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Alenia adopts new tech to build M-346 trainer

Alenia Aermacchi is stepping up the pace on the production line for its new M-346 Master jet trainer at the Venegono Superiore factory in northern It

Britain’s industry remains challenged

At face value, the UK’s aerospace and defense industries might feel entitled to breathe a quiet sigh of relief and gently pat themselves on the back coming

Raytheon ready for air-to-ground ID

Blue-on-blue incidents have always been an unfortunate factor in warfare, but a series of tragic events in recent times has brought the subject into sharp

NATO nearing alliance for ground surveillance

Fifteen years after the concept was first mooted, NATO may finally acquire an alliance ground surveillance system (AGS).

All eyes focus on U.S. trainer contest

Northrop’s venerable T-38 Talon supersonic trainer entered service with the U.S.

Lockheed Martin rebuts F-35 critics on cost, progress

After a bad start to 2010, U.S.

LM’s flying intel lab helps to define defense needs

Most Farnborough exhibitors are here showing the fruits of years of laboratory work, but Lockheed Martin has brought the laboratory itself.

Scaleable Carabas can see under ground

Developed originally by Ericsson Microwave Systems (now part of Saab Electronic Defence Systems’ business area), the Carabas foliage penetration (FOPEN) ra

Mantis prays, and waits for Europe to bite

Although developed to help answer the UK’s surveillance requirements, the BAE Systems Mantis unmanned air vehicle technology demonstrator has become the fo

Raytheon and Gentex offer low-cost helmet sight

After making its international debut in May at SOFEX in Jordan, the Scorpion helmet-mounted sight is being shown by Raytheon and Gentex for the first time

Embraer looks to KC-390 to bolster its defense portfolio

Embraer expects its revenues from the defense sector to grow by almost a third this year, reaching approximately $650 million compared with $500 million in

Pratt & Whitney’s F135 Breaks Sound Barrier on F-35B

Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engine has achieved a first for the Lockheed Martin F-35 program by accelerating the F-35B STOVL version through the sound barri

Pratt & Whitney F135 STOVL propulsion System.

Sikorsky S-70i, a New Black Hawk Export Variant, Makes First Flight

The Sikorsky S-70i military helicopter–a new export variant of the UH-60M Black Hawk–made its first flight on July 1 from the Sikorsky Development Flight C

Boeing Defends AW101 Offer for Renewed U.S. Presidential Helo Requirement

Boeing's controversial embrace of the AgustaWestlan

Boeing's C-130 AMP Enters Production

Having been dogged by cost overruns, Boeing's avionics modernization program (AMP) for the C-130 Hercules has passed its Defense Acquisition Board Mileston

Turkey in Urgent Quest for Helicopter Gunships

While it looks forward to accepting its first TAI/AgustaWestland T129 attack helicopter, Turkey is urgently seeking interim helicopter gunships in the face

Eurofighter Tranche 3B Negotiations Begin, While Upgrades Continue

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McDonnell F-4D Phantom Bows Out of Service

The Republic of Korea Air Force brought an era to an end when on June 16 it conducted the last flights of its McDonnell F-4D Phantom IIs.

FAA To Research Allowing Unmanned Aircraft Fly in National Airspace System

The FAA’s William J.

Likely F-35 Unit Cost Still Below $60 Million, Says Lockheed Martin

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