Thursday, September 30, 2004
Air Vector:The Grumman F4F Wildcat
October's Air Vector features the Grumman F4F Wildcat.
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Pentagon to field more sophisticated surveillance on Pak-Afghan border
The Pentagon is considering adding E-8 Joint Stars and RC-135 to trap Osama Bin Laden and his top aide, Al-Zawahri, along the Pak-Afghan border, reported CNN quoting official sources.
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Grippens take shape
The first JAS 39 Gripen fighter planes destined for the Hungarian Air Force are currently on the assembly line in Sweden, according to Imre Iv�ncsik, State Secretary at the Ministry of Defense (HM).
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13 Royal Maces to fly Super Hornets to Atsugi
Royal Maces, VFA-27, will be flying what could be their longest mission as they pilot their brand-new F/A-18E Super Hornets from California to Atsugi Naval Air Facility, Japan.
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Pratt & Whitney's F135 Program Completes 1,000th Test Hour
Earlier this month the Pratt & Whitney led F135 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) team completed the program's 1,000 test hour. This testing milestone represents the cumulative hours of F135 SDD Testing and includes both the Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL/CV) engine tests, as well as the Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) system test runs.
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Navy: Pilot caused crash
A series of blunders by an inexperienced pilot caused a F/A-18 to crash during takeoff from Raleigh-Durham International Airport in March, according to a Navy report.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Eurofighter hat in air force ring
Buoyed by the contract to supply Advanced Jet Trainers to the Indian Air Force, a team from a British military equipment export organisation that is in New Delhi is offering to sell the Eurofighter Typhoon.
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BELL DESIGNS INNOVATIVE COMPOUND HELICOPTER CONCEPT FOR LOCKHEED MARTIN UCAR PROGRAM
Bell Helicopter, a key member of the Lockheed Martin Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) team, has successfully completed preliminary design of a novel air vehicle to conduct reconnaissance and combat missions without sending aircrews into harm's way.
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Lockheed's MEADS Wins $3 Bln Contract
A transatlantic venture led by Lockheed Martin Corp. on Tuesday won a $3 billion contract to design and develop the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), which is slated to replace Patriot missiles in the next decade, the venture said on Tuesday.
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Air Force may slash JSF purchase
Industry analysts, defense experts and some retired generals say cuts to the JSF, also known as the F-35, may be on the horizon. With budget pressures intensifying, the Air Force is going to have to make some difficult decisions about what it will buy.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Jolly Rogers Super Hornet Colors
An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Flying Eagles" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Two Two (VFA-122), flies an aerial demonstration in front of the crowd at the 2004 "In Pursuit of Liberty," Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show. The Super Hornet was painted in the colors of the "Jolly Rogers" of Fighter Squadron One Zero Three (VF-103), which will transition to the new aircraft after their current deployment. The air show, held Sept. 24-26, showcased civilian and military aircraft from the Nation's armed forces, which provided many flight demonstrations and static displays. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain
Jolly Rogers Final Tomcat Cruise
VF-103 is currently assigned to Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17), embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67).
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Mission Mars
The IAF�s Agra-based 78 Squadron is working on a concept paper to show how mid-air refuelling needs to be doctrinally infused across all the three forces, to make all IAF fighter aircraft refuellable.
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MiG Chief Fired, Head of Rival Irkut Takes Over
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov has fired the head of state-owned MiG Corp., Valery Toryanin, and replaced him with Alexei Fyodorov, the head of rival fighter manufacturer Irkut, in a move that analysts said may be the government's first step toward industry consolidation.
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Locally developed misssile successfully test fired, report says
Taiwan has developed and successfully test fired surface-to-surface missiles that could hit coastal or interior Chinese cities, a newspaper reported yesterday. The missiles, dubbed Hsiung-feng 2A and Hsiung-feng 2E, have ranges between 150 to 300 kilometers, the mass-market Liberty Times said, citing unidentified military sources.
Labels: Hsiung Feng 2E
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Birds-for-jets deal readied by Watana
Following Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra�s visit to Stockholm last week to discuss bilateral cooperation between Thailand and Sweden, Commerce Minister Watana has been assigned to draw up the details for trading Thai chickens for Sweden�s JAS 39 Gripen jet fighters.
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Sikorsky's Acquisition of Schweizer is Complete
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced that the acquisition of Schweizer Aircraft Corporation is complete.
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India, South Africa begin air force exercise
The air forces of India and South Africa Monday started a weeklong joint air defence exercise, marking the first time New Delhi has deployed its jet fighters for military manoeuvres on the African continent.
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Air Force�s Boeing deal flies into new troubles
Air Force Secretary James Roche contacted his old company last year to help a brother of a top White House aide try to land a job, Northrop Grumman Corp. said on Friday.
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Monday, September 27, 2004
Malta International Air Show ends
The Malta International Air Show came to an end on Sunday, following two days of spectacular performances by eight countries, including that of Italy with its world famous Italian national aerobatic team, the Frecce Tricolori.
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F-16 cutback would affect HAFB mission
The Pentagon has declared the F-16 Fighting Falcon jet - the signature fixture of Utah's Hill Air Force Base - an endangered species.
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Sunday, September 26, 2004
New leadership at test center
Brig. Gen. Curtis M. Bedke assumed command Friday of the Air Force Flight Test Center, succeeding Maj. Gen. Doug Pearson, who is retiring after a 34-year career.
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Sikorsky, Lockheed fight public relations war
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., locked in fierce competition with Lockheed Martin for a contract to build a fleet of 23 presidential helicopters, showed off its prototype in Washington this week as part of a nationwide public relations and lobbying blitz.
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Amazing landing
Col. Jimmie Jackson Jr., commander of the active-duty 305th Air Mobility Wing, was behind the controls as the first C-17 Globemaster III assigned to McGuire Air Force Base banked and landed perfectly on the runway yesterday afternoon. He then taxied it to a hangar filled with several hundred military personnel and civilians.
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Refuelling aircraft add teeth to IAF:
In just a little more than 18 months since the IAF acquired the Il-78s from Uzbekistan, the aircraft have helped jet fighters to make long journeys to Alaska and South Africa to join international military exercises.
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Boeing could build unmanned planes here
The head of Boeing Co.'s defense business vowed Friday to build next-generation, unmanned combat planes in St. Louis factories if the Pentagon gives the green light for large production.
