today announced that it has received a $216 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the service's 59-jet KC-10 tanker fleet with a new communication, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system.
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06/24/2010
The U.S. government is snapping up Russian-made helicopters to form the core of Afghanistan's fledgling air force, a strategy that is drawing flak from members of Congress who want to force the Afghans to fly American choppers instead.
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06/24/2010
The Sudanese military has assembled the country's first-ever military aircraft from spare-parts manufactured locally as part of the country's industrialization strategy, state media said in a report.
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06/24/2010
For the first time, the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is participating in an air exercise with the French Air Force (FAF) and Indian Air Force (IAF) in France.
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06/24/2010
Twenty-seven members from the Belgian Air Component (BAC) 15th Air Transport Wing 20th Squadron made history this year by participating in their first Red Flag-Alaska (RF-Alaska) exercise.
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06/24/2010
Britain will try to boost defence exports to offset possible job losses after a defence sector review that is expected to slash spending, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.
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06/24/2010
Taiwan's defence ministry said Wednesday it has shipped two Hawkeye early warning aircraft to the United States to boost their capabilities.
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06/23/2010
Inside a large hangar, three plane fuselages were lined up like husked corn, their wings removed, bundles of wires snaking through holes where the noses had been pulled off.
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06/23/2010
France's Defense Minister Herve Morin has said technical talks with the United Arab Emirates were being finalized and that France was expected to cover part of the modernization costs for the gulf state's fleet of Rafale jet fighters.
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06/23/2010
The Sukhoi “Flanker” is recognised today as one of the world’s best multi-role fighters. and is the first serially produced combat aircraft featuring super-maneuverability and the first export fighter in the world fitted with the onboard AESA radar.
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06/23/2010
In a major move for China's indigenous defence industry, China is also supplying its most advanced home-made combat aircraft, the third-generation J-10 fighter jets to Pakistan, in a deal worth around $6 billion.
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06/23/2010
The Australian subsidiary of BAE Systems will provide support service to the F-35 Lightening II combat aircraft that Australia will procure from the US defence company Lockheed Martin.
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06/23/2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation's new APG-81 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar met and exceeded its performance objectives successfully tracking long-range targets as part of the first mission systems test flights of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II BF-4 aircraft.
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06/23/2010
The construction of a Russian-Italian joint helicopter assembly facility will begin on Tuesday in the town of Tomilino outside Moscow, Russian Helicopters has said.
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06/21/2010
Defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp. is bracing for greater budget austerity at the Pentagon as it attempts to overcome strict cost targets for its most visible program, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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06/21/2010
Russia's Defense Ministry will order at least 50 fifth-generation fighters from 2016, a senior official said on Thursday.
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06/21/2010
Russia's fifth generation fighter will be about three times as cheap as its foreign analog, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
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06/21/2010
The Boeing Company today announced the start of flight tests for a B-1 Lancer bomber upgraded with new digital avionics for the aft cockpit, including a line-of-sight Link 16 data link.
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06/18/2010
A recent US Air Force scramjet test has hinted at a future where Hypersonic weapons and Spaceships streak through the sky at many times the speed of sound around the world.
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06/18/2010
Saudi Arabia has given its go-ahead to Israel to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, according to the 12 June edition of the Times UK.
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06/18/2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin climbed into the cockpit of Russia's newest fighter jet on Thursday and said it would trump a U.S.-built rival, the F-22 Raptor.
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06/17/2010
The last time this Andean nation went to war was in 1995, when it fought Peru over a rugged stretch of mountains called the Altos de Cenepa. But that hasn't stopped Ecuador from engaging in one of the fastest military buildups in the hemisphere.
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06/17/2010
The latest RED FLAG-Alaska exercise kicked off Monday at Eielson and Elmendorf AFB, AK.
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06/17/2010
This week, U.S. fighter jets are dueling about 90 miles off the coast of Hampton Roads in scenarios that pit F-22 Raptors from Langley Air Force Base against older F-16C fighters visiting from Luke Air Force Base in Arizona.
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06/17/2010
Tension that broke out between Turkey and Israel when the latter killed eight Turkish citizens and a US citizen of Turkish origin in a raid on a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla has resulted in Turkey freezing bilateral relations with Israel -- but joint projects and contracts signed with Israeli companies will remain as they are.
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06/17/2010
Unmanned aircraft have proved their usefulness and reliability in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq, and now the pressure is on to allow them to be used over the skies of the United States.
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06/16/2010
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) is in discussion with the Indian government for hard-selling its mini drone Tracker to meet the country's homeland security needs, a top company official said.
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06/16/2010
Six Indian Sukhoi-30MKI multi-role fighters, supported by IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft and IL-78 midair refuellers, tore into the skies over France on Monday to kick off the joint combat exercise with the French and Singaporean air forces.
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06/16/2010
Clad in a tan flight suit, U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Brett Trahan trades barbed jokes - the kind born of long hours spent working and living together - with his flight crew. Yet the group, no matter how familiar they may seem, treats him with a friendly respect. Trahan is legendary in his unit, and a hard worker; he is also marked.
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06/16/2010
Ukraine is to begin this autumn the shipment of first batches of military hardware to Iraq under a large-scale contract worth over $550 million struck in 2009.
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06/16/2010
The two CN235s aircraft ordered by the Mexican Navy departed Airbus Military’s facility of San Pablo (Seville) with destination to the Navy’s air base of Tapachula, on Friday 11th June.
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06/16/2010
A wave of ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan isn't just a tragedy for the people of that Central Asian nation. It could also be yet one more headache for U.S. military troops whose surge in neighboring Afghanistan comes to a head this summer.
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06/16/2010
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program has been plagued with cost overruns and missed deadlines. The price tag for the program has ballooned to much more than the DoD originally set aside for the aircraft.
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06/15/2010
Turkish newspaper "Zaman" reports that the Turkish Air Force has decided to use Turkish aircraft in intelligence gathering, after Israel withdrew officers who were training Turkish military officers on Heron unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
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06/15/2010
Tel Aviv and Tehran are separated by around 1,900 kilometers, which is the distance that separates the Israeli fighter jets from their Iranian targets in the event of war breaking out between the two countries.
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06/15/2010
Should U.S. skies be open to military drones? There is pressure to allow the unmanned aircraft to fly in the United States for law-enforcement functions, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is hesitant to act.
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06/15/2010
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time June 10, achieving a significant milestone. The aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.07 (727 miles per hour) on the first in a long series of planned supersonic flights.
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06/14/2010
years of having their military technology blatantly stolen by China, Russia is no longer selling them much of anything. In addition, the state controlled Russian media is now featuring lots of pundits deploring the low performance of the Chinese arms industry, and how poorly they have copied Russian military technology.
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06/14/2010
Iran is at the centre of a global storm: targeted by new sanctions, suspected by Washington, defended by Brazil and Turkey. But the complex diplomacy around its nuclear programme could be ended by decisions made not in the United States but in Israel, Paul Rogers writes for openDemocracy.
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06/14/2010
Russia is scrambling, without much success, to retain its Cold War era air transport manufacturing capability.
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06/14/2010
Moscow's decision to halt delivery of powerful S-300 air-defense missiles to Iran, citing the new U.N. sanctions on the Islamic Republic, may be politically convenient but it could carry a hefty cost for Russia in the Middle East.
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06/14/2010
The U.S. power in the Middle East are declining, however, discuss the possibility of a new cold war in the region is incorrect; powers such as Russia and Turkey are simply taking advantage of the power vacuum in the Middle East – English analyst writes Chris Phillips.
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06/14/2010
Despite being a key ally in the war against terrorism in which Pakistan have rendered innumerable sacrifices, the United States is extending military assistance to Islamabad under strict conditions and stipulations, reflecting the nature of relations between the two countries.
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06/14/2010
Russia must honor a contract to supply S-300 air-defense systems, an Iranian lawmaker said.
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06/13/2010
Saudi Arabia’s air force has signed a deal to upgrade its fleet of 150 strike aircraft and procure advanced weaponry to respond to an Iranian military threat while simultaneously denying reports that the country is coordinating with Israel over a possible strike against Iran’s nuclear sites.
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06/13/2010
The brakes have been put on talks between Israel Aerospace Industries and Russia over sales and the joint production of unmanned aerial vehicles, according to Israeli defense sources who wish to remain anonymous.
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06/13/2010
The first three of six C-130J Super Hercules airlifters purchased by India in a $1 billion deal with the US have taken their final positions on Lockheed Martin's assembly line in Marietta, Georgia, even as the evaluation is set to begin of the Boeing C-17 Globemaster, with India intending to purchase 10 of the heavy-lift aircraft.
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06/13/2010
Bangalore is set to have another aerospace research centre from the stables of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS). While talk about this has been doing the rounds for a while, the company said it's ready to open the EADS Defence and Security (EADS-DS) competence centre. It was announced at the ongoing Berlin air show.
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06/13/2010
People's Liberation Army Air Force held on Saturday an official farewell ceremony for the J-6, a Chinese-built version of the Soviet MiG-19 Farmer fighter aircraft, Chinese television reported.
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06/12/2010
Crisis-hit Romania cannot afford to purchase second-hand F-16 combat aircraft this year, Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu said.
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06/12/2010
Russia has agreed to supply Syria with combat aircraft and other defense equipment, saying a previous sale was legitimate.
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06/12/2010
Eager to join hands with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and its associates in the development of India's Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas-Mark II,' the Eurojet consortium is offering its engine that could be tweaked to work on its naval version.
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06/12/2010
From packages tossed out of open cockpits during World War I to pallets guided by Global Positioning System equipment and wireless controllers into remote areas, U.S. military airdrops have significantly changed.
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06/12/2010
Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal.
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06/12/2010
Almost one year since the US Navy’s first-ever stealth fighter, the F-35C Lightning II was rolled out at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth plant, the aircraft yesterday performed its first successful flight at the neighbouring Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base.
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06/12/2010
Russian aircraft holding Sukhoi has no plans to sign additional agreements creating a joint venture with its Indian partners in the production of a fifth-generation fighter, the general director said on Friday.
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06/11/2010
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is likely to begin trials of the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III heavy-lift transport aircraft, of which it intends to purchase 10, by the end of the month, an official said.
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06/11/2010
Russia may buy $12 billion of arms from European and Israeli companies, including DCNS and Iveco SpA, over the next five years as the world’s second-biggest arms exporter hunts for higher-quality weapons than domestic companies can provide, according to a Moscow research institute.
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06/11/2010
European consortium EADS Defence and Security (DS) is embarking on a twin-pronged strategy of increasing its presence in India while expanding its share in New Delhi's growing defence market.
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06/11/2010
P-8A Poseidon aircraft T2 successfully completed the program's first mission systems test flight on June 8 in Seattle. T2 will be used to verify integrated mission systems performance during flights in Seattle and at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD.
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06/11/2010
Workers at a Boeing Co. facility that builds large cargo jets have ratified a new labor contract and will return to work Thursday, ending a month-long strike that jeopardized the expensive military program's future.
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06/11/2010
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company NV (EADS) has signed licensing contracts with six aerospace firms to develop military aircraft systems using its technologies, a company official said Thursday.
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06/11/2010
Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft T2 successfully completed the program's first mission systems test flight on June 8 in Seattle. T2 will be used to verify integrated mission systems performance during flights in Seattle and at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
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06/10/2010
Airbus Military is in talks to sell eight military transport aircraft to Brazil’s air force, Valor Economico reported, citing Domingo Urena-Raso, head of the unit of Airbus SAS.
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06/10/2010
Four U.S. soldiers are killed in the attack in volatile Helmand province. A roadside bomb leaves another coalition service member dead and brings the number of troops killed in June to 29.
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06/10/2010
Two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers are carrying out a 23-hour patrol with a planned flight range of 18,000 kilometers (over 11,000 miles), an Air Force spokesman said on Wednesday.
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06/10/2010
The first three C-130J Super Hercules for India take the final positions on Lockheed Martin’s assembly line in Marietta, Ga.
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06/10/2010
As the U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq moves toward its final phase and Iran remains defiant over its nuclear program, U.S. officials say the Pentagon, after many months of hesitation, is expected to sell Baghdad late-model F-16 strike aircraft.
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06/09/2010
Pakistan has announced plans to begin production of avionics and related gadgets for the Sino-Pak JF-17 Thunder fighter jet.
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06/09/2010
Lockheed Martin inducted its third C-5 Galaxy strategic airlifter into the Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) production line at its facility here today.
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06/08/2010
Airbus Military Aircraft, which now has two flight-test A400Ms in the air following the first flight of aircraft MSN02 on April 8, expects its third airlifter to join the test program by the beginning of the summer.
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06/08/2010
The first shot to be fired at Europe's 21st century army plane came not from the barrel of a gun but a safety inspector's clipboard. In 2008, weeks after the first A400M troop transporter rolled off a gleaming new assembly plant in Seville, a group of inspectors traveled to southern Germany to scrutinize an important component for the plane's huge turbo-prop engines.
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06/08/2010
Are airplane pilots destined for the same fate as flight navigators and engineers? Will they be replaced by lines of code, electrons and data-linked commands from faceless controllers beyond the horizon?
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06/08/2010
China's J-15 carrier-based fighter will not be able to compete with Russia's SU- 33 fighter on global markets because it is inferior to the Russian aircraft, said Russian military analyst.
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06/08/2010
India is sending its frontline Sukhoi fighter jets to France for a joint air exercise to be held in the European country next week.
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06/08/2010
Italy's defense and aerospace group, Finmeccanica SpA, said Monday it received an additional $319 million order for eight Joint Cargo Aircraft C-27Js for the U.S. Air Force.
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06/08/2010
Airbus’s first military transport aircraft, the A400M, is expected to make its debut public flight tomorrow, two years and up to £10billion behind schedule.
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06/08/2010
Ottawa is moving on a sole-sourced purchase of high-tech U.S. fighter jets to replace its CF-18s despite furious last-minute lobbying by rival manufacturers.
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06/08/2010
The most advanced aircraft in the history of the United States Navy made its inaugural flight yesterday, assuring a future of long-range, first-day-of-the-war stealth striking capability from the Navy's big-deck carriers.
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06/08/2010
Boeing announced today that it will secure a license from AgustaWestland for U.S. production of the AW101 medium-lift helicopter as an entry into the U.S. Navy VXX Presidential Helicopter Program.
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06/07/2010
Over the last decade, there has been increase in the military spending of almost all countries of the world. According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), estimates, released on June 2, 2010, 1531 billion USD were expended on militaries as the defence budgets. Overall, there has been an increase of 5.9 percent in the defence spending during 2009, as compared to year 2008.
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06/07/2010
Two Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft - one of them piloted by the Alenia Aeronautica test pilot Matteo Maurizio - landed in the Central European country of Slovakia for the first time in order to participate in the Piestany Air Show.
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06/07/2010
Purnomo Yusgiantoro also told Reuters the country was discussing buying 10 more C-130 military transport aircraft from Lockheed Martin but had not come to any agreement.
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06/07/2010
A senior Chinese military official laid blame on the United States over the weekend for obstructing the development of smooth Sino-US military ties, claiming at a major Asian security conference in Singapore that the problems stem from US arms sales to Taiwan and maritime conflicts.
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06/07/2010
Chavez's socialist government has ordered 18 of the light attack and training planes from China, and the Latin American country received the first six jets in March.
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06/06/2010
Turkey is looking to find a new partner for joint defense projects as relations with Israel, which had for a long time been one of Turkey’s major allies in the defense industry, are seriously strained following a bloody raid by Israeli commandos on an aid ship en route to the blockaded city of Gaza earlier last week.
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06/06/2010
A vote on the proposed contract is scheduled for Wednesday. If approved by the 1,700 assembly workers, production at the military aircraft factory in Long Beach could resume as early as the next day.
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06/06/2010
Ukrainian aviation will not be able to exist normally without a cooperation with Russia, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said Sunday in an interview with three Ukrainian TV channels.
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06/05/2010
Pakistan said it has commenced domestic production of avionics for the Sino-Pak JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft.
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06/05/2010
China’s Shenyang Aircraft Corporation created a copy of a Russian deck-based Su-33 fighter jet. The Chinese model of the aircraft was called J-15, Interfax reports with reference to the May issue of the Kanwa Asian Defence military publication.
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06/05/2010
Spain announced plans to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles to target pirates off the coast of Somalia.
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06/05/2010
At the four-monthly meeting of Burma's top generals held in Naypyidaw during the last week of May, the junta significantly increased its military budget from last year, according to sources close to the Burmese military.
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06/05/2010
The top U.S. commander in Iraq said he expected the United States to meet a long-standing Iraqi request for new Lockheed Martin Corp F-16 multi-role fighter aircraft, although not as soon as Baghdad had sought.
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06/05/2010
The U.S. military has started to investigate how its aircraft could participate in the future air traffic management system known as NextGen.
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06/05/2010
China's J-15 carrier-based fighter will not be able to compete with Russia's Su-33 fighter on global markets because it is inferior to the Russian aircraft, a Russian military analyst said on Friday.
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06/05/2010
Canada formally accepted the first of 17 Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] C-130J Super Hercules aircraft today at ceremonies here and at Canadian Forces Base Trenton.
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06/04/2010
Malaysia will take part in the Cobra Gold joint military exercise by Thailand and the US armed forces from next year.
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06/04/2010
L-3 Link Simulation & Training said it is working with the University of North Dakota to create the first non-military Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training Center.
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06/04/2010
A drone is an aircraft that flies without a crew on board. Their largest use is in military operations, for reconnaissance and attack missions.
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06/04/2010
Poland plans to buy 16 Lead-in Fighter Trainer (LIFT) aircraft to replace its Air Force's aging fleet of trainer planes. Poland's Ministry of Defense has said a tender will be announced in the next few months with the aim of acquiring the jets between 2013 and 2015.
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06/04/2010
Russia will supply Su-30 Flanker fighters and Yak-130 Mitten trainer/light attack jets to Algeria in 2011, the deputy head of the Russian Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation, Vyacheslav Dzirkalin, said.
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06/03/2010
Global military and commercial helicopter major Sikorsky Aircraft Corp is likely to tie up with more Indian companies in the next few months to produce components locally, a company official said Wednesday.
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06/03/2010
Airbus Military is discussing with Indonesian Aerospace, its partner on the C-212, “re-engineering” the light twin-turboprop transport to reduce its cost.
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06/03/2010
The US Congress has cleared the sale of C-17 Globemaster III strategic aircraft to India, the Indian media reported on Wednesday.
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06/03/2010
EADS, the European aerospace giant, has found the US partners it needs for its bid for a major US Air Force tanker contract, chief executive Louis Gallois said Wednesday.
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06/02/2010
A British aircraft broker (Balli Aviation Ltd.) was recently fined $17 million dollars, and put on probation for five years, for illegally exporting three Boeing 747s to Iran two years ago.
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06/02/2010
Kaman Aerospace has proven in tests that the unmanned K-Max helicopter can resupply troops with cargo airdropped by parachute, announced Lockheed Martin, which has worked with Kaman to enable the aircraft to provide autonomous cargo delivery.
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06/02/2010
The Mexican Air Force has taken delivery of the first of five C-295 aircraft it has ordered from Airbus Military. The aircraft is equipped with a palletized loading system and a medical evacuation kit. The second of the five airlifters will be delivered in the coming weeks, with all five handed over to the customer by year end.
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06/02/2010
Algeria's defense ministry plans to cut arms purchases from the United States because of lengthy delivery delays and concentrate on Russian weapons systems, the El Khabar newspaper reports.
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06/02/2010
U.S. and Pakistani officials Tuesday commemorated the delivery of two P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft to Pakistan from the United States, the U. S. embassy said.
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06/02/2010
A decision made public Monday in Taiwan that the French government is pulling defence personnel from the island over a court order to pay US$891 million to Taiwan because of a monumental scandal involving the sale of stealth frigates raises as many questions as it answers.
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06/02/2010
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is a fifth generation, supersonic warplane combining advanced stealth with fighter speed and agility, plus fully-fused sensor and network-enabled capabilities.
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06/02/2010
A problem that rendered as many as 10,000 U.S. military GPS receivers useless for days is a warning to safeguard a system that enemies would love to disrupt, a defense expert says.
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06/02/2010
Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) said a fourth batch of F-35 fighter planes will beat Pentagon cost estimates by more than 20 percent, even as new U.S. data pegged the overall program tab at $382 billion.
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06/02/2010
The US military has stopped flying aerial refueling tankers out of Krygyzstan as the government there presses to renegotiate a fuel contract for a major US base, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
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06/01/2010
It is an age-old axiom that little creates absurdities like war, and this notion remains evergreen today. Take the case of the two victims of gunshot wounds shown in Tyler Hicks’s photographs, which accompany this post.
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06/01/2010
Whether you speak Swahili fluently or simply wrote a college paper on Ugandan history, the Air Force wants to find you.
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06/01/2010
A team of volunteers is restoring a World War II fighter found at the bottom of a Russian lake and brought back to the upstate New York factory where the plane and thousands of others like it were built 65 years ago.
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05/31/2010
The crew members for the new An-70 military transport aircraft, jointly developed by Russia and Ukraine, will be trained in Russia, the commander of transport aviation said on Monday.
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05/31/2010
Replacing Canada's CF-18s with a new generation of fighter aircraft will cost taxpayers around $9 billion, one of the most expensive military equipment purchases ever.
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05/31/2010
Waha Capital PJSC, an Abu Dhabi-based investment company has a mandate to raise a total of 12 billion dirhams ($3.3 billion) for the United Arab Emirates’ military, Chief Executive Officer Salem Rashed Al Noaimi said.
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05/31/2010
Russia may export 232 new multi-role fighters worth over $10 billion in 2010-2013, a Russian think tank reported on Monday.
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05/31/2010
U.S. and South Korean forces said they are ready to repel any threat posed by North Korea as 24 stealth fighter jets deploy to the region and a report said the military alert level has been raised.
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05/31/2010
For Viking Air, a venerable 45-year-old Canadian aircraft is flying into a niche market for affordable smaller military planes.
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05/31/2010
With India’s fleet of 24 IL-76 aircraft now obsolescent, planners have decided to buy Boeing’s C-17 Globemaster III, widely acknowledged as the world’s most versatile military transport aircraft.
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05/30/2010
The Indian Air Force (IAF) seems set for trials of new combat and heavy lift helicopters this summer, possibly from June or July, as Boeing gets ready to field its latest versions of AH 64D Apache and Chinook CH-47F helicopters.
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05/29/2010
Selfridge Military Air Museum offers nearly $5 million worth of displays, attracting Metro Detroit families this Memorial Day weekend.
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05/29/2010
Start with the worst-case scenario. What if there really were a war in the Korean peninsula? Even by local standards, the rhetoric has been heated since the South Korean warship Cheonan was sunk by an explosion last March, killing 46 sailors, and it has been white-hot since "independent investigators" reported on May 20 that a North Korean torpedo had struck the vessel.
