SP's MAI Issue No. 16 | August 16-31, 2013 - Aerospace Updates
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AEROSPACE / EXPERT OPINION
Basic trainer aircraft: The facts
By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil ChopraThe debate on whether the basic trainer aircraft (BTA) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) should be indigenously developed or procured from abroad, hit a new high after a report in the media alleging that the IAF was trying to scuttle the development of the BTA by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
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AEROSPACE
Navy's Boeing P-8I touches down at the Emerald IslandsThe Boeing P-8I, a long-range maritime reconnaissance anti-submarine warfare (LRMR/ASW) aircraft of the Indian Navy, made its maiden landing at the INS Utkrosh airfield on August 6.
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AEROSPACE
F-35B completes 500th vertical landingThe Lockheed Martin F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft completed its 500th vertical landing on August 3. BF-1, the aircraft which completed this achievement, also accomplished the variant’s first...
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AEROSPACE
One million flight hours for Apache targeting and pilotage sensorLockheed Martin and the US Army celebrated one million flight hours for the modernised target acquisition designation sight/pilot night vision sensor...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Fire Scout surpasses flight hour record aboard USS Samuel B. RobertsHelicopter Strike Maritime Squadron (HSM) 46, Det. 9 recently surpassed...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
T-20 UAV flies highThe Arcturus T-20 unmanned aerial vehicle flew to an altitude of 23,500’MSL during a training flight at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, Wyoming.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
TOR Robotics introduces Q-4 DroneTOR Robotics, a San Francisco, California based manufacturer, has introduced the Q-4, a fully autonomous robotic VTOL drone.