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IAF makes Il-78s operational
The Indian Air Force has made operational in record time its Ilyushin-78 midair refuellers, the force multipliers it acquired a little over a year ago.
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IAF gets bids for replacing MiGs
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is evaluating bids for a mega purchase of 126 aircraft from four foreign aeronautical majors to replace seven squadrons of its obsolete MiG 21, 23 and 27 fighter aircraft.
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Saturday, September 25, 2004
U.S. Navy Needs To Pick C-2A Successor In 'Couple Years'
The U.S. Navy needs to pick a replacement for its aging C-2A Greyhound cargo aircraft "in the next couple years," a service official said Sept. 22.
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Italian aerobatic team arrives for air show
The Italian Air Force aerobatic team Frecce Tricolori, the star of the upcoming Malta International Air Show, landed at Malta International Airport thursday afternoon
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CVW-14 Conducts Sidewinder Missile Exercise
An AIM-9 Sidewinder missile was successfully launched from an F/A-18 C Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113) Sept. 20 during a live-fire missile exercise.
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Korea to Buy Second-Hand Patriot Missiles from Germany
The Korean Ministry of National Defense announced on September 24 that a procurement plan is being developed to purchase older version (PAC2) second-hand Patriot missiles from Germany to replace Korea�s current, dated Nike anti-aircraft missiles.
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Navy�s �60s-era Sea Knight helicopters make their last flights
The last two Navy CH-46D Sea Knight helicopters, assigned to Helicopter Combat support Squadron Eight, made their final flights Thursday at Norfolk Naval Station. The entire line is being replaced by the newer MH-60S Night Hawk series of helicopters.
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IAI in contest for S. Korean AWACS deal
A military delegation from South Korea is in Israel to examine the possibility of purchasing four early-warning aircraft from Israel Aircraft Industries in a deal estimated to be worth $1 billion. The South Korean air force delegation has evaluated the early-warning systems that IAI installs on the Gulfstream jets acquired for the Israel Air Force.
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Friday, September 24, 2004
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Boeing C-17 Becomes McGuire Air Force Base�s First New Aircraft Since �60s
Officials from McGuire Air Force Base today received their first new aircraft in nearly four decades, during a delivery ceremony for a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter at the company�s award-winning Long Beach, Calif., assembly facility.
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Lockheed Martin Successfully Tests Tactical Synthetic Aperture Radar
Lockheed Martin announced today that its Theatre Airborne Reconnaissance System (TARS) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) successfully performed, for the first time, aboard an operational F-16 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. TARS SAR is the first all weather, day and night, precision radar capability developed for tactical aircraft.
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Royal Australian Air Force Chooses Goodrich to Modify Generator Converter Units on Fleet of Boeing F/A-18s
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has chosen Goodrich Corporation to modify the Generator Converter Units on its fleet of 71 Boeing F/A-18 "Hornets." Goodrich's Customer Services facility in Sydney, Australia will upgrade 170 units over the next 2-1/2 years. The upgrade work involves a major refurbishment of the Generator Converter Units by changing out the majority of the internal components and replacing them with the latest electronic hardware.
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First Production Sikorsky S-92 Heads to Work
The first production Sikorsky S-92 helicopter is expected this weekend at its new home base in Lafayette, La., where it will open up a new age of offshore service on the Gulf of Mexico with Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
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Swedish PM Rejects Jets-For-Chicken Trade
The Swedish government cannot negotiate a deal with Thailand to trade jet fighters for raw chicken meat, Prime Minister Goeran Persson said Thursday.
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Mirage crashes near Gwalior, pilot ejects safely
A Mirage fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday crashed near Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh after developing a snag in its undercarriage but the pilot ejected safely.
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Osprey test pilot wins MCAA honors
On September 18 Marine Corps Lt. Col. Kevin Gross was awarded the Marine Corps Aviation Association's James Maguire Award for 2004. The award, named in honor of Gunnery Sgt. James Maguire, the first enlisted Marine ordered to aviation duty, was presented to Gross in San Diego during the association's annual banquet.
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Russians attack Taiwanese trawler
A Russian helicopter fired missiles at a Taiwanese fishing trawler, and the coast guard seized the vessel and its crew after the boat was allegedly caught in Russian territorial waters with hundreds of tons of illegally culled fish, Russian state television reported.
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That was no quake - it was a Typhoon
A fighter plane being flown at supersonic speeds over the Irish coast caused a huge bang, when it broke the sound barrier, sending North Wales homeowners scurrying for cover.
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Fort Hood Marks Arrival Of Advanced Attack Helicopter
Fort Hood�s 1st Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, will hold a welcoming ceremony Thursday for the first AH-64D Apache Longbow Lot 8 helicopter delivered to the 4th Infantry Division.
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Thursday, September 23, 2004
Team US101 Submits Updated Presidential Helicopter Replacement (VXX) Program Proposal to U.S. Navy
Team US101 has responded to the U.S. Navy's request for an updated proposal offering executive transport variants of its American-built US101 medium-lift helicopters for the Presidential Helicopter Replacement (VXX) program. Team US101 is competing to provide the president of the United States with a state-of-the-art fleet of next- generation helicopters better known by the call sign: "Marine One."
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Royal Air Force Deploys EH101 'Merlin' Helicopter to United States Inside C-17 Transport Aircraft
Britain's Royal Air Force has successfully air-transported an EH101 Merlin Mk.3 helicopter to the United States aboard a C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft. The deployment marks the first C-17 flight for an EH101 medium-lift helicopter, demonstrating rapid worldwide deployability.
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Raytheon Completes JSOW Operational Test and Evaluation Firings
Raytheon Company's unitary/penetration variant of Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW-C) has completed operational test (OT) firings with nine of 10 shots successful against a wide range of targets. JSOW-C was developed by a team that includes the U.S. Navy, Raytheon, BAE Systems and Thales Missile Electronics.
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Next-generation UAV to be developed in Perth
An unmanned aerial vehicle, capable of high speeds and heavy payloads, was one of a number of advanced defence technology projects to be funded to the tune of $10 million, federal Defence Minister Robert Hill announced today.
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SA avionics company in 'black boxes' deal
A South African avionics company has won new orders from BAE Systems of the United Kingdom to supply crash recorders for the Hawk aircraft, the two firms announced on Wednesday.
