SP's MAI July 01-15, 2011 - Aerospace Updates
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Airbus eclipses Paris Air Show
By R. ChandrakanthIt rained… and it rained aeroplanes for Airbus at the 49th Paris International Air Show at Le Bourget, while the military segment was put on the backburner.
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Eurocopter has a good show at Le BourgetEurocopter fared well this year at the 2011 Paris Air Show, bringing in several orders and agreements throughout the week.
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Airbus Military and IAI to develop new C295 platformAirbus Military and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will be jointly developing and marketing a new version of the Airbus Military C295
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Apache helicopter production upBoeing has announced the ramp up of production of Apache AH-64D helicopters. The helicopters which are being called the savior of ground soldiers for decades
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MBDA unveils Perseus multirole strike missileMBDA unveiled at the Paris Air Show the CVS 401 Perseus concept missile system, which represents the group’s vision of a multi-role strike weapon system for 2030 and beyond.
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Embraer selects Esterline for KC-390 programmeEmbraer Defense and Security has chosen Esterline Control Systems from the United States to supply the autothrottle system for the KC-390 military transport jet.
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Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning pitchThe F-35 Lightning II, the world’s only fifth generation multirole fighter jet, known as AF-7 which has gone through flight testing programme at Edwards Air Force base, California
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Eurofighter completes first phase of Meteor missile testsEurofighter has completed a range of air-carriage trials for the MBDA Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM)
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Raytheon to upgrade Patriot for Saudi ArabiaRaytheon Company has received a $1.7 billion direct commercial sales contract to upgrade Saudi Arabia’s Patriot air and missile defence system to the latest configuration-3.
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Italian Air Force to get DIRCM systems from ElbitElbit Systems announced at the Paris Air Show that it was awarded a contract valued in excess of $15 million by Elettronica S.p.A (Elettronica) to supply the ELT/572 DIRCM
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Boeing bags Australian C-17 production contractBoeing is being awarded a $195 million firm-fixed-price delivery order against the basic C-17 production contract to procure one C-17 aircraft.
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L-3 bags US Navy P-3 SMIP contractL-3 Communications announced that its platform Integration division has been awarded $104 million contract to perform aircraft sustainment for the US Navy’s fleet of P-3, EP-3 and NP-3 aircraft.
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Bell Helicopter and AgustaWestland chart new direction for BA609Bell Helicopter announced at the Paris International Air Show that AgustaWestland has agreed to purchase Bell’s ownership...
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Geocopter delivers R-UAVThe Dutch rotorcraft unmanned aerial vehicle (R-UAV) manufacturer Geocopter from the Netherlands...
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TAI launches unmanned armed helicopterTurkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has launched a small, armed, unmanned helicopter. At the Paris Air Show
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First customer receives Orbiter 3 systemAeronautics Ltd. has delivered the first Orbiter 3 small tactical unmanned aerial system (STUAS) to an undisclosed customer.
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Selex Galileo unveils Falco EvolutionSelex Galileo unveiled the latest variant of its Falco tactical UAV at the Paris Air Show.
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Raytheon bags contract for Global Hawk ground station sustainmentRaytheon Company has been awarded a one-year subcontract worth...
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Northrop Grumman’s countermeasures system clocks record operationNorthrop Grumman Corporation announced that its directional infrared countermeasures system (DIRCM), currently deployed with US and allied forces, has achieved more than one million operational hours in service.
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Finmeccanica’s technology and integrated solutions for a safer worldFinmeccanica through its companies—AgustaWestland, Alenia Aermacchi, Alenia Aeronautica, DRS Defence Solutions, DRS Technologies, Selex Elsag, Selex Galileo, Selex Service Management, Seicos, Selex Sistemi Integrati, Telespazio and Thales Alenia...
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Thales Raytheon Systems celebrates 10 years of transatlantic JVThales Raytheon Systems, an international leader in air defence command and control systems and ground-based radars, completed a decade of the defence industry’s first transatlantic joint venture.
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Finmeccanica to provide logistics support to ST AerospaceAlenia Aermacchi – a company of Finmeccanica’s Aeronautics Sector led by Alenia Aeronautica – has finalised with ST Aerospace the logistics support contracts for the 12 M-346 trainers sold at the end of September 2010
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Hawker Beechcraft and ATK demonstrate weapons systemHawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) and ATK announced an upcoming demonstration of ATK’s guided advanced tactical rocket (GATR) from HBC’s AT-6 light attack and armed reconnaissance (LAAR) aircraft.
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French OPV prepares for UAS trialsThe Camcopter S-100 will begin sea trials on board the French Navy’s Gowind class of offshore patrol vessel (OPV) in the next few months, according to Schiebel Managing Director Neil Hunter.
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Joint programme for next-gen drone delayed: French MinisterThe French Minister, Gerard Longuet, informed journalists at the Paris Air Show that France and Britain had delayed the decision on a joint programme to develop next-generation drones.