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05/29/2010
THE COURTYARD of the Pentagon feels like a cross between an arms fair and a used-car lot on a fine May morning. “Congratulations 1,000,000 Army Unmanned Aircraft System Flight Hours,” says a banner.
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05/29/2010
President Barack Obama said on Friday he would veto any legislation to fund, over Pentagon protests, a controversial second engine program for the multinational F-35 fighter aircraft.
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05/29/2010
Turkish fighter jets streak past remote Greek islands, shattering the calm of sleepy villages and alarming residents and beach-going visitors alike. Greek warplanes are scrambled to intercept them, fighting mock air battles over the Aegean Sea.
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05/29/2010
Amid India’s recent positive news regarding its indigenous defence technology, such as the additional order for Arjun tanks, the Ministry of Defence and the country’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) exchanged blows in a general dispute on the delays in procurement programmes.
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05/29/2010
Pakistan has started the production of avionics and other important gadgets for the JF-17 Thunder fighter jets.
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05/28/2010
The country ordered 80 Tiger attack helicopters from Eurocopter, a division of EADS, in 1998. Some 67 of those were due to be delivered last year, but so far only 11 have arrived, according to a report by the German ministry of defence. Those which have been delivered have extensive wiring problems and are kitted out to an earlier specification than that ordered by the German government.
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05/28/2010
Name a recent U.S. military operation, and you can pretty much guarantee that a specially modified Air Force plane was somewhere in the vicinity, trying to influencing the minds of the people below. It’s called the Commando Solo. Ordinarily, civilians are not allowed on board.
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05/28/2010
A senior United Nations official is expected to call on the United States next week to stop Central Intelligence Agency drone strikes against people suspected of belonging to Al Qaeda, complicating the Obama administration’s growing reliance on that tactic in Pakistan.
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05/28/2010
Today our Fox News team was invited to climb aboard an incredible aviation invention known as the "Osprey" during Fleet Week celebration here in New York City. The Osprey, or V-22 as it's known, takes off and lands like a helicopter, but flies like a plane with it's tilt-rotor design.
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05/28/2010
Lockheed Martin has received a $245 million contract from the U.S. Government for the Foreign Military Sale of three KC 130J tanker aircraft to Kuwait. The program will be managed by the U.S. Navy.
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05/28/2010
The first retired F-16 Falcon arrived at Boeing's Cecil Field facility in Jacksonville on April 22 to begin conversion into a QF-16 aerial drone.
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05/27/2010
Last week the Gripen NG demo was making its Iinternational debut by taking part in the last phase of the Indian evaluation trials for the MMRCA (Medium Multi- Role Combat Aircraft) tender in India.
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05/27/2010
The military is trying to keep pace with the growth of the Afghan Security Forces by purchasing billions of dollars worth of equipment and infrastructure, and boosting its acquisition staff to oversee the spending.
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05/27/2010
In its first flight attempt, the Boeing X-51A WaveRider today successfully completed the longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered flight in history - nearly three and a half minutes at a top speed of Mach 5.
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05/27/2010
The Boeing Company successfully flew its ScanEagle Compressed Carriage (SECC) unmanned airborne system (UAS) at a testing facility in eastern Oregon on May 12.
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05/26/2010
For a nation that is increasingly outsourcing its defense needs to the United States, India is warning of the serious pitfalls in such a relations.
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05/26/2010
Qatar can use the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) made by BAE Systems for routine surveillance of its oil and gas fields as well as stadiums, a company official yesterday said.
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05/26/2010
U.S. and French defense giants are focusing on boosting Arab air power these days.
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05/26/2010
Van Buren Township-based Ricardo today unveiled its Wolverine family of engines for unmanned aerial vehicles used by the military for intelligence, border patrols and drug enforcement, in addition to civilian applications.
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05/26/2010
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has been awarded a four-year contract to supply the Finnish Air Force with an airborne surveillance system and associated ground systems. The value of this contract is approximately $100 million.
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05/25/2010
The X-51A "Waverider" scramjet will fly at last next Tuesday, it has been announced. It had been expected that the radical engine - capable of Mach 6 velocities while running on fairly ordinary jet fuel - would fly last December, but budgetary and scheduling difficulties have delayed the project.
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05/25/2010
The Dutch parliament has voted to pull out of the F-35 joint strike fighter program and cancel an order for one jet the nation has already placed, according to Defense News, which confirmed the development with the Dutch Embassy in Washington.
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05/25/2010
Lockheed martin has signed a $40 million foreign military contract for the delivery of Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) to the Royal Saudi Air Force.
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05/25/2010
India’s marked shift towards American weaponry is, paradoxically, leading towards a flashpoint between New Delhi and Washington. Over the next three months, key American military platforms — including the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, the C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft and the M777 ultralight howitzer (ULH) — come to India for user trials. But New Delhi’s reluctance to sign two technology safeguard agreements demanded by the US could lead to India paying top dollar for American equipment
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05/25/2010
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is transforming a one-time barefoot peasant army into a modern and deployable military, racking up operational hours in an anti-piracy naval mission in the Gulf of Aden as military officials study strategic airlifter requirements.
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05/25/2010
Beefed-up helicopters have taken to the skies in Afghanistan as part of efforts to give British troops more firepower on the frontline.
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05/25/2010
The military uses for space travel are legion: besides the obvious utility of being able to launch weapons much more quickly at a target, it can be used to prevent military action through advanced intelligence gathering.
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05/25/2010
The Air Force will receive a new batch of 18 brand-new SF-260 basic training aircraft before the Air Force Day celebration on July 2. The jets are being assembled at a facility in Clark Air Base. The whole package is costing the government P660 million.
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05/24/2010
They may look like the blimps you see over major sporting events, but E-Green Technologies CEO Michael Lawson is quick to point out: They are airships.
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05/24/2010
Tensions have escalated sharply on the Korean Peninsular, where the sinking of a South Korean warship has created a "highly precarious" situation, increasing the risk of a flare-up in the 60-year old conflict, Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, warned on Monday.
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05/24/2010
Four years ago, Britain decided to deploy a force of MQ-9 Reaper UAVs. Since last year, at least two British Reapers have been in Afghanistan at any one time. Britain has now ordered a total of 13 Reapers. The first British Reaper entered service in Afghanistan three years ago, and have, since then, spent over 10,000 hours in the air.
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05/24/2010
Coalition forces repelled an insurgent attack on this airfield on Saturday evening that wounded a small number of personnel, a Coalition spokeswoman said.
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05/24/2010
With the successful first test flight of the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) on Sunday here, India has joined the elite club of countries having the capability to produce advance fighter choppers.
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05/23/2010
The United States is considering a Russian proposal on the joint production of An-124 Condor heavy-lift transport aircraft, a Russian deputy prime minister said.
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05/22/2010
Although many nations (Algeria, Malaysia, Lebanon) are refusing, or retiring, MiG-29s, Syria is eager to get them. That's because Syria is broke, and patron Iran is becoming less generous (because of its own economic problems) with subsidies for military equipment.
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05/22/2010
The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to deploy F-22A Raptors to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and Kadena Air Base, Japan, in late May for approximately four months.
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05/22/2010
France looks set to clinch a multibillion-dollar deal for the sale of Rafale jet fighters to Brazil.
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05/22/2010
China is building an advanced combat jet that may rival within eight years Lockheed Martin Corp's (LMT.N) F-22 Raptor, the premier U.S. fighter, a U.S. intelligence official said.
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05/22/2010
Indonesia and China have agreed to continue cooperation in training pilots for Russian-made Su-family fighters in service with the Indonesian air force, the Antara news agency said on Friday.
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05/22/2010
Boeing will focus on its continuing partnership opportunity with Brazil at the first Air Power Brazil conference (Fórum Nacional de Defesa Aérea 2010).
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05/21/2010
The House Armed Services Committee late Wednesday added eight F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft carrier-based fighter jets to the fiscal 2011 defense authorization bill shortly before the panel unanimously approved the measure, 59-0.
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05/21/2010
AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today that Sweden's lead system integrator, Saab AB (publ), has selected AAI's Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) for use by the Swedish armed forces.
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05/21/2010
The F-35 Lighting II fighter jet will see further development of the F136 engine manufactured by GE/Rolls-Royce, as Pratt & Whitney has received criticism for its F135 development issues.
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05/21/2010
Lockheed Martin has signed a $40 million foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) to the Royal Saudi Air Force. This is the second Sniper ATP purchase in a multi-year precision sensor modernization program to improve precision targeting, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability of Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S aircraft.
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05/20/2010
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou said Wednesday the island will not engage in an arms race with China, despite the threat it poses, highlighted by the mainland's efforts to acquire an aircraft carrier.
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05/20/2010
New Two-Watt Cascade Laser System Emitting at 4.0 Microns Covers Important Spectral Gap and Offers Unmatched Power, Utility, Affordability for Defense and Homeland Security Applications.
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05/20/2010
Northrop Grumman Corp. said Tuesday it has been awarded a 3-year, $152 million contract by the U.K. Ministry of Defence.
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05/20/2010
The trial phase of the proposed purchase of the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) is nearing completion. Last heard, the Swedish JAS-39 Gripen was not able to take part as the company had brought a different (older?) model for trials supposedly because the new Next Generation model proposed for India was undergoing some trials in Sweden.
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05/20/2010
George Bush’s secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, who also happens to be Barack Obama’s secretary of Defense, has identified a free-spending governmental agency that will have to be reined in if the United States is going to balance budgets and cut deficits.
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05/20/2010
Peruvian President Alan Garcia took his peers in Latin American leadership to task for swearing by friendship and then carrying on spending billions on weapons purchases.
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05/19/2010
US Air Force Major Caleb Nimmo is the first American Mi-35 Hind attack helicopter pilot to fly in combat.
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05/19/2010
Hawker Beechcraft Corp. on Tuesday rolled out the first of six new aircraft it’s building for the U.S. Marine Corps.
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05/19/2010
European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co., which won fresh backing for its A400M military plane more than two months ago, has relinquished attempts to set a deadline for completing talks with the seven nations involved.
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05/19/2010
In the rugged mountains of western Pakistan, missiles launched by unmanned Predator or Reaper drones have become so commonplace that some U.S. officials liken them to modern-day "cannon fire." And they are no longer aimed solely at "high-value" targets like Mehsud, according to U.S. counterterrorism and defense officials.
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05/19/2010
Tactical Air Defense Services, Inc., an Aerospace/Defense Services contractor that offers air-combat training, aerial refueling, aircraft maintenance training, disaster relief, and other Aerospace/Defense services to the United States and Foreign militaries and agencies, is pleased to announce that it has signed a Lease Option Agreement for the exclusive lease of two Russian ILyushin IL-78 and two ILyushin IL-76 supertanker aircraft from Air Support Systems, LLC.
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05/19/2010
The Western world is unloading some of its most sophisticated weapons - including state-of-the-art fighter planes and anti-missile defence systems - in the Gulf region, clinching multi-billion-dollar arms deals.
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05/19/2010
India is turning to Europe for support of the naval version of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) after its initial choice of the U.S. was stymied by an inability to gain the requisite approvals from Washington.
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05/18/2010
Airbus Military has for the first time demonstrated in flight “buddy” refuelling between two A330 MRTT aircraft.
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05/18/2010
Today, the U.S. military may be wrestling with a similar challenge. In the bureaucratic blink of an eye, it's become a dominant power in the potentially game-changing field of military robotics.
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05/18/2010
The process of finding a suitable replacement for the aging fleet of tanker aircraft in use by the Air Force and other branches of the U.S. military has reached comical proportions. Each time one of the two bidding firms nears a win for the massive contract, the other appeals or threatens to withdraw from the competition.
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05/18/2010
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday criticised Russia for supplying arms to Syria, saying the move did not help efforts to bring peace to the region.
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05/18/2010
In a letter to President Obama, 136 members of Congress are urging quick action to sell F-16 C/D fighter jets to Taiwan. China, Taiwan's hostile neighbor, has long been equipped with more and better fighter jets than Taiwan.
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05/18/2010
India's trade ministry has suggested almost tripling the foreign direct investment cap on defence equipment to 74 percent, a major policy change that would crowd many local companies out of the lucrative sector.
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05/18/2010
I spent this last week travelling in the US at the invitation of The Boeing Company’s defence arm, Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS). I visited Boeing’s rotorcraft facilities in Philadelphia; a US Navy aircraft carrier (USS Harry S Truman) and naval air base (Oceana) in Norfolk, Virginia; Boeing’s space division in Florida; and its C-17 transport aircraft plant in California. With the US-India defence relationship on a high-growth trajectory, here are my perceptions on what India is dealing
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05/18/2010
Two Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters flew nonstop from their final-assembly site in Fort Worth, Texas, to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., today, signaling a further expansion of F-35 flight test operations.
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05/17/2010
Comments made by Taiwan's Air Force chief of staff have confused the issue over whether Taiwan actually wants F-16s.
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05/17/2010
The Pentagon has wrestled with Congress for years to cancel the C-17 military-transport jet program, but it could be a production-line strike at the Boeing facility where the giant planes are built that will finally kill it.
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05/17/2010
Russia has signed deals to sell Syria warplanes, anti-tank weapons and air defense systems, a senior Russian arms trader said on Friday, prompting an outcry from Syria's foe Israel.
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05/17/2010
Boeing’s sleek fighter-size Phantom Ray stealth jet will make its first flight by year’s end. This unmanned airborne system is designed for a variety of warfighter roles ranging from reconnaissance and surveillance to aerial refueling, electronic attack and hunter/killer missions.
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05/17/2010
A software glitch in the military GPS network temporarily left some defense systems unable to lock onto locator signals from satellites in January, but the problem has been fixed, the Air Force said Friday.
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05/17/2010
The U.S. Air Force has spent billions of taxpayer dollars developing and procuring the F-22 so-called air dominance fighter on the pretext that non-stealthy legacy fighters cannot survive the opening stages of future conflicts against advanced air defense networks.
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05/17/2010
After more than a century of popular sci-fi fantasies that feature deadly energy weapons, including War of the Worlds, Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Star Trek and Star Wars, it looks like the ray gun has finally arrived in the real world.
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05/17/2010
Chile wants all Latin American countries to be as transparent as it considers itself to be to remove the specter of a developing arms race on the continent, senior officials said.
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05/17/2010
Satellite photos recently revealed that the Chinese Navy has received J-11 jet fighters. These are illegal Chinese copies of the Russian Su-27. This plagiarism has been a source of friction between Russia and China for over five years.
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05/17/2010
Wooing Romania's lawmakers, Eurofighter pledged that more than 5,000 skilled jobs could be created in the country if Bucharest shelved plans to buy Lockheed Martin's F-16 fighter jets, opting instead for the Eurofighter Typhoon.
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05/14/2010
An Indian Air Force order for 10 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III heavy-lift transport aircraft is looking like an uncertain acquisition with a production-line strike at the Boeing facility where the giant aircraft are built and clear hints from the Pentagon that the programme will soon shut down.
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05/14/2010
Eight F/A-18 fighters from 75 Squadron and one AP-3C Orion from 10 Squadron are training alongside more than 59 military aircraft, 19 warships and 2500 personnel from Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand and the UK.
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05/14/2010
The Navy has its eyes on next generation replacement fighter aircraft that may be needed as early as 2025 to replace the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and Boeing has publicly unveiled its latest design proposals.
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05/14/2010
With the Indian Air Force embarking on modernisation, the skies over different parts of the country will witness yet another high-profile test with evaluations of attack helicopters due to start this summer.
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05/14/2010
As the race for the IAF bid to procure 126 Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft enters the home stretch, the United States Navy vouched for the versatility of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, one of the six aircraft in competition, with features closer to a fifth-generation fighter aircraft.
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05/14/2010
Russian Helicopters is planning to create the world's first fifth-generation combat helicopter which experts say would be able to attack fighter jets and be invisible for radars, Russian daily Gazeta said on Thursday.
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05/14/2010
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program has been recognized for its “cutting-edge design and technology” with an award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
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05/13/2010
Russian Ka-52 Alligator helicopters may be the best choice to arm Mistral helicopter carriers, which Russia plans to purchase from France, the chief of Russian helicopter holding said on Wednesday.
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05/13/2010
Local arms manufacturing in the Middle East and North Africa region is set to grow. Robert Bailey outlines some of the projects and collaborations that are underway.
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05/13/2010
A Canadian company says it has become the first Western firm to build fixed-wing aircraft for the military in communist Vietnam, which is seeking to upgrade its maritime defences.
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05/13/2010
NORDAM Group has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to produce engine pylons and engine cowl doors for two Air Force E-8C Joint STARS surveillance aircraft, the Tulsa-based company announced Wednesday.
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05/13/2010
Exhibition space for this year's Farnborough International Airshow has sold out, but organizers acknowledged Wednesday that they are unlikely to see a repeat of 2008's bumper orders for commercial aircraft.
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05/13/2010
AeroVironment, Inc. announced it received an order valued at $11,198,967 under an existing contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises 63 new digital Raven® small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), services supporting the Army’s evaluation of the small UAS Family of Systems concept and additional engineering services.
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05/13/2010
The United Arab Emirates and France are considering teaming up in developing a more capable new generation of Dassault Rafale combat aircraft.
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05/12/2010
After years of political pressure from Texas politicians, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar said Monday that he expects the federal government to deliver unmanned aircraft to watch over the border with Mexico by this fall.
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05/12/2010
Reports from Washington and European capitals speak of growing understanding about problems faced by Pakistan because of its strategic and crucial role in the war against extremism and terrorism.
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05/12/2010
Iran's military warned off a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft trying to approach Iranian naval manoeuvres, the semi-official Fars News Agency said on Tuesday.
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05/12/2010
This century has witnessed China's emergence as the main challenger to the superpower status of the United States. In a dramatic fashion, China is beginning to establish its foothold in the highly strategic, energy-rich region of the Middle East by forging strong ties with regional powers and gradually challenging the U.S.-Israeli regional dominance.
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05/12/2010
On April 13, in the port city of Tianjin about 130- KM away from Beijing, China showed off its 4th Generation J-10 aircraft to military attaches of about 50 countries it could possibly export to.
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05/12/2010
A report issued May 11 by the Washington-based US-Taiwan Business Council highlights the need to improve Taiwan's air defense capabilities in response to a growing threat by China.
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05/12/2010
Lockheed Martin completed deliveries of the four C 130Js ordered by the Royal Norwegian Air Force at a ceremony here today with U.S. and Norwegian officials.
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05/11/2010
India intends to integrate a variant of its Nirbhay long-range cruise missile on the Suhkoi Su-30MKI Flanker strike aircraft, following the weapon’s initial development in the ground-launch configuration.
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05/11/2010
Airbus Military successfully conducted the first torpedo launch from one of its C295 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA). This represents an important milestone in the development of the antisubmarine version of the C295 MPA.
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05/11/2010
A senior Army commander said Monday that Iran Air Force tested a series of new air-to-surface missiles on the sixth day of the army's war games in the Strait of Hormuz and northern Indian Ocean, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
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05/11/2010
The West Virginia Air National Guard will keep all eight of its C-130 military transport planes, members of the state's congressional delegation announced Monday.
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05/11/2010
The skies over the Malaysian peninsula have been alive with action as the Royal Australian Air Force takes part in Exercise Bersama Shield 2010.
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05/11/2010
The US Air Force's selection of the Northrop Grumman/EADS North America team's Airbus A330-200-based KC-45 in 2008 was one of the most remarkable decisions made within the last several years.
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05/11/2010
From the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) National Aerospace Laboratory, this had developed the ultra light material for the Light Combat Aircraft. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of reinforced polymer composites in India, plans to pump in $300 400 million over the period of next four to five years for company’s new initiatives.
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05/11/2010
Despite holding the position as one of the world’s biggest economies, China seems unwilling to shed its reputation for producing cheap replicas.
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05/11/2010
The Boeing Company today unveiled the fighter-sized Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system, a test bed for advanced technologies.
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05/10/2010
Eight pilots of the Pakistan Air Force have completed flying training on Block 52 F-16C/D model aircraft at the international F-16 training unit at Tucson, Arizona.
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05/10/2010
During his first term, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was a severe disappointment for those who had hoped to witness a paradigm shift in India's governance.
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05/10/2010
Governments with foreign military bases tend to shy away from publicity about their colonial outposts, and recent events in the post-Soviet space shine an unwelcome spotlight on US and Russian military establishments.
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05/10/2010
Russian Su-25 Frogfoot military jets 'painted' a tricolor Russian national flag flying over Red Square during a military parade to mark the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.
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05/08/2010
Discussions between France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a prospective next-generation Rafale strike fighter are taking longer than expected but Paris hopes an agreement can be reached on a "common core" aircraft by the end of the year, a French official said May 3.
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05/08/2010
The Air Force may file a case with the international commercial arbitration court to seek the return of kickbacks that were allegedly paid during the procurement of French Mirage 2000 jet fighters in 1992.
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05/08/2010
According to the official reports, negotiations between France and the United Arab Emirates on Dassault Aviation's Rafale fighter jet are taking longer than expected but Paris hopes to strike an agreement by the end of this year.
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05/08/2010
The Air Force’s top uniformed leader is adamant the service will not fly light attack and light mobility planes in missions over Iraq and Afghanistan.
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05/08/2010
The Springfield Air National Guard Base will now be home to two long-term missions: a National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) mission, as well as a new MQ-1 mission.
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05/08/2010
Prince Harry's hopes of returning to frontline action in Afghanistan were given a major boost today when it was announced that he had passed his Army pilot's course.
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05/08/2010
India's defence minister cautioned the United States on Friday against military supplies to rival Pakistan, saying the hardware could be diverted to target India.
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05/08/2010
Everyone is very glad that U.S. officials caught Times Square would-be terrorist Faisal Shahzad with moments to spare. Authorities say they tracked him by his pre-paid cell phone, but they won't specify how.
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05/07/2010
The large-scale contract for the purchase of new fighter jets for the Bulgarian Air Force will be concluded in 2012 at the earliest, Defense Minister Anyu Angelov announced.
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05/07/2010
The official helicopter of the US President - known by the callsign "Marine One" when he is aboard, just as his jet is "Air Force One" - may in future be a V-22 "Osprey" tiltrotor rather than a normal whirlybird, according to reports.
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05/07/2010
Boeing is set to offer the Pentagon another multiyear deal for the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft used in Iraq and Afghanistan by the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force in Iraq and Afghanistan, company officials said.
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05/07/2010
On Friday, 30th April, the Chilean Navy received the first of three C295 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) that they ordered from Airbus Military in October 2007. The contract also includes five additional options.
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05/07/2010
Iran announced new naval war games on Tuesday and revealed that one of its military aircraft had photographed a U.S. aircraft carrier, a day after Washington said Tehran was challenging its sea power in the Middle East.
