SP's MAI August 16-31, 2011 - Aerospace Updates
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AEROSPACE
The Balancing Act
By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. PandeyThere is an imperative need to balance the transport fleet with the induction of at least four to six squadrons of aircraft of five to ten tonne capacity
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AEROSPACE
No additional C-17 Globemaster III: AntonyThe Minister of Defence, A.K. Antony has informed in the Parliament that there was no proposal for procurement of additional C-17 Globemaster III aircraft for the Indian Air Force.
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AEROSPACE
Bell Boeing submit V-22 Osprey proposalThe Bell Boeing V-22 Programme, a strategic alliance between Boeing and Bell Helicopter Textron
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AEROSPACE
Northrop Grumman gets further advanced Hawkeye contractsNorthrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $795 million contract by the US Navy for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye programme.
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AEROSPACE
Lockheed Martin delivers Morocco’s first advanced F-16sThe Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) unveiled the first four of the 24 Lockheed Martin F-16 aircraft at Ben Guerrir Air Base in Morocco recently.
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AEROSPACE
Raytheon laser-guided Maverick weapon on MMRCA and Jaguar?The US Air Force completed developmental testing (DT) of Raytheon Company’s AGM-65 E2/L
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AEROSPACE
Vietnam inducts Airbus Military C212-400Vietnam has taken delivery of Airbus Military C212-400 and will get two more, one end of the year and the other early 2012.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Insitu introduces Inceptor Small UASInsitu has introduced the Inceptor small unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which will provide the public safety market with real-time video and stable
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
New airship research at Texas UniversityA new airship activity has been launched in the aerospace engineering department at Texas A&M University (TAMU).
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AEROSPACE
MiG starts carrier fighters for Indian NavyRussia’s MiG Aircraft Corporation has launched production of a new batch of MiG-29K/KUB carrier fighters for the Indian Navy. The fighters are expected to be inducted in 2012.
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US Navy SEALs among 31 killed in chopper incidentOn August 6, a NATO helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan during a battle with the Taliban, killing 30 US and seven Afghan soldiers and one civilian interpreter.
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AEROSPACE
Cobham wins Missile Defense Agency task ordersSPARTA, Inc., doing business as Cobham Analytic Solutions, has been awarded nine task orders supporting the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) totaling $227 million over two years.
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AEROSPACE
Eurocopter delivers fourth EC225 to ChinaChina has taken delivery of EC225 from Eurocopter which will be used for offshore search and rescue (SAR) missions.
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AEROSPACE
Eighth C-5B makes Super GalaxyThe sun shines above the newest addition to the C-5M modernisation programme. Tail number 85-0003, a C-5B Galaxy, is the eighth aircraft inducted into modernisation production line to become a Super Galaxy.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Canadian certificate for VanguardVanguard Defense Industries have received a special flight operations certificate (SFOC) from Transport Canada to operate the Shadow-Hawk unmanned aerial system (UAS) in Canadian Airspace.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
India not to manufacture small UAVsThe Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju has stated in the Parliament that the government does not propose to manufacture small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...