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First flight of Italian Army NH-90
Agusta, an AgustaWestland company, is pleased to announce that the first NH90 destined for the Italian Army took off for a successful maiden flight on September 15th at Agusta�s Vergiate plant. The flight was conducted by two test pilot and two flight engineers over 30 minutes, during which a speed of 120 knots was reached and the flight envelope of the basic aircraft was tested.
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Denel Wins $2m Deal From Indian Air Force
Arms manufacturer Denel received a shot in the arm yesterday when it was awarded a $2m contract to supply aircraft components for the production of Hawk jets for India's air force.
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First Female Fighter Pilot Makes History in the Sky
A Pretoria woman has flown her way into world military history as the first female fighter pilot to fly a Gripen fighter jet.
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Eads targets Russian jet maker
EUROPEAN aerospace colossus Eads is in talks to take a strategic stake in Russia's Irkut, co-manufacturer of the Sukhoi 30 fighter plane.
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GE Engine Certified for C-5 Galaxy Program
The FAA has certified General Electric's CF6-80C2 engine for the U.S. Air Force's C-5 Galaxy modernization program, GE Transportation-Aircraft Engines of Evendale, Ohio, said Sept. 16.
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Future of Farnborough air show under review
The Farnborough air show, one of the world's premier showcases for the aerospace industry, could be under threat as its future is reviewed by the Society of British Aerospace Companies.
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V-22 Program Pursuing Two-Part Approach To Fix Cooling Device
The V-22 Osprey program is pursuing a two-part approach to fix a faulty cooling device on the Bell-Boeing tiltrotor aircraft.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Buddy Buddy
An F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and an F/A-18C Hornet demonstrate air-to-air refueling for guests and Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a Family and Friends Day Cruise. Nimitz is currently undergoing sea trials off the coast of Southern California after completing a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) maintenance period. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Roland Franklin.
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Eyeing Iran Reactors, Israel Seeks U.S. Bunker Bombs
The United States plans to sell Israel $139 million worth of air-launched bombs, including 500 "bunker busters" able to penetrate Iran's underground nuclear facilities, Israeli security sources said on Tuesday.
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Irkut Soars Into Black, EADS Requests Stake
Irkut, the privately owned manufacturer of the Sukhoi fighter, for the first time posted a profit under international accounting standards in 2003, the company said Tuesday.
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Patria receives an order for NH-90 rear fuselages
Patria has today received an order for the manufacture of the NH90 helicopter�s rear fuselages from the Italian Agusta SpA a Finmeccanica company. The total value of the order is about 30 million euro. Patria is to manufacture 150 rear fuselages and the first is to be delivered in the end of 2005.
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EDO to Provide Interference Cancellation Technology on Boeing's EA-18G Aircraft
EDO Corporation has been awarded a subcontract from The Boeing Company for an Interference Cancellation (INCANS) system on the EA-18G. The initial three-year system design and development contract is valued at $14 million with a potential value of approximately $70 million over the life of the aircraft's anticipated production.
Labels: EA-18G
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S-3B Viking Testing Concludes
Carrier suitability tests for an upgrade to the S-3B Viking concluded Sept. 1 here, and the last remaining Patuxent River-based S-3B aircraft was transferred to the fleet. This achievement gives this platform an enhanced capability to better meet fleet needs until the retirement of the aircraft in coming years.
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Reserve hands off Operation Deep Freeze missions
Air Force Reserve Command C-141 Starlifter aircrews will stop flying Operation Deep Freeze airlift missions to Antarctica in February.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Boeing Delivers First Apache Repaired Under New Program
Boeing has delivered on-time and on-budget the first U.S. AH-64A Apache combat helicopter refurbished under the new Reset Support program.
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V-22: New River Marines Open Doors To Viewing Public
With Hurricane Ivan off to the west and winds gusting in excess of 30 knots. The Marines put two MV-22s through their paces in a New River air show on Friday.
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Army's Cobra Copters Reborn as Firefighters
The fire season has begun in California, where residents suffered from several huge wildfires in 2003. Firefighters in California are arming themselves with a new tool: a Cobra attack helicopter recycled from the U.S. Army.
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Thunderbirds a roaring success
Awestruck spectators crowded the flightline under sunny skies here Sunday to watch as a famous team of U.S. jet pilots roared above the landscape in a series of miles-high, hairbreadth maneuvers.
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RSAF goes the extra mile for air exercises in France
A month after its aircraft flew more than 3,300km to join Exercise Pitch Black, the region's largest multi-nation air exercise in Australia, the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is again flying the extra mile for realistic air combat manoeuvres.
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A160 Hummingbird Resumes Flight Testing as Boeing UAV
The A160 Hummingbird unmanned aerial vehicle made its first test flight as a Boeing aircraft Friday from an airfield near Victorville, Calif.
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Boeing considering bid for new Army helicopter
Boeing Co., European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co. and Textron Inc. may bid to develop a new reconnaissance helicopter for the U.S. Army, which plans to fund it with money that was committed to the canceled Comanche helicopter.
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Monday, September 20, 2004
China test-firing new cruise missile which threatens Taiwan: journal
China has test-fired a cruise missile which will pose a new threat to rival Taiwan, according to a leading defense journal. The land attack cruise missile (LACM) will have a range of 1,500 kilometers (900 miles), the London-based Jane's Missiles and Rockets magazine says in the article to be published on October 1.
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Russia makes first defense purchase from Israel
Hebrew daily �Yediot Ahronot� reports that Russia has made its first defense procurement from Israel. Aeronautics Defense Systems has signed a contract to sell unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Russia's Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies, & Natural Disasters.
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Denel shows off Hawks
Production of South Africa's 24 new Hawk lead-in fighter trainer aircraft is well under way at Denel's production facility at Kempton Park. Denel and BAe Systems officials showed journalists nine of the British designed aircraft on Sunday in various stages of assembly in a large revamped hangar.
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German air force plans cutbacks in Holloman program
The German air force is planning cutbacks in its training program at Holloman Air Force Base by 20 to 25 percent.
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USAF Plans for Fighters Change
The U.S. Air Force's top leaders say the service will buy several wings of the short takeoff/vertical landing F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, following the news from Lockheed Martin's engineers that the aircraft is shedding more than a ton of weight and gaining thrust.
