SP's MAI October 01-15, 2011 - Aerospace Updates
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Pilatus soon for IAFSwitzerland’s Pilatus Aircraft is set to enter into the biggest contract yet for supplying 75 basic trainer aircraft at a cost of about Rs. 2,900 crore to the Indian Air Force.
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Boeing P-8I aircraft completes first flightBoeing’s first P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy completed its initial flight on September 28, taking off from Renton Field at 12:02 p.m. Pacific time and landing two hours and 31 minutes later at Boeing Field in Seattle.
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A400M passes key certification testsThe Airbus Military A400M new generation airlifter has passed a series of key tests recently as the aircraft continues to progress towards civil and military type certification.
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Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor resumes test flightsLockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor returned to the skies recently in a series of test and production flights
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Afghan Air Force receives first fixed-wing trainersThe first three aircraft slated as initial trainers for the Afghan Air Force undergraduate pilot training programme arrived September 18, marking a milestone for the Afghan Flight School.
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C-27J’s operational debut in Mexican skiesMexico City recently hosted the traditional parade for the celebration of the Mexican Independence’s anniversary in the presence of the country’s top ranking personalities.
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More drones to be deployed in Somalia and YemenDespite the deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to check terrorism and piracy, emanating from Somalia and Yemen, terror activities go on unabatedly.
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Saab avionics for Cassidian’s Talarion UAVDefence and security company Saab has signed a frame agreement and received a first order from the EADS company Cassidian to supply safety-critical avionics equipment for the new advanced UAV system Talarion.
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Northrop to ‘weaponise’ Fire Scout UAVNorthrop Grumman Systems is being awarded a $17 million cost-plusfixed-fee contract for the rapid deployment capability weaponisation programme in support of the vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-8B Fire Scout system.
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Predator does 7,000 hours in AfghanistanThe Predator unmanned aircraft of task group ‘Astore,’ part of the Joint Air Task Force in Herat, Afghanistan, has reached the 7,000 flying hour mark, the result of 800 missions completed since 2007...
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Qatar gets four C-130J Super Hercules airliftersLockheed Martin officials formally delivered four C-130J Super Hercules airlifters to the Qatar on September 28. The Qatar Emiri Air Force’s new Super Hercules are the longer fuselage or “stretched” variant of the C-130J.
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Lockheed Martin, Selex & Cobham down-selected for Marshall bidFusion Air Traffic Management, comprised of Lockheed Martin, Finmeccanica Company Selex Systems Integration and Cobham, has been downselected for the next stage in the Project Marshall programme to provide military air traffic services for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).
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Successful flight of Argus One UAVWorld Surveillance Group, a developer of lighter-thanair unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and related technologies, has announced completion of additional tethered flight testing of its Argus One airship in Easton, Maryland.
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Z-5 debuts at Aviation China ExpoGodenamed Z-5, the advanced unmanned helicopter from China made its debut at Aviation Expo China, which was held from September 21 to 24.
