SP's MAI June 16-30, 2011 - Aerospace Updates
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AEROSPACE
IAF on course: CASAir Chief Marshal P.V. Naik took over as Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force, in May 2009, and after having spent a major part of his career tackling challenges facing the IAF, will retire on July 31 this year.
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AEROSPACE / INTERVIEW
Eurofighter’s hard sell
By SP’s M.A.I. TeamBernhard Gerwert, CEO of Cassidian Air Systems
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AEROSPACE / VIEWPOINT
Jaguar re-engining conundrum
By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. PandeyHoneywell claimes that the modular construction of the F125IN and its integral dual full authority digital engine control system...
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AEROSPACE
India picks Globemaster III, biggest defence deal with USThe Cabinet Committee on Security presided by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has cleared the proposal to buy Boeing Company’s 10 C-17 Globemaster-III giant strategic airlift aircraft
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AEROSPACE
Prithvi (P-II) missile test flightThe surface-to-surface Prithvi (P-II) Missile was successfully flight tested on June 9 from the launch complex-III, ITR Chandipur, Balasore, Orissa.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Engineers look to the birds for the future of UAVs
By Andrea SiedsmaEngineers at University of California (UC), San Diego, are mimicking the movement of bird wings to help improve the manoeuvrability of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Skylark missions in diverse areasElbit Systems has completed a series of successful tests of its Skylark I LE mini/man-pack UAS using the Dominator hardware to control...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Hermes 900 UAV wins first export saleElbit Systems reported today the first export sale of its Hermes 900 UAV to a customer in Latin America
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AEROSPACE
Raytheon-Boeing submit plans for joint air-to-ground missile programmeRaytheon Company submitted its proposal for the US Army and Navy’s joint air-to-ground missile (JAGM) competition and responded as a prime contractor. Raytheon is teamed with Boeing for the JAGM programme.
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AEROSPACE
Lockheed Martin submits proposal of JAGMLockheed Martin has also submitted a proposal in response to the government’s request for proposal (RFP) for the next phases of the joint airto-ground missile (JAGM) programme.
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AEROSPACE
ATK introduces hostile fire indication capabilityATK announced that its recently-developed hostile fire indication (HFI) capability upgrade for the AAR-47 missile warning system has been approved by the Department of the Navy for fleet introduction.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Controp launches multi-sensor payload for small UAVsControp has added a new product, the new M-Stamp, a multi sensor payload for small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
AGI’s software for UASAGI will demonstrate its software capabilities for unmanned aircraft missions, border protection and space-based ISR at the Paris International Air Show.
