HAL To Build New Facility In India For Light Helicopters [feedly]

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HAL To Build New Facility In India For Light Helicopters
// Aviation Week

BENGALURU, India—India's state-owned airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) will soon establish a new facility to make military and civilian helicopters for the Indian and global markets.

"We have acquired land near Tumakuru (in the southern Indian state of Karnataka) to build a factory that could manufacture Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) in the 3-ton class for which there is a huge potential demand in the domestic and international markets," HAL chairman T. Suvarna Raju said on the sidelines of the ongoing Aero India 2015 here.

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Piaggio Performs HammerHead First Flight [feedly]

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Piaggio Performs HammerHead First Flight
// Aviation Week

Piaggio Aerospace completed the first flight of its first fully configured P.1HH HammerHead unmanned aerial vehicle in December.

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World View Tests Parafoil On High-Altitude Balloon [feedly]

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World View Tests Parafoil On High-Altitude Balloon
// Aviation Week

The test was a milestone in the company's bid to develop a piloted flight profile for a gondola outfitted for tourists or science payloads.

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Israel to buy 14 F-35 fighter Jets from US [feedly]

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Israel to buy 14 F-35 fighter Jets from US
// Revista de prensa aeronáutica: Feed de feeds de Revistas Aeronáuticas | recopiladas por www.noticias-aero.info

Israel is to purchase 14 F-35 stealth fighters from US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin at a cost of around $110 million each, the defence ministry said Sunday. "The defence ministry will purchase an additional 14 F-35s for around $3 billion, […]

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COMAC plans to conduct C919 test flights this year [feedly]

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COMAC plans to conduct C919 test flights
// Revista de prensa aeronáutica: Feed de feeds de Revistas Aeronáuticas | recopiladas por www.noticias-aero.info

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) is reportedly planning to commence test flights of C919 aircraft this year.
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Airbus mulls A320 output hike to 50/month from 2017: source - Business Insider [feedly]

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Airbus mulls A320 output hike to 50/month from 2017: source - Business Insider
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Airbus mulls A320 output hike to 50/month from 2017: source
Business Insider
PARIS (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus is talking to suppliers about the possibility of raising production of its popular A320 family to 50 jets a month as early as 2017, narrowing a gap with rival Boeing , a senior industry source said on ...
Exclusive - Airbus mulls A320 output increase to 50/month from 2017
Airbus Considering A320 Output Increase
Airbus mulls A320 output hike

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The Royal Thai Army acquires six Airbus Helicopters EC145 T2 [feedly]

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The Royal Thai Army acquires six Airbus Helicopters EC145 T2
// Airbus Helicopters

A further addition to the Royal Thai Army?s rotorcraft fleet has been committed with the acquisition of six Airbus Helicopters light-utility EC145 T2, which is the newest and most powerful model in Airbus Helicopters? proven EC145 light twin-engine helicopter family.
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DARPA wants machines to have better communication skills

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Nato awards Typhoon Phase 3 capability enhancement contract to Eurofighter

http://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newsnato-awards-typhoon-phase-3-capability-enhancement-contract-to-eurofighter-4518441

Could Virgin Galactic's Spaceport America be put up for sale?

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NH90s to Be Allowed to Fly Again | South Korea May Shop for V-22s

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/nh90s-to-be-allowed-to-fly-again-south-korea-may-shop-for-v-22s-029648/