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Military
'Wolfhound' replacement considered
US AIR FORCE Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has reportedly shown interest in acquiring a replacement aircraft for its fleet of non-standard Fairchild Dornier 328 turboprops.
MV-22 upgrade, maintenance contract awarded to Bell-Boeing
Bell-Boeing awarded a contract to provide upgrades and maintenance on US Marine Corps (USMC) MV-22B Osprey tiltrotors.
Airbus unveils secretive LOUT UAV
Airbus Defence and Space has unveiled its Low Observable UAV Testbed (LOUT), a secretive programme which has been in development since 2007.
Japan seeks F-15J 'Super Interceptor' upgrade
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan for the modernisation and upgrade of up to 98 Mitsubishi F-15J Eagle air superiority fighters, under an effort that will produce Japanese Super Interceptors (JSI).
Royal Thai Navy selects CAMCOPTER S-100 for ISR role
The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has selected Schiebel Group's CAMCOPTER S-100 to provide an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) role across land and sea environments.
Commercial
Airbus A380 variants that were never produced
The world’s largest passenger aircraft has only ever been manufactured in a single model, but here are the four derivatives that were proposed but never made
You won’t believe how many airlines China has
China has experienced an aviation boom over the last two decades and now has more airlines than the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain combined. Key.Aero reveals the true extent of the county’s air transport revolution
British Airways Boss Steps Down
Spanish businessman Alex Cruz to be replaced at the flag carrier by Aer Lingus chief executive Sean Doyle
Historic
WW2's Shadow factory raids
Birmingham’s aircraft shadow factories may have been in the Luftwaffe’s bombsights, but there was no serious interference to production. Why were its efforts so ineffective?
NZ Warbirds gets Canberra
English Electric Canberra B(I)8 WT346 arrived at the New Zealand Warbirds Association hangar at Ardmore, just south of Auckland, on 20 February following a 750-mile road trip north from Christchurch.
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