Military Aviation News Archive
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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