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Farnborough International 2008

• 5th Generation Fighter Dominated by the US
• Raptor Displays Super Aerodynamics
• Super Hornet Stings Back
• F-16 Upgrades
• New Prospects for the Typhoon and Gripen
• Russian Fighter's Comeback
• Special Missions for Business Jets

Sensor to Shooter topics:

• No Comms - No Bombs - US Air Force Tests New Initiatives to Improve Connectivity, Procedures Pursuing Time Sensitive Targets
• Keeping the Old Horses Flying
  How the US Air Force Combat Command plans to Maintain its 'Shooters' Effective for Years to Come (By Tamir Eshel)
• Arming Attack Helicopters for Asymmetric Warfare
• Paris Air Show 2007 - Exhibition Review
• AUVSI 2007 Exhibition Report

August 2008

• Laser Guided JDAM GBU-54 Debuts in Iraq
• Boeing Offers Super Hornet Fighter Aircraft to Denmark
• Saab Offers Gripen NG as an Alternative for Dutch JSF
• Joint Strike Fighter Industry Team Accelerates the Pace
• Bell UH-1Y Joins the Marines
• Boeing Submits F/A-18E/F Proposal to Brazil
• Chilean Air Force Opt for Brazilian Super Tucano Trainers
• Boeing Tests an Airborn Laser System on C-130
• Chinese Falcon 03 Trainer Takes Off
• Nellis Heats Up for Red Flag 08
• Boeing Develops JDAM Based Countermine Weapon for the US Navy
• Russian Navy, Air Force Extend their Arctic Naval Powerbase

July 2008

• US Army Revives the ACS Program
• G550 AEW Unveiled! - IAI's CAEW Aircraft to Make a Public Debut at Farnborough
• Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MMA)
• Boeing B-737-700 AEW&C (Wedgetail)
• Saab 2000 Erieye & Special Mission Aircraft
• Sentinel Mk 1 - ASTOR radar flys on the Global Express

June 2008

• Airbus military Celebrates A400M Roll-Out
• First EF-18G Growler Electronic Attack Fighter Delivered to the U.S. Navy
• Israel Requests 25 U.S. T-6A Texan IIs to Replace Aging Trainers
• Desert Raptors Settle at Holloman's 49ers
• IX Squadron's Typhoons Demonstrate Strike Capabilities at Green Flag 08
• U.S. Air Force Accelerates B-1B /Targeting Pod Integration

May 2008

• MIG Could Join Russia's United Aircraft Corporation This Year
• Boeing, Alenia Jointly Pursue International Training Business
• ILA 2008 (Berlin Airshow) News Brief
• Future Gripen Demonstrator Takes Off on First Flight
• US Offers F-16s to Romania
• Automatic Target Recognition by Radar Could improve Air Support
• Singapore Selects Sniper Targeting Pods for its New F-16s

March 2008

• GE-Rolls Royce Team Test Prototype F136 Engine Tests
• European METEOR Missile Test Fired over Sweden
• Boeing, Raytheon Awarded $130 Million to Upgrade Radars on Eight F-15Cs
• Australia cancells the SH-2G(A) SeaSprite Helicopter Program

February 2008:

• US Air Force Selects KC-45A as KC-135 Replacement
• Sukhoi's Su-35 Performs First Flight
• EPX - Studying a Future SIGINT Platform for the US Navy
• Finland Equips Upgraded F/A-18 with Litening AT Targeting Pods
• Typhoon Operators to Receive Improved Simulators

January 2008

• Boeing, Lockheed Martin Team to Study the Next generation USAF Bomber
• First Locally Modified Boeing 737 Wedgetail AEW Aircraft Flys in Australia
• SOCOM Funds a Defensive Weapon for the Osprey
• Canada Orders 17 C-130Js for $1.4 Billion
• Datalink Enhanced TARS Recce System Demonstrates Real-Time Advantage
• First Tranche 2 Eurofighter Typhoon Takes Off
• RAF Upgrades Tornados, Harriers with Aerial Datalinks
• U.S. Offers JDAMs to Saudi Arabia
• General Corley: "The Long-Term Future of the F-15 is in Question"
• Northrop Grumman Leads an Industry Team Pursuing Army ACS
• American Airlines, BAE Systems to test the JETEYE on Passenger Aircraft
• Saudi Arabia Orders Three A330 Tankers

