May, 2010 Military Aviation News
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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