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USAF Releases RFP for New Big Bomber

New bomber will be a long-range, air-refuelable, highly survivable aircraft with nuclear and conventional stand-off and direct-attack weapons payload,

Boeing Touts Challenger-based Maritime Surveillance Aircraft

MSA is billed as a lower cost alternative to the P-8 Poseidon.

Field Aviation Highlights Surveillance Expertise

Field Aviation also designed and built a nose section for the Viking Twin Otter Guardian 400, a multi-role surveillance aircraft.

Raytheon Sentinel Could Go Maritime

An embryonic maritime capability for the Sentinel radar first came to the fore during Operation Ellamy in 2011.

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Kongsberg And Raytheon Join Forces On JSM

Kongsberg’s Joint Strike Missile is sized to fit the internal bays of the JSF, but can be carried externally on most fighter types.

F-35 Test Pilots To Fly Improved Head-mounted Display

More than 15,000 flight test hours have been logged with the Rockwell Collins helmet-mounted display system for the Lockheed Martin F-35.

GP7200 Adds Two New Thrust Ratings

The engine that powers the A380 is able to deliver higher power at hot ambient temperatures for improved airline performance.

Patriot Has Europe in Its Sights

Raytheon’s Patriot air defense system is being targeted at requirements in Germany, Poland and Turkey.

World Events Complicate Polish Air Defense System Selection

The assumption is that the Poles would purchase six batteries, which was the baseline for the study performed recently by the Kazimierz Pulaski Foundation.

North West Aerospace Alliance Turns 20

The UK’s North West Aerospace Alliance was founded in 1994 and includes the Isle of Man.

Firth Rixson To Supply UTC for Another 10 Years

Myanma Airways Orders Six ATR 72-600s

The new aircraft are scheduled for delivery from 2015 to 2017 and will be used for both increasing and replacing Myanma's existing ATR fleet.

Storm Shadow Go-ahead for Typhoon

The contract is between Eurofighter and NETMA, the four-nation Eurofighter management agency, and is worth €150 million ($205 million).

Clean Sky To Test Laminar Flow On Modified Airbus A340

Technology could bring 5-10 percent fuel burn reduction

AVIC Chooses PW150C Turboprop Engine For MA700

Aviation Industry Corporation of China (Avic) has chosen Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PW150C engine

Thales Unveils Lightweight, Unpowered Missile

The free-fall light multi-role missile is just 28 inches long, lacks a rocket motor and has fixed instead of folding wings.

Paris Air Show 2015 Bookings Up

After the successful 2013 edition, show organizers continue investing to help make the 2015 edition even better.

Flight Testing of A350 Targets September EASA Certification

Principal remaining elements include the maximum-energy rejected take-off (Merto) demonstration and long-range, route-proving flights.

Next-gen Missile To Go On AW159 Wildcat Helicopter

The light version of the FASGW is designed to counter fast-attack craft in littoral waters, while the heavy version is a longer-range anti-ship missile.

MBDA Begins Series Production Of Brimstone 2 Missile

The RAF and USAF sponsored trials of the Brimstone fitted on the MQ-9 Reaper UCAV at U.S. Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California.

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