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05/07/2010
The U.S. Air Force's top civilian warned his aerospace suppliers to expect an increased Pentagon focus on affordability amid mounting international competition.
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05/07/2010
Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony says the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is working to expedite its numerous delayed programs.
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05/06/2010
Canadian firm Viking Air of Sidney, BC achieved a double-breakthrough with its recent sale to Vietnam. Its modern DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 variant of the legendary global bush plane will become the Vietnamese military’s first western aircraft, and the Vietnamese Navy’s first fixed-wing aircraft.
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05/06/2010
As a vital partner for U.S. forces in Southwest Asia, Pakistan’s air force will soon upgrade its 30-year-old fleet of F-16 Fighting Falcons, and the pilots charged with flying more capable fighters are ready to handle the new technology after almost a year of training with the Arizona Air National Guard.
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05/06/2010
Once, Detroit's carmakers wanted to be the nation's aircraft kings. For a short time during World War II, they were. Then things fell apart
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05/06/2010
U.S. company LaserMotive announced it has plans for a laser-based solution providing unmanned aircraft used by military and governments with continuous power.
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05/06/2010
Negotiations between France and the United Arab Emirates on Dassault Aviation's Rafale fighter jet are taking longer than expected but Paris hopes to strike an agreement by the end of this year.
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05/06/2010
The U.S. military is pleased with the performance of the V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft in Iraq and Afghanistan, but is still working hard to improve its readiness, the Pentagon's program manager said on Tuesday.
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05/06/2010
The Czech-British military exercise Flying Rhino 2010 started at the Namest nad Oslavou base at 8:30 Monday when the first Tornado combat aircraft took off, exercise spokeswoman Sabina Introvicova told CTK.
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05/06/2010
Russia's fifth-generation fighter aircraft PAK FA has undergone a fresh round of flight test near here last week.
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05/06/2010
A rehearsal for the May 9 Victory Day parade started in Moscow on Tuesday booming with the powerful roar of military aircraft engines.
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05/06/2010
The Boeing Company today announced that the Commonwealth of Australia has accepted the first two Project Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft into the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fleet.
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05/04/2010
Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford says it signed a deal to modify Saudi Arabia's fleet of Black Hawk military helicopters.
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05/04/2010
Recent activity in Russia by Chinese aircraft-engine-industry employees and intelligence officers highlights Beijing's continuing dependence on Russian jet-engine technology.
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05/04/2010
The Israeli Defense Ministry selected Elbit Systems to deliver its unmanned aircraft system variants to strengthen the Israeli military's UAS fleet.
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05/04/2010
The Iraqi government is negotiating to buy up to 24 Hawk jet trainer aircraft from BAE Systems in a deal worth as much as $1.6 billion, officials said, officials said.
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05/04/2010
U.S. war fighters will be able to keep tabs on their enemies for longer periods of time, communicate more easily with their commanders, and deliver more cargo to more remote locations using the new Fire-X medium-range vertical unmanned aerial system (VUAS) unveiled today by Northrop Grumman Corporation and Bell Helicopter, a Textron Company.
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05/04/2010
India has proved once again that it cannot push the pedal too hard for speedy procurement of a major weapon system. It has been forced to notify vendors seeking the coveted 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) award that they will need to rebid, prompting a schedule delay that might drive up costs.
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05/04/2010
Military contingents conducting the QRA Baltic Air-policing mission will change during a ceremony at the LAF Siauliai Air Base: Polish Air Contingent with four MiG-29 will replace French soldiers.
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05/03/2010
Britain could put its economic recovery and thousands of jobs in jeopardy if it decides not to buy further Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes, the chief executive of the four-nation consortium said.
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05/03/2010
Russia’s two engine manufacturers are to collaborate on the next stage of engine development for the Sukhoi T-50 fifth-generation fighter after years of going head-to-head as rivals.
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05/03/2010
Armed US drones have been deployed to target one of the world's most wanted Islamist terrorists following reports that he was involved in last week's failed suicide bomb attack against Britain's ambassador to Yemen.
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05/03/2010
The airspace along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border is pretty crowded these days: Along with U.S., Afghan and Pakistani military missions, the CIA is running its own covert drone ops. Less well known, but perhaps equally controversial, is the State Department’s counter-narcotics air force, staffed by mercenaries.
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05/03/2010
Almost three quarters of the Army's fleet of Apache attack helicopters are not available for front line operations, government figures have shown.
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05/03/2010
For Rick Whittle, writing about the tilt-prop V-22 Osprey troop and cargo carrier seemed "akin to covering the debate over abortion," given the ferocious opposing opinions. Nevertheless, Whittle - a 30-year Pentagon correspondent for The Dallas Morning News - has written the definitive biography of this embattled bird's troubled development and initial deployment.
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05/02/2010
The United Arab Emirates and France are discussing a proposed joint effort to develop a more capable, new-generation Dassault Rafale strike fighter, sources in the Arabian Gulf and Europe said.
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05/02/2010
The United States appears to have realised the importance of strengthening Pakistan’s conventional defence while also enhancing its capability to fight extremists.
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05/02/2010
I'm in the heat of a war right now that we've been fighting for years. But it's not Iraq or Afghanistan.
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05/02/2010
Hoping to bridge the gap between SUVs and helicopters, the military's advanced research projects agency is seeking proposals for flying cars.
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05/02/2010
Learning to fly is hard, learning to fly a military aircraft is even harder.
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05/02/2010
Canceling the F-22 could leave us more vulnerable in the air.
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05/02/2010
India's government is to phase out its oldest MiG-series aircraft, following a spate of crashes.
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05/01/2010
The U.S. military has sent so many of its 6,500 UAVs to the Middle East that other operating theaters are going without, says Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Glenn Walters, deputy director for resources and acquisition for the Pentagon’s Joint Staff.
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05/01/2010
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has authorized two Air Force Reserve C-130H aircraft to support the response to a massive oil slick that threatens wetlands and beaches along the Gulf Coast, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell confirmed today.
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05/01/2010
The Pentagon says the impending sale of F-16 fighter aircraft to Pakistan is a sign of burgeoning relationship between the two countries, that has clearly been evolving week by week.
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05/01/2010
The U.S. Navy and Boeing remain locked in intense discussions over the firm's proffered multiyear deal to buy 124 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and 24 E/A-18G Growlers, Navy officials said.
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05/01/2010
The U.S. Air Force has decided that its looming fighter shortage, caused by delays in the F-35 program, and the aging of its F-16 and F-15 fleet, is not as bad as they believed. Two years ago, before the F-35 development got delayed even more, the air force predicted being short 800 fighters in the next decade or so. But now the shortage is believed to be no more than 185 (in 2024), and this could be avoided if production of F-35s was speeded up.
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04/30/2010
Military officials on Tuesday acknowledged a helicopter shortfall plaguing Special Operations Forces, but said the Defense Department has a long-term plan to fill gaps in the in-demand force's aviation inventory.
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04/30/2010
The Defense Department is reassessing its view of unmanned aerial vehicles – a key component of modern combat operations – and deciding what the military needs from UAVs beyond their traditional use as a platform to gather intelligence and fire weapons.
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04/30/2010
The United States will hand over two upgraded P-3C Orion reconnaissance aircraft to Pakistan on Friday to help boost maritime security capability of the key member of the multinational task force.
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04/30/2010
Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell today credited the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower for its disciplined response last week when an Iranian military aircraft flew within 1,000 yards of it in the Gulf of Oman.
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04/30/2010
Military and civilian officials from Ukraine are observing airmen from the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserves training for use of the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System at the South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center in Greenville, S.C., this week.
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04/30/2010
Two Block 40 F-16 Fighting Falcons set out from Hill Air Force Base on April 27 for a new home. They were reassigned to the South Dakota Air National Guard at Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls.
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04/30/2010
The scheduled arrival of 50 additional U.S. military personnel to Pakistan in June, accompanying four new F-16 fighter jets, will increase the official number of American boots on the ground there by 25 percent. It is enough to make the Pakistani government shudder with trepidation.
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04/30/2010
A senior Iranian Air Force officer does not rule out reports that an Iranian fighter jet might have flown over a US aircraft carrier last week in the Arabian Sea.
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04/29/2010
The Iraqi Government is in talks to buy 24 Hawk trainer jets for up to £1 billion in a deal that would be the country’s first large arms purchase from the UK for more than 20 years.
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04/29/2010
While Iran’s nuclear program remains the subject of intense media speculation, the nonlinear actions of the Islamic regime continue to occupy Western and Israeli intelligence officials not yet completely swept up by the gathering atomic storm.
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04/29/2010
Despite the ongoing acquisition of new F-16s to strengthen its fighter force, Morocco is pressing on with ambitious upgrades to its legacy types, which will remain in service for many years, augmenting the new aircraft.
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04/29/2010
The United States has six naval fleets and eleven aircraft carrier strike groups patrolling the world's oceans and seas. The U.S. Navy is as large as the world's next thirteen biggest navies combined [1].
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04/29/2010
Lockheed Martin has received a contract from the Boeing Company to continue developing system requirements for the U.S. Air Force’s F-15C IRST™ sensor system program. The IRST sensor system augments the aircrews’ critical ability to track and engage targets in dense threat environments.
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04/29/2010
An Iranian maritime patrol aircraft buzzed the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower at sea in the Middle East last week, passing within 1,000 yards of the ship, but American defense officials sought to downplay the encounter as relatively common.
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04/28/2010
General Electric Co. and Rolls-Royce today announced that they have offered to the Pentagon a fixed price offer on their F136 engine for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
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04/28/2010
The GTX-35 appears to be on the verge of cancellation, and might be replaced by another engine on the Tejas fighter (Light Combat Aircraft). After a development program lasting over 20 years without producing a successful engine, the GTX-35 may, instead of powering an aircraft, find itself supplying power on Indian Navy vessels.
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04/28/2010
Finmeccanica and EADS (DS) have agreed on a joint proposal to offer the M-346 for Advanced European Jet Pilot Training
(AEJPT) programme.
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04/28/2010
The U.S. Air Force will retire more than 250 aircraft and fighter jets in the next several months.
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04/28/2010
Algeria has launched a major military campaign against al-Qaida and its fellow travelers and Morocco says it rounded up a terrorist cell amid a campaign by North African states aimed at crushing the jihadists.
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04/27/2010
The U.S. Air Force has begun re-evaluating and expanding the missions its MQ-X next generation tactical UAV will be required to perform to go beyond battlefield strike and ISR, service officials announced.
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04/27/2010
Despite lengthy and ongoing negotiations between France and the UAE for the latter to update its air force with 60 Rafale fighter jets, there is no frustration at the reported delays, a key executive at French defence and civil technology giant Thales has said.
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04/27/2010
It was a big week for experimental military aircraft, with the Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane and the Navy’s biofuel-powered “Green Hornet” both achieving successful test flights. But the most ambitious—the HTV-2 hypersonic glider under development by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)—lost contact with its operators during its run.
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04/27/2010
Pentagon officials judge Iran’s Army Day parade to be part posturing and part concept demonstration. But they also contend that Tehran is making progress in its weapon programs that have armed the country with a force of 1,000 ballistic missiles with ranges of 90-1,200 mi.
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04/27/2010
Chile and Argentina will pool resources to form a joint military force for rapid response to humanitarian crises and peacekeeping missions in Latin America.
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04/27/2010
A new-generation combat Gripen fighter aircraft flew over Moses Mabhida Stadium at the weekend, just as it will do during World Cup matches.
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04/27/2010
Six F-16 Fighting Falcons will depart Spangdahlem Air Base April 27, the first step for the 52nd Fighter Wing in the Combat Air Forces Restructuring plan.
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04/27/2010
Israel will impose a temporary freeze on the sale of advanced weapons systems to Turkey, once a key ally, because of blistering criticism of the Jewish state by Turkey's Islamist Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Jane's Defense Weekly reports.
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04/27/2010
Iceland’s volcano Eyjafjallajokull recently created air travel chaos across Europe. Millions were affected and financial losses mounted during a time of global recession. This was a subtle reminder of the potential for bedlam in the event of a very different matter, namely conflict with Iran over its nuclear program.
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04/27/2010
Alenia Aermacchi (AAEM), a Finmeccanica company, and EADS Defence and Security (DS) submitted a joint response to the Request For Information (RFI) issued by the European Defence Agency (EDA) on 15 July 2009 about the Advanced European Jet Pilot Training (AEJPT) programme.
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04/27/2010
India will miss a deadline tomorrow to complete the world’s biggest fighter-jet purchase in 15 years, risking a possible $1 billion price increase as Boeing Co. and five rival manufacturers resubmit bids.
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04/27/2010
Australia on Monday said warships, combat aircraft and soldiers were engaged in a major military exercise with Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and Britain designed to strengthen regional security.
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04/26/2010
The U.S. Congress has been formally notified of the upcoming sale of advanced Boeing C-17 transport aircraft to India, the American Embassy in New Delhi said in a news release on Monday.
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04/26/2010
Russian military helicopters dropped ten bombs in Siberia in their annual offensive against ice-choked rivers, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said on Monday.
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04/26/2010
CN-235, a product of Indonesia`s strategic airplane industry PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI), will be displayed at Expo Indonesia 2010 in Bangladesh on May 11 to 13, 2010.
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04/26/2010
Come October and the skies over Jangalmahal will resonate with the sound of powerful jet engines. Pilots of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Eurofighter Typhoons will match their skills against the IAF’s flying aces in Indradhanush 2010, the third in a series of joint air exercises between India and the UK.
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04/26/2010
The Indian Air Force will arm 40 Su-30MKI Flanker-H fighters with BrahMos missiles, the head of BrahMos Aerospace, Dr Sivathanu Pillai has said.
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04/26/2010
As U.S. troops prepare for a complete pullout by the end of 2011, there is one domain where Iraq will not be able to claim full control anytime soon — its skies.
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04/26/2010
The Army is collaborating with an aircraft maker to develop a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that can fly without a pilot.
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04/26/2010
Ukrainian cooperation with Russia will help to boost Ukrainian aviation industry, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
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04/26/2010
Conflicts are won by those with the most advanced technology. That superior science — to our good fortune — these days is possessed by the United States. So advanced are we that many of today’s toughest challenges are answered not by boots on the ground as occurred for America’s first two centuries, but by mouse-manipulating, keyboard-clicking geeks who stare at computer monitors.
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04/26/2010
Call it a reusable space vehicle. Call it a space plane. But whatever you do, just don’t call it a space weapon.
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04/26/2010
Raytheon’s new contract with the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the U.S. Global Positioning System may be worth twice as much as originally thought due to demand for military and commercial use.
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04/25/2010
Iran has overhauled and modernized its warplanes, including the "sophisticated" F-14 Tomcat fighter jets, an Iranian military official said on Tuesday.
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04/24/2010
Perhaps highlighting the unprecedented breakdown in relations between Israel and the United States, Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff evaded responding to a question if the United States would shoot down an IAF fighter jet heading to Iran to attack that country’s nuclear facilities.
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04/24/2010
Pond scum, grass clippings and old T-shirts may not seem to be terribly appetizing topics, but they are providing food for thought as alternative energy sources that can power today’s United States military aircraft and support broader military strategy aimed at fuel independence.
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04/24/2010
Russia's Irkut Corp has pledged an investment of US$5 billion (RM16.5 billion) to establish a full-fledged and diversified original equipment manufacturing (OEM) facility in Sungkai, Perak, soon.
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04/24/2010
The creation of the Boomerang combat aircraft was a remarkable chapter in our aviation history.
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04/24/2010
NEW DELHI: India will introduce an advanced fighter jet it is building with Russia in 2018, a move that will bring sophistication to its air power but could also spark unease among neighbours China and Pakistan.
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04/24/2010
Light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas took a significant step towards induction into the Indian Air Force on Friday afternoon.
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04/24/2010
Boeing today announced the successful launch of the Boeing-built Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), also known as the X-37B, for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office.
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04/23/2010
Oshkosh Airport Products, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, today unveiled the new Striker® Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicle at the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) in Indianapolis. Wrapped in a sleek and aero fiberglass body, the new Striker features a wide range of industry leading innovations.
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04/23/2010
China is in the midst of an ambitious bid to modernize its military by the middle of this century. A key part of this effort is to downsize its army -- the world's largest -- while beefing up its air force and navy. This will enable China to project military force farther beyond its borders.
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04/23/2010
More than 125 Russian dual-purpose and combat aircraft will take part in the military fly-past during the May 9 Victory Day celebrations in central Moscow, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Vladimir Drik told Interfax on Thursday.
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04/23/2010
An F-35A fighter became the seventh F-35 Lightning II aircraft to begin test flight here to validate its weapons suite.
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04/23/2010
Britain has temporarily suspended military flight training on Eurofighter Typhoon jets after inspectors found deposits of ash in an engine of a fleet plane, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday.
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04/23/2010
An Iraqi Air Force C-130 Hercules touches down at a base west of Baghdad as Iraqi pilots and their American instructors watch from the runway - a graceful landing for the bulky four-turboprop airlifter, one of several now owned by Iraq.
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04/23/2010
Boeing on April 19 conducted the first flight of F-15K41, the first of 21 F-15K Slam Eagles the company is producing under the Next Fighter II contract for the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF).
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04/23/2010
U.S. Coast Guard officials continue to investigate a helicopter crash on southern Lake Huron during a nighttime training exercise Tuesday.
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04/22/2010
Greek fighter jets intercepted Turkish jets training in international air space over the Aegean Sea three times Tuesday, said the Turkish General Staff on its website on Wednesday.
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04/22/2010
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is expected to begin air, land and sea exercises in the Persian Gulf, perhaps as soon as Thursday, according to Iran's IRIB news agency.
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04/22/2010
Camber Corporation announced today that the T-1A aircraft with the modification to support CSO training had its first flight today, April 21, 2010.
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04/22/2010
Believe it or not, but today you can choose all the excitement in the community provided you come with enough money to spend.
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04/22/2010
Israel's defense community is divided on the importance of securing U.S. backing for an independent Israeli military strike on Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported today (see GSN, April 20).
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04/22/2010
When an Icelandic volcano erupted last week, it didn't just wreak havoc with commercial flights. It grounded American jet fighters and some of the most advanced air forces in the world.
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04/22/2010
Boeing [NYSE: BA] is supporting the U.S. Navy's biofuel-powered flight, scheduled to take place on Earth Day, April 22.
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04/21/2010
An Iranian Air Force commander announced here on Tuesday that the country overhauls and optimizes different types of military aircraft, mentioning that Air Force has even installed Iran-made radar systems on the sophisticated F14 fighter jets.
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04/21/2010
The Pentagon’s long-running effort to buy aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force took another twist on Tuesday when a European company decided that instead of walking away, it would compete with Boeing for a contract worth at least $35 billion.
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04/21/2010
While Washington and Moscow are cooperating to a degree, Russia is leveraging the new relationship to accelerate its dangerous resurgence at America’s expense.
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04/21/2010
Flight-test activities on a new package of modifications for the Eurofighter Typhoon have got under way in the UK, with the work to lead to new operational capabilities from next year.
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04/21/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he was satisfied with the tests of a Russian fifth-generation fighter jet.
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04/21/2010
The Boeing Company and partners Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Cobham Mission Systems today announced that they have delivered a C-130H aerial refueling tanker to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).
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04/20/2010
BAE Systems is in discussions with India's government to supply up to 60 additional Hawk trainer jets to the country's military.
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04/20/2010
A Pilatus PC-21 aircraft, HB-HZD, has just arrived back in Switzerland after completing an extremely successful demonstration tour through the Middle East, Asia and Australia from November 2009 to April 2010. The tour included a lap of Australia from 11th February to 16th March.
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04/20/2010
Schiebel, the Austrian defence company, is seeking more contracts in the Middle East for its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) after nearing the end of deliveries on its 60-aircraft deal with the UAE Armed Forces.
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04/20/2010
Sarnia's mayor wants the U.S. military to cool its jets when it comes to flying patrols over the border city.
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04/20/2010
Former Marine One rivals, Sikorsky Aircraft and Lockheed Martin, have teamed up to go after the high-profile contract to provide the President's next helicopter.
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04/20/2010
The United States has assured India that it is keeping a close watch on the weapons supplied to Pakistan and, will investigate if there is any 'misuse' of the weapons tramsferred to Islambad.
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04/20/2010
A large-scale international exhibition of arms and military equipment, Defence Services Asia (DSA)-2010, opened on Monday in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, bringing together arms producers and suppliers from all over the world.
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04/20/2010
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] rolled out the first of a new fleet of HC-130J combat rescue tankers for the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC) during a ceremony here today. Maj. Gen. Thomas K. Andersen, director of requirements, Headquarters ACC, spoke at the ceremony.
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04/19/2010
American warplanes are being equipped with electronic tags, so that aerial tankers can automatically note who got what when they are refueled in flight. These records used to be updated manually, which led to errors, and a distraction for the boom operator who was handling the refueling operation.
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04/19/2010
It was a remark by a winter visitor that got my attention. Asked what impressed her most about Tucson, she admitted that it was not the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, not the desert landscape and not our wonderful weather.
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04/19/2010
Predator, the unmanned aircraft built by Poway-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., passed a significant milestone early this month, reaching a fleet total of 1 million flight hours.
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04/19/2010
A senior Western diplomat says several NATO F-16 fighters suffered engine damage after flying through the volcanic ash cloud covering large parts of Europe.
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04/19/2010
There is no need for any more fighter pilots so current trainees have had their training programmes halted.
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04/19/2010
By September, operations at the Royal Malaysian Air Force base here are expected to be an all-Malaysian affair.
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04/19/2010
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is gradually phasing out its older MiG-21 combat jets, many of which have been lost in crashes, parliament was informed Monday.
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04/18/2010
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has offered its X2 TechnologyTM Light Tactical Helicopter concept for the U.S. Army’s Armed Aerial Scout Program, the company announced today from the AAAA Annual Convention. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.
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04/18/2010
The Brazilian Air Force has received the first three Mi-35M transport and combat helicopters.
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04/18/2010
The government will be signing contracts worth more than RM10.4 billion with local and foreign companies at the Defence Services Asia 2010 (DSA) exhibition and conference which begins tomorrow.
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04/17/2010
The Pentagon is conducting basic cyberwarfare courses for lawmakers as they struggle with the confirmation of Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander as the first chief of U.S. Cyber Command.
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04/17/2010
Stoking its rivalry with the Air Force, the Army plots a way forward for its fleet of unmanned airplanes - predicting a wider range of missions, the rise of remotely piloted helicopters and the arrival of swarms of indoor-flying mini-drones.
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04/17/2010
Russia's aircraft manufacturer MiG is on the way to recovery from the financial crisis, a Russian defence expert said. The company, once the flagship of Russia's fighter plane industry, was on the brink of bankruptcy in 2008 after orders declined due to quality problems.
