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Pakistani Pratt & Whitney Turboshaft MRO Facility Nears Completion
November 14, 2016 @ 01:49 PMThe Pratt & Whitneys PT6 turboshaft maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Pakistan is nearing completion. The Chairman of Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) in his presentation to the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), Air Marshal Arshad Malik has now invited the Pakistani private sector to invest and were offered opportunities as joint venture to augment the existing T-56 (Rolls-Royce) engine facility at PAC Kamra and develop new PT6 engines for aircraft,
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Pakistan Invites Private Players To Undertake Defense-Aviation Development Projects
November 14, 2016 @ 12:31 PMThe Pakistan Aeronautical Complex is eyeing for new design and development programs that include parts for JF-17 Thunder, upgrading Mushshak aircraft, drones and has invited private sector to undertake these ventures in the country. “The PAC Kamra is looking for new design and development programmes like upgrading Super Mushshak aircraft, development of unmanned aerial and many more
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Ecuador To Sell Three Remaining HAL Dhruv Helicopters
October 27, 2016 @ 03:06 PMEcuador will sell the three remaining three Dhruv utility helicopters it bought from Indias Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) it purchased between 2009 and 2012. Ecuador's Defence Minister Ricardo Patino announced the decision on October 20, IHS Jane's Defence Weekly reported
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Surveillance Plane To Libya Crashes After Take Off Killing Five French Military...
October 24, 2016 @ 02:12 PMFive French military officers were killed when a twin-prop Fairchild Metroliner, part of French customs surveillance operation heading for Libyan coast crashed in Safi after developing engine trouble immediately after it took to air from Maltas international airport. Witnesses on site of the rescue described the scene as a pile of charred, black metal parts, owing to the scale of the explosion that ensued as the aircraft, a Fairchild Metroliner MkIII, crashed into the ground,
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Pakistani Air Force Pilot Killed In Mirage Jet Crash
October 18, 2016 @ 12:21 PMA Pakistani Air Force pilot was killed as the Mirage aircraft he was in crashed near Karachis Musharraf colony. PAF Mirage jetbearing tale number 921 took off from Masroor Base, before it crashed near Musharraf Colony
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India To Constitute Integrated Control Centers In Defense Ministry To Meet Urgencies
October 15, 2016 @ 12:45 PMIndian has considered constituting integrated control centers (ICC) in the home ministry as well as defense ministry to get real time information of any urgent need and respond quickly to it. The integrated control centre (ICC) will be having nodes from the key agencies and departments like Central Water Commission, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Geological Survey of India (GSI) Army, Navy, Air Force and national disaster response force (NDRF),
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US Naval Observatory Selects NovAtel’s GPS Anti-Jam Technology
October 3, 2016 @ 02:41 PMUnited States Naval Observatory (USNO) has selected NovAtels GPS Anti-Jam Technology (GAJT) to satisfy a requirement for a Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA) capability at sites throughout the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN). The DoDIN is the core global enterprise network of the US military and is depended upon for secure and sensitive voice, data, video and bandwidth services
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US Marine Corps Harrier Jet Crashes Off Okinawa Coast
September 23, 2016 @ 11:48 AMA US Marine Corps AV-8 Harrier fighter jet crashed into the ocean off the coast of southwestern Okinawa in Japan Thursday. The pilot of the crashed aircraft ejected safely and was rescued
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European Aviation Certifies Honeywell's SmartRunway and SmartLanding Technology
September 1, 2016 @ 04:54 PMHoneywells SmartRunway and SmartLanding system has received industry approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency for use on the Boeing 737 Next Generation airliner. The Boeings airliner is first aircraft approved to operate this technology in Europe
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Swiss Boeing F/A-18C Fighter Jet Found Crashed With Pilot Dead
August 31, 2016 @ 01:38 PMThe Swiss military has found its missing pilot dead and the F/A-18 jet crashed in the Alps mountains near Susten Pass. A Swiss airforce pilot has been found dead following the crash of an F/A-18 military jet on Monday, the defence ministry has confirmed to
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