Naval Warfare
Shaft line repairs: Accuracy is everything (sponsored video)
This video is brought to you by Wärtsilä. Shaft lines can endure a range of problems, from everyday wear and tear to serious accidents. While ...
Land Warfare
PREMIUM: Doubt shrouds Czech IFV procurement programme
The Czech Republic might delay or even cancel its programme to procure 210 new IFVs, which the country’s armed forces require urgently if they are to ...
Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Second Pakistani multirole frigate progresses, search for patrol aircraft commences
The Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai held a ceremony on 23 March to mark the keel laying of Pakistan’s second Type 054A/P multirole frigate. The Pakistan ...
Land Warfare
PREMIUM: Moscow parade to feature TOS-2 Tosochka debut
The TOS-2 Tosochka thermobaric MLRS is scheduled to make its first public appearance at the annual Victory Day parade in Moscow on 9 May. The ...
Defence Notes
PODCAST: Chinese military modernisation, German defence procurement and ‘leading from home’ in a COVID-19 world
Welcome to Episode 12 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
First RAF P-8 Poseidon arrives in country
The Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) first P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft has arrived in the UK, the Ministry of Defence announced on 4 February. The ...
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Defence Notes
easyJet releases passenger statistics for February 2009
5th March 2009
easyJet has reported a 6.8% decrease in passengers carried in February 2009 compared with February 2008, but an increase in load factor. The total for ...
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Defence Notes
Aegean submits bid for Olympic
4th March 2009
Aegean Airlines has presented to the Hellenic Republic its own offer for the sale of assets of Olympic Airways. Aegean's offer is for the acquisition ...
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Defence Notes
Panasonic eFX for charter carrier TUIfly Nordic
4th March 2009
Stockholm-based holiday charter carrier TUIfly Nordic has selected Panasonic’s eFX audio/video-on-demand IFE system for installation in three Boeing 767-300s. The first equipped aircraft is due ...
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Defence Notes
Southwest introduces priority security lanes at Sea-Tac
4th March 2009
Southwest Airlines has introduced priority security lane access for its Business Select and Rapid Reward A-List customers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The airline has already ...
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Defence Notes
CFM unveils first LEAP-X composite fan
4th March 2009
MASCOT, the first LEAP-X technology demonstrator engine to feature a complete fan using 3-D woven, resin-transfer-moulded blades, has been unveiled by CFM International. The engine ...
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Defence Notes
Common-use bag drop solution launched by SITA and Swissport
4th March 2009
Swissport International and SITA have announced the deployment of the world’s first passenger bag-drop solution which allows a single bag-drop counter to be used to ...
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Defence Notes
PayPal added to clickair's secure purchasing options
4th March 2009
clickair has added the popular PayPal system to the list of payment options it offers to passengers travelling on any of its Europe-wide destinations. PayPal ...
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Defence Notes
A J Walter inventory support for Volaris A320s
4th March 2009
A J Walter Aviation (AJW) is to support up to 54 Airbus A320s for the Mexican low-fare airline, Volaris. AJW has formed a strategic power-by-the-hour ...
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Defence Notes
Tiger Airways launches biggest summer schedule from Singapore
4th March 2009
Tiger Airways will offer its biggest ever network of seats from Singapore for the forthcoming summer 2009 schedule, which runs from 29 March to 24 ...
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Defence Notes
AirTran reports February traffic
4th March 2009
AirTran Airways has reported its preliminary traffic figures for the month of February 2009. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) dropped by 13.6% to 1,228,788,000 from 1,421,803,000 ...
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Defence Notes
SuperJet International opens Moscow branch
4th March 2009
SuperJet International (SJI), the marketing, customisation, and support company for the Sukhoi Superjet100 aircraft, has opened its Russian branch in Moscow. The Russian branch will ...
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Defence Notes
Allegiant February 2009 load factor exceeds 90%
4th March 2009
Allegiant Air has reported its preliminary scheduled passenger traffic results for February 2009. Revenue passenger miles increased by 9.8% from 301,189,000 in February 2008 to ...
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Defence Notes
Germanwings launches Cologne/Bonn?Kiev route
4th March 2009
Kiev is the latest destination to be added to Germanwings’ portfolio of routes: from 16 May 2009 the low-fare airline will fly to the Ukrainian ...
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Defence Notes
Pegasus confirms Istanbul and Bodrum services from London
4th March 2009
Pegasus Airlines has confirmed the launch of new direct flights from London to Istanbul and Bodrum. The carrier is launching extra flights to Istanbul Sabiha ...
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Defence Notes
Southwest Airlines announces February traffic figures
4th March 2009
Southwest Airlines reports that it flew 5.1 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in February 2009, a 6.0% decrease from the 5.4 billion RPMs flown in ...
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Defence Notes
Republic Airways reports February 2009 traffic
4th March 2009
Republic Airways Holdings has reported preliminary passenger traffic results for February 2009 covering all its operating airline subsidiaries, Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle UAS completes sea trials with Singapore Navy
4th March 2009
Source: BoeingScanEagle, a long-endurance, fully autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed by The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and subsidiary Insitu, today successfully completed a ship-based ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
US remains cold on Pakistani Predator push
4th March 2009
The United States remains cold on a push from Pakistan for the release of advanced unmanned air systems, including the General Atomics Predator A, to ...
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Defence Helicopter
Indonesian air force restructures Super Puma orders
4th March 2009
The Indonesian air force is restructuring its 16 aircraft NAS332 Super Puma order to end production at 10 airframes and complete the remainder in either ...
