Military Aviation News Archive
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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