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New Concepts Have Emerged for USAF Unmanned Hunter-Killer Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force is probing the aerospace industry for its concepts for a new class of armed, long-endurance unmanned aircraft, called Hunter-Killer.
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Sunday, September 19, 2004
Vector Site:Cruise Missiles
Greg Goebel just updated his document on Cruise Missiles. This wonderful document provides a history of the cruise missile dating back to World War 1 and details of current cruise missile technology.
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Bombers rotations continue on Guam
Demonstrating once again that bomber forces can be sustained in the Pacific, about 250 Airmen deployed Sept. 10 to 12 from Louisiana to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of a 120-day air and space expeditionary force rotation. The 20th Expeditionary Bomber Squadron is the third of four existing B-52 Stratotfortress bomber squadrons in the Air Force to deploy to Guam as part of U.S. Pacific Command-directed continuous bomber rotations, which began in March.
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Osan air show promises to be a spectacle in the skies
The 2004 Air and Space Power Day at Osan Air Base will dazzle spectators with aircraft flyovers and a high-performance show by the Thunderbirds precision flying team.
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Brahmos to be put on sale display
For the first time, the supersonic Indo-Russian cruise missile Brahmos will be put on display-cum-sale at the South African Defence Expo scheduled to be held from September 21.
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IDS develops target Drone Weapons
After years of research and development, Integrated Defence System (IDS) in Pakistan has developed an Unmanned Ariel Vehicle (UAV) capable to rival any international target drone in terms of speed and performance.
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Military looks to next round of tests for Osprey
Military officials say developmental tests of the controversial tiltrotor Osprey aircraft are more than halfway complete, and they hope to move the program to its next phase by January.
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Competition to win F-35 will be fierce
Luke Air Force Base will face fierce competition from communities in Texas, Florida and California to be the home of the F-35.
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Saturday, September 18, 2004
Russia to complete delivery of 40 SU-30MKIs to IAF by year-end
With the shipment of 10 Sukhoi Su-30MKI mark-II by the end of this year, Russia will complete the deliveries of the state-of-the-art multirole fighters and start the upgradation of earlier supplied aircraft to the IAF.
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X-45C Could Fly Refueling Demo in 2007
Boeing's upcoming X-45C unmanned aircraft may perform an aerial refueling demonstration as early as 2007 in conjunction with the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) effort, according to Darryl Davis, Boeing's Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS) program manager.
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S'pore, Brunei mark 10th anniversary of bilateral air defence exercise
The air forces of Singapore and Brunei are conducting a bilateral air defence exercise. This is the 10th year of Exercise Airguard, which is on till the 27th of this month.
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Saudi pilot dies in F-15 crash
A Saudi air force pilot died Thursday when his F-15 aircraft crashed in the Eastern Province, a defense source told AFP.
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Maiden Flight of first Finnish NH90
The first NH90 destined for the Finnish Armed Forces took off for a successful maiden flight on september 15th at Eurocopter's production site and headquarter in Marignane. The aircraft is the first serial produced NH90 in France The flight was conducted by one test pilot and two flight engineers over more than one hour around the area of Marignane and Marseille under full fly-by-wire conditions, during which high speed levels were reached and the flight envelope of the basic aircraft was tested. The success of the campaign was observed by an official Finnish representative.
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Warplane may get final home : Registration Required
One of four B-36 Peacemakers in existence, could be placed on a tract in front of the main terminal at Meacham Field, Fort Worth.
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Venezuela to Buy 50 Russian Mig-29 Fighters
Venezuela plans to acquire 50 of Russia�s most advanced warplanes, the UPI news agency reported citing U.S., European and Latin American military intelligence officials who are concerned about regional ambitions harbored by President Hugo Chavez.
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Friday, September 17, 2004
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Last Lockheed Martin C-141 StarLifter in Active Duty Air Force Service Retired After Nearly Four Decades of Service
The last two Lockheed Martin C-141 StarLifters assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing (AMW) were retired in ceremonies here this morning, closing out the turbofan-powered airlifter's historic 39-year career with the active-duty component of the U.S. Air Force.
Last active-duty C-141B Starlifter makes final flight:USAF News
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Base people, aircraft move from Hurricane Ivan�s path
As Hurricane Ivan creeps closer to the Gulf Coast, base officials in the region are preparing for the worst. Nearly 300 Air Force aircraft from eight installations have evacuated as of Sept. 15. Aircraft remaining at the installations are sheltered to protect them from storm damage.
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'Marine One' copter fight near end?
Lockheed Martin Corp. and United Technologies Corp.'s Sikorsky Aircraft are in the final throes of a bitter battle to build a new U.S. presidential helicopter, a contest that could be worth about $10 billion to the winner.
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Some KC-135Es removed from flying schedule
Gen. John W. Handy, commander of USAF Air Mobility Command, has directed 29 KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft with identified engine strut problems be removed from the flying schedule while Air Force leaders evaluate a report from the Fleet Viability Board and recommendations of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center's KC-135 system program office.
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New Active Noise Reduction Earplugs Promise Relief for JSF Maintainers
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is sponsoring the development of advanced hearing protection technologies designed to prevent noise-induced hearing loss for Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Joint Strike Fighter maintenance personnel.
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General Dynamics division wins $30M contract
The Scottsdale-based C4 Systems unit of General Dynamics Corp. received a $30 million U.S. Army contract to develop an integrated system of electronic equipment and protective clothing for helicopter crews.
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Albanian MiG fighter explodes at Tirana airport
A fully armed MiG-19 fighter plane exploded shortly after take-off on Thursday from Tirana's international airport, killing the pilot and forcing the temporary suspension of all commercial flights.
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Thursday, September 16, 2004
Boeing Macon C-17 Facility Named One of Ten Best Plants in North America
The editors of Industry Week magazine picked the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter facility in Macon, Ga., as one of the top ten manufacturing plants in North America and has earned a 2004 Best Plants award.
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Team US101 Selects General Electric to Power the US101 Personnel Recovery Vehicle
Team US101 has selected General Electric Co. (GE) as its preferred engine supplier for the US101 medium-lift helicopter in its combat search and rescue (CSAR) configuration. The three-engine US101 is a leading contender in the competition to provide the U.S. Air Force with a new and more capable platform to recover battlefield airmen in combat zones.
