Aviation News
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday that he is disappointed over India’s decision to select the Rafale and will try and persuade the Indian government to rethink its position.
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The Czech government has approve talks with Sweden on a ‘bridging’ solution to lease its Gripen fighters beyond 2015 and buy over them eventually.
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Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has designed the latest X-Plane for the U.S. Air Force. The X-56A will test several wing designs that will suppress flutter.
Continue reading “New X-Plane: X-56A”
An internal report by the U.S. Marine Corps has raised questions on the ability of the RQ-7 to fly on hot summer days in Afghanistan.
Continue reading “RQ-7’s wings could swell in Afghanistan’s hot summer”
Northrop Grumman has been given a $47.2 million contract to install two more Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payloads on two existing Block 20 Global Hawk aircraft.
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