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Farnborough 2014: AgustaWestland marks AW149 type certification
AgustaWestland is offering the AW149 as a flexible multirole platform that can be customised to a wide range of individual customer requirements. Source: AgustaWestlandUPDATE: Farnborough 2014: Typhoon Storm Shadow deal signed
The UK and Italy have signed a contract to integrate the Storm Shadow cruise missile onto their Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. Saudi Arabia has also been conducting work to integrate the missile onto their Typhoons. Pictured: Italian Air Force Typhoon during Storm Shadow carriage flight trials in 2013. Source: Alenia AermacchiFarnborough 2014: Thales debuts Talios pod
Thales Talios targeting pod, also known as PDL NG. Source: ThalesFarnborough 2014: Draken buys L-159s, to market aircraft in the Americas
Draken International has signed a contract to purchase at least 14 Aero Vodochody L-159E ALCA aircraft from the Czech Republic. The company will also take over responsibility for marketing Aero Vodochody aircraft to the North and South American market. Source: ACR
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SVBIED attack kills at least four civilians in Afghanistan's Kabul
AT LEAST four civilians - including two children and one woman - were killed and 35 others were wounded in a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED) attack targeting an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) convoy in the Alaudin area of Afghanistan's capital Kabul on 10
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Farnborough 2014: Industry leaders call for improved R&D; expenditure
Industry leaders and experts have called for improved investment in aerospace and defence as the global economy has improved, as investment levels shrink, and emerging markets demand increasing workshares. The comments were made at an IHS and Finmeccanica hosted forum held on 15 July at the
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Farnborough 2014: RAF Tornados to receive upgraded self-protection pod
UK Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR.4 aircraft are to receive an upgraded radio frequency (RF) self-protection capability from late 2015 with the introduction of a new common jamming pod (CJP) developed by Selex ES. Based on the fast-track rework of existing Skyshadow-2 electronic countermeasures
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Farnborough 2014: Raytheon targets domestic hot spots while pursuing increased international sales
Alongside pushing for growth in its international sales and rationalising its corporate structure, Raytheon is targeting niche opportunities in its domestic market to beat the constriction in US defence spending. Speaking to IHS Jane's at Farnborough on 15 July, Raytheon CEO Tom Kennedy noted that
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Farnborough 2014: Textron AirLand Scorpion makes international debut
Making its international debut at Farnborough 2014 was the Textron AirLand Scorpion ISR/strike jet: a significant achievement given that two-and-a-half years ago the aircraft only existed as a concept in a PowerPoint presentation. Designed from the outset as a platform that can accommodate a number
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Argentina and China agree fighter aircraft working group
Argentina and China are to form a working group to look at the possible introduction into Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA) service of a new Chinese fighter type, it was disclosed on 5 February. The working group, which was discussed during a visit by between Argentine
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Pakistan tests Ra'ad ALCM
Pakistan successfully tested what it described as the "indigenously developed" Ra'ad air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) on 2 February, according to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement. The 4.85 m-long, nuclear-capable Ra'ad was launched from an undisclosed air platform and
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Estonia completes air surveillance programme
Estonia completed the creation of its military air surveillance network on 27 January, with the formal handover of its final ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) GM400-family radar system to the Estonian Air Force. The radar, installed at the Tõika air force facility near Otepää in the