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NG to Deliver Four B-2s with New Bomb Racks
Northrop Grumman is on schedule to deliver by year's end the first four B-2 bombers to be equipped with new bomb racks that will enable the aircraft to drop five times as many precision weapons on a single flight, according to company officials.
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JSF chief confident remaining problems will be resolved
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter weight issues have largely been resolved, but incorporating both a gun and a boom-refueling capability on the short-take-off variant has not been accomplished, top Navy, Air Force and industry leaders said today.
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Gripen pilots show their skills in the sky
The South African Air Force's new fighter jet, the Swedish Gripen, was on Tuesday put through its paces for the media and military officials at the Ysterplaat Air Force Base.
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Armed UAVs Used Against Palestinians
Israel has consistently refused to say whether its UAVs have offensive capabilities. But mounting testimony from the occupied territories as well as foreign reports show that the country is a leader in this hi-tech field of weaponry.
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Precision, Environmental Sensitivity Are Hallmarks of New F-35 Robotic Coatings Facility at Lockheed Martin
An 82,000-square- foot facility that will employ advanced robots to apply precisely measured coatings to F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) components also will set new standards for environmental friendliness.
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Cannon show to fill wild blue with wonder
The skies above Cannon Air Force Base will be busier than usual when the 27th Fighter Wing presents the free Air Expo '04 on Sept. 25.
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Airmen make an F-16 �Thunder-ready�
It takes less than 72 hours to convert a red, white and blue Thunderbird F-16 back to combat status. But what about taking a combat-ready Fighting Falcon and making it "Thunder-ready?"
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Venezuela`s MiGs 29 Fulcrums
Venezuela plans to acquire 50 of Russia's most advanced warplanes, according to U.S., European and Latin American military intelligence officials who are concerned about regional ambitions harbored by President Hugo Chavez.
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Wednesday, September 15, 2004
F-14A Tomcat Final Fly by
Five F-14A Tomcats assigned to the �Checkmates� of Fighter Squadron Two One One (VF-211) fly in formation as they complete their final fly by at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana. VF-211 is the last operator of the F-14A model of the Tomcat and will transiton to the F/A-18F Super Hornet when they make a homeport change to Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., and will become Strike Fighter Squadron Two One One (VFA-211). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer�s Mate 2nd Class Marlowe P. Dix.
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Latest B-52 rotation arrives on Guam
Andersen Air Force Base welcomed 250 airmen and six B-52s from the 2nd Bomb Wing, 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., this weekend for the start of a 120-day Air and Space Expeditionary Force rotation, according to an Andersen news release.
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Air Force Jets Find Temporary Home At Tinker Air Force Base
About 60 F-15 Eagle fighter jets arrived at Tinker from Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle, looking to avoid potential damage from Hurricane Ivan.
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Air Force Thunderbirds bring kids on Guam a sky-high good time
The Air Force Thunderbirds hosted children from the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Guam Special Olympics and the Autism Parent Support Group during a practice session Saturday, the day before the aerial demonstration team performed at an open house here.
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Wheel failure blamed in emergency landing of Hornet jet at Iwakuni
Marine officials said Monday that an isolated material failure forced an F/A-18D Hornet pilot to conduct an emergency landing Aug. 27 at Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station, Japan.
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Hornet crashes in Australia; pilot ejects
A US Marine single-seat F/A-18 Hornet jet crashed Sept. 14 in a remote part of northern Australia during a U.S.-Australian exercise.
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EMS Technologies Selected For Development of B-2 EHF SATCOM Antenna System
EMS Technologies, Inc. announced today that its EMS' Space & Technology/Atlanta division has been selected by Northrop Grumman to develop an Extremely High Frequency (EHF) Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Antenna Systems for the U.S. Air Force's B-2 Stealth Bomber. The antenna system will enable worldwide high-data rate military satellite communications between the B-2 and MILSTAR and Advanced EHF (AEHF) satellites.
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USAF to buy 'hundreds' of STOVL JSFs, Gen. Jumper says
The U.S. Air Force plans to buy "hundreds" of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in the short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) configuration, a key general said Sept. 13, adding further clarity to the service's plans for the JSF.
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India, Israel to hold joint air exercise in �05
The defence relationship between New Delhi and Tel Aviv has deepened further with India and Israel agreeing in principle to hold joint air exercises involving US-made F-16s and Russian-built Su-30 MKI fighters.
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With Weight Issues Resolved, F-35 Focus Turns to Production
Engineers have removed more than 2,700 pounds (1,225 kilograms) of unwanted estimated weight from the short-takeoff/vertical-landing (STOVL) version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, while increasing propulsion efficiency and reducing drag. The result is an F-35 JSF design recommendation that is expected to meet or exceed all of its performance requirements.
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US has given indication to deliver more F-16 aircrafts: PAF chief
The US has given indication to supply more F-16 aircrafts to Pakistan for the latter's joining the US led war against terrorism. This was said by Pakistan Airforce Chief, Air chief Marshall, Kaleem Saadat while addressing a press conference here in Expo centre on the first day of Third International Defence Exhibition IDEAS-2004.
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Gripen jet fighters to be tested in Cape Town today
A South African test pilot and two Swedish counterparts are to perform test flights with two Gripen jet fighters from the Ysterplaat Air Force Base in Cape Town.
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Stennis Fighters Go Head-to-Head with MiG 29s in the Pacific
Soviet-designed MiG-29s flew against F/A-18C Hornets, F/A-18E Super Hornets and F-14D Super Tomcats Sept. 7 during joint air-to-air combat exercises over the South China Sea.
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Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Chief of staff outlines plans for fewer combat aircraft
The U.S. Air Force will have fewer fighters and strike aircraft, but the lethality of those that remain will increase, the service�s top general said Sept. 13 at the 2004 Air Force Association�s Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition.
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Training is touch-and-go around Oceana
U.S Navy pilots are having diffculty to train for take off and landing on aircraft carriers due to residential build up around the Naval Air Station.
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F-16 US training won't be cut, air force officials say
Taiwan is unlikely to scrap its US-based training program for its F-16 pilots for the sake of cutting costs, the Air Force General Headquarters (AFGH) said yesterday.
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IAF team leaves for South Africa
A 150-member Indian Air Force team with six Mirage fighter jets and two IL-76 and IL-78 aircraft left here for South Africa today to take part in the multi-national exercise 'Golden Eagle' starting on September 16.
