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Military Aviation News November 1, 2013

US Navy New Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Takes its First Flight

PT MUGU, Calif. (NNS) — The Navy’s newest variant of the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter completed its first day of flying Oct. 31 at Naval…

Military Aviation News September 12, 2013

LONGBOW LLC Receives $51 Million Contract for Republic of Korea Apache Radar Systems

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 12, 2013 – The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC], received…

Military Aviation News September 10, 2013

USAF C-130s return from fighting Western blazes

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) — Two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s from the Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd Airlift Wing, aircrews and…

Civilian aviation news August 20, 2013

Eurocopter delivers an AS365 N3 to Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency for operations in Miyagi Prefecture

Eurocopter’s recent delivery of the AS365 N3 is the Fire and Disaster Management Agency’s (FDMA) third helicopter of this model. The brand new aircraft began…

Civilian aviation news July 18, 2013

Dreamliner fire probe focuses on beacon, Boeing shares rise

(Reuters) – British regulators investigating the fire on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner identified the plane’s emergency locator beacon as a likely source of the blaze…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News July 16, 2013

Battery in Honeywell locator eyed in 787 fire

(Reuters) – Investigators are looking into whether a fire on a Boeing Dreamliner in London last week was caused by the battery of an emergency…

Civilian aviation news July 15, 2013

Boeing’s latest 787 fire poses major test of jet’s carbon skin

(Reuters) – Boeing faces a public and revealing test of the carbon-composite technology used in the 787 Dreamliner following a fire that broke out aboard…

Civilian aviation news July 12, 2013

London Heathrow airport was closed, Boeing 787 Dreamliner catches fire

LONDON: Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner jet is back in the news for the wrong reasons. Runways at London’s Heathrow airport have reopened after a fire on…

Military Aviation News July 1, 2013

Gripen first to fire Meteor missile

In cooperation with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), defence and security company Saab has successfully conducted the first test firing of the version of…

Military Aviation News May 3, 2013

Magicians Reborn as US Navy First Squadron to Operate Manned and Unmanned Aircraft

CORONADO, Calif. — (NNS) — Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35 became the first composite expeditionary helicopter squadron to include both the world’s most technologically…

Military Aviation News April 26, 2013

USAF Reservists ready for wildland fire season

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) — Despite the winter-like weather, Colorado Air Force reservists and their active-duty counterparts were recertified April 19-23 here to…

General Aviation News April 11, 2013

Ka-32A11BC demonstrates its firefighting capabilities at Aerial Firefighting Conference in France

As part of the Global Helicopter Firefighting Initiative (GHFI), Russian Helicopters (a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of the State Corporation Rostec) is a sponsor of…

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