Defence Notes
Space Force sticks with Rocket Lab despite curse of unlucky 13
Space payloads usually cost tens or hundreds of millions of dollars and their loss can be a huge setback for their operators. Launcher reliability is ...
Future of Air Warfare Special Report Hide
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JHMCS II undergoes flight tests on F-16V
The USAF is conducting flight tests of the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II (JHMCS II) aboard Lockheed Martin F-16V fighter aircraft. This follows the ...
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Offers on the table as Canada edges closer to future fighter buy
Canada will move immediately to examine three government proposals as part of the country’s C$15-19 billion ($11-14 billion) Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP), following 31 July ...
Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Israeli Navy bulks up with refined corvette design
The design for the Israeli Navy’s future Sa’ar S-72 corvettes should be completed in the first half of 2021, with indications that the platform being ...
Air Warfare
PREMIUM: Brazil arms A-1Ms with IRIS-T after scrapping A-Darter serial production plans
The cancellation last year of A-Darter AAM serial production in Brazil marked a change of course for the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). The decision was taken ...
Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Allies remonstrated with US on new UAV export policy
A decision by the US government to use national discretion to reinterpret the multinational Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) agreement went against explicit requests from ...
Defence Notes
PODCAST: Air defence in focus and the view from the helm at Lockheed Martin UK
Welcome to Episode 30 of the second series of The Weekly Defence Podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. Sign up to an early email alert ...
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Air Warfare
Japan researches future fighter technologies
Japan has not produced fighters since 2011, when the last F-2 was delivered. Therefore, Japanese companies such as Sumitomo Electric that produced radar domes and ...
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Defence Helicopter
FN Herstal reveals 'armed' AW101
29th June 2009
Belgian weapons specialist FN Herstal has revealed pictures of an armed AW101 Merlin undergoing weapons integration testing. It is understood AgustaWestland borrowed an Italian Navy ...
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Defence Helicopter
SNC awarded contract for 200 TactiLink Eagle video point to point data communications system for LUH
29th June 2009
Sierra Nevada Corporation announced today that it has received a competitive contract award from American Eurocopter, a business unit of EADS North America, to produce ...
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Defence Notes
Southwest service begins at LaGuardia
28th June 2009
Southwest Airlines' new service at New York LaGuardia airport has been inaugurated. The airline's SVP operations Greg Wells joined the Port Authority of New York ...
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Defence Notes
AirTran to serve Florida from Akron-Canton
27th June 2009
AirTran Airways has announced nonstop service between Akron-Canton Airport and two destinations in Florida, Fort Lauderdale and Fort Myers. AirTran will offer flights to Fort ...
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Defence Notes
Porter makes Thunder Bay service year-round
27th June 2009
Porter Airlines is introducing year-round flights between Thunder Bay and Toronto City Centre Airport (TCCA) following strong interest as the summer schedule began. “Porter is ...
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Defence Notes
Goodrich opens MRO/engine/supply chain facility in China
27th June 2009
Goodrich has opened a new facility in China’s Tianjin Airport Industrial Park to support nacelle and thrust reverser original equipment as well as maintenance, repair ...
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Defence Notes
Wind Jet heads for London Luton
27th June 2009
London Luton Airport has announced that Wind Jet will begin flights to Forli, Italy on 2 July 2009. The Italian airline will further expand Luton's ...
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Defence Helicopter
Pave Hawks rescue 'unwell' sailor
26th June 2009
Crews onboard a pair of United States Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters have successfully rescued an ill sailor off the coast of Ireland. The ...
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Defence Notes
AirAsia unveils partnership with NFL's Oakland Raiders
26th June 2009
AirAsia and Oakland Raiders, three-time National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl champions, have announced a winning whereby AirAsia becomes a sponsor of the NFL team. ...
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Defence Notes
Qantas 787 cancellations to hit Jetstar long-haul expansion
26th June 2009
Qantas reports that it has reached mutual agreement with Boeing to defer the delivery of 15 Boeing 787-8s by four years and cancel orders for ...
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Defence Notes
OnAir reports first flight with full range of connectivity services operational
26th June 2009
OnAir has announced that together with Airbus, it has successfully conducted a 10-hour flight using the full spectrum of cabin and cockpit connectivity services based ...
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Defence Notes
7th consecutive monthly profit for Frontier
26th June 2009
Frontier Airlines Holdings has reported a net profit of $1.1 million for the month of May, the company's seventh consecutive monthly operating profit. Frontier reported ...
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Defence Notes
American Eagle adds fourth daily DFW?Mobile service
26th June 2009
American Eagle Airlines will add a fourth daily flight between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Mobile Regional Airport (MOB) in Alabama from 1 August. ...
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Defence Helicopter
Pave Hawks en route to Atlantic rescue rendezvous
26th June 2009
An international rescue effort is currently en route to a ship in the Atlantic approximately 700 miles off the west coast of Ireland. A crew ...
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Rotorhub
AAIB studies beacon issues following Bond EC225 ditching
26th June 2009
UK air accident investigators looking into the ditching of an Bond Helicopters EC225 in February have made recommendations about the use of personal emergency beacons ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Northrop Grumman and USAF unveil next generation Global Hawk
26th June 2009
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the US Air Force unveiled the next-generation of high-flying unmanned aircraft - the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk - in a ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
QinetiQ North America Receives New $56.4M Contract for TALON Robots
26th June 2009
QinetiQ North America, makers of the leading TALON family of military/first-responder robots, announced today that it has received a $56.4 million IDIQ (indefinite delivery, indefinite ...
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Rotorhub
Era Training Center Selects Frasca for S76 FSTD
26th June 2009
Frasca International, Urbana, IL and Era Training Center (ETC), Lake Charles, LA have entered into an agreement for Frasca to design and build a Sikorsky ...
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Defence Notes
Navtech signs up flydubai and Aero Contractors Nigeria
25th June 2009
Navtech has signed contracts with flydubai and Aero Contractors Nigeria for flight planning, performance analysis and FMS navigation data solutions. “Navtech has focused its attention ...
