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Airbus slashes A380 and A400M production rate from 2020
Airbus confirms the formal adjustment to production rates for its A380 super-jumbo and A400M military airlifter programs.The new plan, which was presented to the European Works Council today, involves...
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Fan blade separation cited for United Flight 1175 incident
NTSB's preliminary investigation found separation of a fan blade caused the United Airlines Boeing 777 to loss forward engine cowl and subsequently carry out a single engine landing on February 13,...
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UAE acquiring AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles
United Arab Emirates is acquiring hundreds of latest generation Sidewinder air to air missiles to arm UAE Air Fore F-16 Block 60 fighter jets.U.S. State Department has approved the Foreign Military...
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Saudi nears new deal for 48 Eurofighter combat jets
Saudi Arabia plans to acquire a new batch 48 Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets in addition to the 72 already acquired.UK Government has signed a Memorandum of Intent with the Saudi Arabia during Saudi...
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Turkish private jet crashes in Iran
Smoke rising from the wreckageA Turkish private jet has crashed in the mountainous region in southwestern Iran, reportedly near Shahr-e Kurd.The Bombardier Challenger 604 twin engine business jet was...
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Finnish F/A-18 Hornets complete live firing of JASSM missile
Finnish Air Force has conducted two successful live firings of JASSM Standoff missiles in the United States on 5 and 9 March.AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Weapon) is a part of the suite...
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Tour helicopter crashes into East River
A tour helicopter has crashed into New York City’s East River near Roosevelt Island at 7 pm local time, on Sunday.The Eurocopter/Airbus Helicopter AS350 Écureuil single engine light utility helicopter...
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US Army orders additional Lakota helicopter
Airbus Helicopters, Inc. received a contract valued at approximately $273 million to deliver 35 additional UH-72A Lakotas for the United States Army.The $273 million contract includes the UH-72A...
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US Bangla flight BS211 crashes in Nepal
A US Bangla Airlines Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft has crashed in Nepal while landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport in capital Kathmandu.The Flight BS211 en route from Dhaka, the capital...
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Saab GlobalEye complete maiden flight
Saab GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft has completed maiden from Saab's Linköping facility in Sweden.The GlobalEye took off on its maiden flight at 12.52 local time...
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Qatar signs for 28 NH90 helicopters
Qatar has signed a contract for the purchase of 28 NH90 military helicopters, during DIMDEX, Qatar’s biennial defence exhibition.The agreement, which includes 16 NH90s in tactical transport (TTH)...
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Qatar orders Turkish Bayraktar UAV
Qatar has signed a contract for acquisition of 6 Turkish Bayraktar armed UAVs during the DIMDEX 2018, biennial defense exhibition held in capital Doha.The deal marks the first export order for the...
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Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet crashes in Florida
An F/A-18F Super Hornet crashed on final approach to Boca Chica Field, Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida at approximately 4:30 p.m. EDT, March 14.Search and rescue crews were notified shortly after...
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GE9X engine takes to air
Destined to be world largest diameter jet engine, the GE9X engine lifted off on March 13 under wing of GE Aviation’s 747 flying testbed in Victorville, California, for its first flight test.The engine...
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Russian AN-12 suffers cargo door failure, loses gold ingots
A Nimbus Airline Antonov AN-12 turboprop cargo plane suffered partial failure of the rear cargo door during takeoff from Yakutsk Airport in Russia on Thursday.The aircraft was carrying 9.3 tons of gold...
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US Army Pave Hawk crashes in Iraq
US suffered its largest causality in the war against ISIS, when a US Army Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in the Western Iraq, killing all the seven on board.At approximately 6:45 p.m. GMT on Thursday,...
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Syrian Su-24 bomber shot down by rebels
File photo of Syrian Su-24 bomber releasing unguided bombsSyrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 bomber aircraft was shot down East of Damascus, Syria by Jaish Tahrir Sham militants while performing a ground...
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Production configuration LRASM tested
Lockheed Martin successfully tested a production-configuration Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber.During the test, a B-1B from the 337th Test Squadron at Dyess Air...
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RAAF P-8A achieve IOC ahead of schedule
Australia’s new maritime surveillance aircraft the Boeing P-8A Poseidon has achieved Initial Operating Capability (IOC), five months ahead of the original schedule.Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon...
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British Red Arrows Hawk crashes in RAF Valley
A British Red Arrows aerobatic display aircraft has crashed in the RAF Valley in Holyhead, North Wales.Eyewitness reported pilot ejection from the two seat aircraft before crashing into the runway.The...
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