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Dispelling the Myth of the MV-22
Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Gross, U.S. Marine Corpsv explains measures that are taken to prevent another vortex ring state accident on the MV-22.
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Angry locals try to shoot down air force plans
A nationwide petition in Switzerland has been launched to halt flights by air force jets over tourist regions. It comes after concerned citizens and tourism officials in the Bernese Oberland said they had had enough of the noise from the Swiss Air Force�s newest and loudest warplane.
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Public meetings scheduled on impact of new Nellis jets
A series of public meetings will be held across Nevada this week on the potential environmental impacts of basing a new generation of warplanes at Nellis Air Force Base.
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Helicopter bid rigged, lawsuit charges
The Canadian federal government is vowing to push ahead with its controversial purchase of Sikorsky H-92 helicopters to replace the aging Sea King fleet, despite a new lawsuit charging that the Liberals rigged the selection process.
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Monday, September 13, 2004
Greek air force chief sacked over Patriarch death
Greece's defence minister has sacked the country's air force chief over an hours long delay in launching a search for a crashed helicopter in which a top leader of the Greek Orthodox church died.
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Sunday, September 12, 2004
U.S. Air Force Selects Northrop Grumman Team for E-10A Battle Management Contract
The U.S. Air Force has selected a Northrop Grumman Corporation-led team to develop the service's E-10A aircraft's Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2) subsystem, one the most important programs in the development of Joint Network Centric Warfare in this decade.
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SAF tanker aircraft returns from the Gulf
The Singapore Armed Forces' KC-135 tanker aircraft returned to Singapore on Saturday after completing its mission in the Gulf.
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Saturday, September 11, 2004
Scotland's biggest air show tomorrow
Scotland's biggest air show takes place tomorrow at RAF Leuchars with around forty thousand people expected to attend. It promises to be a special event with the first display by the RAF's new Typhoon Eurofighter and an anniversary show from the famous Red Arrows.
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Pilot makes emergency landing
A Marine All-weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 F/A-18D pilot performed an emergency, arrested landing on the flight line here, Aug. 27, at approximately 5 p.m. The pilot, along with his weapons and sensors operator, experienced a landing- gear malfunction and was forced to land the aircraft without the right-side landing gear.
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FRENCH PRESS: French Govt Mulls Selling Jets To Singapore
The French defense procurement agency DGA, about to order 59 Rafale fighter aircraft from Dassault Aviation (12172.FR), is considering re-selling 8 jets to Singapore, La Tribune reports Friday without citing sources.
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Friday, September 10, 2004
Awacs project gets green signal
Six months after India signed the $1.1 billion (Rs 5,000 crore) deal for three Israeli Phalcon early warning radar and communication systems, the government on Thursday also gave the green signal for the revival of the project to develop an indigenous Awacs (airborne warning and control systems).
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Tomcats to become snowbirds in Arizona
The last five of the Navy�s oldest F-14 Tomcats will head to the �bone yard� Sunday, retiring to the dry desert floor of Arizona to join thousands of other aging war birds.
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Lockheed Martin Delivers Newest C-130J Super Hercules to 146th Airlift Wing; Sixth Decade of Airlift Excellence Begins
Lockheed Martin delivered its 2,268th C-130 Hercules airlifter yesterday, continuing the longest, continuous, active military aircraft production line in history.
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Raytheon to be Awarded Contract to Add Active Array to B-2 Bomber Radar
Raytheon Company has been notified it will be awarded a contract to modernize the radar system on the U.S. Air Force's B-2 "Spirit" stealth bomber with the addition of a new Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) antenna. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) is the primary subcontractor on the B-2 Radar Modernization Program (RMP) for prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation, which will award the contract.
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Indian Air Force commander proposes joint maneuvers with IAF
The visiting commander of the Indian Air Force has proposed joint maneuvers and training exercises with the Israeli Air Force.
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Venlet to replace Godwin at Pax as Skinner takes over NAWCWD
Rear Adm. David Venlet, who for the past 20 months was commander of NAWCWD at China Lake and Point Mugu, Calif., is coming to NAS Patuxent River, where he will take over as program executive officer of NAVAIR's Program Executive Office for Tactical Aircraft (PEO(T)) from Rear Adm. James B. Godwin III, who is being assigned as director of the Navy and Marine Corps Intranet, Arlington, Va.
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Thursday, September 09, 2004
Northrop Grumman/Raytheon Team Completes Major Risk Reduction Program for New Airborne Surveillance Radar
A Northrop Grumman Corporation / Raytheon team has successfully integrated and tested a laboratory-based prototype of a new airborne surveillance radar planned for deployment on the U.S. Air Force's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance and E-10A battle-management platforms.
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American Eagle flies in Swiss sky
The F-15 Eagle West Coast Demonstration Team from the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., thrilled nearly 400,000 people at the Air 04 air show at PAYERNE AIR BASE, Switzerland Sept. 4 and 5.
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MBDA signs contract for Eurocopter NH-90 and Tiger Helicopters self-protection systems
MBDA today signed an initial production contract with Eurocopter to equip all versions of the Tiger assault and NH90 multi-role helicopters with the advanced SAPHIR-M decoy self-protection system. The contract, which represents over 500 systems, is the largest of its kind in terms of quantity for MBDA and is the largest single contract placed for such a system in Europe.
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New training program for navigators, EWOs begins soon
A new combat systems officer training program for Air Force navigators and electronic warfare officers begins here Sept. 30 with the 562nd and 563rd Flying Training Squadrons.
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Another first for women in defence forces
Air Vice-Marshal Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay is all set to add another first for women in the Indian defence forces. Close on the heels of Punita Arora becoming the first woman Lieutenant General in the Indian Army, Air Vice-Marshal Bandhopadhyay, 59, of the Indian Air Force is all set to become the country�s first woman Air Marshal.
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BAE SYSTEMS Awarded Contract for Development of Alternate F-35 Helmet-Mounted Display
BAE Systems Platform Solutions has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin for the initial design of an alternate helmet-mounted display (HMD) system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. The helmet design is based heavily on the design of the Eurofighter Typhoon binocular helmet, which is in the final stages of development.
