Content Archive: July 2008

Saudi Typhoon Deal Progresses, but Corruption Probes still Threaten

The first seven Eurofighter Typhoons for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) are now in final assembly at the Warton, UK facility of BAE Systems.
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UK Royal Air Force To Replace Nimrod SIGINT Aircraft with RC-135s

The UK Royal Air Force flies three Nimrod R.1 versions that are dedicated to SIGINT (signals intelligence).
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BAE Hawk Marketing Refocused after Jet Trainer Eliminated in Singapore

Although neither the UAE nor Singapore has yet chosen their new jet trainer, both have now eliminated the BAE Systems Hawk from consideration.
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Pilatus PC-21 Now Training Singaporean Students

Student pilots from the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) have begun basic flight training on the Pilatus PC-21 advanced turboprop.
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Raptor Thrills at Farnborough but Thanks to Escort?

This columnist never did discover why the U.S.
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Customers form a line for new Twin Otters

Last year’s announcement by Viking Air (Hall 4 Stand C14B) of its plans to launch its new DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 into production triggered an immediat

HCL becomes EADS ‘tier One’ partner

HCL Technologies, a $4.9 billion company that in three decades has grown from a garage-based start-up (Hindustan Computing) into India’s fifth largest IT c

GE, Singapore Technologies Collaborate

GE Aviation and Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) have signed an agreement to cooperate in engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), eng
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New investors, but still the same SJ30

The Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 light business jet is appearing in public for the first time since Dubai investors agreed to pump at least $150 million into the

Telemetry Hiccup Curtails First 777F flight

Boeing will resume flight-testing of its Model 777F cargo aircraft “as soon as possible,” the manufacturer said after the freighter’s first flight on Mond