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AIDC aims for greater role as aerospace sector supplier

Taiwan’s Aero Industrial Development Corp.

January 28, 2010

Camcopter finds niche among fixed-wing UAVs

Helicopters can perform a wide array of useful tasks that cannot be done at all or as well in a fixed-wing aircraft, so it probably stands to reason that a

January 28, 2010

USAF chief outlines UAVs’ manpower needs

The U.S.

January 28, 2010

BAE takes fight to pirates with new sensors on ships

BAE Systems is offering technology and systems integration expertise to ship owners whose vessels are threatened by pirates in locations such as off the So

January 28, 2010

Five A400Ms groomed for heavy test duty

With its first A400M in the air, Airbus Military is embarking on an intensive flight trials campaign, with the aim of clearing the baseline common standard

January 27, 2010

EADS forges ahead on two UAV programs

EADS is moving forward with its Talarion medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) UAV, with an eye to flying it in 2014.

January 27, 2010

ScanEagle UAV success hooked Boeing on Insitu

Singapore last year joined the expanding list of countries that have tested and/or introduced the ScanEagle, a UAV that was designed in the 1990s as a mari

January 27, 2010

GKN Delivers Poseidon P-8A Windshields

GKN Aerospace has delivered the first windshields as part of a contract with Boeing to design and develop, bird-strike test and qualify the new anti-spall

January 27, 2010

Jury remains out on T-50’s export potential

When Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) developed the T-50 Golden Eagle in partnership with Lockheed Martin in 2001 hopes were high in South Korea that the o

January 27, 2010

Crisis Over A400M Airlifter as EADS Threatens To Stop Work

At a dramatic new year press conference held beneath the second A400M in the final assembly building in Seville, Spain, the chief executive officers of EAD

January 18, 2010

Boeing Logs New C-17 Prospect, and More Orders

Boeing announced this month that India had formally expressed interest in acquiring 10 C-17 military transports.

January 18, 2010

Final RFP for Latest KC-X Aerial Refueling Tanker Competition Still Awaited

Ten weeks after the deadline for comments on the draft RFP for the latest attempt to procure a new <link ain-defense-perspective/single-publication-story/b

January 18, 2010

RAF Boosting Chinook Helicopter Fleet with New Builds and Rebuilds

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) plans to order 22 new Chinooks, in its latest response to widespread criticism over the shortage of heavy helicopter lift to s

January 18, 2010

VH-71 Presidential Helicopter Gets Limited Funding

Limited funding for the Lockheed Martin/AgustaWestland VH-71 presidential

January 18, 2010

President signs Defense Bill; VH-71 gets funds

The VH-71 presidential helicopter program, which was terminated in May by the Secretary of Defense, received life support on December 19 when the President

December 29, 2009

Defense bill gives VH-71 presidential helo a toehold

Limited funding for the Lockheed Martin/AgustaWestland VH-71 presidential helicopter, which is based on the three-engine AgustaWestland AW101, has made it

December 28, 2009

Maiden Flight for A400M; Tough Negotiations Continue

As partner governments head for another showdown with EADS over the climbing costs and lengthy delays associated with the Airbus Military A400M, there was

December 17, 2009

U.S. Admits To Stealthy Recon Aircraft

The U.S.

December 17, 2009

Japan Prepares To Buy F-35 Fighters

Japan’s Defense Ministry is preparing to select the F-35 Joint Stri

December 17, 2009

India’s Two-Seat Tejas Trainer Takes Wing

The first prototype of two-seater trainer version of India’s single-seat <link ain-defense-perspective/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/india-issu

December 17, 2009