SP's MAI October 16-31, 2011 - Aerospace Updates
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Air Chief calls for ‘people first mission’At the inauguration of a three-day Air Force Commanders’ Conference here in New Delhi, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne exhorted the Commanders to uphold the ‘people first mission’ always which is the vision of the IAF.
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Boeing lands $11.7 billion C-17 support dealThe US Department of Defense (DOD) as awarded a contract worth up to $11.7 billion to Boeing for support and maintenance of its C-17 aircraft to the US military and global allies.
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F-35B’s successful initial shipboard vertical landing aboard USS WASPThe Navy and Marine Corps team made more remarkable naval aviation history recently as the F-35B joint strike fighter (JSF) test aircraft...
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Egypt selects sniper advanced targeting pod for F-16Egypt is now the 13th international customer for Lockheed Martin’s sniper advanced targeting pod (ATP), which provides precision targeting and non-traditional intelligence
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EADS prepares for first flight of the initial technical demonstration aircraftEADS North America recently announced that its Armed Aerial Scout 72X (AAS-72X) industry team is preparing for the first flight...
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Cassidian and Northrop Grumman Euro Hawk for German armed forcesEuro Hawk, the premier signals intelligence (SIGINT) unmanned aircraft...
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Marine Corps to deploy K-Max UAV to AfghanistanThe Navy and Marine Corps announced its plan to deploy the service’s first cargo unmanned aircraft system to Afghanistan next month.
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Fire Scout is first UAV to fly on biofuelThe US Navy reached a milestone in its quest to gain energy independence today, when an MQ-8B Fire Scout successfully flew the first unmanned biofueled flight at Webster Field in St. Inigoes, Maryland.
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Fury 1500 UAS achieves 14-hour duration flightAME Unmanned Air Systems (AME UAS) announced another successful flight of the Fury 1500 special mission unmanned aerial system.
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Israel Air Force marks 40 years of UAV operational useThe Israel Air Force (IAF) on October 2 marked 40 years since the establishment of its first unmanned aerial systems (UAS) Squadron 200, located at the IAF base in Palmachim.
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Northrop Grumman X-47B demonstrator in cruise modeThe US Navy/Northrop Grumman Corporation X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstration aircraft reached a major milestone on September 30...
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ScanEagle streams live video of operations in ArcticInsitu Inc. announced that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) delivered real-time video to Canadian Forces during the largest military exercise to date in the Far North.
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US ramping up unmanned air strikes and domestic surveillance
By James CorbettUnmanned aerial vehicles are once again grabbing headlines as the UK...
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LCA project delayed: IAF ChiefThe development of the indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA) has suffered a setback as the initial operational clearance (IOC) for the aircraft was delayed by another year.
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Hispano-Suiza selected by Embraer for the KC-390 programmeBrazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has selected Hispano-Suiza (Safran group) to supply the Emergency Electric Power Generator System (EEPGS) for its upcoming KC-390 military transport and aerial refuelling jet.
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Saab wins extension of Thai air-defense netDefence and security company Saab has received an order from the Royal Thai Air Force regarding extension of an Air Command and Control System.
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Tornados fly 7,000 hours over LibyaRAF officials announced on October 6 that the Tornado GR4s deployed on Operation Ellamy have now completed over 7,000 flight hours on missions over Libya.
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Irkut building Yak-130sThe Irkut Corporation’s plant at Irkutsk recently began final assembly of the 35th example of the Yakovlev Yak-130 combat trainer.
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Raytheon radar improves picture for UAV operatorsRaytheon has developed and patented a low-cost radar technology that will, for the first time
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IAI unveils new lightweight SAR for UAVs, aerostatsIsrael Aerospace Industries (IAI) has unveiled a new lightweight airborne SAR/GMTI payload at the 2011 Annual Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Meeting & Exposition in Washington, DC.