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04/17/2010
For the first time in three decades, the US and Brazil have a military agreement. Brazil is shopping for 36 new fighter jets, and the US is trying to counter growing Russian and Iranian influence in Latin America.
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04/17/2010
In a development that eases tension over the future of the U.S. military base in Kyrgyzstan, the interim government of the Central Asian country has said the agreement over Manas air force base will extend for another year.
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04/17/2010
The end of the Cold War proved a blessing for Europe, and nowhere did this hold truer than in the continent’s northernmost “Nordic” countries. In 1991 these nations - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - witnessed the demise of their principal strategic threat, the Soviet Union.
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04/17/2010
Russia is increasingly flexing its military muscles by penetrating Western airspace.
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04/17/2010
American Eurocopter of Grand Prairie, anticipating a new Army program, is building one of three armed scout prototypes to demonstrate it can transform a civilian helicopter into a combat aircraft.
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04/17/2010
Finnish fighter jets which flew through the volcanic dust covering much of Europe suffered damage and the air force warned Friday the cloud could have a significant impact on planes.
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04/16/2010
The effectiveness of a countermeasure system for the U.S. Army Chinook helicopter to defeat guided missiles was proven in battle, BAE Systems said.
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04/16/2010
Engines screaming, China’s most advanced fighter jets took off, soared into a vertical climb, spun into rolls and veered off into a clear blue sky leaving a trail of smoke and the acrid smell of aviation fuel in its wake. The 24th Fighter Division of the Chinese Air Force yesterday showed off a formation of its J10 — or Annihilator 10 — to a select group of international military attachés for the first time.
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04/16/2010
Airbus parent EADS is working fast to seal a teaming agreement with another U.S. company after L-3 Communications Holdings Inc backed away from joining its bid for a U.S. refueling plane deal that could be worth $50 billion, sources familiar with the situation said.
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04/16/2010
All routine military air training in UK airspace has been suspended as a plume of volcanic ash drifts across much of northern Europe.
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04/16/2010
The skies over the Utah desert are becoming the test site for a new fleet of hulking high-tech dirigibles the U.S. military is hoping will provide battlefield commanders a bird's-eye view of cruise missiles and other threats.
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04/16/2010
Refused permission to fly in Turkish airspace, the Israel Air Force has its eyes on Europe and Asia as it searches for new training grounds for its fighter jets with an emphasis on long-range missions.
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04/16/2010
The overall developmental cost of Tejas Light Combat Aircraft has quietly zoomed past the Rs 13,000-crore mark, with the government sanctioning the extension of the fighter's "full-scale engineering development'' (FSED) till December 31, 2018.
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04/16/2010
The Boeing Company and the U.S. Air Force's Electronic Systems Center are demonstrating network-centric capabilities aboard a U.S. Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) test aircraft during the Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment (JEFX) at Nellis Air Force Base. The event began April 12 and is scheduled to conclude on April 22.
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04/15/2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation has helped the U.S. Air Force improve the mission availability of its fleet of B-2 stealth bombers by successfully completing the system development and demonstration (SDD) phase of the B-2 Radar Modernization Program (RMP).
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04/15/2010
The Swedish company Saab has offered Bulgaria Gripen fighter jets at the price of second-hand US F-16 planes.
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04/15/2010
GE Intelligent Platforms today announced that it had completed delivery of a $6.5 million order from Boeing (Long Beach, CA).
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04/15/2010
A defense agreement signed today by Brazil and the U.S. may make it easier for the countries to buy military planes from each other, officials said.
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04/15/2010
A senior Iranian military official warned that Tehran's newly produced unmanned aerial vehicles were capable of both striking hostile targets and gathering intelligence.
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04/15/2010
London could yet order at least a handful of Tranche 3B Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, if a deal to sell the aircraft to Oman is in place by early 2011.
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04/15/2010
Iraq was said to have relayed a formal request for the F-16 multi-role fighter from the United States.
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04/15/2010
The SU-30MKI multi-role fighter is a two-seat highly-manoeuvrable aircraft designed for air-superiority and for strikes on ground and naval targets. These aircraft have significantly enhanced the combat capabilities of the Indian Air Force.
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04/14/2010
Malaysia's air force suffers from too many aircraft types and aircraft that fail to keep up with recent purchases by its neighbours.
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04/14/2010
The Colombian government plans to expand its military aircraft fleet with the purchase of nine Black Hawk helicopters from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Stratford, Reuters reports.
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04/14/2010
A Canadian Forces Cormorant helicopter caused quite a stir in a rural Cape Breton community where it made a precautionary landing early Tuesday morning.
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04/14/2010
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates expressed confidence today that political upheaval in Kyrgyzstan won’t cause the United States to lose use of an air base that’s critical to supplying operations in Afghanistan.
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04/14/2010
The RAAF is reviewing proposed Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) use of the Salt Ash air bombing range north of Newcastle in NSW after complaints that it will be too noisy.
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04/14/2010
China gave a rare public showing of an air base to military attaches and foreign reporters on Tuesday, as it seeks to modernise its own forces and build export markets.
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04/13/2010
India is holding unpublicized talks with Israel to purchase three more Phalcon Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS) at the cost of more than US$1.5 billion.
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04/13/2010
Fourteen years after being plucked from bankruptcy by Dutch conglomerate Stork, one of the most famous names in European aircraft manufacturing has its old brand back.
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04/13/2010
The Netherlands started its military involvement in the Afghanistan region in 2002, but its long-running commitment looks set to end late this year, following a political crisis.
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04/13/2010
The cost of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 fighter, the most expensive U.S. weapons program, may rise as much as $51 billion beyond the $328 billion estimate given to Congress April 1, according to a worse-case Pentagon scenario.
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04/13/2010
Stoking additional controversy, a bloc of Islamist lawmakers warned that they would question Kuwait's prime minister or defense minister if the country went ahead with plans to purchase French-made Rafale warplanes.
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04/13/2010
Boeing today announced that, as part of the Raytheon team awarded the space-based Global Positioning System (GPS) advanced control segment program (OCX), it will develop portions of the U.S. Air Force's new ground control segment. GPS OCX will provide more secure, accurate, and precise navigation around the world for military, humanitarian and commercial applications.
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04/13/2010
Boeing representatives joined the U.S. Air Force and Florida Air National Guard (ANG) in Jacksonville today to roll out the first operational ANG F-15C equipped with an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. Boeing is under contract to upgrade 14 ANG and 10 Air Force F-15C/D aircraft with AESA.
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04/12/2010
A small Fort Worth startup, composed largely of former Bell engineers and managers, has proposed what it says is a low-cost way for the Army to upgrade its fleet of scout helicopters while significantly improving performance, safety and combat capability of the aircraft.
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04/12/2010
Following an extensive test programme - Sinterflo F Metal Filters from Porvair Filtration Group have been selected by the US Army Aviation Engineering Directorate Propulsion Hydraulic Team (AED) at Fort Rucker Alabama for installation across their fleet of AH-64 (Apache) and UH-60 (Blackhawk) helicopters.
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04/12/2010
Kazakhstan has decided to open its airspace to U.S. military aircraft ferrying supplies to American troops serving in Afghanistan, it was decided on Sunday at a meeting between President Barack Obama and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Washington.
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04/12/2010
The mayor of Ramstein-Miesenbach may get his wish for quieter skies this summer.
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04/12/2010
Machines are changing the face of battle: Robots and unmanned aircraft have made engaging a target much safer and far more efficient. But is there a danger in relying too much on technology?
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04/12/2010
A key US air base in Kyrgyzstan resumed normal operations Friday after an uprising ousted the government in the central Asian nation, a military spokesman said.
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04/12/2010
In a bid to strengthen their military ties, Ukraine has offered to jointly develop a medium weight transport aircraft with India.
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04/12/2010
US aircraft manufacturer Boeing will open an office this year in Doha that offer services for all its equipment to both civilian and military clients, it was reported on Sunday.
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04/12/2010
Against the backdrop of a clear blue sky, the jet zips around at supersonic speed while carrying an impressive load of up to eight air-to-air missiles. Armed with a cutting-edge radar system and an advanced integrated sensor suite, which allows the swift detection and accurate striking of targets, the jet has achieved a formidable combat record of 104 victories to zero losses.
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04/12/2010
Dawran Masoomy was once in line to be Afghanistan's first man in space. Nowadays, as a lieutenant general commanding his country's air force, he's happy just to see his vintage planes and middle-aged pilots get back off the ground.
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04/11/2010
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. delivered its first XC2 next-generation transport jet to the Air Self-Defense Force in a ceremony Tuesday at the firm's Gifu plant, two years behind schedule.
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04/11/2010
The airplane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski Saturday is deeply shocking — but, sadly, not a complete surprise. Poland has for years been calling the Soviet-era military aircraft used by Polish officials “flying coffins.”
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04/10/2010
Airbus Military on Friday announced that the second A400M military airlifter and air-to-air refuelling aircraft, designated MSN2 by the company, had made its maiden flight on Thursday afternoon. South African companies remain part of the A400M programme, even though the South African government cancelled this country’s order for eight of the aircraft late last year.
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04/10/2010
When infantry grunts are being hard-pressed by an enemy they can't reach -- maybe taking lethal mortar fire from the other side of a ridgeline -- there's almost no better feeling than seeing the United States Air Force show up.
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04/10/2010
Two military fighter jets came so close to a commercial flight over southern Ohio this week that they triggered a cockpit alarm in the commuter plane, whose pilots could see the F-16s nearby, authorities said Friday.
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04/10/2010
Oman has moved a step closer towards acquiring a fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft, according to the UK government.
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04/10/2010
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a £690 million (around US$ 1 billion) contract to aircraft maker Rolls Royce to upkeep the Royal Air Force's Tornado fleet of combat aircraft.
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04/10/2010
The US military has suspended troop flights out of its base in Kyrgyzstan and will instead transport forces to and from Afghanistan via Kuwait, military officials said Friday.
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04/10/2010
Two Russian Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers have carried out a routine patrol flight over the Pacific Ocean, the Defense Ministry said on Friday.
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04/10/2010
Lockheed Martin's F-35C Lightning II carrier variant ground-test article, CG-1, undergoes drop testing at Vought Aircraft in Dallas – one of 53 tests planned for CG-1 at Vought.
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04/09/2010
A US Air Force tilt-rotor aircraft crashed in southeastern Afghanistan, killing three service members and one government contractor, Nato said Friday.
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04/09/2010
Israel PM Menahem Begin established the Begin Doctrine: “On no account shall we permit an enemy to develop Weapons of Mass Destruction against the people of Israel.” It was applied in Irak in 1981 against Osirak facilities and once again against Syria in 2007 although Israel never admit it. But strategists and military are more divided on the case of Iran, despite aggressive speeches.
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04/09/2010
The British military continues to increase its use of industry for depth maintenance of fixed and rotary wing platforms, with Tornado GR4 strike aircraft and WAH-64 Apache attack helicopter projects reaching milestones April 7.
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04/09/2010
Textron Defense Systems, a division of Textron Systems Company, recently announced that the Republic of South Korea Air Force has selected its Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) for consolidation onto the Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50 light combat aircraft.
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04/09/2010
Airmen from the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing here welcomed one of the newest members of the Air Force's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance weapons systems to Kandahar Airfield March 29.
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04/09/2010
Pakistani JF-17 Thunders are already flying without the French parts. The new parts would have enhanced the capability of the aircraft. The PAF has learned its lessons from various US embargoes and now uses a plethora of equipment from various countries for the enhancements
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04/09/2010
Adding to acrimony over a lucrative defense deal, Brazilian prosecutors have agreed to probe a multibillion-dollar contest for the sale of advanced combat aircraft to the Latin American nation.
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04/09/2010
Lockheed Martin’s multi-purpose AGM 114R HELLFIRE II missile scored another success in its second proof-of-principle (POP) flight test, the first armed with a live warhead.
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04/08/2010
France will buy eight Casa CN-235 military transport aircraft from EADS NV at a cost of US$ 301 million.
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04/08/2010
As part of a newly unveiled Nuclear Posture Review, the Pentagon has made public plans to make its all-purpose stealth fighter capable of carrying nuclear weapons. But in the interim, it still has to cope with some massive (but not massively surprising) cost overruns on the aircraft, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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04/08/2010
In a special ceremony today, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) celebrated the delivery of the 600th Beechcraft T-6 – the world’s most proven military training aircraft.
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04/08/2010
The defense minister said Wednesday he favors the purchase of a French fighter jet for Brazil's revamped air force over aircraft from Sweden and the United States in the competition for an estimated $4.4 billion order.
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04/08/2010
The first mission systems-equipped Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter flew for the first time today, ushering in what will be the most powerful and comprehensive sensor package ever to fly in a fighter.
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04/07/2010
Hawker Beechcraft has demonstrated a more powerful version of its AT-6 turboprop, ahead of a US Air Force competition for a light attack and armed reconnaissance (LAAR) aircraft.
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04/07/2010
UGANDA has denied international media reports that it has signed a deal for the purchase of six fighter jets from a Russian company.
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04/07/2010
In the most recent reported incident, two Tu160 Blackjack bombers, capable of travelling at 2,220kmph and carrying up to almost 40,000kg of ordnance including either cruise or short-range nuclear missiles, infiltrated British airspace over Northern Scotland on March 10.
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04/07/2010
A group of prominent Indian Americans, led by noted physician Sudhir Parikh, are lobbying hard to block Washington's sale of F-16 combat aircraft to Pakistan, drawing support from a large Congressional caucus.
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04/07/2010
Pilot training for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is on track despite recent cost overruns and development delays, the Navy Times reported.
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04/07/2010
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Tuesday opened High Mark Exercise-2010 to assay its professional skills and capabilities and war preparations of the PAF in Jhang area of Thal.
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04/07/2010
Lockheed Martin and Aerojet, a GenCorp company and teammate on the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) program, achieved a technological breakthrough by successfully completing full temperature range testing and validation to support a single rocket motor solution for all JAGM fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms. The final completed tests were a series of cold temperature missile motor firings conducted in Camden, AR.
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04/07/2010
Boeing and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) on April 5 celebrated the arrival of the RSAF’s first five F-15SG aircraft at Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore, where the aircraft were formally inducted into the F-15SG squadron.
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04/06/2010
Oman is reported to be planning to buy up to 24 Eurofighter Typhoon strike jets worth an estimated $2.24 billion from Britain.
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04/06/2010
Though late to the irregular warfare game, after considerable cajoling from Defense Secretary Robert Gates and now with an air chief with a real interest in the subject, Gen. Norton Schwartz, the Air Force has begun, albeit slowly, embracing elements of the irregular warfare mission.
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04/06/2010
RESIDENTS living near Evans Head are already used to seeing pigs fly, and soon they’ll be able to see a rhino do the same.
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04/06/2010
The armies of India and Pakistan are mobilising for separate large-scale war games on either side of the international border this month to experiment with concepts they will employ in the event of a war with each other.
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04/06/2010
Russia could help Slovakia modernize its fleet of Soviet-made combat helicopters, a Russian presidential aide said on Tuesday.
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04/05/2010
As training jobs go, U.S. Colonel Bernard Mater's task of mentoring the fledgling Afghan air force is among the more daunting ones.
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04/05/2010
NEW DELHI: India’s concerns about increasing military aid to Pakistan might not bother the Obama administration but the Sarkozy government is apparently taking note.
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04/05/2010
Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport has signed two contracts worth $1.2 billion on the deliveries of 16 jet fighters to Algeria and another six fighters to Uganda, the Russian Vedomosti daily reported on Monday.
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04/05/2010
U.S. SOCOM (Special Operations Command) has adopted a U.S. Marine Corps idea to provide an "instant gunship" system, which enables weapons and sensors to be quickly rolled into a C-130 transport and hooked up. This takes a few hours, and turns the C-130 into a gunship (similar in capabilities existing AC-130 gunships).
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04/05/2010
An RAF pilot and an aviator from the Luftwaffe have flown together on a combat mission for the first time since Britain and Germany were bitter Second World War enemies.
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04/05/2010
In March, C-130s conducted about 20 short-takeoff-and-landing maneuvers each night at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center. STOL maneuvers require pilots to touch down inside a 500-foot landing zone and stop within 3,300 feet.
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04/05/2010
In Spanish, Ecuador means “equator”. Manta is a port town facing the Pacific Ocean in the west of the country. On the coast is a large Ecuadorian air force base. From 1999, the American military had been using the base as a Forward Operating Location (FOL).
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04/05/2010
South Africa's air force chief has delivered a damning verdict on the country's military aircraft, raising concerns about defence capabilities.
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04/05/2010
The Taiwan Air Force has been blasted for not reacting to a Russian military aircraft's incursion into Taiwan's airspace, a newspaper said Tuesday.
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04/05/2010
FARMERS in North and mid Wales were paid £700,000 last year in compensation by defence chiefs for damage to livestock caused by low-flying military aircraft.
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04/04/2010
The Brazilian air force has announced the provisional suspension of aerobatic shows by its Aerial Demonstrations Squadron after one of its planes crashed, killing the pilot.
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04/04/2010
Foreign buyers are itching for the opportunity to buy American-made pilotless reconnaissance aircraft, and the Department of Defense does not plan to get in the way, despite concerns that the military technology could fall into the wrong hands.
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04/04/2010
April 4, 2010: Last year, the U.S. Army received the first production models of its Sky Warrior MQ-1C UAVs. Two years ago, two of the prototypes were sent to Iraq for testing. That was a success, and four MQ-1Cs are now operating in Iraq, supplanting the smaller Shadow 200s.
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04/03/2010
Over a month after they were grounded, a major chunk of Indian Air Force's MiG-27 fighter aircraft fleet was still not flying as only the trainer version of the aircraft have been cleared for operations, Air Chief Marshal P V Naik said here.
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04/03/2010
The U.S.-made RQ-4 Global Hawk spy plane looks like an upside-down double-decker bus with wings, flies slowly, offers zero leg room — and is one of the most coveted pieces of military technology in the world.
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04/03/2010
Russia will continue deliveries of military equipment to Venezuela to help the Latin American country boost its national defense, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Saturday.
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04/03/2010
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Friday successfully validated its concept of fighter operations from motorways and highways when its two fighter aircraft landed on a motorway.
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04/03/2010
Sweden’s futuristic medium fighter, the Gripen NG, has been given a second chance in the $11 billion contest to select a Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has asked Gripen International, which last month failed to send the Gripen NG fighter for trials in India on the dates allotted by the IAF, to send the fighter for trials in the middle of May.
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04/03/2010
Developing countries have embarked on a dangerous "arms race" with huge sums ploughed into combat aircraft in unstable parts of the world in the past five years, a top defence think-tank has said.
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04/03/2010
The government of Oman wants to buy a number of fighter jets from the UK, according to Downing Street.
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04/03/2010
France's plan to sell 1.2 billion euro ($1.6 billion) worth of military equipment for Pakistan's JF-17 combat aircraft has been held up, a source at President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said on Friday.
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04/02/2010
Alenia Aermacchi was selected to deliver 48 M-346 aircraft for the UAE Air Force last year, but a contract has yet to be signed.
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04/02/2010
Argentina is examining a $100 million proposal to buy 12 ex-Jordanian air force Dassault Mirage F1CJ fighters and one F1BJ trainer, having rejected a Spanish offer for a similar number of F1s. The deal is being considered as its remaining Mirage IIIEA/DAs are due to be withdrawn in 2012.
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04/02/2010
The jet-fighter for a fiver was a scam too far even for Russia. An official has resigned after a state agency sold four MiG 31 warplanes to a fictitious company for $US5 each, then bought them back for $US100,000.
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04/02/2010
The head of the army's Planning Directorate, Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel, will make an official visit to China next week to meet senior officials in the defense establishment there. Eshel, who is in charge of strategic planning and foreign affairs for the Israel Defense Forces, is hoping to present the Chinese with Israel's view on Iran's drive toward nuclear military capability.
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04/02/2010
Underscoring Pratt & Whitney's determination to be the only engine provider for the Joint Strike Fighter, company President David Hess said Wednesday that he has made it a priority to personally lobby Congress to kill off Pratt's sole competitor.
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04/02/2010
The DDM NG (Détecteur De Missile de Nouvelle Génération) missile detector has delivered its first in-flight images. As of 2012, the system will be available on the Rafale.
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04/01/2010
The Russian Defense Ministry plans to overhaul its air force fleet. According to various media reports, the Ministry wants to buy at least 1,500 aircraft, including 350 new warplanes, by 2020. The fleet would include 70 per cent new equipment at that point, said Air Force Commander-in-Chief Colonel General Alexander Zelin.
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04/01/2010
The Indian Air Force (IAF) will deploy the new BrahMos air-to-ground supersonic cruise missile in the coming years, local media reported on Tuesday.
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04/01/2010
A U.S. Navy aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Wednesday and one of the four crew members was missing, the military said.
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04/01/2010
More than a decade after India felt the need for modern attack choppers, during the Kargil conflict, the country on Monday flew its first prototype of a home-grown helicopter gunship designed for high-altitude battlefields.
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04/01/2010
In 2018, the U.S. Navy hopes to take a major step toward fielding a cyber-attack system on a tactically survivable, fighter-size aircraft.
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04/01/2010
The U.S. Air Force has been trying for years to find a suitable replacement for its fleet of tankers that refuel military aircraft in flight.
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04/01/2010
THE second ART-42 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (NAF 931) purchased by the Federal Government for the surveillance of the nation's maritime and coastal region was yesterday delivered to the 81, Air Maritime Group in Benin.
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04/01/2010
The U.S. military has successfully tested out a biofuel system for a "Warthog" A10 Thunderbolt II, one of the most feared combat aircraft in the World. Which is now fluffily green.
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04/01/2010
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a wide-ranging series of tests on the multi-mode seeker for its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system. JAGM will provide a precision, adverse weather, low-collateral-damage weapon to rotary- and fixed-wing pilots, as well as the unmanned aerial system community.
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03/31/2010
Obama administration defense officials were said to have approved the sale U.S. military aircraft to Israel at the same time political tensions between President Barack Obama and Israel's conservative leader neared the boiling point at a White House meeting.
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03/31/2010
"We continue to strengthen and sharpen our focus on deterrence while at the same time preserving our freedom of action in space and cyberspace," Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, head of Strategic Command (Stratcom), said in last week's appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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03/31/2010
The Air Force is moving forward with a new rescue helicopter program that was canceled last year and working on details of a new long-range strike program, but both programs will clearly be more modest than initially expected, the service's top Force general said.
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03/31/2010
Germany may make a “slight” cut in its order of 60 A400M military transporters and take delivery of the planes without their ability to perform automated low- flight maneuvers, a defense ministry official said.