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Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Black Eagles
An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the "Black Eagles" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Three (VAW-113) heads skyward after launching from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are currently participating in a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Mark J. Rebilas
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Back in action
Workers from the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center here and maintainers from the 654th Combat Logistics Support Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., have regenerated the first B-1B Lancer. After two months of flight preparations, the B-1B took off Sept. 2 for Dyess AFB, Texas. The Lancer, Serial No. 86-0097, entered storage at the center in April 2003 under the Air Force's B-1B consolidation plan. In early 2004, the commander of Air Combat Command directed the recall of this B-1B to supplement fleet requirements supporting the war on terrorism. (U.S. Air Force photo by Terry D. Vanden-Heuvel)
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Questions Remain On U.K. Carrier Design
Thales and BAE Systems are conducting a $193 million assessment phase to select a final design for the United Kingdom's two new aircraft carriers, the HMS Queen Elizabeth and the HMS Prince of Wales.
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Lockheed May Sell Japan PAC-3 Missiles for $79 Mln
Lockheed Martin Corp., the top U.S. defense contractor, may sell 20 of the newest type of Patriot missile to Japan for as much as $79 million to improve that country's defense against ballistic missiles.
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Rolls-Royce to power new U.S. Army Aircraft
Rolls-Royce announced today it will provide a derivative of its AE 3007 engine to power the five Embraer ERJ 145 regional jets recently selected for the U.S. Army�s next-generation Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) reconnaissance aircraft.
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Air Force Chief Awarded Top Turkish Medal
South Korean Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Lee Han-ho has been awarded Turkey's highest military medal in recognition of his contribution to promoting bilateral military cooperation and exchanges, his office said Tuesday.
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Kazakhstan to buy MI-8 heli gunships from Russia
Kazakhstan is planning to buy about 20 MI-8 Hip military transport helicopters (export designation MI-17) from Russia, the Kazakh prime minister's press service has reported.
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Kitty Hawk Completes Summer Pulse, Returns Home
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), with elements of the Kitty Hawk Strike Group, returned to her forward-deployed operating port of Yokosuka, Japan, Sept. 7, after 48 days underway in support of Summer Pulse �04, and routine readiness training.
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G-suit glitch caused crash of F-15
A disconnected valve to a pilot�s G-suit led to the pilot�s accidental ejection and the crash of his F-15C Eagle May 21, an Air Force accident investigation board concluded.
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Last F-14As to be retired
For the Checkmates of Fighter Squadron 211, an era that began in 1975 is coming to a close. On Sept. 12 the squadron will fly the last of the Navy�s F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Naval Air Station Oceana, Calif., to Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., for retirement, said Mike Maus, a spokesman for Commander Naval Air Force Atlantic.
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Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Boeing SLAM-ER Weapon Shows Moving Target Capability
Boeing successfully conducted its first captive-carry test of a Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) missile enhanced with moving-target, network-centric software recently at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Range, China Lake , Calif.
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UAE PREPARES FOR NEW F-16 BASES
The United Arab Emirates prepares to complete new facilities for its new F-16E/F multi-role fighters.
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Misawa air show hurt by clouds
A low, dense cloud cover throughout the day, forced most of the aerial demonstration teams to cancel their displays on Sunday�s Misawa Air Festival .
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Call for Papers �Downunder�
The �1st Australasian Unmanned Air Vehicle Conference� affiliated with the Bristol UAV Conference series will be held in Melbourne, Australia from 13-17 March 2005, as part of the 11th Australian International Aerospace Congress.
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RAF 'super-base' plan leaves future of Kinloss in doubt
A New fleet of Nimrod patrol aircraft that was to be based at Kinloss in Moray may now go to England.
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Monday, September 06, 2004
Darpa Readies UCAR Downselect
Developers of the Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) have demonstrated critical technologies needed to realize their vision for an autonomous battlefield scout and attack helicopter, but uncertainty still lingers over the project's future.
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USS Lincoln to deploy next month
The USS Abraham Lincoln will leave on deployment in mid-October, not early next year as the Navy had previously planned.
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Sunday, September 05, 2004
MoD to ask Halliburton to bid for �3bn project
Halliburton, the firm formerly run by the US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, will be one of six companies to receive an invitation to tender from the Ministry of Defence to manage the building of two aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy.
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Air 04 Set to Take Off in Payerne
Switzerland is gearing up to host its first major air show since 1994, featuring breathtaking aerobatic displays over the Swiss countryside.
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Saturday, September 04, 2004
Air Force 46th Squadron on top of China's moves
If one were to go in search of the top fighter pilots in Taiwan's Air Force, the first stop is likely to be at the 46th squadron under the Tactical Training and Development Center of the 737 Tactical Fighter Wing stationed in Taitung.
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IAF plans joint exercise with Singapore Air force
fter proving their mettle in joint exercise with the US Air Force F-15's, Indian Air Force pilots and frontline warplanes would get a chance to cross swords with the F-16 fighter aircraft, the mainstay of its adversary Pakistan, during exercises with the Singapore Air force next month.
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U.S. Air Force cancels air show at Kadena
Kadena U.S. Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture said Friday it has canceled a Sept 15 air show in light of requests from local governments.
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Navy pilots are preparing to debut Hornet fleet
The U.S. Navy moved one step closer Thursday to bedding down the service�s newest fighter jet at Oceana Naval Air Station.
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Orbital's 'Coyote' Supersonic Sea-Skimming Target Missile Successfully Launched for U.S. Navy
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that it carried out another successful flight test of the GQM-163A Supersonic Sea-Skimming Target (SSST) system for the United States Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on August 27, 2004. The flight test, conducted at the Navy's missile test range in southern California, is part of a series of flights Orbital will conduct under the company's SSST Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract from NAVAIR.
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Single Station To Control Multiple UAVs In AF Demo
The U.S. Air Force later this year plans to show that it can control multiple unmanned aircraft from a single ground station, an ability that would help boost the contribution of such vehicles to network-centric operations, according to Lt. Col. Eric Mathewson, chief of Air Combat Command's UAV division.
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U.S. Army Shadow(TM) Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Pass 10,000 Flight Hours and 2,500 Sorties in Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. Army RQ-7A Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) systems have achieved new, major milestones of flight, surpassing 10,000 flight hours and 2,500 sorties while performing surveillance and reconnaissance for coalition warfighters in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Friday, September 03, 2004
First CLAWS Test Flight Successful, Raytheon Says
The first test flight of the Complementary Low Altitude Weapon Systems (CLAWS) was completed successfully at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., according to Raytheon Co.
