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Leonardo’s M346 Gets Some Teeth

A fighter attack version is being offered that retains the type’s previous capabilities.
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Philippines Likely To Buy Super Tucanos

An escalating Muslim insurgency in the country’s southern island has lent urgency to a close air support requirement.
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Aircraft

Australian Buy of Modified G550s Confirmed

L3 Com will modify the Gulfstream jets for ISR and EW.
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Aircraft

Britain’s New Aircraft Carrier Starts Sea Trials

HMS Queen Elizabeth can carry up to 36 F-35B stealth fighters or 43 helicopters.
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Aircraft

Dassault’s Rafale Fighter Flying Display at Paris Air Show 2017

Dassault’s Rafale Fighter Flying Display at Paris Air Show 2017
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Aircraft

Antonov An-132D Military Transport Flying Display at Paris Air Show 2017

Antonov An-132D Military Transport Flying Display at Paris Air Show 2017
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Embraer’s KC-390 Military Transport Jet Makes Paris Debut, Nears Certification

Embraer’s KC-390 Military Transport Jet Makes Paris Debut, Nears Certification
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Patriot and SM-6 on Target

As the well-known Patriot successfully engages ballistic missile attacks in Arabia, Raytheon is adding customers and advancing its SM-6 missile.
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Aircraft

LASA Shows T-Bird at Paris

The T-Bird is entering the market for military light counter-insurgency aircraft based on cropduster airframes.
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Aster On Course To Provide Missile Defense

MBDA’s Aster 30 missile is getting a new seeker and guidance control system to expand its anti-ballistic missile capabilities.
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Rafael Displays Wide Range Of Airborne Weaponry

The Israeli company has some innovative solutions to precision attack, and electronic warfare
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Turkish Trainer Shows Its Teeth

TAI is now in production with its Hurkus turboprop trainer, and is gearing up to begin flight-testing of production aircraft
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Engines

F-22 Engine Reaches the Half-million

Pratt & Whitney’s F119 engine that powers the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor has recently surpassed 500,000 engine flight hours
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F-35 Stamps Fifth-Gen Authority On Paris

JSF makes statements on the air and on the ground at the 2017 Salon du Bourget, where it was the star of the show.
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Aircraft

Pioneering Civilian Lease Deal for C295 Airlifter

A Canadian leasing company placed a firm order for 12, hoping to place them in various civilian and government operations.
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Rafale New Standard To Enhance Capabilities

French military procurement agency DCA has launched a broad program to study the next upgrade to the Dassault fighter.
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New Chinese Fighters Tap Russian, U.S. Technology

It remains unclear how far Chinese fighter manufacturers Shenyang and Chengdu have progressed their respective FC/J-31 and J-20 designs.
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Safety

Vintage Fighters Put Ejection Seats To the Test

Ejection seat leader Martin-Baker keeps a pair of classic Gloster Meteor jets on its test team.
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Aircraft

Activity-Based Intelligence Comes of Age in Modern Warfare

Geographic intelligence has emerged as a key tool as states battle new types of enemies.
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Security

Saab to Increase Security for Australian Government

Saab Australia will introduce an integrated security system during 2017 and 2018, monitoring and identifying threats.

India's MKU Broadens Global Reach

India’s MKU strengthens global business with German
Aircraft

Chinese Transport Goes on Sale

China’s C-130J equivalent has been in service in China for some time, and is now available for export.
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Aircraft

New Life for an Old Classic

Antonov and its Saudi partners have engaged leading U.S. and European suppliers to create a throroughly modern version of the An-32
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Typhoon Gears Up for Brimstone Firing

Eurofighter is shortly to begin firing tests with the MBDA Brimstone weapon, a key part of the process of transferring Tornado capability to the Typhoon
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Aircraft

LM Boosts Hercules Program With Civil Order, New SOF Version

The LM-100J on display at Paris has a launch customer, and a new international version for special missions was also announced.
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MBDA Launches Glide Weapon Family

European missile house MBDA has unveiled a new family of precision-guided weapons with long glide ranges to provide stand-off capability
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U.S. Air Force Reacts to 'Hypoxia like' Incidents Affecting F-35As

The investigation into the root cause of a series of physiological incidents at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona was ongoing.
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Aircraft

Embraer Demo Flight Highlights KC-390 Capabilities

Embraer expects to begin deliveries of the KC-390 to the Brazilian air force in 2018.
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Aircraft

Tata, Lockheed Martin Agree on India F-16 Production

The agreement will allow India “to produce, operate and export F-16 Block 70” models.
Aircraft

Airbus Negotiating To Reduce A400M Penalty Payments

The European countries that launched the airlifter are being asked to forgive late deliveries of aircraft and performance
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