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03/31/2010
The Pentagon is considering dispatching surveillance drones and other limited military support for a Somali government offensive against al-Qaida-linked insurgents, U.S. officials said, part of a cautious move to increase U.S. assistance to the anarchic African nation.
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03/31/2010
The Middle East, a byword for political instability and conflict, is witnessing a renewed arms race, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The region, already armed to the teeth, is in a process of upgrading its military systems with the latest hardware in fighter aircraft and surface-to-air missiles.
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03/30/2010
Industry players have until early May to respond to a U.S. Navy request for information (RFI) for a carrier-based, stealthy, unmanned, strike and surveillance system capable of integrating with manned aircraft as part of a carrier air wing by 2018.
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03/30/2010
The U.K. will take as many as three fewer Airbus A400M military transport planes than it originally ordered after the program’s costs increased, the country’s defense secretary said.
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03/30/2010
The U.S. military is starting to put as much emphasis on unmanned drones as it does on traditional piloted aircraft, and as a result is changing the way it trains flight crews.
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03/30/2010
The Pentagon aims to deliver a fleet of surveillance drones to Pakistan within a year, but weaponized versions of the unmanned aircraft are still off-limits, a U.S. military official said on Monday.
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03/30/2010
“After a long wait, the joint force is growing accustomed to using the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor in operational missions. However, it will probably take a good deal longer before Osprey missions become routine, because no military force has ever before possessed a combat aircraft that combines the speed and range of a fixed-wing plane with the vertical agility of a helicopter.
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03/30/2010
Lockheed Martin hit the target in two tests featuring DAGR guided rockets launched from an airborne OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter. This is the fourth aircraft DAGR has fired from in the past year—prior platforms include the AH-64D Apache and the AH-6 Little Bird.
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03/29/2010
European plane-maker Airbus will decide in two to three weeks whether to compete for a US military contract to build an aerial refuelling tanker, its chief said in an interview published Monday.
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03/29/2010
American aerospace giant Lockheed Martin on Monday assured India that the F-16s being offered to it would be “much more advanced” than the fighters provided to Pakistan.
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03/29/2010
Eurofighter Typhoons scrambled twice in response to warnings of suspected attempts to hijack American airliners.
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03/29/2010
At the International Air and Space Fair - FIDAE 2010 to be held on 23-28 March in Santiago, Chile, the delegation of the federal state unitary enterprise (FSUE) "Rosoboronexport" will present to its participants and visitors samples of advanced military hardware made in Russia, and promote to its partners a number of new projects aimed at bolstering national defence and security of Latin American countries, as well as address some issues on implementation of continuing contracts for the delivery
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03/29/2010
Brazil plans to announce in early April the winner of a multi-billion-dollar competition for modern fighter jets meant to cement its new role as Latin America's preeminent military power.
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03/29/2010
As the Prince of Wales returns from visiting British soldiers in Afghanistan, where he spent the night at Camp Bastion in Helmand, his son is looking forward to the prospect of a much longer spell on the front line.
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03/29/2010
A man who walked on wings. Two daredevil pilots.
A five-gallon can of fuel.
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03/29/2010
New training aims to get personnel to feel they are constantly in combat, even if they are operating the Predators and Reapers flying over Afghanistan from the Nevada desert.
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03/29/2010
After years of turbulence, Embraer has become a leading maker of commercial passenger aircraft. It now faces some crucial decisions.
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03/29/2010
Israeli air force have practiced simulated strikes at Iran's nuclear facilities using airspace of at least two unidentified Arab countries, a newspaper published in east Jerusalem reported.
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03/28/2010
HERE’S a sticky situation if ever there was one: Imagine a water slide decal no thicker than a strand of hair ending up in a tangle.
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03/28/2010
Did Kenya buy defective helicopters from China? That is the question being asked by military engineers after it became apparent that eight Chinese choppers delivered to Nairobi in January have not been flown.
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03/28/2010
Two Brazilian helicopters arrived in Colombia Saturday in the first stage of a mission to pick up two hostage soldiers who FARC guerrillas plan to hand over next week.
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03/28/2010
The U2 spy aircraft, famed for high-altitude Cold War espionage missions over the Soviet Union, is enjoying a new lease of life in Afghanistan as the best spotter of Taliban roadside bombs in the allies’ arsenal.
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03/28/2010
The first five of 24 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets for the Royal Australian Air Force have arrived in Australia at its largest air force base, Amberley in Queensland. The F/A-18Fs are Canberra's first new combat aircraft in 25 years.
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03/28/2010
As the Pakistan-US strategic dialogue and its accompanying hype wound down in Washington, US briefed India about the content and scope of the discussions between the two sides.
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03/27/2010
Thales has been awarded a contract by Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (RSK-MiG) to deliver Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Combined Interrogator Transponder (CIT) and Cryptographic National Secure Mode (NSM), for the retrofit of the MiG-29 multi-role fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force.
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03/27/2010
The cost of purchase is estimated to be between $900 million to $1.2 Billion dollars according to sources who took part in the discussions held between the Romanian National Defence Ministry and the US.
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03/27/2010
Australia has signed a $467 million contract with the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command to buy seven CH-47F Chinook helicopters, two simulators and associated spares.
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03/27/2010
Admiral Robert Willard also said Taiwan would need to improve its fighter jet capabilities to counter military imbalances with China.
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03/26/2010
The prospect of a nuclear deal for Pakistan gives India less sleepless nights than the fact that the US, in an attempt to "incentivise" Pakistan, is piling on sophisticated military equipment that have little to do with counter-terrorism but more to do with targeting India.
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03/26/2010
A civilian helicopter carrying two German troops and a group of engineers has made a 'hard landing' in northern Afghanistan after coming under attack by Taliban militants.
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03/26/2010
A senior RAF officer has told BBC Scotland he fears lives will be put "at risk" by the MOD's decision to withdraw Nimrods from operations.
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03/26/2010
Civil, commercial and military aircraft industry representatives are now in Chile attending the Fidae 2010 air-show, which was inaugurated Tuesday by President Sebastian Pinera.
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03/26/2010
The U.S. Air Force said a biomass-derived jet fuel blend was used to fuel the flight of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in Florida Thursday.
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03/26/2010
The Boeing Company today delivered the 79th - and final - upgraded CF-18 Hornet aircraft to the Canadian Department of National Defence during a ceremony in Mirabel, Quebec, hosted by industry partner L-3 Communications MAS, who performed final upgrade installations. The delivery brings the nine-year, two-phased CF-18 Modernization Project to a close.
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03/25/2010
Military helicopters have sophisticated electronic countermeasures to detect and defend against surface-to-air missiles, by jamming or fooling the seekers that guide the missiles to target. Now the Pentagon’s far-out research arm wants to take things a step further, by protecting against unguided — but equally dangerous — small arms fire.
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03/25/2010
The head of the air transport division of Hungary's National Transport Authority has been suspended over an Israeli military exercise in Hungarian airspace, Transport Minister Peter Honig said on Wednesday.
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03/25/2010
The FA/18F Super Hornets, Australia’s first new air combat aircraft in 25 years will fly into their home base, RAAF Amberley this Friday.
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03/25/2010
This striking picture shows the RAF intercepting two long-range Russian "Blackjack" bombers after they breached UK airspace off the Scottish coast.
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03/25/2010
The Pentagon is weighing "interesting proposals" for a possible multiyear purchase of Boeing Co's F-18 fighter aircraft, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Congress on Wednesday, amid lawmakers' concerns about a U.S. combat aircraft shortfall.
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03/25/2010
Lockheed Martin’s Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb successfully completed a series of six flight tests March 3 at Eglin Air Force Base, FL. The Paveway II Plus LGB uses an enhanced laser guidance package, significantly improving precision when compared to existing Paveway II LGBs.
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03/24/2010
India to Get Second AWACS on Thursday
New Delhi | Mar 23, 2010 PRINT SHARE COMMENTS
India will receive another Israeli-made Phalcon Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS) on Thursday, giving it the second 'eye in the sky' for enhanced surveillance that would virtually cover the entire nation.
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03/24/2010
A prototype for the T-129, an attack helicopter being developed by the Italian-British AgustaWestland for the Turkish Army, has crashed during a test flight in Italy but the pilots survived, the program's main Turkish partner announced March 23.
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03/24/2010
The U2 spy aircraft, famed for high-altitude Cold War espionage missions over the Soviet Union, is enjoying a new lease of life in Afghanistan as the best spotter of Taleban roadside bombs in the allies’ arsenal.
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03/24/2010
Two Red Arrows aircraft yesterday collided in mid-air over Crete, leaving one pilot in hospital and an aircraft destroyed.
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03/24/2010
Budgetary complaints, political bickering and financial scandals kept Japan's competition for a new combat aircraft delayed for nearly three years.
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03/24/2010
The Boeing Company, the world’s leading aerospace company, will highlight its commercial and defense capabilities during this year’s FIDAE International Air and Space Fair, which begins March 23 in Santiago.
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03/23/2010
The flying debut of Russia’s answer to the F-22 Raptor isn’t wowing Air Force leaders.
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03/23/2010
Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) is to operate three RC-135V/W Rivet Joint signals intelligence aircraft supplied under a Foreign Military Sales deal with the U.S. government, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced today.
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03/23/2010
Sweden's Gripen NG, the last of the six fighter aircraft that are being evaluated by the Indian Air Force for the $12 billion medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) deal, left Bangalore on Monday morning for the Air Force Station (AFS) Jaisalmer.
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03/23/2010
A bilateral military pact signed by France and Kuwait late last year was supposed to bolster defense cooperation and sweeten the Gulf state's appetite for Dassault's much-vaunted Rafale war plane.
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03/23/2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation has returned to service with the U.S. Air Force a freshly painted, completely overhauled B-2 stealth bomber known as the "Spirit of Pennsylvania."
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03/22/2010
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. isn’t planning to bid for the Pentagon’s $35 billion Air Force aerial-refueling tanker program, Chief Executive Officer Alexei Fyodorov said, contradicting U.S. media reports.
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03/22/2010
The United Arab Emirates wants to buy the latest U.S. military aircraft known as the Joint-Strike Fighter as it loads up on weapons to counter any threat from Iran, The Financial Times reports Monday.
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03/22/2010
The 22-hour visit to India by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin earlier this month appears to have successfully rekindled some of the passion of the Moscow-New Delhi Cold War relationship and reminded the United States and China they aren't the only dancing partners at the prom.
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03/22/2010
Traditionally a reliable Russian customer, India is also looking further west for its new fighter and attack aircraft; proposals from the U.S., France and Sweden are on the table. The first step of the process is a “fly off” to make sure the proposed aircraft meet the basic requirements. With domestic sales stalling, the contract with India will be one of the most important of the next ten years.
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03/22/2010
Many US legislators say selling Taiwan the 66 F-16s it wants is the best way to prevent the disaster armed conflict would represent.
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03/22/2010
The Pakistan Army has received a fleet of advance AH-1 Cobra combat helicopters from the United States.
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03/22/2010
Selfridge Military Air Museum officials recently announced their 2010 general public hours of operation for the Museum and Air Park as noon to 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, Memorial Day and Independence Day, from April 3 through Oct. 31.
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03/22/2010
Relics of Cold War now are 70,000 feet above Afghanistan and Iraq, locating roadside bombs and providing critical intelligence.
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03/21/2010
The United States has diverted a shipment of bunker-busters designated for Israel.
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03/21/2010
The U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jet will perform on two days at Battle Creek's Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival at W. K. Kellogg Airport.
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03/21/2010
Australia's minister for defense, Sen. John Faulkner, is unruffled by the latest cost and schedule difficulties afflicting the Joint Strike Fighter program. And senior defense officials in Canberra say they believe that Australia's plans to acquire up to 100 F-35A Lightning II aircraft aren't much affected by the JSF project's cost overruns.
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03/21/2010
Think of a paper clip, suggests retired Lieutenant-Colonel Billy Allen. Just as you can only bend one so many times before it breaks, you can only push an aircraft beyond the speed of sound so many times before some crucial part gives out on you.
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03/21/2010
The UAE is near the top of a list of the world’s biggest weapons importers and is set to continue increasing its hi-tech defensive capabilities, according to a new report on international arms transfers.
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03/20/2010
The government has decided to proceed with a $13.1-million Italian contract that would supply the Armed Forces of the Philippines with 18 new training planes by yearend.
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03/20/2010
European aerospace group EADS said Friday that it may rejoin the competition for the U.S. Air Force aerial-refueling tanker contract after the Pentagon gave indications that it would extend the time needed to submit a bid.
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03/20/2010
Two Israeli military aircraft have been sighted flying at a low altitude over the Hungarian capital unbeknown to the country's defense ministry and the civilian and military secret services.
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03/20/2010
The Brazilian air force has given its technical nod of approval to all three fighter jets competing in the country's ambitious, multibillion-dollar contest for a fresh batch of fighter jets.
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03/20/2010
Russian Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers have completed a series of efficiency drills, an Air Force spokesman said on Friday.
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03/19/2010
Get ready for some shows in the skies this weekend. The 2010 Airfest is being held at MacDill Airforce Base.
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03/19/2010
Britain's Prince Harry could soon be back on the front lineagainst the Taliban, this time as the pilot of an attack helicopter in Afghanistan.
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03/19/2010
State-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China staged a successful maiden test flight Thursday of its self-developed heavy-lift helicopter, the latest advance for the country's ambitious aerospace industry.
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03/19/2010
The world's arms trade has grown by more than 20% over the past 5 years. Russia ranks second after the US in terms of arms exports, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
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03/19/2010
Amid growing concerns of renewed conflict in the Middle East, the Tehran regime has shaken up the leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, putting a veteran general who operated in Lebanon with Hezbollah in command of its ground forces.
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03/19/2010
A new Russian-Indian military transport plane could make its maiden flight by 2018, the head of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) said.
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03/19/2010
A supersonic Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000 pounds of thrust to a vertical landing today for the first time, confirming its required ability to land in confined areas both ashore and afloat.
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03/19/2010
Boeing today announced it received a $39.6 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense in December to provide 85 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS).
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03/18/2010
The US will provide 13 AH-1F Cobra helicopters to Pakistan for use as spare parts in its helicopter fleet, the US embassy said on Wednesday.
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03/18/2010
India expects to induct the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), already delayed by more than 15 years, into the Air Force by March 2011, informed Indian Defence Minister A. K. Antony.
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03/18/2010
The U.S. government has given Lockheed Martin Corp. an initial $213 million to build 20 F-16 jet fighters for Egypt.
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03/18/2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation technicians here have begun installing the first set of hardware for a B-2 stealth bomber upgrade that will eventually allow the jet to send and receive battlefield information up to 100 times faster than its current satellite communications system. The work is being done as part of Increment 1 of the U.S. Air Force's B-2 extremely high frequency (EHF) satellite communications program.
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03/18/2010
Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has received accreditation from the Commonwealth of Australia as an Authorised Engineering Organisation (AEO) for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18F Super Hornet Weapon System.
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03/17/2010
The aircraft program is headed up by Lockheed Martin (LMT) who saw itself stripped of $614 million in performance fees from the development contract. There is no danger Lockheed will lose the contract, though, as the Defense Department and Air Force continued to say that the new aircraft is “critical to modern warfare and are desperately needed to replace tactical fighter fleets in each of the services”. In short, if not the F-35, then what?
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03/17/2010
The military helicopter business is booming in the United States, but the industry mostly is making money fixing up and maintaining the Army’s aging fleet. Hardly any Pentagon contracts these days pursue new aircraft designs, industry officials say.
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03/17/2010
Two single seat, F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, were involved in a mid-air collision at approximately 10 p.m. last night while on a routine training mission flying in the Fallon Range Training Complex. Neither pilot was injured. Both aircraft are assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Three Seven (VFA 137) based at NAS Lemoore.
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03/17/2010
The U.S. air force in South Korea has added three advanced ground-attack aircraft to its fleet of combat planes, boosting its capabilities to strike hidden North Korean artillery units with guided smart bombs, a U.S. military paper reported Tuesday, according to Yonhap News.
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03/17/2010
Russian arms sales to North Africa have increased significantly, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said, with energy-rich Algeria leading the pack.
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03/17/2010
Eyebrows were raised when India signed a deal last Friday to buy 29 MiG-29k fighter aircraft worth $1.5 billion (Dh5.5 billion) from Russia during Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to the country. This was part of a broader deal to purchase $7 billion worth of military hardware from New Delhi's traditional supplier of arms, including an aircraft carrier, the Admiral Gorshkov.
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03/17/2010
Last year, the U.S. Air Force began issuing special "wings" for operators of UAVs. While the air force now trains non-pilots to operate UAVs, this is not the first time that the air force issued "wings" badges to non-pilots.from.
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03/16/2010
U.S. Air Force Airmen will teach the first Iraqi Air Force College pilot-training course, beginning in March, with Iraq's new T-6A trainer.
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03/16/2010
The Middle East newsline has confirmed that Saudi Arabia has advanced in negotiations to purchase a fighter jet from the United States.
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03/16/2010
Less than a year ago, the United States rushed four Russian-built Mi-17 helicopters to Pakistan after an urgent request from the country's senior leadership. Now those helicopters, which were offered at no cost to the government of Pakistan, are being returned to the United States after a serious crash that resulted in at least one fatality.
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03/16/2010
In a new study, “The Market for Medium/Heavy Military Rotorcraft,” Forecast International projects that 4,319 such rotorcraft will be produced during the 10-year time period between 2010 and 2019. The value of this production is estimated at $92.3 billion in constant 2010 U.S. dollars. In general, Forecast International defines a medium/heavy rotorcraft as one with a gross weight that equals or exceeds 6,804 kilograms (15,000 lb).
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03/16/2010
European resentment over the loss of a military aircraft contract with the Pentagon is likely to play a role in a meeting this month between President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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03/16/2010
After years of delays in finalizing a global tender for 197 new helicopters, the Indian Army has recently decided to buy 20 Cheetal helicopters from Bangalore-based military plane maker Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), three people familiar with the matter said.
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03/16/2010
The Boeing A160T Hummingbird has successfully completed a cargo delivery demonstration under a U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory contract, proving the unmanned rotorcraft's ability to resupply frontline troops in rough terrain.
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03/15/2010
In February, Air Force and partner warplanes dropped fewer bombs on Afghanistan targets than they have in 15 months, according to Air Forces Central Command.
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03/15/2010
Europe's leading aircraft manufacturer Airbus says it plans to sell around 210 of its A400M military planes to the US.
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03/15/2010
The first U.S. Black Hawk S-70i military helicopter to be made outside of the United States was unveiled in Poland on Monday at a plant that once serviced Nazi aircraft and built planes for the Communist bloc.
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03/15/2010
New SIPRI data on global arms transfers published today reveal that Russia remains the second largest arms exporter in the world. According to SIPRI data, the volume of Russian arms exports for 2005-2009 is of a similar level to that for 2000-2004.
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03/15/2010
Boeing and the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) celebrated Qatar's deployment of C-17 Globemaster III airlifters during an Air Force Day ceremony held March 10 at Doha International Airport.
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03/14/2010
We can expect a real breakthrough when the Russian-Indian collaboration on the creation of a fifth-generation prototype aircraft based on the experimental T-50 starts to become a reality.
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03/14/2010
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez formally took delivery of the first four K-8W airplanes out of 18 purchased in China for military training purposes, which, however, came armed with machine guns, air-to-ground missiles, bombs and rockets, and said that this armament increases military capability for “defending the sovereignty of this sacred land and of this revolution”
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03/13/2010
Drone pilots sit in air-conditioned rooms far away from the anti-terror wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. They guide their weapons systems with joysticks and monitors. The remote warriors work with a high degree of precision -- and at a fraction of the cost of a fighter jet.
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03/13/2010
Ask a Russian what the country makes well, and the answer, more often than not, will be the Kalashnikov rifle.
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03/13/2010
Russia and India have signed a $1.5-billion contract on the supplies of 29 more MiG-29K carrier-based fighter jets to New Delhi, the head of the Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG said on Friday.
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03/12/2010
WHILE most kids harboured straightforward ambitions of being a teacher, accountant or lawyer, Patricia Yapp had her head in the clouds.
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03/12/2010
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, has been awarded a contract with a value of EUR 560 million by the Indian Air Force for the supply of 12 AW101 helicopters for government transport.
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03/12/2010
Northrop Grumman Corp's decision not to bid in a multibillion-dollar U.S. aerial tanker competition was a setback for the ambitions of its partner EADS, but the European company still hopes to boost U.S. revenue to $10 billion by 2020.
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03/12/2010
The cost of a single Joint Strike Fighter has soared to $95 million in the past eight years, a 50 percent increase, Pentagon officials told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.
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03/12/2010
Northrop Grumman’s withdrawal this week from a $40 billion contest to build aerial refueling tankers provides Boeing with some welcome certainty about its future as a major builder of military aircraft.
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03/12/2010
On one side of the static display at Singapore’s February air show was a row of almost a dozen front-line combat aircraft. In terms of their basic design, the newest was the F-15, ordered into development just over 40 years ago. With “the local customer”—as the Singapore armed forces are known in the nation—thus far committed to the F-35, the rest of the fighter world stayed away, and news was to be found in the exhibit halls.
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03/12/2010
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government plans to procure fighter aircraft, surface-to-air missiles, helicopters and other armament to strengthen the armed forces.
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03/12/2010
The first Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter passes overhead at 40 knots (46 mph) prior to a slow landing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., on Wednesday, March 10.
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03/11/2010
The United States and Europe face growing tensions over restrictions on export deals involving BAE Systems (BAES.L) while European politicians protest the collapse of efforts to sell aerial tankers to the United States.
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03/11/2010
The first batch of five military transport aircraft of Indian Air Force has arrived in Ukraine for overhaul and modernisation.
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03/11/2010
The Israel Defense Forces medical corps is looking at procuring an innovative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that will evacuate critical casualties directly from the battlefield to the hospital. This would get more wounded to the hospital within the “golden hour,” the critical time in which a medical evacuation has the best chance of saving a wounded soldier’s life.
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03/11/2010
As the threat of roadside bombs and ambushes has escalated in Afghanistan, U.S. and coalition forces have been forced to move everything from food supplies to mail delivery away from the ground and into the air. That, in turn, has prompted another problem: a critical lack of cargo helicopters.
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03/11/2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced it successfully demonstrated its LITENING advanced targeting capabilities on the U.S. Navy's premier fighter/attack aircraft, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, marking the eighth U.S. combat aircraft to fly the advanced targeting system.
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03/11/2010
The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) Center has rated the Lockheed Martin C-5M as "effective, suitable and mission capable" based on results from OT&E testing completed in January 2010.
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03/10/2010
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) this week announced the delivery of the 500th Beechcraft T-6 military trainer to the United States Government. The milestone aircraft, a T-6B, went to the U.S. Navy and will be based at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Fla. Deliveries began in 2000 after the aircraft was initially selected to fill the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System role for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the U.S. Navy (USN) in 1996.