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Northrop Grumman and EADS North America Collaborate on U.S. Air Force Personnel Recovery Vehicle Program
Northrop Grumman Corporation and EADS North America have announced their intention to work together to provide the U.S. Air Force with the next-generation personnel recovery vehicle (PRV). The PRV program focuses on the Air Force's immediate need to replace its primary combat search-and-rescue helicopter, the HH-60G Pave Hawk.
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IL-76 to fly to SA for war games
One IL-76 aircraft from IAF's No 25 Squadron located here will fly to South Africa next week along with four Mirage 2000 fighter planes to participate in multi-nation war games, code named Exercise Golden Eagle.
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$1m spent - but fighter jet sales stalled
The New Zealand Government has paid accountancy firm Ernst & Young more than $1 million to sell decommissioned Defence Force aircraft - with still no outcome, MPs were told yesterday.
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LOCKHEED MARTIN PAC-3 MISSILES SUCCESSFULLY DEFEAT TACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILE AND CRUISE MISSILE IN TEST
Lockheed Martin Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missiles successfully intercepted and destroyed an incoming tactical ballistic missile (TBM) and a low-altitude cruise missile in a dual test today at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The battle-proven PAC-3 Missile is the world�s only fielded hit-to-kill, kinetic energy air defense missile.
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Rival in copter deal takes Ottawa to court
Ottawa's $5-billion helicopter contract landed in court yesterday when the losing company launched legal action that raised new allegations over the government's handling of the drawn-out process.
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Boeing Delivers 200th Super Hornet
Boeing delivered the 200th F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the U.S. Navy on Aug. 30, 2004 . The airplane, a two-seat "F" model Super Hornet, was delivered to Air test and Evaluation Squadron VX-9 at Naval Air Systems Command China Lake, Calif.
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F22: Most Advanced Warplane Uncloaked
The world's most advanced warplane has been cloaked in secrecy until now. The F-22 Raptor has been tested in the skies over southern Nevada to prepare for wars of the future. The Raptor pilots say that when that day finally comes, the F-22 will live up to it's billing as the most dominant warplane ever conceived.
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Cursor on Target
An innovative U.S. Air Force approach to achieving machine-to-machine integration, called Cursor on Target (CoT), is stirring hopes of solving the historic problem of interoperability�the inability of field command and control systems to talk to each other and share mission-critical information.
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Seoul selects 2 AWACS bidders
The Defense Ministry selected two final competitors to launch its 2 trillion won ($1.3 billion) airborne reconnaissance system for the Air Force, ministry officials said yesterday.
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Simulator allows better B-1 training
A new B-1B Lancer bomber flight-simulator building at Ellsworth Air Force Base will allow crews to train with other aircraft. The $8.4 million project includes two B-1 simulators. Currently, the base has only one.
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EUROFIGHTER WOOS TURKEY
European Union nations have been wooing Turkey to purchase the Eurofighter.
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�Flying Triangle� sightings on the rise
The years 1990-2004 have seen an intense wave of Flying Triangle aircraft, a study observes. Sifting through reports by hundreds of eyewitnesses, the NIDS assessment states that the behavior of the vehicles �does not appear consistent with the covert deployment of an advanced DoD [U.S. Department of the Defense] aircraft.�
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Thursday, September 02, 2004
Jolly Rogers Final Tomcat Cruise
An F-14B Tomcat assigned to the "Jolly Rogers" of Fighter Squadron One Zero Three (VF-103) flies over Iraq during a combat mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). VF-103 is currently assigned to Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17), embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). This is the final F-14 Tomcat deployment for VF-103 as they will be transferring to the F/A-18F Super Hornet when they return from deployment. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lee O. Tucker
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Carbon brake tests increase tanker's capabilities
A KC-135R from the Alaska Air National Guard, found carbon brakes stopped the aircraft in a shorter distance, allowing the tanker to take off with heavier loads and operate on shorter runways.
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Three Injured in Navy Helicopter Mishap
Three military servicemembers were injured when a UH-3H Sea King carrying 10 passengers had a mishap while landing aboard USS Preble (DDG 88) in the North Arabian Sea during a routine passenger transfer/logistics run.
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Australia Awards EADS $1 Billion Helicopter Contract
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) has won a $1 billion contract to provide 12 new NH-90 troop lift helicopters to the Australian army, the contractor and the Australian government announced Aug. 31.
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Thailand Offers Chickens for Russian Arms
Thailand, its huge poultry industry stricken by bird flu, wants to pay for Russian weaponry with chickens, the Reuters news agency quoted the country�s prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as saying.
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V-22: Chewing Over The Critics With Chief Test Pilot Tom Macdonald
RotorHub asked Osprey chief test pilot Tom Macdonald about 10 main areas of the V-22 that have attracted the most negative attention over the years.
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Raytheon's ATFLIR Supporting Combat Operations from the USS John F. Kennedy
Raytheon's ASQ-228 ATFLIR targeting pod is now deployed with two F/A-18C Hornet squadrons onboard the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 67). Delivered to the Navy just weeks before deployment, these ATFLIR pods successfully completed numerous missions during July -- without missing a single sortie.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Singapore wants German airforce
The highly modern Singapore Air Force plans to import aggressive hawks from Germany to help scare off birds which can cause fighters to crash if sucked into jet engines, a report said.
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BAE EUROFIGHTER TEST PILOT PARACHUTES IN FOR LECTURE
The Furness engineering lecture season takes off with a bang next month with a talk by BAE�s chief Eurofighter Typhoon test pilot.
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Raytheon Receives $43 Million U.S. Navy Award for F/A-18 Threat Protection Systems
Raytheon Company has been awarded a $43.3 million contract for production of its ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receiver system for the U.S. Navy.
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NEW HELICOPTERS FOR ARMY
The Australian Army will be equipped with 12 new troop lift helicopters under a $1 billion project approved by the Howard Government, Prime Minister John Howard and Defence Minister Robert Hill announced today.
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Officials release F-16 accident report
A pilot's loss of situational awareness caused two F-16 Fighting Falcons to collide May 17, according to a report Air Force officials released Aug. 30.
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China receives 24 advanced fighters
China's military took possession of 24 Su-30 fighter jets in late August, Jane's Defense Weekly reported Tuesday.
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