December 2007

• Morocco Considers F-16C/D As Part of a $2.4 Package
• Switzerland Plans an Upgrade for the F/A-18s
• Russian Bombers Continue Long Range Patrols
• Israel Considers Reducing F-35 Buy to Address F-15/16 Upgrades
• F-35 in the Air… Again
• Malaysia Considers Increasing Su-30MKM Buy
• Spain Orders Spike ER Missiles for its Tiger Attack Helicopters
• Would Libya Become the First Foreign User of the Rafale?
• Pentagon Plans to Equip Saudi F-15Es with Sniper Pods
• Laser Equipped C-130H Prepared for Flight Testing in 2008
• India Cancelled Plans to Buy Light Helicopters from Eurocopter
• Saab Promotes Gripen in Denmark Offering Industrial Incentives
• Eurofighter, BAE Sign Production Order for 72 Saudi Typhoons
• German Luftwaffe to Modernize Targeting Pods

November 2007

• Aviation and Unmanned Systems at AUSA 2007
• RAF Typhoon Demonstrates PGM Attack for the First Time
• Air Combat Training Heat Up over Asia
• Reapers Gather in the Afghan Sky
• Advanced Technology for Future Vertical Lift

October 2007

• Iran Expects to Receive 24 Chinese J-10 Fighters by 2010
• Russia, Saudi Arabia Finalize a Multi-Billion Arms Deal
• Boeing Orders More Helmet Displays from VSI
• Upgraded US Navy Hawkeyes Could Enhance Egypt's AEW Fleet
• Singapore Exercises an Option to Buy for Additional Strike eagles

September 2007

• New Class of Close Support UCAVs
• Review of the latest UAV trends at AUVSI 2007
• High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Platforms
• US Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Program
• Proxy Aviation to Offer Tactical Armed UAV
• Excalibur - a Close Support UCAV from Aurora

August 2007

• RAF Receives First Block 5 Typhoons
• 6.3 billions in Multiyear Awards Complete Funding for 183 Raptors
• Italian Air Force Recieves its First Block 5 Enhanced Typhoon
• US Navy Awards UCAS-D Demonstration Contract to Northrop Grumman

July 2007

• F/A-18 AESA Radar Enters Full Rate Production
• US-German Cooperation Focus on AARGM Advanced Radar Killer

June 2007

• Eurocopter Integrates Hellfire II on French Tiger Helicopter
• India, US to Conclude $1 Billion Worth Super Hercules Deal

May 2007

• US Navy to Test SHARP with Hyperspectral Capability
• EADS Accelerates UH-72A Production
• Sikorsky Selects CH-53K Fuselage Supplier Team
• Obstacle Avoidance radar for Military Helicopters
• New USAF UAV Wing Tasked With Global Recce & Strike
• Singapore to Replace Hawkeye With G550 AEW
• Greece Selects Goodrich's DB-110 Recce Pods for its New F-16s
• General Atomics to Develop 'Block X' Predator for the USAF

April 2007

• US Air Force Embarks on a Composite Transport X-Plane
• V-22 Ospreys to Deploy to Iraq by September 2007
• VSI's Helmet Mounted Display System Flys on JSF
• India Plans to Expand AEW Capability
• New Helicopter Gunships for Russian Special Forces
• 18 Additional Longbow Apaches For the US Army
• EO Turrets for the British Army's Future Lynx
• L-3 Integrated Systems Selected for Nimrod R1 Upgrade
• Green Light for New Typhoon Capabilities
• More battlefield helicopters for the UK Armed Forces
• Turkey Selects Italian A-129 for Future Attack Helicopter
• F-22 Raptor To Get Upgraded Radar

March 2007

• GAO Recommends Limiting Annual Production of JSF
• Indian AF Embarks on a $800 Million MiG-29 Upgrade
• P&W Selected to Power Boeing KC-767 Advanced Tanker
• EADS's Obstacle Warning for German Police Helicopters
• RAF Deploys Litening III with Iraq based Tornado GR4
• F-22A Begins SDB Weapon Integration Test Flights
• Additional Arrowheads for US Army Apaches
• Australia Launches A$6 Billion Super Hornet Acquisition
• Kuwait Receives Initial AH-64D Longbow Helicopters
• Sikorsky Unveils S-92 SAR Model Destined for the UK
• Absent New Orders, Boeing May Terminate C-17 Line
• X-2 Technology - a Major Pillar for Sikorsky's Future
• Norwegian Orions to be Extended for Additional 25 Years

February 2007

• DRS Gets $20 Million to Work on Silent Knight Radar
• Sniper Targeting Pods for RAF Harrier GR9s
• Indian Air Force to Induct PHALCON AEW This Year
• Bundeswehr Launches €520 CH-53 Helicopter Upgrade
• Netherlands Orders 6 CH-47F (NL) From Boeing
• Latest Typhoon Passes NATO Agency Certification
• F-35 Litening II Flight Testing Progress Detailed
• Boeing Introduces KC-X Team
• Saab is Pursuing Norwegian-Swedish Cooperation
• Air National Guard Releases C-130J Operational Data
• Northrop to Bid for the USAF KC-x Tanker Program
• Canada Orders Four C-17 Globemaster III from Boeing
• AC-130U Gunship Rearmed With 30mm Guns
• Norway, Turkey, Italy Join JSF Development Pact

