Fighter
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Saab is covering both sides of aerial combat with its Gripen Aggressor fighter concept that is designed to play the part of enemy planes in pilot training. Making its public debut at DSEI 2017 in London, the Gripen C variant is designed to appeal to both the US Air Force and Britain's MoD.
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Canada may not be known for its jet fighters now, but in the 1950s it was working on an aircraft that many people say represented the state of the art – the Avro Arrow. Although the planes are now long-gone, a project has been launched to retrieve nine scale models from the bottom of Lake Ontario.
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Saab's next-generation fighter, the Gripen E, has taken to the skies for the first time. At 10:32 am CET on June 15, the prototype delta-wing multi-role fighter set out on its maiden flight from Linköping, Sweden with Saab test pilot Marcus Wandt at the controls for a 40-minute flight.
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Saab says its new Gripen E multi-role fighter is a major advance over previous Gripens, with greater range and endurance, as well as more advanced weaponry and electronic warfare capability.
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Japan's X-2 advanced technology demonstrator jet has completed it's maiden flight. The first Japanese-built warplane to incorporate stealth technology, the aircraft will be used to test various systems and equipment for fifth-generation fighter aircraft for the country's self-defense forces.
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BAE Systems is in the process of developing and testing a next-generation radar system for the Eurofighter Typhoon. The Captor E-Scan boasts a number of improvements over more traditional radar systems, including a wider field of regard, and the provision of advanced electronic warfare protection.
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The United States Air Force (USAF) has announced that it is in the process of fitting out its fleet of F-16 fighters with a NASA-developed system, that has the potential to save hundreds of lives and billions of dollars by preventing aircraft crashes due to pilot error.
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The Paris Air Show this week hosted the first foreign demonstration of the Russian supermaneuverable multirole fighter the Sukhoi Su-35.
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The U.S. Air Force's F-35A Joint Strike Fighter has made a successful test flight equipped with an external weapons load.
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A cockpit canopy reportedly made for the failed A-12 Avenger II attack aircraft is now for sale on eBay.
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Goodwood estate is a particularly suitable venue at which to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Supermarine Spitfire. The star attraction is a dozen spitfires being scrambled for take-off.
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ScienceResearchers have developed a one-minute sideline test for athletes, that accurately detects concussion.
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