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03/10/2010
The parent of European aerospace giant Airbus lost €763m (£692m) last year after paying €1.8bn in penalties and extra costs over its controversial new military transporter plane.
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03/10/2010
China on Tuesday warned the United States against any future arms sales to Taiwan, including F-16 fighter jets the island has been pushing for in hopes of upgrading its air defense capabilities.
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03/10/2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation is adding momentum to Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc.'s (TAI) readiness to build complete center fuselages for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft by teaching its engineers how to build the complex composite structures used in the jet.
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03/10/2010
Boeing has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract worth approximately $69.7 million for the initial engineering, manufacturing and development of QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Targets to replace the QF-4 fleet. Under the terms of the remainder of the contract, expected to be awarded in coming years, up to 126 QF-16 drones will deliver beginning in 2014.
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03/09/2010
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and the US Air Force (USAF) will conduct joint exercises in the US towards the end of this year and the F-16 aircraft of the PAF will participate in the manoeuvres, defence and diplomatic sources told The News here.
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03/09/2010
"After a comprehensive analysis of the final RFP, Northrop Grumman has determined that it will not submit a bid to the Department of Defense for the KC-X program. We reached this conclusion based on the structure of the source selection methodology defined in the RFP, which clearly favors Boeing's smaller refueling tanker and does not provide adequate value recognition of the added capability of a larger tanker, precluding us from any competitive opportunity.
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03/09/2010
European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. NV (EAD.FR) and the seven governments involved in the long-delayed Airbus A400M military airlifter program reckon there is potential export demand for 300 of the planes, French Defense Minister Herve Morin said Monday.
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03/09/2010
Government on Monday said Rs 24,122 crores has been spent till February 2010 to procure various defence equipment for the armed forces during the current financial year.
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03/09/2010
The Boeing Company has begun to build Phantom Eye -- its first unmanned, liquid-hydrogen powered, high altitude long endurance (HALE) demonstrator aircraft.
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03/08/2010
An Italian aerospace company’s campaign to sell 48 trainer jets and light attack aircraft to the UAE is under pressure after a high-level delegation visited South Korean defence companies last month, including the offices of its arch-rival.
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03/08/2010
Lockheed Martin Corp. and the Pentagon assured their international partners Thursday that problems in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program have been resolved and development of the next-generation warplane is back on track.
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03/08/2010
Five months after the US Congress approved the cancellation of the Lockheed Martin F-22, the air force is still deciding whether to preserve or scrap the production tooling.
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03/08/2010
China now has better fighter jets than Taiwan, according to a military report by the island's defence ministry as the air force Monday renewed its bid to obtain new F-16s from the United States.
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03/08/2010
Along with plans to base anti-ballistic missile facilities in Poland near Russia's border (a 35 mile distance) and in Bulgaria and Romania across the Black Sea from Russia, Washington and the self-styled global military bloc it leads, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, have arranged a series of military exercises on and near Russia's borders this year.
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03/08/2010
India will sign a USD 2bln worth deal with France to upgrade its Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft by year end, a media report said.
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03/08/2010
U.S. special-forces troops will need a stealthy new airlifter to sneak past ever-improving radar and missile systems into "denied areas," says the Pentagon's top civilian special operations official.
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03/08/2010
The nation’s leading provider of helicopters — civilian and military — delivered its 100th Lakota light-utility helicopter to the U.S. Army.
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03/08/2010
Iran's defence minister has announced a new production line of short-range cruise missiles which he says are highly accurate and capable of evading radar.
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03/08/2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said last week that Russia will build a new strategic bomber, a move that comes as the nation tries to upgrade its aging military arsenal.
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03/07/2010
The U.S. Navy has sped up its efforts to ready its X-47B UCAS (Unmanned Combat Aerial System), for carrier operations. This includes an additional $2 billion for development, in an attempt to have the X-47B demonstrating the ability to regularly operate from a carrier, and perform combat (including reconnaissance and surveillance) operations, within five years.
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03/07/2010
It can stay up for six hours, act as a high-altitude antenna or provide real-time pictures of a battlefield to soldiers on the ground.
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03/06/2010
In 2001, when Lt. Col. Dan Tester turned his F-16 south into a September sky over Syracuse, no one could have guessed that the end of the combat plane’s mission was beginning.
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03/06/2010
The two-year delay in the production of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the cost increase this will entail could jeopardize a crucial deal with Israel for 75 of the stealthy fifth-generation fighter.
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03/06/2010
Cantwell’s comments came as Boeing announced its selection of the mid-sized 767 as the air frame it will offer the U.S. military in the competition to build mid-air refueling aircraft.
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03/06/2010
EU nations assured financing to bolster military transport strength on Friday by reaching a deal to cover cost overruns for the 3-year delay in the A400M heavy lift plane program.
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03/06/2010
The debate over the F-22 Raptor has been carried out at the customary level of simplemindedness we've become used to when Congress handles military questions. Since the early '60s, the favored method of killing a military program has been to come up with an argument easily expressed in a sound bite and stick with it. This time, the sound bite was, "Why do we need two fighter planes, anyway?"
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03/06/2010
India has issued a request for proposals for primary trainer aircraft, an urgent requirement now that the country's fleet of Hindustan Aeronautics HPT-32 Deepaks has been grounded.
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03/06/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin urged his country's military industry to start working on a new strategic bomber after finishing the new fifth-generation fighter jet.
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03/06/2010
Lockheed Martin received a low-rate initial production contract valued at $171.8 million from Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Bethpage, NY, for four AN/APY-9 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) radar systems and spare parts. The radar systems will be integrated into the U.S. Navy’s new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.
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03/06/2010
The Boeing Company today announced that it has awarded a contract valued at nearly $1.5 million to civil defense and aerospace company Danish Aerotech A/S to provide the Aluminum Launch Support Structure (ALSS) for ship-based deployment of the Harpoon weapon system.
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03/04/2010
Aeronautics Ltd., based in Yavne, announced on 1 March 2010 that it will supply Aerostar UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) systems to Polish military forces operating in Afghanistan. The supply contract, which exceeds $30 million, was signed this weekend in Poland.
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03/04/2010
Resupplying combat troops in Afghanistan is a dangerous, slow and increasingly expensive undertaking. Moving a truck filled with supplies 50 miles could require as many as 100 Marines, most of them to provide security, and take about 24 hours, according to DefenseNews.
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03/04/2010
Following the crash of two South Korean Air Force F-5 fighter jets that took the lives of three pilots Tuesday, the Air Force ordered all air bases across the country to halt operations of F-5 aircraft until the final results of investigations into the incident are released.
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03/04/2010
The U.S. government has awarded an initial $213 million to Lockheed Martin for long-lead tasks for the production of 20 new Advanced Block 52 F-16 aircraft for Egypt.
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03/03/2010
Members of the Joint Helicopter Force describe their crucial role in Afghanistan, airlifting casualties and transporting troops and supplies.
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03/03/2010
Russia's offer to give Lebanon at least 10 Mi-24 Hind helicopter gunships free of charge, instead of the supersonic MiG-29 interceptors that Moscow had in mind, is more in keeping with the Lebanese military's operational priorities and capabilities.
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03/03/2010
A military helicopter at the centre of a $770 million New Zealand Air Force upgrade has copped harsh criticism in a German Army report into its performance.
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03/03/2010
The Pentagon will transfer sophisticated laser-guided-bomb kits to Pakistan, escalating the Obama administration's recent push to better arm Islamabad for its military campaign against the country's Islamic militants.
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03/03/2010
Boeing officials plan to begin taxi tests on the company’s Phantom Ray demonstrator in July, a slight delay from earlier plans, but first flight is still targeted for December 2010, according Darryl Davis, Boeing Phantom Works president.
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03/03/2010
When he is flying a robot aircraft. Or at least that’s what the U.S. Air Force seems to think. Predators, Global Hawks and other unmanned aircraft are doing the lion’s share of the donkey work in Iraq and Afghanistan. The dull but vital task of protecting soldiers on the ground with eyes in the sky has been delegated to quiet little airplanes with unwinking cameras. But the men and women who fly those airplanes from air-conditioned consoles in Nevada? They are the Rodney Dangerfields of the comb
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03/03/2010
India and Russia are negotiating a new contract on the delivery of 42 Su-30MKI to the Indian Air Force, an Indian newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing military sources.
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03/03/2010
The government of Tunisia has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the purchase of two C-130J Super Hercules airlifters with an initial three years of logistics support.Tunisia's new C‑130Js, scheduled to be delivered in 2013 and 2014, will be the longer fuselage or "stretched" variant of the C-130J.
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03/03/2010
The Boeing Company today announced that it has been awarded an $11.4 million contract to supply Laser Joint Direct Attack Munitions (Laser JDAM) to meet the U.S. Navy’s Direct Attack Moving Target Capability (DAMTC) requirement.
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03/02/2010
Boeing today announced that the company's partnership with rival Lockheed Martin to develop a next-generation bomber has been suspended, with limited likelihood for revival.
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03/02/2010
The Government has given first pass approval for a major project to provide the Australian Defence Force with a new naval combat helicopter, Minister for Defence Senator John Faulkner has announced.
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03/02/2010
There is one country responding to China's military build-up and aggressiveness with some muscle of its own. No, it is not the United States, the superpower ostensibly responsible for maintaining peace and security in Asia. Rather, it is India, whose military is currently refining a "two-front war" doctrine to fend off Pakistan and China simultaneously.
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03/02/2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) made aviation history Feb. 2 when it successfully completed its first roundtrip flight from the company's Palmdale, Calif., manufacturing facility. AF-20, a Block 30 Global Hawk built for the U.S. Air Force, performed the historic mission, soaring at altitudes of 58,300 feet for approximately four hours and 18 minutes.
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03/02/2010
Russia's fifth-generation jet fighter, the T-50, is to undergo more than 2,000 flight tests before full-scale production starts, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday.
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03/01/2010
More than a year before U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates began pushing the Air Force to buy more UAVs for surveillance missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pentagon scientists were working on a different solution: build sensors so sophisticated that one aircraft can do the work of many.
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03/01/2010
During the Cold War, the Pentagon built the greatest naval and air forces the world had ever seen, endowing the United States with the superpower ability to land huge military forces anywhere in the world, at any time, whether invited in or not.
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03/01/2010
Pressing wartime needs in Iraq and Afghanistan will keep Bell Helicopter's Amarillo workers busy for the foreseeable future as attack and utility helicopter production ramps up to meet a growing demand for military aircraft.
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03/01/2010
The cargo plane's assembly plant is scheduled to close in two years. Boeing slows production to extend the life of the plant and work on sales.
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03/01/2010
In the face of a sharp fall in domestic orders and a difficult foreign market, Sweden's Saab has turned operations around from a loss to a profit, according to its most recent financial figures.
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03/01/2010
Operation Vayu Shakti 2010 showcased the tremendous firepower demonstration of the Indian Air Force on Sunday in three parts-during the day, at dusk and at night, which is essential for the IAF's success in any battle.
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02/28/2010
Russian authorities have agreed to supply 10 Mi-24 advanced military helicopters to Lebanon instead of 10 MiG-29 fighter jets they had previously pledged to provide.
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02/28/2010
Prince Harry famously said he didn’t have the ‘brain capacity’ to fly an Apache attack helicopter – but now it seems he may be proved wrong.
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02/28/2010
The question, scrawled on a Pentagon whiteboard last fall, captured the strange and difficult moment facing the Air Force.
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02/28/2010
Taiwan's fighter jets would fall short in combat against military rival China, the U.S. government said in a report on Monday that could lead to new weapons sales sure to anger Beijing.
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02/27/2010
The Unites States Navy made a dramatic intervention to rescue a Tanzanian ship and seized eight of the marauding Somali pirates, who attempted to hijack the vessel on Sunday, it was revealed in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
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02/27/2010
Lebanon is grateful for Russia’s MiG-29 fighter jets, which Russia promised to give to the Mideastern country as a gift. However, Lebanese officials wonder whether the country really needs them. Lebanon tries to find out if Russia could replace the fighters with something else.
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02/27/2010
The new generation of Nomads will have a new generation of flight suits.
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02/27/2010
The South Dakota Air National Guard’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets is being replaced by newer models from Hill Air Force Base in Salt Lake City.
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02/27/2010
Today, Congressman Jim Oberstar announced that the 148th will be receiving the first of 18 F-16 block 50 fighter jets in April, final delivery will be complete by September.
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02/27/2010
Boeing has signed an AU$44 million change proposal with the Commonwealth of Australia to increase the scope of the Army Aviation Training and Training Support (AATTS) contract.
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02/26/2010
Pakistan has deferred the purchase of state of the art fighter J-10 planes from China till test flights.
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02/26/2010
Brazil looks poised by the end of March to pick the winner of a multibillion-dollar tender to supply its air force with state-of-the-art combat aircraft.
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02/26/2010
Saudi Arabia has decided to equip its new Eurofighter aircraft with Storm Shadow cruise missiles, and Brimstone anti-tank missiles. The Storm Shadow air launched stealthy cruise missile got its first combat experience over Iraq seven years ago. The 5.2 meter (16 foot) long, 1.3 ton missile has a 250 kilometer range and carries a penetrating warhead. The missile is a British modified version of the French Apache missile and entered service in late 2002, costing about $1.2 million each.
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02/26/2010
This week, the U.S. Air Force presented its revised request for proposals for the new KC-X tanker aircraft. Industry now has 60 days to submit bids, and the contract for the new tankers should be awarded sometime this summer.
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02/26/2010
China's military warned the US to "speak and act cautiously" to avoid reigniting tensions between the two countries amid speculation that the US is considering sales of advanced F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, following last month's announcement of a package of arms sales to the island.
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02/26/2010
Additional equipment is being developed to support early integration and testing of a revolutionary tactical network that will provide warfighters in the air, on land and at sea with secure, interoperable communications. The Lockheed Martin team developing the Airborne, Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) has received a contract option to increase the number of engineering development models (EDM) by 60 percent.
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02/25/2010
Due to the F-35 Lightning II delay, the USAF will have a wider variety of additional C-17s and 1,056 tankers and airlifters -- helping increase mobility of the Air Force -- though F-35 Lightning II interest will still be important. The Air Force is phasing out C-17 development in favor of the smaller C-27 aircraft.
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02/25/2010
European governments have reached an agreement on sharing the costs of the over-budget A400M military transport plane.
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02/25/2010
The Obama administration is sharply expanding American weapons transfers to both India and Pakistan, longtime rivals about to sit down for peace talks Thursday.
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02/25/2010
The MiG-29N jet fighters will not be grounded but will be used for at least another five years.
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02/25/2010
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a follow-on Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract to support the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and Modernized TADS/PNVS (M-TADS/PNVS) systems on the AH-64 Apache helicopter. The contract has a potential value of $90 million for 2010.
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02/25/2010
The Boeing Company today received the final Request for Proposal (RFP) document for the U.S. Air Force KC-X Tanker competition, and released the following statement from Jean Chamberlin, vice president and general manager, Boeing USAF Tanker Program.
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02/24/2010
The Ethiopian government today said that a tactical aviation unit comprising of five helicopters has headed to Sudan’s Darfur region to join the badly-needing African Union and UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur (UNAMID).
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02/24/2010
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Brazilian counterpart Nelson Jobim today that Boeing Co.’s F/A-18 fighter jet offers the best technology in the $7.5 billion competition to modernize the South American nation’s fleet.
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02/24/2010
A key House Republican plans to press Navy leaders this week on the Pentagon's apparent reluctance to enter into a multiyear deal with Boeing Co. for F/A-18 aircraft, arguing that the costs saved are worth the risks of a long-term financial commitment.
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02/24/2010
U.S. Air Force officials defended on Tuesday a Pentagon decision to cancel development of the second engine for Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 jet fighter, but acknowledged it was a "close call."
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02/24/2010
Boeing Co., the second-largest defense contractor, is scaling back production of the C-17 military cargo plane by a third so it can extend the life of the assembly line while waiting for international orders.
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02/24/2010
Indian air force pilots have begun testing two Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets for flight evaluation trials, part of an order for 126 planes in a deal valued at $10 billion.
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02/23/2010
With the first German Air Force UAV crews trained in Israel, Germany is preparing to send the first of its Israeli-supplied Heron 1 to Afghanistan by March, Luftwaffe officials said.
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02/23/2010
In October 2007, not even the design concept had been selected, but 24 months later the Mantis medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned air vehicle demonstrator flew for the first time—even allowing for some non-program-related distractions.
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02/23/2010
Admitting that aircraft crashes were a matter of concern, the Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Naik said Monday they couldn't be entirely ruled out.
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02/23/2010
European defense and aerospace giant EADS should not expect any more government money to help salvage the over-budget A400M military transport plane, the French defense minister said Monday.
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02/23/2010
The United States Air Force officially becomes the first F-35 Lightning II customer later this year, when the first of the stealth fighters is delivered to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The delivery will initiate a massive recapitalization of the Air Force's multi-role fighter fleet, and will usher in profound increases in capability, a Lockheed Martin executive said Friday.
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02/23/2010
At a time when the combat power of the Indian Air Force is at an all-time low (29 squadrons, against a sanctioned strength of 39.5 squadrons and a required strength of 45 squadrons), two significant events connected with the enhancement of its capabilities are underway without much fanfare and are hopefully gathering momentum quietly, away from the public gaze.
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02/23/2010
The Pentagon has painted a grim picture of Taiwan's air defense capabilities, saying that many of the island's 400 combat aircraft would not be available to help withstand an attack from rival China.
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02/23/2010
The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC], was recently awarded an $86 million contract from AgustaWestland to support LONGBOW FCR systems on the United Kingdom Apache AH Mk-1 aircraft.
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02/22/2010
USMC Considers 'Synchropter' for Cargo Drops in Hostile Terrain
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02/22/2010
Cancelling the F-22 Raptor, the most capable fighter plane ever produced, is yet another act in the tragedy of a nation that, bankrupting itself, embracing moral decline, and apologizing to its enemies, is losing the will to prevail. In pursuit of false prosperities that have failed even the economy, America for three presidencies and an entire generation has diminished its arsenals, unbalanced its military, and forgotten its genius for strategy.
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02/22/2010
In a low, tan building in Nevada, Air Force personnel sit in padded chairs and control aircraft over Iraq and Afghanistan. They are 7,500 miles away, yet feel more affected by war than ever.
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02/22/2010
The multibillion-dollar competition to build aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force is expected to kick off this week as the Pentagon spells out its latest requirements to replace its aging fleet of Eisenhower-era aircraft.
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02/22/2010
The Israelis have unveiled a type of drone known as Eitan, (“strong” in Hebrew) the size of a Boeing 737. The drone, a Heron TP operated by some NATO countries, is getting a lot of attention in the Middle East media, because its range extends to Iran.
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02/21/2010
Brazilian aerospace company Embraer has revealed more details about its plans concerning international partners for its KC-390 military tanker and transport aircraft programme. South Africa's Denel Saab Aerostructures (DSA) is known to be interested in becoming one of the industrial partners in the KC-390.
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02/21/2010
Cape Town traffic was faced with an unusual hazard at midday yesterday: the first two Saab Gripen C single-seat fighters destined for the South African Air Force were being towed to AFB Ysterplaat.
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02/21/2010
India will narrow down the number of bidders by mid-2010 for its $11 billion fighter jet tender, a minister said, in a closely watched deal where diplomacy and strategic interests will play a big role.
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02/21/2010
American defence giant Lockheed Martin on Tuesday said it will deliver the first C-130J Hercules aircraft in December this year to the the Indian Air Force and expressed hope to receive Letter of Request (LOR) for six more planes.
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02/21/2010
Just weeks after the Pentagon announced a restructuring of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, the U.S. Air Force is now re-evaluating when the plane will be considered ready for service, Air Combat Command chief Gen. William Fraser said Feb. 19.
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02/21/2010
Every day, the Air Force reports dozens of successful flights supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Fighters, bombers and other combat aircraft provide overwatch for troops on the ground, protecting the war fighters and deterring the enemy.
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02/20/2010
The U.S. Navy is planning to demonstrate an armed, sensor-equipped, carrier-based unmanned combat aircraft system (UCAS) by 2018, as a follow-on to carrier-suitability and autonomous aerial-refueling demonstrations planned for completion in 2013.
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02/20/2010
South Korea’s technologically ambitious defense ministry aims to test a scaled demonstrator for a stealthy combat drone by 2013, extending the country’s expertise in unmanned aircraft and hedging against cancellation of the KF-X fighter program.
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02/20/2010
The United States is reported ready to provide light attack aircraft to the Lebanese army and to establish an elite Special Forces unit, a major step toward boosting the military's now-feeble firepower.
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02/19/2010
With the inauguration of a modern Command and Control Center to view satellite images and of the radars acquired together with the Super Tucano intercept planes and equipment to heighten border security, the Government aims to escalate the war against drug trafficking via air and land.
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02/19/2010
The United Arab Emirates has taken a fresh jab at talks to purchase the South Korean-built T-50 jet trainer following stalled negotiations to acquire its rival, Italy's M-346 trainer.
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02/19/2010
The missiles are out in full strength at the Defexpo in Delhi’s enormous Pragati Maidan complex, but it seems that flower pots are also being considered as potential weapons of influence for India’s growing defence market. At least, that is what some Russians seemed to believe.
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02/19/2010
The fourth generation Russian-origin jet fighter aircraft, MiG-29K, which would be used for carrier-based operations, would be formally inducted into the Indian Navy on Friday in presence of Defence Minister A K Anthony on Friday.
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02/19/2010
A thorny inflation clause and a shopping list of military gadgets dominated closing stages of talks to rescue the delayed A400M troop plane on Thursday as France held out the prospect of a deal next week.
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02/19/2010
Lockheed Martin Corp. says it has reduced delays in the development phase of its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet to about 13 months. That's far less than the 30-months earlier feared and puts the program in the running for millions of dollars in Pentagon performance awards.
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02/19/2010
India will continue to selectively buy arms and aircraft from suppliers in the US and other countries—excluding Russia, with which it has an inter-government pact—through the foreign military sales, or FMS, route that bypasses competitive bidding, defence minister A.K. Antony said.
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02/19/2010
The Pakistani Air Force on Thursday inducted the first squadron of JF-17 Thunder multi-role combat aircraft it jointly developed with China as part of its efforts to maintain a “balance” of conventional forces in the region.
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02/18/2010
Flight International reports that Bangladeshi planning minister A.K. Khandker has informed Parliament that the government intends to buy “a squadron” of fighters and 2 maritime patrol aircraft, as part of its 2010 procurement plans. This would be a significant commitment for Bangladesh, whose 2008-2009 defense budget came in at around $1 billion.
