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Paris Air Show: Paris uncovered (video)
The 2015 edition of the Paris Air Show was once again dominated by the billion-dollar airliner battle between Airbus and Boeing, but there were still …
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Paris Air Show: French pilots show off NH90 capabilities (video)
The French Army’s aviation branch (Aviation Légère de l’Armée de Terre - ALAT) wowed crowds at this year’s Paris Air Show with its NH90 flying …
Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: US military pursues hoverbikes for troops (video)
A hoverbike concept originally developed for cattle mustering in Australia has caught the eye of the US military, which is now looking to develop the …
Military Logistics
Paris Air Show: KHI eyes export market
Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ (KHI) military cargo aircraft will be operational with the Japanese Air Self Defence (JASD) force by 2017, Shephard has learned at the …
Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: Indian UAV MoU just the beginning
Aerospace and defence firm OIS-Advanced Technologies (OIS-AT) could seek other opportunities for collaboration in the international UAV market, following an MoU signing with LH Aviation …
Defence Notes
Paris Air Show: SDB II exports planned for 2018 (video)
Raytheon will look to begin exports of its Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) in 2018, with company officials indicating that F-35 operators will be …
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Digital Battlespace
Paris Air Show: Octopod spreads its tentacles
22nd June 2015
German company Aerodata unveiled its new all-in-one surveillance pod, the Octopod, at the Paris Air Show this year. The company’s new product contains eight different …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: Jetpack to revolutionise aviation (video)
18th June 2015
A New Zealand technology company is exhibiting a personal jetpack that can be flown either manned or unmanned and is designed for search and rescue, …
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Military Logistics
Paris Air Show: A new house for the A400M
18th June 2015
Spanish company Gaptek is presenting its new A400M hangar for the first time at the Paris Air Show. The first of the new hangars has …
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Digital Battlespace
Paris Air Show: Archangel spreads wings (video)
18th June 2015
North Carolina-based company IOMAX has revealed a new variant of its Archangel armed reconnaissance platform at the Paris Air Show. Based on the Thrush S2R-T660, …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: Security instability creates new UAV markets
18th June 2015
Textron Systems is exploring new opportunities in the western and eastern European UAV markets following instability created as a result of the conflict in the …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: Aertec offers platform and payload
18th June 2015
Aerospace and engineering firm Aertec Solutions has gone one step further than many UAS manufacturers in opting to create both the platform and an integrated …
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Military Logistics
Paris Air Show: Antonov develops jet-powered An-70
18th June 2015
Ukrainian company Antonov has revealed that it is working on a new cargo and military transport aircraft, developing a jet-powered version of the An-70. Alongside …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: Orbiter 1K fully operational by year end
18th June 2015
Fresh from Aeronautics’ unveiling of the Orbiter 1K UAV, company officials expect that the system would be fully operational by the end of the year. …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: Crash-proof drone makes big impact (video)
17th June 2015
A group of Switzerland-based entrepreneurs are showcasing an innovative new ‘crash-tolerant’ drone called the Gimball at this year’s Paris Air Show. Roberto Passini, business development …
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Digital Battlespace
Paris Air Show: Tornado appears in Paris
17th June 2015
Controp Precision Technologies is displaying its new infrared (IR) camera, Tornado, for the detection of UAVs at the Paris Air Show 2015. Already in use …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: Italian Air Force to receive Predator trainer
17th June 2015
CAE has been contracted to develop and deliver upgrades to a Predator UAS mission trainer being developed for the Italian Air Force (ITAF). The company …
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Defence Notes
Paris Air Show: Textron unleashes the Wolverine (video)
17th June 2015
Textron Aviation is displaying its Beechcraft AT-6 light attack and reconnaissance aircraft, which has recently been rebranded as the ‘Wolverine’, at this year’s Paris Air …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: Heads turned by UGV concept
16th June 2015
Turning heads among the vast range of vehicles on display at the Paris Air Show was a concept vehicle developed by loitering munitions manufacturer UVision …
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Defence Helicopter
Paris Air Show: Bringing up the curtain on the X6
16th June 2015
Airbus Helicopter’s next rotorcraft programme will be a heavy-lift helicopter with fly-by-wire flight control system aimed initially at the oil and gas market, the company …
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Defence Helicopter
Paris Air Show: Airbus Helicopters chooses FLIR (video)
16th June 2015
Sensor specialists FLIR Systems used the first day of the Paris Air Show to announce that its Star Safire 380-HD product had been chosen by …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: Tekever lifts lid off new UAV (video)
16th June 2015
Having its big unveil at this year’s Paris Air Show is Tekever’s new AR3 Net Ray unmanned aerial vehicle, which is designed for near shore …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: Re-using loitering munitions
16th June 2015
Loitering munitions could in the future be returned to the operator, as long as the warhead itself was not armed, said senior IAI officials at …
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Defence Helicopter
Paris Air Show: TAI eyes export sales
15th June 2015
After a period of rapid expansion since 2005, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is entering a new phase and believes the appearance of its equipment with …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: Mexico introduces UAV tech
15th June 2015
Mexico-based company, Drone Tech UAV, is looking forward to completing the test flight programme of its new UAV, the AV-1 Albatross, it was discovered at …
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Defence Helicopter
Paris Air Show: Costs hamper heli ops
15th June 2015
While rotorcraft are ‘utterly essential’ to modern military operations, vulnerability, range and cost issues continue to hamper their utility, according to one senior British Army …