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UVision’s Heros Loiter for Attacks

Company debuting a new family of smart munitions that can loiter over the target area before making an accurate attack on pop-up targets.

With the UK Sorted, Thales Touts Watchkeeper Prospects in France

New Payloads Offered and Sovereign Requirements Addressed in Export Drive.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Airbus CEO Considers A320 Production Boost

Contributing to reaching the A320neo production goal of 50 per month will be the new A320 final assembly line (FAL) in Mobile, Alabama.

Rockwell Collins Debuting Three Technologies at Paris Show

The company brought its combined vision, MultiScan ThreatTrack weather radar and Pro Line Fusion for helicopters.

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Russia Says Defense Export Growth Is Defying Sanctions

Russia says its defense sales grow in 2014, despite economic sanctions.

Textron Seeks First Buyers for AT-6 and Scorpion Jet

Textron to bring range of military and special mission aircraft to Paris

France-based Companies Win and Lose in Big Indian Helo Contest

India’s selection of the Kamov Ka-226T for its recon and surveillance helicopter requirement was a blow to Airbus Helicopters, but a boon to Turbomeca.

Lack of Funding Undermines Ukraine Air Power

Analysts say that Ukraine’s air force is grossly under-equipped after years of investment neglect.

Airbus Is Busy Hatching a Nestful of Derivatives

The Beluga XL, an A330 derivative, is to enter into service in 2019.

NHIndustries on Display Featuring France's Alat

Army to receive 15th NH90 TTH, Navy declared MU90 torpedo operational.

Boeing Keeps World AWACS Fleet ‘Ready, Relevant’

Boeing is upgrading the French fleet of AWACs aircraft, which are seeing the venerable 707 airframe still going strong.

Russian Defense Minister’s Call to Resume Tu-160 Production

The capabilities embedded in the design of swing-wing supersonic bomber–the Blackjack–are not yet fully exploited.

Lisi Benefits From Recent Acquisitions

Having acquired Cruezet and Manoir, the French company is able to offer a broad range of products and services to OEMs.

Training and Workforce

Leap Engines Take Big Strides to Service Entry This Year

CFM International is busily flight-testing its Leap 1A, 1B and 1C turbofans.

World’s Most Sophisticated Bomb Ready for Production

The Raytheon SDB II has passed a vital Pentagon review, and is slated for F-15s, F-18s, F-35s and maybe F-16s.

Rolls-Royce and Airbus Join To Boost Efficiency

Rolls-Royce is now targeting new evolution to increase efficiency and reach the ACARE goals.

Cargo Carrier Invests in CNS/ATM Upgrade A300s

Esterline CMC Electronics is providing its CMA-9000 flight management system to make a cargo airline’s A300 fleet CNS/ATM-compliant.

India's Rafale Buy Spurs Offset Biz

Small and medium companies to enter into partnerships to provide offsets for the $4.24 billion MMRCA deal.

Rolls Preps A350-1000’s Big Trent XWB-97 for Tests on A380 FTB

The XWB -84 has entered service so focus is shifting to -97 for the even bigger Airbus A350-1000.

Ever-Evolving Renton Factory Readies for Boeing 737 Max

New automated processes are helping Boeing create what it believes will be the most efficient aircraft production facility in the world.

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