South Korea picked Lockheed Martin’s F-35A stealth fighter as its main combat aircraft to better respond to possible nuclear and missile attacks from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday. JCS Chairman Choi Yun-hee held a meeting with top commanders of the Army, Navy and Air Force […]

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Dassault Aviation's next-generation Falcon 5X has performed its first simulated flight, completing an important milestone in the development program. The "flight" was performed November 13 on the Falcon Simulation Bench at the company's design office in St Cloud, France.  Philippe Deleume, Dassault Aviation's chief test pilot, and Philippe Rebourg, test pilot, were at the controls. […]

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Three European Space Agency satellites designed to study Earth's magnetic field were launched Friday aboard a Rokot carrier from a space center in northern Russia. The ESA satellites, carried by the Russian-made launcher with a Briz-KM upper stage booster, blasted off at 4:02 p.m. Moscow time (1202 GMT) from the Plesetsk space center. The three […]

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22 November 2013, On November 17, 2013 Airbus announced from the Dubai Airshow that the airline Emirates orders 50 additional Airbus A380 aircraft. With this order, defence and security company Saab – supplying the mid and outer fixed wing leading edge to the A380 aircraft – secures an order intake of 580 MSEK and confirmed […]

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New maintenance facility to be operational in Tianjin, China in 2016 Bombardier Aerospace and the Tianjin Airport Economic Area announced today that they have signed a letter of agreement to increase aircraft maintenance services in Mainland China. The agreement is a first step toward the creation of a joint venture, which is intended to result […]

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Teaming agreement signed with Selex ES to provide Electronic Warfare support for Typhoon customers We have signed a teaming agreement with Selex ES that will see us working together to provide Electronic Warfare Operational Support (EWOS) for Eurofighter Typhoon customers. The work will initially focus on current and potential future export campaigns, and the Eurofighter […]

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Alenia Aermacchi has completed the assembly of the first C-27J battlefield airlifter for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). At the company's Turin plant, the aircraft's wing was mated with the fuselage and the engines, landing gear, and other major components were installed. The aircraft is currently undergoing equipment installation and functional tests in preparation […]

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The Italian Navy has taken delivery of its first NH90 NFH helicopter in Full Operational Capability (or Step B) configuration. The helicopter will be assigned to the 5th Helicopter Squadron of the Italian Navy based at the Sarzana-Luni base. The Italian Navy has ordered 56 NH90s, 46 of which in the NFH variant, part of […]

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