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The Royal Air Force has declared its Typhoon jets multi-role capable today. The RAF Typhoons can now carry out precision Ground Attack as well as Air Defence tasks. |
02 July 2008: UK MoD |
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QinetiQ has just been awarded an MOD contract worth almost £24 million over the next 10-years by the Harrier Integrated Project Team (IPT) for through-life support on the Harrier Aircraft. The contract supports the IPT in its key functions of delivering long term Harrier availability and capability, through to the Out-of-Service Date (OSD) in 2018. |
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1st Notification OF UAS CHINA 2008 |
30 June 2008: AUVSI |
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Boeing has been awarded a $14.9 million contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and mature technologies required to enable airborne electronic attack from long distances, filling the stand-off electronic attack role. The contract includes systems engineering studies focusing on potential pod installation on the B-52H aircraft, as the designated demonstration airframe. This effort will advance the technology required for the planned Core Component Jammer (CCJ). |
28 June 2008: Boeing |
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The U.S. Marine Corps' new Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) moved an important step closer to production with the successful conclusion of the formal Preliminary Design Review (PDR) at Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC)
Electronic Systems sector headquarters. |
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The first Airbus A400M, the RAF's future transport aircraft, rolled out today from the EADS production facility in Seville, Spain, in front of an international audience including senior RAF and MoD officials. |
27 June 2008: UK MoD |
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The Department of Defense Security Service (DSS) has awarded to Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training & Support the highest honor it can present to a government contractor, the James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award. |
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The increasing sophistication of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) used by UK Armed Forces means that the current airspace above Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire is now insufficient to accommodate the full training requirement. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is therefore undertaking public consultation on proposals to extend the existing segregated airspace to include an additional area to the south of the Salisbury Plain Training Area. |
18 June 2008: UK MoD |
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EADS Test and Services has won a £1.6 million contract to continue supporting the UK MoD’s General Purpose Thermal Imager Repair Facility (GPTIRF), which supports battle-winning systems such as the Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank and the Starstreak High Velocity Missile. |
17 June 2008: EADS |
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EADS DS have won an €11.5 million contract to carry out the modernisation programme of four Harrier AV-8B aircraft for the Spanish Navy. |
17 June 2008: EADS |
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Boeing has said that the first C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) aircraft, H2, has completed its 100th flight. The aircraft, which is undergoing flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), Calif., has flown several cross-country sorties and is ahead of development schedule. The milestone also marks the halfway point in the aircraft's flight-test program. |
15 June 2008: Boeing |
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Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd will release its Iron Dome defense system against short range artillery rockets at Eurosatory 2008 in Paris. |
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Packing and static seals specialist, Beldam Crossley, will use the Farnborough Air Show (14-20 July) to launch an innovative new overbraiding process for pipe insulation which has been devised specifically for the aerospace market. |
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Fielding of Block 0 Aircraft to Accelerate SDD Phase of ER/MP Program |
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Boeing delivered the United Kingdom's sixth C-17 Globemaster III to the Royal Air Force (RAF) during a ceremony at the company's Long Beach, Calif., C-17 manufacturing facility. The delivery completes the RAF's initial order for the world's most advanced airlifter. |
14 June 2008: Boeing |
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EADS Test & Services installs test systems at the Indian Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) to support combat aircraft development
• EADS Test & Service’s first sale of Throttle Systems into India.
• Kaveri Engine for India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) |
14 June 2008: EADS |
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The successful first flight of a supersonic fighter jet, the next generation of Navy and RAF jump-jets, took place on 11 June at Lockheed Martin's Texas plant. |
12 June 2008: UK MoD |
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The integrated baseline review for US Air Force Next-Generation Global Positioning System (GPS) Ground Control Segment (OCX) has been made by Northrup Grumman, achieving two milestone reviews within weeks. |
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A Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire target acquisition (EQ-36) radar has been successfully completed by Lockheed Martin. |
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Lockheed Martin says it has launched the first Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rockets from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) wheeled vehicle launcher using the new Universal Fire Control System (UFCS) during a recent test at White Sands Missile Range, NM. |
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Boeing, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have achieved a milestone for the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program this month by completing the first laser activation testing on the ground at Edwards Air Force Base. |
11 June 2008: Boeing |
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Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle Flight Demonstrates Real-time Radar Imaging Using NanoSAR |
10 June 2008: Boeing |
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Boeing, in partnership with Insitu Inc., has been awarded a $65 million contract to provide continuing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services through the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system. |
07 June 2008: Boeing |
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AgustaWestland is pleased to announce that the Finnish Border Guard has chosen the AW119 Ke as its new helicopter to sustain its fleet modernization and enhancement programme. |
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Insitu Inc. and Boeing have been awarded a $65 million contract to provide continuing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services through the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system. |
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