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Farnborough Air Show 2018: Day 2

Farnborough Airshow 2018

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Fire Scout Makes European Debut

Jul 16, 2018
Northrop Grumman debuted its MQ-8 Fire Scout shipborne rotary-wing unmanned air system at this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo.
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Slovakia Selects F-16

Jul 16, 2018
Slovakia has selected the Lockheed Martin F-16V over the Saab Gripen as its future fighter to replace Soviet-era MiG-29s.
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Aerospace in Ontario Remains Steady

Jul 15, 2018
Ontario's aerospace sector in 2018 remains strong, accounting for 25% of Canada's total, second only to Quebec at 50%, the Ontario Aerospace Council says.
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L3 Buys Cybersecurity Shops

Jul 17, 2018
L3 Technologies is acquiring two cybersecurity companies to fill in capabilities that match the defense and aerospace services sector’s new demands.
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Louisiana Adds to Its Aerospace Portfolio

Jul 17, 2018
Citadel Completions is building an aircraft completion and maintenance center at Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
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Quebec’s Aerospace Cluster Continues Growth

Jul 16, 2018
Aerospace growth in Québec is nearly guaranteed even in down years with such heavyweights as Bombardier, Pratt & Whitney Canada, CAE, and Bell Canada.
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Foxconn Brings LCD-Making to America

Jul 15, 2018
Foxconn Technology—aka Hon Hai Precision Industry Company—has broken ground on a US$10 billion facility in Wisconsin, bringing the manufacture of critical liquid crystal displays to an ex-Asia location for the first time.
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UK Cyber Accelerator Initiative Points Way Forward for Defense SMEs

Jul 15, 2018
If ways can be found to better harness the innovation and speed-of-movement of small and medium-size enterprises, the benefits to UK defense will be considerable.
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German Naval Aviation Minds the Training Gap

Jul 16, 2018
The failure of some NATO nations to meet the goal of spending 2% of GDP on defense has attracted lots of attention, but what it means is less often discussed.
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Magma Blows In To Farnborough

Jul 16, 2018
ShowNews revealed that BAE Systems had embarked on a series of research projects to investigate future concepts under the broad heading of “adaptable airframes.”
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Leonardo Launches Third Britecloud Variant

Jul 16, 2018
Britecloud, Leonardo's active countermeasure for protecting against missile threats to fighters, has a new version for use on larger, slower-moving platforms.
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Elbit Display Reflects Universal Buy

Jul 16, 2018
The Israeli company is featuring various avionics upgrades for military and paramilitary aircraft reflecting its acquisition of U.S.-based Universal Avionics.
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Elbit Sims for Israeli Air Force

Jul 16, 2018
​Israel has outsourced much of its military fixed and rotary-wing pilot training to Elbit Systems.
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UTC NP2000 Props for Navy Tankers

Jul 16, 2018
UTC Aerospace has won a contract for eight-blade NP2000 propeller upgrades for 24 Lockheed Martin C/KC-130T aircraft for the U.S. Navy.
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Piaggio Accelerates Its Comeback

Jul 16, 2018
Piaggio's confidence is one reason behind the new sales, says CEO Renato Vaghi. A firmer market, rising fuel prices and a customer outreach program also help.
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Israelis Scramble To Close Drone Gap

Jul 16, 2018
Recent tensions in Gaza and the Golan Heights involved extensive use of low, slow and small aerial incendiary vehicles such as drones, kites and balloons.
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Drones Turned Into Weapons

Jul 16, 2018
Loitering munition have been evolving in Israel since the mid-1970s, when its defense institutions urged development in unmanned and autonomous capabilities.
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Airbus Chief Test Pilot To Retire On A High

Jul 16, 2018
Airbus chief test pilot Peter Chandler's daily displays in the A350-1000 will mark the end of a 43-year career as a professional aviator.
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Military Cyber Training Still Tough Problem To Solve

Jul 17, 2018
Cyber-warfare capabilities across the world’s militaries underlines the sector's importance. Political leaders are willing to allocate significant resource.
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Leap Deliveries About To Outpace CFM56