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02/18/2010
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) of New Zealand is working to ensure the successful completion of the C-130 Hercules life extension programme, following the news that Safe Air in Blenheim is planning to reduce its workforce by a hundred positions.
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02/18/2010
On Monday, two Eurofighter Typhoon fighters of the Luftwaffe —- the German Air Force —- took off from the Laage Air Base in Germany on probably the most important mission the plane has flown.
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02/18/2010
Piloted by Lockheed Martin F-35 Test Pilot Jeff Knowles, the third F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., today.
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02/18/2010
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed the paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) F/A-18 qualification flight test program. The paveway II Plus LGB uses an enhanced laser guidance package, significantly improving the precision of current paveway II LGBs.
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02/18/2010
The Boeing Company delivered an E-4B National Airborne Operations Center aircraft to the U.S. Air Force on Feb. 8, after 11 months of maintenance at Boeing’s Wichita facility. The aircraft returns to service in support of the center’s mission -- providing senior government and military decision makers with connected and protected air travel.
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02/17/2010
Pentagon officials on Feb. 16 confirmed Deputy Defense Secretary Bill Lynn’s announcement one day prior that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program will be delayed by about one year.
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02/17/2010
Police forces all over the UK will soon be able to draw on ... modified military aircraft drones [to] carry out surveillance on everyone from protesters and antisocial motorists to fly-tippers, and will be in place in time for the 2012 Olympics.
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02/17/2010
The widespread introduction of unmanned aerial vehicles to the battlefield during the last decade has been called revolutionary. But their applications so far have mostly been in the reconnaissance and surveillance realm, with only a handful of aircraft able to fire weapons.
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02/17/2010
EUROPEAN aerospace giant EADS has received an new finance offer from partner governments which could rescue the troubled A400M military transport project, a company spokesman said on Monday.
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02/17/2010
Boeing is looking further ahead in the Indian defense procurement and development market as it now enters the third and final phase of field trials for the proposed F/A-18IN for India’s 126 Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition.
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02/17/2010
France's Dassault Aviation, desperate to find the first foreign customer for its multi-role Rafale fighter, is concentrating on a potential sale of 60 of the jets to the United Arab Emirates.
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02/17/2010
While Pakistani leaders and judiciary are locked in an unending internal battle and the armed forces are engaged in an ongoing treacherous terrorism network Pakistan’s arch rival India has embarked on a huge armament programme that is seen as genuine threats to both Pakistan and its strategic ally China.
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02/16/2010
US defence major Lockheed Martin Tuesday said it may consider selling the fifth generation fighter aircraft F-35 if approached by the Indian Air Force (IAF). “We will consider this if the IAF approaches us,” Orville Prins, vice president for Lockheed Martin India’s operation, told reporters at the sixth edition of Defexpo India.
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02/16/2010
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, the Chief of the Air Staff, insisted that air power must not be seen as an “optional luxury” when Britain’s future defence capability is considered.
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02/16/2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully demonstrated that its MQ-8B Vertical Unmanned Aerial System (VUAS) can resupply U.S. or coalition troops deployed on a combat mission.
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02/16/2010
Boeing successfully completed stores (weapons) ground vibration testing on P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T1 on Feb. 5 in Seattle. The tests will provide data to validate predictions of aircraft performance prior to flight testing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., later this year.
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02/15/2010
Coinciding with the starting signal for India’s largest defence exhibition, DEFEXPO 2010 (15-18 February 2010), a German Air Force Eurofighter fighter aircraft will be heading to India today. However, this aircraft will not be making acrobatic manoeuvres for the visitors of the show but, rather, will be thoroughly examined by the Indian Air Force (IAF) as part of the medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) MMRCA programme. The Eurofighter will join India’s ongoing programme, which has been ini
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02/15/2010
Electronic and computer attack—the futuristic segment of the Pentagon’s arsenal—will benefit from the proposed 2011 military spending plan, but identifying all the key pieces is difficult without close scrutiny.
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02/15/2010
Russia and India will sign the first contract on the manufacturing of a fifth-generation jet fighter in late February-early March, a Russian defense industry official said Monday.
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02/14/2010
The U.S. Army has received its first production models of the AN/ZPY-1 Starlite lightweight radar. This system weighs 65 pounds (29.5 kg), occupies 34 cc (1.2 cubic feet), uses 750 watts of power and costs about $2.3 million each. The Starlite was designed for use in the army's new 1.5 ton MQ-1C Sky Warrior UAV. Starlite can deliver photo quality black and white images of what is down there, in any weather. The army has developed software that enables the Starlite images to be transmitted to ex
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02/14/2010
The helicopter was filled with men and dark in its cabin when a voice cut over the whir of the rotors.
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02/13/2010
American defence contractor, Lockheed Martin, has said it expects the Government of India (GoI) to shortly issue a Letter of Request (LoR) to the United States government for the acquisition of an additional six C-130-30J Super Hercules transport aircraft.
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02/13/2010
The Australian air force says a new training program is under way supported by Boeing's C-17 Globemaster III Aircrew Training System.
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02/13/2010
Israel is pressing the U.S. administration to clinch a deal for up to 75 F-35 Stealth fighters but Lockheed Martin wants to sell the fifth-generation fighter to Arabs as well.
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02/13/2010
The four-nation Eurofighter consortium foresees substantial growth opportunities on the world market, with India playing a crucial role, it said Friday.
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02/13/2010
Spain's two biggest trade unions said Friday they would call on European colleagues to mobilise to save the over-budget Airbus A400M military plane project from being scrapped.
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02/12/2010
The Boeing Company, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency on Feb. 11 successfully demonstrated the speed, precision and breakthrough potential of directed-energy weapons when the Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) engaged and destroyed a boosting ballistic missile.
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02/12/2010
Bangladesh has vowed to buy a squadron of new fighters and has resumed efforts to purchase two maritime patrol aircraft.
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02/12/2010
On 29 January 2010, the Sukhoi PAK-FA, which could variously be described as a technology demonstrator, the first prototype of the future T-50 fighter, or an intermediate step between the two, took to the air for the first time from the freezing runway of Dzemgi Air Force Base (shared with the KnAAPO plant) at Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Russian Far East Siberia. A fundamental step has at last been accomplished in the development of the long-expected Russian response to the American F-22 RAPTOR a
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02/12/2010
Leaders of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program are partnering with U.S. and international aerospace leaders, including Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. These three primary partners are supported by up to 600 suppliers. In all, the parties involved in the production of the F-35 reside in more than 30 countries, spanning 17 time zones.
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02/12/2010
The European EADS aerospace group, which controls Airbus, will begin to wind down development of the A400M military transport plane if an agreement on budget overruns is not agreed with partner governments by Monday, a report said here Thursday.
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02/12/2010
The great Indian arms bazaar is thriving. From fighters and helicopters to submarines and howitzers, India's never-ending hunger for military hardware and software continues to attract global armament companies in hordes.
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02/12/2010
Boeing today announced that it has formally signed a contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the India-based manufacturer to provide weapons bay doors for eight P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft that will be delivered to the Indian navy.
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02/11/2010
Much of this strategic partnership between France and Brazil is due to the latter's desire to remain flexible and not solely dependent on US suppliers, plus the former's eagerness to find additional takers for the products of its expensively maintained military industrial complex, as tight international competition and varying price ranges have recently led many traditional French clients to shop with different vendors.
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02/11/2010
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reopened talks to purchase South Korea's T-50 supersonic trainer aircraft, following stalled negotiations to acquire Italy's M-346 trainer jets, defense procurement officials here said Thursday.
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02/11/2010
According to media reports India has recently embarked on the most ambitious air power modernisation programme in its entire history. The proposals include the 126 MMRCA for US $10 billion, ten C-17 heavy lift transport aircraft worth $2.4 billion, eight Boeing P8I LRMP (for the Navy) worth $2.1 billion, six Lockheed Martin C-130J for $962 million, six second-hand Sea King helicopters (for the Navy) and a whole host of other equipment including many helicopters for the Indian Army. There are als
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02/11/2010
Russian will supply Vietnam with 12 Su-30MK2 fighter jets under a 1 billion-U.S. dollar arms deal, the Interfax news agency reported Wednesday.
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02/10/2010
On 29 January 2010, the Sukhoi PAK-FA (Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Frontovoi Aviatsy, literally "Future Front line Aircraft System"), which could variously be described as a technology demonstrator, the first prototype of the future T-50 fighter, or an intermediate step between the two, took to the air for the first time from the freezing runway of Dzemgi Air Force Base (shared with the KnAAPO plant) at Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Russian Far East Siberia. A fundamental step has at last b
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02/10/2010
It is among the U.S. Air Force’s most finite resources, but the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is still growing in capabilities, and it’s an aircraft America is happy to allow an ally to use.
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02/10/2010
Even as China now openly talks of setting up naval bases abroad, and for one reason or the other has been increasing its naval footprint in the Indian Ocean Region, India has now decided to upgrade two fighter bases in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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02/10/2010
Lockheed Martin has formally delivered the 50th MH-60R helicopter, fully equipped for its mission to protect the U. S. Navy fleet from hostile submarines and surface ships.
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02/10/2010
Boeing will present world-class products and services including the F/A-18IN Super Hornet, C-17 Globemaster III, P-8I, AH-64D Apache and CH-47F Chinook to Indian government officials, military officers, and other valued stakeholders at Defexpo 2010. The exhibition takes place Feb. 15-18 at the Pragati Maidan complex in New Delhi.
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02/09/2010
Russia has begun flying a stealthy fifth-generation fighter to rival the U.S. F-22, but Western analysts question whether Sukhoi can develop and deliver the aircraft by 2015 as promised.
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02/09/2010
Lockheed Martin Corp, the world’s biggest aerospace company, is keen to supply India with defence equipment including fighters and ships, in deals Indian defence sources say are potentially worth $20 billion.
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02/09/2010
Currently two of the most sought after contracts for American and European aviation contractors are the new Indian and Brazilian fighters. The two contests have been underway now for over a year with companies like Boeing; Lockheed Martin; Rafael of France; MiG of Russia; Sweden’s SAAB and the European consortium Eurofighter all challenging each other for these deals. With the domestic market in the United States committed to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and Europe finishing their buy of Eurofi
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02/09/2010
Boeing has eliminated the distinctive canted tails from the early prototype and production configuration of the proposed stealthy Silent Eagle version of the F-15.
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02/09/2010
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have successfully connected a virtual pilot training platform through the Distributed Mission Operations Network.
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02/09/2010
Iran started on Monday production of two domestically-developed unmanned aerial vehicles capable of delivering high-precision bombing strikes and performing reconnaissance missions, the Fars news agency said.
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02/09/2010
Lockheed Martin Corporation and Kaman Aerospace Corporation, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation [NASDAQ GS: KAMN] have successfully demonstrated to the U.S. Marine Corps the capability of the Unmanned K-MAX® helicopter to resupply troops by unmanned helicopter at forward operating bases in Afghanistan.
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02/09/2010
Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has been awarded a $1.5 million contract for the provision of engineering support services for the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) fleet of F/A-18A/B Hornet aircraft.
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02/08/2010
China is outfitting a new attack helicopter with a European engine despite export restrictions put in place after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. The move comes as European officials push hard for lifting restrictions on defense exports to China.
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02/08/2010
Brazil's government denied Thursday it had made a final decision to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France after a news report said the planes' maker, Dassault, had lopped two billion dollars off their price. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva "still has not decided on the selection process," the state news agency Agencia Brasil said.
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02/08/2010
British forces are relying increasingly on unmanned drones to attack targets in Afghanistan, mirroring controversial tactics used by the US.
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02/07/2010
41st Airlift Squadron loadmaster Staff Sgt. Lindsey Thornton had the honor of flying with local Singapore media, the Brunei Minister of Defence and Jori Haji Abdullah, the Commander of the Royal Brunei Air Force aboard his aircraft which has been the highlight of his crew's trip to Singapore.
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02/07/2010
The US Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, met Saturday in Ankara with the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Erdogan.
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02/06/2010
The Taiwan Air Force said Friday it would buy three Eurocopters for search and rescue operations, the first arms deal with Europe since the sale of Mirage warplanes and Lafayette frigates in the 1990s. "We invited international tenders. The Eurocopter Group won the bid because its price was lower than our bottom price," air force press officer Yin Shih-hsien said by phone.
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02/06/2010
Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) is in talks with seven customers outside the U.S. to sell 35 C130J transport planes and will ramp up its production to meet demand, an executive told Dow Jones on Tuesday.
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02/06/2010
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in no uncertain terms today that if Congress attempts to put back money for the C-17, the military cargo plane built in Boeing’s Long Beach plant, he will recommend to his boss, President Barack Obama, that he vetoes the whole defense spending bill.
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02/06/2010
The seven governments behind the troubled Airbus A400M military airlifter program Friday called for a "rapid conclusion" to their negotiations with the military aircraft division of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co.
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02/06/2010
Boeing Co. said Japan may initiate a contract to procure a new fleet of 40 fighter jets as early as next month, a potential opportunity to sell its F-15 or Super Hornet models.
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02/05/2010
Brazil's government denied Thursday it had made a final decision to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France after a news report said the planes' maker, Dassault, had lopped two billion dollars off their price.
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02/05/2010
Far from being satisfied with a $6.4 billion arms package proposed by Washington last week, Taiwan said on Wednesday it wants more weapons, and more advanced ones at that, a move sure to further infuriate China.
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02/05/2010
Indian Air Force's multi-role Su-30 MKI fighters could be armed with supersonic cruise missiles by 2012, giving them the capability to strike ground targets from stand-off distance.
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02/05/2010
South Korea will supply eight ageing, ground-attack aircraft free to Peru to try to encourage arms deals with Central and South American nations, defence officials said Thursday.
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02/05/2010
Top Pentagon leaders on Wednesday underscored their commitment to the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program and challenged some of the arguments Boeing Co is hoping could help it sell more of its F/A-18 fighters before production of the F-35 gets into full swing.
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02/05/2010
Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Air Force contract valued at $243.5 million for an eighth production lot of the JASSM cruise missile. The award brings the total contracted quantities of the cruise missile to over 1200.
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02/05/2010
Boeing connected the F-22 Mission Training Center (MTC) at Langley Air Force Base, Va., to the U.S. Air Force's Distributed Mission Operations Network (DMON) in November, allowing F-22 pilots at the base to train virtually with pilots in other aircraft platforms for the first time. The MTC at Langley is the first of four F-22 training centers that Boeing will link to the network over the next three years.
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02/04/2010
On Jan. 29, a Russian pilot conducted a test flight of the first warplane entirely designed and built by Russian companies since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. The plane, formally known as the Prospective Aircraft Complex of Frontline Aviation (PAK FA), is manufactured by the state-owned Sukhoi aircraft corporation. Russian sources describe the PAK FA as the first fifth-generation multi-role fighter/attack warplane built outside the United States, but some analysts doubt it meets that categ
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02/04/2010
Malaysia, which had ordered four Airbus A400M military transport aircraft, is likely to receive its orders on time, according to Airbus Military defence capability marketing vice-president Peter Scoffham.
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02/04/2010
As mechanized forces bog down in the fight against insurgents in Afghanistan, low-tech solutions to problems become more attractive. One of these is the use of small, simple aircraft to replace jets for the close air support (CAS), armed reconnaissance and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions that dominate air operations.
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02/04/2010
A swath of Asia-Pacific states is in the throes of revamping their fighter inventories. As a result, Western and Russian manufacturers are either wrestling to sustain market share or vying with rival fighter builders in traditional client markets.
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02/04/2010
A Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter today became the fifth F-35 to begin flight operations.
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02/04/2010
The Boeing Company today announced that it has been awarded a $324 million Foreign Military Sales contract from the Electronics Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., to upgrade France's fleet of four E-3F Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, as well as the fleet's ground system.
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02/04/2010
Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, today announced that Project Vigilare, a Network Centric Command and Control System (NC3S) solution for Australia, recently completed its first data transmission with a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft using Link 16.
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02/03/2010
Ministers are expected to meet again in Berlin on Thursday, after talks between the countries and the company broke down last week. Airbus had set a deadline of January 31 to reach a resolution.
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02/03/2010
Lockheed Martin Corp said on Tuesday it was working closely with the Pentagon to ensure its $300 billion F-35 fighter jet program met, or beat, new schedule and cost targets after a Pentagon shake-up.
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02/03/2010
Singapore’s choice of an advanced jet training system is due next month and could be crucial to the future export prospects of Italy’s M-346 Master and Korea’s T-50 Golden Eagle. These dissimilar training jets have been bid here by rival prime contractors, ST Aero and Lockheed Martin, respectively. The decision here is likely to influence the United Arab Emirates, which notably failed last November to confirm its previously announced selection of the M-346 over the T-50.
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02/03/2010
What Tejas wants, Tejas gets. The much-delayed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme will get an additional funding of Rs 8,000 crore.
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02/03/2010
Russia's fifth-generation fighter performed its maiden flight on Friday.
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02/02/2010
Sudanese Air Force has been deploying Russian fixed- and rotary-wing platforms for conventional warfare and counter-insurgency operations, according to worldtribune.com .
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02/02/2010
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Monday that he was replacing the general in charge of the Pentagon’s largest weapons program — the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter — and withholding $614 million in award fees from the contractor, Lockheed Martin.
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02/02/2010
U.S. Defense officials outlined plans to double production of unmanned aircraft, part of an expanded 2011 budget unveiled Monday that emphasizes the importance of international hot spots and natural disasters as well as large-scale warfare, as provided under a new strategy document.
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02/02/2010
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced a billion-dollar venture Monday that it hopes will respond to military demand for technology to fight two wars, including Black Hawk helicopters that can see and fly on their own.
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02/02/2010
On December 29, 2010, a prototype Sukhoi T-50 fifth-generation fighter took off on its maiden flight at 11.19 a.m. in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia's Far East.
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02/01/2010
Lockheed Martin has received $59 million from the U.S. Air Force for additional Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP). This order represents the second increment on the U.S. Air Force’s Sniper ATP Lot 9 contract, originally awarded in September 2009, bringing the total value of the Lot 9 buy to $95 million.
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02/01/2010
A Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter crash in the Far East earlier this month was likely caused by pilot error, a source close to the investigation said on Saturday.
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02/01/2010
Training is underway at the Swedish Armed Forces Technical school in Halmstad and will continue until the end of the year. The technical training also includes a On the Job Training (OJT) part at the Swedish Air Force Wings F 7 in Såtenäs and F 17 in Ronneby. As part of their training, technicians spent time at Saab’s Gripen manufacturing hub in Linköping. The technicians’ training programme forms part of Thailand’s 2008 procurement contract for six Gripen fighter jets.
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02/01/2010
Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) today welcomed the first class of C-17 Globemaster III student pilots at RAAF Base Amberley.
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02/01/2010
A prototype of Russia’s first stealth fighter successfully completed its long-delayed maiden flight Friday, receiving a warm welcome from government officials who hope that the jet will become a new centerpiece for its aging air fleet.
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02/01/2010
IAF is all set to conduct a high-voltage firepower exercise to showcase its `shock and awe' capabilities to both domestic as well as international audiences.
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01/31/2010
The Boeing Company and industry supplier HAVELSAN announced today that they have completed installation of Mission Simulator and Mission Support Center hardware for Turkey's Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) program.
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01/31/2010
The exclusion of F-16C/D jets and of submarines from the recent United States arms deal did not mean that those purchases would not go ahead, Premier Wu Den-yih said Sunday.
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01/31/2010
The Obama administration's 2011 defense budget avoids the controversial weapons cuts of last year, according to a draft copy, and continues to shift modest amounts of money to weapons programs such as helicopters, unmanned planes and Special Operations units that are in heavy use Afghanistan and Iraq.
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01/31/2010
The A400M is massively over budget and four years behind schedule and the aircraft manufacturer wants the seven governments who have ordered it to pay more.
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01/30/2010
Lockheed Martin Corp. is fixing a structural weakness in the Navy version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that limits the jet’s ability to launch from aircraft carriers, according to a company spokesman.
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01/30/2010
The first batch of Russian fifth-generation fighters will go into service in 2013, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
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01/30/2010
France is spending $300 million to upgrade its four E-3F AWACS (Air Warning And Control System) aircraft. The upgrade will replace ancient (mainframe based) computers with PC type networked hardware. This will enable regular upgrades with new processors and data storage equipment. New software will introduce a Windows type interface, and joysticks. This is similar to an upgrade performed on American AWACS. French AWACS will remain able to closely cooperate with E-3 type AWACS used by other natio
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01/30/2010
As the Chinese Air Force puts an increasing number of modern combat aircraft into service, it has realized that it's logistical support services have to modernize as well. Logistics is essential if these modern aircraft (like the Su-30) can be kept in battle. To do that, these aircraft need large quantities of fuel, weapons, spare parts, and people who know how to get that stuff to where it is needed, and on time. The emphasis is on "generating sorties" (rearming and refueling modern fighters qu
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01/29/2010
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will present a wide variety of its advanced technologies and products at this year's Singapore Air Show, taking place from February 2nd – February 7th, 2010 at the Changi Exhibition Centre.
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01/29/2010
Boeing announced today that a B-52H upgraded with new communication technology successfully accomplished its first test flight at Edwards Air Force Base on Jan. 17. The Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) upgrade allows B-52H crews to receive and send real-time digital information during their missions.
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01/29/2010
Boeing delivered a record five Apache Longbow Crew Trainers (LCTs) in 2009 -- more than in any previous year -- and all five have been declared "ready for training."
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01/29/2010
The United Arab Emirates Air Force is considering selling the Mirage 2000-9 jet fighters that it originally purchased from France, according to a UAE representative at the Dubai Air Show last November. The main reason, he said, was high maintenance costs.
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01/29/2010
A United States aircraft landed at a military air base in Colombia on Thursday, with the intention that it will be used by the Colombian government to deliver aid to Haiti.
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01/29/2010
Though Lockheed Martin Corp. has thousands of government contracts, none is more important to its future than the F-35 Lightning II, a fighter-jet program that will cost almost $300 billion to design, build and buy in the coming decades.
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01/29/2010
Russia on Thursday expressed optimism that the MiG-35 fighter jets fielded by it in the Indian Air Force's tender for acquisition of 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) will prove an edge over its Western rivals and ultimately win the contract.
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01/28/2010
The military says Nellis Air Force Base will host extra activity in coming days with combat training exercises being conducted over the Nevada desert.
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01/28/2010
The Singapore Airshow 2010, starting on February 2, will take place at a time when industry players are noticing a pickup in the aviation sector.
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01/28/2010
The Boeing Company will highlight its broad range of commercial and defense products, technologies, and services during this year’s Singapore Airshow, which begins Feb. 2.
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01/28/2010
Russia will test fly by the end of January a new "fifth generation" stealth fighter that aims to challenge the United States for technical superiority, an aviation industry source told Reuters on Wednesday.
