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Swiss Ministry Under Pressure Over Gripen Fighters
The defence ministry is examining allegations of purposely ignoring unfavorable results of evaluation reports to buy controversial Swedish fighter jets....
HAL prepares to manufacture Rafale combat jet in India
State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is getting ready to progressively manufacture the Dassault Rafale combat jet that has apparently been...
Swiss minister unaware of Gripen criticism
Swiss Defence Minister Ueli Maurer had no knowledge of a critical report on the Gripen jet, the aircraft chosen to...
Russia Grounds Su-24 Bomber Fleet after Urals Crash
Russia has postponed indefinitely all flights of Su-24 Fencer tactical bombers after one of them crashed in Russia’s Urals, a...
Aviation industry warns of trade war over EU carbon tax
World aviation bosses warned on Monday of a potential trade war over a carbon tax imposed by the European Union,...
Russian Helicopters Display Mi-171A2 in the USA
Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Russian industry giant Oboronprom, presented its Mi-171A2 model at HeliExpo 2012 in Dallas, TX. The...
Bell Helicopter Introduces the 525 “Relentless” Super Medium Helicopter
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced the world’s first “super-medium” helicopter, the Bell 525 Relentless, at the 2012 Heli-Expo...
First Flight of Tornado Production Aircraft with ASSTA 3.0
Cassidian has reached an important milestone in the delivery of the latest capability standard ASSTA 3.0 (Avionics System Software Tornado...
Indian MMRCA Deal: Rafale Much Cheaper Than Typhoon; Govt Rules Out Review
NEW DELHI: It was the "substantially higher cost" of acquiring and operating the Eurofighter Typhoon that led to its ejection...
MicroFalcon UAV completes qualification flights in extreme weather
Innocon's MicroFalcon mini UAS has completed flight tests at extreme weather conditions. The MicroFalcon operated successfully under a snow storm...
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