Jul 16, 2018
Outpacing the vaunted CFM56, CFM International expects to be delivering more than delivering more than 2,000 Leap engines annually by 2020.
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Nexcelle To Begin Producing Nacelles

Jul 16, 2018
As Global 7500 and Comac C919 programs progress, Nexcelle moves to production phase.
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ACSS SafeRoute for American Airlines

Jul 16, 2018
ACSS starts Farnborough 2018 with a contract to supply SafeRoute hardware for enhancing the ADS-B capabilities of hundreds of American Airlines Airbus A321s.
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Leonardo DRS CEO Emphasizes T-100’s Low Risk

Jul 16, 2018
Leonardo DRS’s effort to land the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation trainer contract could be a long shot, but CEO Bill Lynn says its T-100 has the lowest-risk.
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M346FA Gets Radar Installation

Jul 16, 2018
Leonardo has taken the next step in the evolution of its M-346 jet trainer with the installation of a radar.
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GE Aims for a Decade of Growth in Military Engines

Jul 16, 2018
GE Aviation has renewed its commercial engine portfolio as its military business is coming under the spotlight.
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More Funding for GE’s Adaptive-Cycle Engine

Jul 16, 2018
GE last week won a US$437 million U.S. Air Force contract to continue development and risk reduction of its XA100 adaptive-cycle advanced Combat Engine Program.
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KC-46 Tanker Inches Toward Delivery

Jul 16, 2018
USAF and Boeing have agreed on an October delivery date for the first KC-46A tanker, but the service is still resolving deficiencies and testing software fixes.
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Empire Test Pilots School Gets Upgrade

Jul 16, 2018
Britain’s Empire Test Pilots School is undertaking a radical transformation as it gears up to train a new generation of test pilots.
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Opinion: Global Aerospace Industry May Be at Record High

Jul 16, 2018
The world aerospace industry produced direct revenues of US$838 billion in 2017. This is the top line number from Aerodynamic Advisory and Teal Group’s joint research project.
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Airbus Unveils NftS: Fast and Secure

Jul 16, 2018
An ambitious secure communications network solution dubbed Network for the Sky has been launched by Airbus Defense & Space.
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ATR Sees 3,000 Turboprops by 2037

Jul 17, 2018
Regional aircraft manufacturer ATR predicts the inherent qualities of turboprops will sustain demand for 3,000 of them over the next 20 years.
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Israel To Moon By 2019

Jul 17, 2018
Israel plans to launch a miniature spacecraft to the Moon by early next year. The craft will be launched as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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Finland Selects Gabriel Missile To Replace RBS15 Mk3

Jul 17, 2018
Finland has selected the Gabriel advanced naval attack missile by Israel Aerospace Industries to replace its RBS15 Mk3 on Hamina-class stealth missile boats.
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Lord & Fly-by-Wire: A Happy Union

Jul 17, 2018
Following Lord Corp’s acquisition of Fly-by-Wire, the French avionics house, both entities have derived considerable benefits.
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Garmin’s Tandem Cockpit Experience Debuting At Farnborough

Jul 17, 2018
The commercial-off-the-shelf solutions interface with a variety of mission systems and are available for rapid deployment, the company says.
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Airbus Digital Aircraft Services Extends to Military

Jul 17, 2018
Having launched its Skywise big data service for its commercial aircraft in conjunction with Palantir, Airbus is expanding the vision to its military product line, with the launch of SmartForce. ShowNews caught up with Ildiko Ferencsik, head of digital aircraft services, Airbus Defence and Space, to find out more.
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Testing Begins on Second GE Catalyst Turboprop

Jul 17, 2018
GE’s new Catalyst advanced turboprop uses additive manufacturing to replace 855 normally made parts with just 12 “printed” components.
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Boeing Could Be Big In Brazil

Jul 17, 2018
The prospective partnership between Boeing and Embraer will spawn new aircraft models and could be approved months sooner than earlier reports have suggested.
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Airshow Order Frenzy Off To A Good Start

Jul 17, 2018
A number of sales agreements were concluded on Monday at the Farnborough Airshow
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UK Future Fighter Hinges on Cooperation

Jul 17, 2018
Britain has lifted the veil on its vision for a future combat aircraft.