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Features: 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 Russian Navy, Air Force Extends 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 (Last updated: 6/26/08) 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
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