Aviation News
U.S. officials are negotiating with Romania for the use of Mihail Kogalniceanu air base in eastern Romania as a logistics hub during the pullout of troops from Afghanistan.
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Air Marshal S. Sukumar, deputy chief of air staff for the Indian Air Force, said the deal to buy 126 Rafales will be finalized by March 2014.
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The U.S. Air Force has been training its fighter and bomber crews to fight in contested airspace whereby GPS, data links and communications won’t work.
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Lockheed Martin and Pilatus will jointly offer the PC-21 for Australia’s fixed-wing Pilot Training System contest.
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India has signaled its intention to buy two intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition reconnaissance (ISTAR) aircraft from Raytheon.
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