Military Aviation News Archive
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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