January 2007

• US Air Force Publishes Next Generation Tanker RFP
• India Destined MiG-29K Makes First Flight in Russia
• India, Russia Ink Next Generation Fighter Aircraft Cooperation
• Boeing to Upgrade Additional 126 AH-64D Apaches
• Greece To Receive 12 AH-64D Longbows This Year
• Patriot PAC-3 Missiles To Equip Fighter Aircraft?
• F-16 Recce Pod Completes Flight Tests
• Republic of Korea Shops for More Multi-role Fighters
• 700 new Air/Air Missiles for the Pakistani Air Force
• US Air Force Launches Joint STARS Enhancement
• AESA Radars To Offer Common Datalink Interoperability
• Italian Air Force Receives First C-27J
• AESA Radars To Offer Common Datalink Interoperability
• Italian Air Force Receives First C-27J
• SOCOM Launches Silent Knight Radar Development
• BRITE Stars for the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters
• US Marine Corps' Prowlers to Get Litening 'Eyes'
• Sikorsky Aircraft to Acquire PZL Mielec
• F-35 Speeds to Mach 0.7 on Second Flight
• USAF Awards $256 Million for E-10A development
• US Air Force, Marines to get More Litenings
• BAE Systems' Advanced Emitter location Capability
• China Publicly Unveil J-10 Fighter
• US Army Orders New and Upgraded Chinooks
• Russia to Modernize Five Serbian Air Force MiG-29s

Airshows and Conferences 2008-2009

Air Launched Weapons / 15 - 17/9 / Washington DC
Air Defence Systems / 16 - 17.9 / Berlin, Germany
Defence Simulation and Training / 16 - 17.9 / London, UK
African Aerospace & Defense / 17 - 21.9 / Capetown, South Africa
Electronic Warfare Operations and Systems / 25 - 26.9 / London, UK
Close Air Support / 30.9 - 1.10 / London, UK
Air Power Middle East 2008 - 10-13.10 / Adu Dhabi, UAE
Helitech 2008 / 14 - 16.10 / Estoril, Portugal
Maritime Recce & Surveillance 2008 / 20 - 21.10 / Marseille, France
Military Radar 2008 / 27 - 29.10 / Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Defendory 2008 / 27 - 31.10 / Athens, Greece
World Airpower Summit / 3 - 4.11 / Rome, Italy
HeliPower 2008 / 5 - 6.11 / London, UK
International Fighter 2008 / 5 - 6.11 / London, UK
Military Airlift 2008 / 13 - 14.11 / London, UK
Avionics - 17.11 / Airport City, Israel
UAV 2008 / 17 - 18.11 / London, UK
Mission Planning / 18 - 20.11 / London, UK
AvioniChina 2008 / 27.11 / Beijing, China
Military Airlift & Rapid Reaction Operations / 1 - 2.12 / Seville, Spain
I/ITSEC Exhibition / 1 - 4.12 / Orlando, FL. USA
Aeroexpo Marrakech / Marrakech, Morocco - January 27 - 30, 2009
Air Power India / New Delhi, India - February 10 - 11, 2009
Aero-India / Bangalore, India - February 11 - 15, 2009
Heli-Expo 2009 / Anaheim, CA, USA - February 22-24, 2009
Avalon 2009 Australian Airshow / Geelong, Australia - March 10-15, 2009
Search and Rescue 2009 / Washington DC, US - March 30 - 31, 2009
MRO Military 2009 / Dallas, Texas, USA. April 21 - 24, 2009
Sea Air Space / Washington DC / Maryland, USA, May 4 - 6, 2009
UV Europe 2009 / Paris, France - June 2009
Paris Airshow 2009 / Paris, France - June 15 - 21, 2009
AUVSI 2009 / Washington DC, USA - August 10 - 13, 2009
MAKS 2009 / Moscow, Russia - August 18 - 23, 2009
HeliTech 2009 / Duxford, Cambridge, UK - September 22 - 24, 2009
Beijing Aviation Expo 2009 / Beijing, China - September 23 - 26, 2009
Seoul Aerospace Expo 2009/ Seoul, Korea - October 20 - 25, 2009
Dubai Airshow 2009 / Jebel Ali Dubai, UAE - November 15 - 19, 2009
I/ITSEC 2009 / Orlando, FL, USA - November 30 - December 3, 2009