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01/28/2010
A Royal Air Force officer on Tuesday became the first active-duty service pilot from the United Kingdom to take to the skies in a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
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01/27/2010
Libya's defense minister arrived in Moscow on Tuesday for talks that Russian media said could result in a $2 billion defense contract including 20 jets.
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01/27/2010
Seeds of Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) requirements can be traced back to Kargil conflict more than a decade ago. When Indian air force was pressed into service to clear Mountain peaks in Kargil of Pakistani Army Regulars and Terrorist, many serving aircrafts from the Indian air force inventory like Mig-21/27/29, Jaguars and Mirage 2000D were pressed into service in various roles.
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01/27/2010
NATO air forces recently carried out several training engagements known as dact, Dissimilar Aircraft Combat Training. These competitions pit pilots in various aircraft against each other to see how the various craft measure up.
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01/27/2010
Nations that have ordered Airbus' A400M military transport plane met Tuesday with parent company EADS before a weekend deadline to find a solution to the troubled project, an official said.
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01/27/2010
During the past decade, world fighter production totaled only around 2,500 units, but over the next 10 years, annual deliveries are set to rise. Unlike the 1970s and 1980s, when large numbers of dedicated ground-attack aircraft were produced in addition to fighters, the modern market for combat aircraft is focused almost exclusively on multirole fighters that can handle both the air superiority and attack missions. The U.S. Air Force recently proposed building a new bomber, but this program is n
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01/26/2010
The air force is seeking cabinet approval to buy six more Gripen jet fighters and upgrade six F-16 fighters at a combined cost of more than 20 billion baht.
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01/26/2010
Airbus engineers are working on minor A400M airframe modifications and fixes to the engine control software as the manufacturer digests the broadly positive results of initial flight testing.
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01/26/2010
A U.S. drone reportedly crashed in Pakistan on Sunday. The Associated Press calls it “a rare mishap for a program Washington has increasingly relied on to kill Taliban and al-Qaida militants.” But that’s not quite right; American unmanned aircraft go down all the time. They’ve even gone down before in Pakistan.
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01/26/2010
U.S. Army received its first Sky Warrior MQ-1C UAVs about a year ago, and since last April, several of these aircraft have been operating around Baghdad. The first flight in a combat zone, lasting 10.5 hours, was last April 18th.
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01/25/2010
In late December 2009, reports surfaced that Myanmar (formerly Burma) had signed a EUR 400 million (about $571 million) deal with Russia’s Rosoboronexport for 20 MiG-29D fighters. Some sources add a deal for more Mi-35 attack helicopters, and place the entire package at EUR 450 million.
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01/25/2010
The Asia-Pacific fighters market will continue to be the world's most active over the next decade, with the countries likely to buy more than 500 aircraft to supplement existing fleets, embark on upgrades and acquire new capabilities to take them into the next stage of their development.
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01/24/2010
A young Air Force pilot, weaned on computer games, scans his video screen for the enemy he's stalking from thousands of miles away. A camera-equipped unmanned aerial vehicle known as a Reaper provides the video.
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01/24/2010
Thales is Europe's most important player in the targeting pod market with its Damocles multifunction pod for day/night laser-guided weapon capability. Though the Dassault Aviation Rafale is its primary platform, Damocles has been purchased for the Dassault Mirage 2000, Dassault Super Étendard Modernisé, and Sukhoi Su-30MK aircraft.
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01/24/2010
An internal Navy briefing obtained by CongressDaily suggests, without saying it right out, that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ballyhooed by Defense Secretary Gates will cost so much to buy and fly that the service might have to find a cheaper plane to fill up its carrier decks.
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01/23/2010
Boeing delivered its fourth and final KC-767 aerial refueling tanker to Japan on 8 December, the company announced on 12 January.
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01/23/2010
The Eurofighter Typhoon is "leading the race" to win a contract from the Indian government for 126 fighter jets, valued at around $10.4 billion, India's ambassador to Italy said on Friday.
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01/23/2010
A BURMESE fighter pilot was killed during training this morning when his plane crashed in an airfield in the military-ruled country, an official said.
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01/23/2010
U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin (LMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) hopes to sign an agreement with Israel on its F-35 fighter jet by the end of the year, and targets 75 to 100 jets for the deal, an executive said on Friday.
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01/23/2010
Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn on Thursday underscored the Pentagon's commitment to Lockheed Martin Corp's (LMT.N) $300 billion F-35 fighter jet, saying the U.S. government and its allies still planned to buy 3,000 of the new fighters over time.
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01/23/2010
For some reason Canada has held back a valuable asset from the battle against the Taliban; our high-performance CF-18 jets should be in action.
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01/23/2010
Raytheon marked a milestone for its Target Verification System following a successful demonstration with a U.S. Navy F/A-18 aircraft.
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01/23/2010
The Eurofighter Typhoon is one of the world's most advanced multi-role combat aircraft and will be on of the star attractions during the first Bahrain air show, which started yesterday.
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01/22/2010
Eurocopter's Brazilian subsidiary has managed to secure the largest service contract in more than 30 years of its presence in that country.
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01/22/2010
Eurocopter recently reported its 2009 figures, and offered forecasts for 2010. While Robinson is far and away the leading global helicopter builder by numbers, Eurocopter is generally accepted as the #1 firm when measures include order value, competition across multiple major segments, etc. This makes their fate and forecasts an interesting bellwether for the sector.
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01/22/2010
Plans to locally develop a fighter aircraft and an attack helicopter will start next year. The plan is part of comprehensive projects to develop the nation’s aerospace industry over the next decade, the Ministry of National Defense said Thursday.
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01/22/2010
Vietnam became Russia's biggest arms client in 2009, having ordered six diesel-electric submarines and 12 Su-30 fighter jets, according to the calculations of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), a think tank here that tracks Russia's arms exports.
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01/22/2010
Bahrain’s first-ever international air show, which began yesterday at the country’s Sakhir Airbase, showcased 74 aircraft from suppliers representing 15 nations.
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01/22/2010
Hellenic Aerospace Industries has won a three-year, $43 million contract with the Saudi Arabian defence ministry to maintain and repair the Rolls-Royce Allison T56 engines that power its air force fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130 tactical transports.
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01/22/2010
A testing delay for the F-35 program will prompt an increase in the per-unit cost of the stealthy single-engine fighter “for a period,” says the U.S. Air Force chief of staff, Gen. Norton Schwartz.
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01/22/2010
A package of arms sales being prepared by Washington for Taiwan may portend a downturn in U.S.-China relations only a year after the Obama administration entered office championing closer ties with Beijing. The ever-sensitive topic of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, considered by Beijing to be an integral part of the People’s Republic of China, will undoubtedly result in protestations by the Chinese, who have long maintained a vow to recover the island by force if necessary.
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01/22/2010
India's Navy has started a $1.5 billion overhaul of its ageing Soviet-era fleet of aircraft, seeking to boost its air power in an Indian Ocean region where a growing China is threatening its traditional dominance.
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01/21/2010
EADS should fund a large share of the A400M's cost overrun, French Defense Minister Hervé Morin said, speaking on the eve of a meeting of procurement ministers and the prime contractor to negotiate financial terms for the troubled airlifter program.
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01/21/2010
Rosoboronexport will be taking active part in the first Bahrain International Airshow, BIAS 2010. This exhibition of military, civilian and business aircraft will take place from 21 to 23 January at the Sahir Airbase in Manama.
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01/21/2010
The Indian Air Force is offering the Bangladesh Biman Bahini (Bangladesh air force) the use of its facilities to modernise and maintain fighter aircraft and helicopters, a senior defence source told The Telegraph here.
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01/21/2010
The U.S. Defense Department is slowing Lockheed Martin Corp's $300 billion F-35 fighter jet program, a multinational effort, to stabilize its schedule and costs, according to draft budget documents obtained by Reuters.
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01/21/2010
With radar-cross-section (RCS) trials for Boeing’s Silent Eagle semi-stealthy F-15 prototype complete, company officials are now focusing on South Korea as a possible first customer.
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01/21/2010
January 20, 2010: Two years ago, the U.S. Army thought it had a deal with the Air Force, to settle a dispute over who should control army UAVs.
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01/21/2010
BAE Systems, a global defence, security and aerospace company, will display its innovative technology -- MANTIS and HERTI, its unmanned air systems, and a full size replica of the Eurofighter Typhoon, at the inaugural Bahrain
International Air Show today, a company official said.
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01/21/2010
Two Russian Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers have successfully carried out a routine patrol flight over the Arctic Ocean, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
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01/20/2010
In the latest chapter of the on-again, off-again U.S. Air Force program to upgrade avionics on the C-130 airlifter fleet, service officials say the once-dead project is now funded and will move forward.
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01/20/2010
Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammed Najib Tun Abdul Razak arrived here this evening on a five-day State Visit to India during which the two countries will sign several agreements aimed at forging closer bilateral cooperation between them, including possibly an extradition pact.
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01/20/2010
Iran denied passage to a Russian Su-27 fighter even though its flight plan had been cleared in advance, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
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01/20/2010
The Defense Ministry has told the Pentagon that it will purchase the stealth-enabled Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) if it is allowed to replace 50 percent of the systems with Israeli-made technology, defense officials said Tuesday.
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01/20/2010
Placing a new aircraft in a combat situation is a true test of its capabilities and future role within the Army.
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01/20/2010
The Boeing Company has signed a $34 million contract with Italian defense company Oto Melara to co-produce the Small Diameter Bomb Increment I (SDB I) weapon system for the Italian Air Force.
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01/20/2010
The Boeing Company today announced that it has been awarded a five-year In-Service Support contract for Project Wedgetail, Australia's 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) program. The contract from Australia's Defence Materiel Organisation is worth approximately US$600 million.
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01/19/2010
Recent events for Northrop Grumman Corporation’s E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft program reinforce its contribution as the top airborne battle management platform. Joint STARS is the only platform in the U.S. defense arsenal that can provide wide area surveillance covering more than 50,000 square kilometers and detect objects moving at a wide variety of speeds.
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01/19/2010
The Boeing Company today announced that it has begun assembling the first A-10 Thunderbolt replacement-wing set at its Macon facility. The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing the contract, worth up to $2 billion, in June 2007 to provide as many as 242 A-10 replacement-wing sets through 2018.
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01/18/2010
Boeing Co. (BA) said Monday it has received initial requests for information from India's federal government for supplying six refueling tankers, in what is likely to further expand the U.S. aircraft maker's presence in this burgeoning market for defense equipment.
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01/18/2010
India and Russia are set to agree a 1.2-billion-dollar deal for 29 MiG-29 fighter jets which will cement Moscow's role as New Delhi's principal arms supplier, an official said Monday.
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01/18/2010
Lockheed Martin’s Vice President for Business Development Orville Prins told India Strategic defence magazine that a presentation about the aircraft was made to the Indian Navy recently after it expressed interest in the newer generation of aircraft for its future carrier-based aircraft requirements.
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01/18/2010
It was Dwight D. Eisenhower, America’s only 5-star General President, who first warned us of the “military-industrial complex.” (Less well-known is the fact that in the draft of the address, Eisenhower initially used the term “military-industrial-congressional complex,” but struck the word “congressional” in order to pacify members of Congress. Too bad – Congressional meddling and jockeying to get moredollars in their district is the largest single factor in defense cost over
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01/18/2010
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), one of Turkey's top defense companies, expects its role in international programs, mostly the F-35 and A400M projects, to expand its sales by nearly 40 percent this year, the company's director general says.
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01/18/2010
Last year, for the first time, the U.S. Air Force graduated a class of UAV operators who were not already military pilots. Actually, these officers were given flight training, but only of the most basic kind, and needed only 18 hours at the controls of an aircraft, before they went on to UAV operator school. Now, the air force has increased that to 35 hours, because it is believed that a UAV operator needs a pilots sense of what is going on, even while operating an aircraft remotely from the gro
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01/18/2010
As the military rushes to place more spy drones over Afghanistan, the remote-controlled planes are producing so much video intelligence that analysts are finding it more and more difficult to keep up.
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01/17/2010
Visitors to the inaugural Bahrain International Air Show, to be held from 21-23 January 2010, will be able to see at first hand BAE Systems’ innovative technology in the form of MANTIS and HERTI, its unmanned air systems, and a full size replica of the Eurofighter Typhoon, the world’s most advanced multi-role/swing role combat aircraft. Through the Royal Bahraini Air Force and the Bahrain Defence Force, BAE Systems’ Hawk and Avro RJ100 in VIP configuration will also be represented.
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01/16/2010
A Thunderbird pilot killed in Southeast Asia and listed as missing in action for more than 40 years returned to the location of his last Air Force assignment Jan. 14 for a celebration of his life among a sea of family and peers.
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01/16/2010
Russia has suspended SU-27 Flanker fighter jet flights until the cause of a deadly crash earlier in the week is determined, a Defense Ministry official told RIA Novosti on Saturday.
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01/16/2010
Russian Navy plans to buy the first batch of MiG-29K fighters set to be deployed on an aircraft carrier later this year, said a Navy official on Friday.
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01/16/2010
Japan is risking a rapid loss of fighter engineering skills, an official review of the industry warns, urging the government to avoid fully importing combat aircraft.
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01/16/2010
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has received a $1.4 billion contract to maintain engines for RAF jet fighters.
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01/15/2010
France has adapted the Israeli Heron TP UAVs to serve as a Predator substitute, until a new design can be developed in France.
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01/15/2010
Lockheed Martin recently inducted its second C-5 Galaxy strategic transport into the Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) production line at its Marietta, Ga., facility. The RERP modifications consist of more than 70 improvements and upgrades to the C-5 airframe and aircraft systems, and include the installation of new higher-thrust, more reliable turbofan engines.
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01/15/2010
Rescue teams discovered on Friday the crash site of a Su-27 Flanker fighter jet which has been missing in the Khabarovsk Territory since Thursday, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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01/15/2010
The statement of Indian Army Chief for fighting a ‘two front war’ against Pakistan and China in chorus has been under discussion since the end of December 2009.
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01/15/2010
Wrapped in secrecy for most of the decade following its 1998 test flight, Chengdu Aircraft Corp.’s J-10 multirole fighter is set to enter the global market. Following a development history that extends to the 1960s, and five years in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), the J-10 may emerge in the market soon after 2010, offering capabilities approaching Lockheed Martin’s F-16C Block 60, at half the price.
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01/15/2010
Lockheed Martin recently delivered two of seven upgraded P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan under the U.S. Government's Foreign Military Sales program.
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01/14/2010
The first Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules produced for Canada leaves the company's paint facility in Marietta, Georgia.
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01/14/2010
The Boeing Company has selected Science Engineering Services Inc. (SES) to perform disassembly, inspection and repair on AH-64D Apache helicopters in preparation for their upgrade to the Block III configuration. The program will create approximately 70 new positions for aviation and avionics mechanics, structural installers, and aviation quality inspectors within SES.
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01/14/2010
Boeing today announced that it has received a $22 million option to continue supporting the B-52 bomber under the Engineering Sustainment Program (ESP) contract the company received from the U.S. Air Force in June 2009. Under the $750 million, 10-year ESP contract, Boeing will continue to perform engineering assignments that maintain the B-52 as a ready, reliable and viable asset to the Air Force.
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01/13/2010
Dassault Aviation's Rafale fighter plane stands a good chance of winning its first-ever export contract with Brazil but it may have to make more price sacrifices, analysts said on Tuesday.
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01/13/2010
The Boeing Company on Jan. 8 delivered the last of four KC-767 aerial refueling tankers to the Japan Ministry of Defense, completing one of the International Tanker team's most significant milestones.
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01/12/2010
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will choose the French-made Rafale jet as Brazil's next-generation fighter plane but wants to negotiate a lower price, a cabinet member told Reuters on Monday.
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01/12/2010
China, which has not found a Western supplier, has decided to buy Russian engines for its FC-1 Xiaolong multirole fighter plane, a rival of Russia's MiG-29 in developing countries.
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01/12/2010
A Northrop Grumman Corporation land-based MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System, designated P7, successfully demonstrated interoperability with the Army's One System(R) Remote Video Terminal (OSRVT) at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., the week of November 23.
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01/12/2010
Lockheed Martin has received ongoing funding through a recently issued Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) that authorizes Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) associated with the C-5 Super Galaxy Reliability Enhancement and Re-Engining Program (RERP).
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01/11/2010
India on Monday successfully test-fired two short-range, air-to-air Astra missiles from the eastern state of Orissa, a news report said. The tests of the Astra, which means weapon in Sanskrit, were carried out from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, 230 kilometres north-east of state capital, Bhubaneshwar, the PTI news agency reported.
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01/11/2010
Boeing and partner Bell Helicopter delivered two MV-22 Osprey Containerized Flight Training Devices (CFTD) to the U.S. Marines at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in California in the last quarter of 2009.
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01/11/2010
Air Force leaders have said they want to retire one C-5A Galaxy for each of the 10 new C-17s, which were approved by Congress and the president in December as part of the 2010 budget.
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01/11/2010
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates directed the Air Force to return to its proposed budget three major programs the service offered to cancel, including one by Boeing Co. to build and install upgraded software in the cockpits of C-130 transports, according to a budget document.
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01/10/2010
A total of 230 Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter aircraft have been ordered for the Indian Air Force (IAF), including 140 that are being assembled under license in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). Recently, the commander of the IAF indicated that his service was interested in acquiring 50 additional Su-30MKIs, which would thus bring the total IAF acquisition to 280 Su-30MKIs.
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01/09/2010
Japan is risking a rapid loss of fighter engineering skills, an official review of the industry warns, while urging the government to avoid fully importing combat aircraft.
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01/09/2010
The Boeing Company announced today that the U.S. government has received a Letter of Request from India's Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Indian Air Force regarding the potential acquisition of 10 C-17 Globemaster III advanced airlifters.
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01/08/2010
On the heels of yesterday’s announcement that the United Arab Emirates recently finalized the purchase of six Boeing C-17 aircraft, Boeing released a statement today revealing that the nation of India has expressed interest in possibly purchasing ten additional aircraft.
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01/08/2010
The Pentagon is proposing delays and production cuts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter through 2015, in a setback for Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT), on concerns that the military contractor has fallen behind schedule on development and testing, according to media reports Thursday.
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01/08/2010
The IAF today indicated that the ageing fleet of its fighter planes was a matter of concern and hoped that the massive deal for purchase of 126 multi-role combat aircraft would come through.
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01/08/2010
The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter engaged its STOVL propulsion system in flight for the first time today. The successful test is the first in a series of planned STOVL-mode flights that will include short takeoffs, hovers and vertical landings.
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01/08/2010
Lockheed Martin has signed a foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) and LANTIRN™ Enhanced Resolution (ER) navigation pods to the Turkish Air Force. Valued at $118 million, the contract will provide Sniper ATP and LANTIRN ER navigation pods to equip Turkish Air Force F-16 Block 40 and Block 50 Peace Onyx aircraft.
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01/08/2010
Boeing and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defence today announced that the UAE has signed a contract for the acquisition of six Boeing C-17 Globemaster III advanced airlifters. The UAE, which announced in 2009 that it would modernize its airlift capabilities with the C-17, is the second Middle East nation to order the airlifter.
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01/06/2010
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has set a goal of achieving $1.5 billion in defense exports this year, up 28 percent from last year's 1.17 billion, the largest amount ever.
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01/06/2010
The Brazilian Air Force would prefer to buy its next-generation fighter jets from Sweden, putting it at odds with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's preference for French planes, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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01/06/2010
Scrutinising the Sukhoi Corporation’s work on the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) — a project that India will soon sign up to co-develop — gives one an idea of Russia’s size, and its aerospace expertise. During daytime, in Moscow, the Sukhoi Design Bureau conceptualises FGFA components; by 10 pm the drawings are electronically transmitted over 5,000 kilometres to a manufacturing unit in Siberia. Here, at KnAAPO (Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Organisation) — seven time zones awa
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01/06/2010
The Indian government has overruled its air force and approved French assistance in bailing out an Indian attempt to develop an engine for the Indian designed LCA (Light Combat Aircraft, or "Tejas"). The French engine manufacturer Snecma will provide technical assistance that will cost the Indians over $200 million. Earlier last year, the Indian air force had asserted that Snecma assistance would not bail out the ill-fated Kaveri engine program. But the government apparently believes that it is
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01/06/2010
Boeing today announced that a fifth U.S. Army unit has fielded the CH-47F Chinook helicopter. The 6th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, based at Fort Campbell, Ky., completed all required training and officially assumed operation of 12 CH-47F Chinooks on Dec. 8.
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01/05/2010
STAFF at a Lincolnshire air base have sung the praises of a new advanced flight simulator.
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01/05/2010
Late last year, a defence ministry delegation to Sukhoi’s flagship aircraft facility in Siberia became the first Indians to set eyes upon the next-generation fighter that is slated to form the backbone of the future Indian Air Force (IAF). In that first meeting, carefully choreographed by Sukhoi, the new fighter, standing on the tarmac waved a welcome to the Indians, moving all its control fins simultaneously.
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01/05/2010
Securing Tranche 3 was a victory of sorts for Eurofighter in production of the Typhoon: It guarantees additional work to 2016, but the procurement number is less than half of that originally agreed.
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01/05/2010
Eurojet of Germany has offered India aircraft engine technology to power India's homegrown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk2 version.
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01/04/2010
Russia has started initial tests of its futuristic fifth generation stealth fighter jet, dubbed the PAK-FA programme, which it is partnering with India. The PAK-FA, or the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) programme, as it is referred to in India, hopes to match, or outperform, the American F-22 Raptor.
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01/04/2010
Controversy will remain the buzzword in the defence sector during 2010, with long-running processes to select a new tanker for the US Air Force and a new-generation fighter for Brazil likely to grab early headlines.
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01/04/2010
Claims that the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) F/A-18D Hornets are not combat-ready as they are not equipped with source codes are erroneous.
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01/03/2010
As the U.S. military buys more and more sensors, cameras and surveillance gear, it also is purchasing systems to turn the new data feeds into usable information for soldiers.
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01/03/2010
More and more U.S. troops are viewing video feeds directly from UAVs - and that is highlighting what is either poor planning or fresh evidence of how hard it is to anticipate future needs.
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01/03/2010
The first C-130J Super Hercules mission in support of U.S. Air Forces Africa, or 17th Air Force, opened up doors to a future partnership of support between the 86th Airlift Wing and upcoming missions into Africa.
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01/02/2010
Fifteen F-22 Raptors are scheduled to deploy to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in January 2010 for approximately three months.
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01/01/2010
U.S. Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has clinched a deal to sell at least 20 advanced F-16 jet fighters to Egypt.
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01/01/2010
Russia’s new strategic bomber will use stealth technologies and is expected to enter service in 2025-2030, the commander of Russia’s strategic aviation said on Tuesday.
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