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By Tony Osborne
Due to safety concerns about nearby urban areas—as well as increased public awareness following last year's Shoreham Airshow crash—the Red Arrows team will be limited to flypasts only.
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U.S. Special Operations Command is taking an interest in a small glide munition from the maker of the mushroom-cloud-generating "Mother Of All Bombs."
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The MH-60S has experienced at least 92 mishaps since the beginning of fiscal 2009.
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By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney is revealing new details of a proposed upgrade plan that could cut F-35 fuel burn by as much as 7%.
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U.K. missile maker MBDA has scored a small but significant victory in its long-running campaign to secure a U.S. customer for Brimstone.
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By Marhalim Abas
KUALA LUMPUR—Deliveries of Malaysia’s four Airbus A400M Atlas airlifters should be complete this year, following acceptance of the third aircraft June 9.
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By Steven Grundman
What is the industry’s long-term approach to global warming, the talent chase and new competition?
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U.S. Air Force secretary Deborah Lee James has again voiced her concern about maintaining competition within the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program until a suitable substitute for the Russian RD-180 rocket engine is available.
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Forecasting costly and potentially deadly high-energy solar storms could improve with the deployment of small-spacecraft constellations, some experts say.
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By Mark Carreau
Orbital ATK’s latest Cygnus cargo capsule departed the six-person orbiting science lab early June 14 primed for a much-anticipated fiery encore.
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Discussions are ongoing about what type of penalty should be levied on Boeing for missing a contractual timeline to deliver 18 operational KC-46A Pegasus tankers.
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By Graham Warwick
Contracts to design an unmanned aircraft that will decompose and disappear within 4 hr. of delivering a payload have been awarded to design and prototyping house Dzyne Technologies and electronics and materials specialist Palo Alto Research Corp. (PARC).
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With the MV-22 Osprey proving its worth in operations thus far, program officials are looking for the next set of missions and modifications they say will make the aircraft even more valuable to the future U.S. military force.
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By Tony Osborne
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has redeployed its two F-35A Joint Strike Fighters back to the U.S. after the international debut of the aircraft at the air force’s Open Dagen air show.
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The MV-22 tiltrotor Ospreys are offering the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy more flexibility than they have with other aircraft, but adapting operations to those new opportunities is creating some logistical support challenges,
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By Tony Osborne
Anatolian Eagle participants focus on dynamic targeting and defeating high-end surface-to-air missiles.
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Leanne Caret is focused daily on righting the KC-46A tanker program and increasing Boeing’s emphasis on commercial derivatives, rotorcraft, human space exploration, satellites, autonomous systems and services.
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The U.S. Navy has placed an order with Bell Helicopter for “up to six” more Rolls-Royce-powered 407GXP helicopters to convert into unmanned Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout platforms.
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By Mark Carreau
NASA’s inspector general has found lingering lapses in the agency’s oversight of long-running ties to dozens of institutes paid to provide expertise on topics ranging from Earth and planetary science to advances in composite materials, astronaut health and solar activity.
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By Tony Osborne
Turkish industry has formally begun production of Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk helicopters under the Turkish Utility Helicopter Program (TUHP).
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By Bradley Perrett
The Philippines should acquire more patrol aircraft to improve its maritime and air domain awareness in the South China Sea, the Center for Strategic and International Studies says.
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In preparation for the planned replacement of C-2 Greyhound carrier onboard delivery (COD) aircraft, CVN 70 USS Carl Vinson received a V-22 Osprey from Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 earlier this month for landings and takeoffs.
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As the U.S. Navy struggles to refurbish, repair and return its aircraft to squads for training to ensure flight safety and proficiency, the service is relying on digital-based systems to keep track of the work and parts.
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By Jay Menon
An Indian air force (IAF) MiG-27 crashed in the western state of Rajasthan on June 13, injuring at least three people and damaging a few houses in the area.
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By Bradley Perrett
Final assembly of the Airbus H135 in China will begin in 2018 following an order for 100 of the helicopters by local industrial partners of the manufacturer.
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