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Paris Air Show: Diehl’s Safran deal proposes new glide munition

Diehl Defence and Safran signed a cooperation agreement on 17 June at the Paris Air Show to develop a new glide munition to equip current …
Paris Air Show: Gen III display system gives vision of the future (video)

Designed to better fuse the F-35 operators with their aircraft, the Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System from Collins Aerospace represents the baseline standard from …

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Paris Air Show: Bell hints at bad timing for V-22 export sales

The September 2020 deadline imposed by V-22 Osprey manufacturers Bell and Boeing, for international customers to place orders or letters of agreement for the tiltrotor, …

Uncrewed Vehicles

Paris Air Show: Quantum and ESG bring new ISR UAVs to town

German unmanned systems manufacturer Quantum Systems and missions systems integration partner ESG jointly debuted a pair of small mock-up ISR UAVs - Vector and Scorpion …

Defence Notes

Paris Air Show: Behind the facade (video)

For a Paris Air Show that promised so much, has the pre-event anticipation been matched by the outcome, and what insights can be drawn from …

Defence Notes

Podcast: Paris Air Show special - mocked up fighters, flying in the Embraer KC-390 and the future of air combat training

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Paris Air Show: Warsaw's F-35 buy might hinder other modernisation efforts

11th June 2019

The Polish MoD has confirmed its intention of procuring 32 F-35A Lightning II multirole fighter jets, by sending an official Letter of Request to the …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Paris Air Show: Nightwarden absent as Textron Systems detail unmanned focus

10th June 2019

Unveiled two years ago under a blazing solar spotlight and no little attention on the ground, Textron Systems’ Nightwarden UAS will not be on display …
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Paris Air Show: Collins tool up for open architecture effort

10th June 2019

Collins Aerospace is developing software-based toolkits that allow third party applications to be rapidly integrated into open architecture environments, Shephard has learnt. The toolkits are capable …
Defence Notes

Paris Air Show: Gripen speeding through flight tests

10th June 2019

The Gripen E’s flight testing programme is ramping up as Saab pushes the platform harder in the skies to meet the ever-evolving fighter jet demands …
Training

Paris Air Show: Smarter sim usage for Swedish Air Force

10th June 2019

The time spent by service personnel in the synthetic environment versus in real-life training scenarios should not be an either-or situation, the Swedish Air Force …
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Paris Air Show: Re-engined Chinook to fly in 2019

10th June 2019

Boeing, in co-operation with the US Army and GE, will fly a Chinook with two GE T408 engines in 2019 in an effort to examine …
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Paris Air Show: Boeing foreshadows V-22 line closure

10th June 2019

It is ‘final call’ at the last chance saloon for any new or existing customers considering buying or purchasing more V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, according …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Paris Air Show: IAI inducts new TUAS to Heron family

10th June 2019

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has launched a third addition to its unmanned Heron collection, with the TUAS to be known as T-Heron. Developed for ground …
Defence Notes

Paris Air Show: Sharper sting for Boeing's Super Hornet

10th June 2019

Boeing expects to deliver the first two network-centric Super Hornet F/A-18 Block III aircraft in 2019 for testing and evaluation by the US Navy. Separately, …