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Defence Helicopter
RAF Museum gets an early Christmas present - a MH-53 Pave Low
16th December 2008
Christmas spirits will be flying high at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford tomorrow, when it takes delivery of an extra special Christmas gift from …
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Defence Helicopter
UK: East Anglian Air Ambulance has sufficient funds to allow second helicopter to fly 7 days a week
16th December 2008
Thanks to the commitment of its supporters, the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA), operator of Anglia Two, the air ambulance serving Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire, has …
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Defence Helicopter
Eurocopter to hand over 50th UH-72A Lakota to US Army today
16th December 2008
What: EADS North America is hosting a ceremony to celebrate the delivery of the 50th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army. The …
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Defence Helicopter
Iraq requests 26 Bell 407s and associated equipment through US FMS program
16th December 2008
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of 26 Bell Armed 407 Helicopters, 26 Rolls Royce …
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Defence Helicopter
Heli-One to Upgrade Super Pumas for Swedish Armed Forces
16th December 2008
Heli-One, an operating division of the CHC Group, announced today it has been awarded a new contract by FMV (the Swedish Defence Material Administration) to …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Camcopter completes trials with Austrian Army
16th December 2008
The CAMCOPTER® S-100 VTOL UAS again proves its capability with the Austrian Army. At the request of the Austrian Ministry of Defense and in cooperation …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
AeroVironment's Raven Small UAS Receives Military Type Certificate from the Italian military
16th December 2008
AeroVironment, Inc.(AV) today announced that the General Directorate for Aircraft Weapon Systems (MoD - Italy) has issued a Military Aircraft Type-Classification Certificate for the Raven …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
ROV available for control via the internet
16th December 2008
Internet users can now reach under the sea to pilot a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) docked at an unmanned experimental laboratory based off Vancouver Island. …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Sonardyne Ranger USBL tracks Jason ROV at 5000 metres
15th December 2008
A Ranger Wideband USBL (Ultra-Short BaseLine) acoustic positioning system from Sonardyne International Ltd has provided impressive performance for the engineers from the Deep Submergence Laboratory …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Singapore UAV Command gets new commander
12th December 2008
COL Lim Tuang Liang has taken over as Commander of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Command (UC) in a change of command parade held at Murai …
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Defence Helicopter
UK MoD Confirms Future Lynx Programme
12th December 2008
It has been confirmed in a statement today, made by Defence Secretary John Hutton, that the Future Lynx contract signed in June 2006 by the …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Thermoteknix launch VisIR 640 High Resolution Thermal Imager
12th December 2008
VisIR 640 has everything you need for industrial Predictive Maintenance and more; crystal clear images from a highly sensitive 640 x 480 uncooled infrared sensor, …
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Defence Helicopter
UK Government announces helicopter capacity increase for Afghanistan operations
11th December 2008
A significant increase in helicopter capacity for troops in Afghanistan is part of a package of measures to rebalance the Defence equipment programme towards the …
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Defence Helicopter
RAF deploy to Afghanistan to build 'Rapid Environmental Hangars' for Army Apaches
11th December 2008
A team of 12 RAF personnel from RAF Wittering's No 5001 Squadron has been deploy to Afghanistan to build 'Rapid Environmental Hangars' to house the …
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Defence Helicopter
Pave Hawks called in on UK SAR mission
11th December 2008
A pair of United States Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawks have rescued a Burmese sailor from a container ship off Ireland. The two helicopters, based …
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Defence Helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft Named U.S. Investor Of Year In Poland
11th December 2008
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Poland has named Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation its Investor of the Year for 2008, for its efforts in the acquisition …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
QinetiQ North America Unveils Route Clearance Robot to Detect Mines and IEDs
11th December 2008
QinetiQ North America, a global developer of innovative technology solutions for national defense, today announced that its Technology Solutions Group subsidiary Foster-Miller is releasing its …
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Defence Helicopter
UK Channel 4 news claims documents reveal Chinook HC2 was deemed unsafe before 1994 Mull of Kintyre crash
10th December 2008
Documents released to the UK’s Channel 4 news show that the Chinook HC Mk2 was deemed unsafe by the Rotary Wing Test Squadron (RWTS) at …
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Defence Helicopter
Royal Navy profiles 792 Naval Air Squadron, target drone operators
10th December 2008
There are 11 squadrons based at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose comprising helicopters, Hawk jets, Jetstream turboprop aircraft and, perhaps less well known, a squadron …
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