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UK Royal Navy Tests Wildcat Helicopters In Norway
March 10, 2016 @ 02:32 PMThe UK Royal Marines have flight tested the new Wildcats of the Commando Helicopter Force for the first time in Norway. Four Wildcats from 847 Naval Air Squadron have spent six weeks contending with temperatures down to 30 below zero, snow storms and high winds, The UK Royal Navy said in a statement Thursday
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Pratt & Whitney Opens New Aircraft Engines Manufacturing Facility In Singapore
February 15, 2016 @ 07:53 AMPratt & Whitney officially opened first manufacturing facility for new PurePower Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine family in Singapore, earlier today. The facility located at Seletar Aerospace Park, will produce fan blades and other key components for PurePower GTF engines
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Robotic Demining System Enters Russian Army Service
January 18, 2016 @ 09:14 AMThe new robotic mine clearance systems has become operational with Russia's Southern Military District, Sputnik reported. The Uran-6 sophisticated robotic demining system is a multipurpose system which is powerful enough to replace 20 sappers and which can be remotely operated from a safe distance of about one kilometer
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Russian Helicopters Commences Flight Testing of Second Mi-171A2 Prototype
November 10, 2015 @ 10:53 AMRussian Helicopters has started flight testing of a second prototype of the medium multirole Mi-171A2 at Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant. The new Mi-171A2 prototype pre-flight and certification testing are also currently underway, the company said in a statement Tuesday
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Sikrosky's CH-53K Helicopter Completes First Flight
October 28, 2015 @ 02:31 PMSikorsky Aircraft Corp today has achieved first flight of the US Marine Corps' CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter protoype, known as Engineering Development Model-1 (EDM-1). The 30-minute flight indicates the beginning of a 2,000-hour flight test program using four test aircraft, the company announced Tuesday
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Indian Naval Helicopter ALH Dhruv Gets Foldable Rotors
September 15, 2015 @ 02:10 PMNaval versions of Indias ‘Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) will get folding rotors to accommodate the chopper in tight spaces on board Indian ships. Work on this modification has been done at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Bangalore to make the rotors foldable which will increase the versatility of the helicopter
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AgustaWestland's AW169 Receives Aviation Safety Certificate
July 17, 2015 @ 11:42 AMFimeccanica-AgustaWestlands new generation AW169 helicopter has been issued with type certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Wednesday. The company announced Thursday that it has achieved EASA type certification less than five years after the AW169 programme launch
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US Sikorsky To Provide UH-60M Helicopter To Jordan
July 10, 2015 @ 06:41 PMSikorsky Aircraft Corp has won a contract from the US to provide UH-60M helicopter to Jordan. The company announced Thursday that the work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut with an estimated completion date of Dec
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Airbus Unveils Bluecopter Eco-friendly Helicopter Demonstrator
July 7, 2015 @ 02:44 PMAirbus Helicopters today unveiled its Bluecopter demonstrator which promises quieter and more fuel efficient rotorcraft flights. “With Bluecopter, we have met our goals of decreasing fuel consumption by 40 percent, significantly reducing CO2 emissions, and lowering noise to approximately 10 decibel effective perceived noise (EPNdB) below ICAO noise certification limits, while raising the maximum payload and the passenger comfort
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China's J-10B Fighter Aircraft To Enter Export Market
July 6, 2015 @ 12:29 PMChina could possibly export its J-10B fighter to Pakistan, Asia, Latin America and Africa. Russia has agreed for a deal to sell its advanced AL31FN engines which will be fitted to the J-10B, Kanwa defense review reported Sunday adding that the first batch of the engines is expected this year
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