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Paris Air Show 2017

  • The Nightwarden is the latest variant of the Shadow UAV system
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    Textron's Nightwarden drone debuts at Paris Air Show
    The 2017 Paris Air Show has witnessed another unveiling as Textron Systems Unmanned Systems' Nightwarden Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) made its international debut at the Paris-Le Bourget Airport.
  • The F-35 takes to the skies over Paris in its first public aerial demonstration
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    Watch the F-35 in its first public aerobatic demonstration
    ​It's not the first time the F-35 Lightning II has appeared at an air show, but it is the first time it has wowed crowds with a full aerobatic display. An F-35A showed the public what it could do at the 2017 Paris Air Show on Monday, in the aircraft's aerial demonstration debut.
  • The Airbus Racer may be making its first flight within three years
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    Airbus' new copter concept has wings
    ​If you want a helicopter to be faster in forward flight, why not just give it some wings and a set of props? That was the thinking behind the Eurocopter X3 demonstrator aircraft. Airbus is building on that concept, in the form of the Rapid And Cost-Effective Rotorcraft – or Racer, for short.
  • The Kratos XQ-222 Valkyrie will act as an armed-to-the-teeth buddy for manned combat aircraft initially, but swarms of combat drones now seem likely in the not-too-distant future
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    Kratos to show low-cost Valkyrie and Mako "wingman" combat drones
    Defense company Kratos has announced that it will show two low-cost combat drones at the Paris Air Show next week, offering an insight as to what military conflicts might look like in the foreseeable future – a manned combat jet leading dozens of 1,000 km/h lethally-armed unmanned companions.
  • The airborne component of the SkEye system is the distinctive multi-eye electro optical sensor unit and an image processing computer.
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    SkEye: Billion pixel camera in the sky covers 80 square km
    The SkEye Wide-Area Persistent Surveillance system offers a billion-pixel coverage of an 80 sq km area. Already operated by the military of several countries, SkEye enables many users to investigate areas of interest by zooming in and going back-in-time, all in real-time.
  • The 737 MAX 9 made its maiden flight in April and is now on its way to Paris
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    Boeing 737 MAX 9 test aircraft to take to the skies over Paris
    The Boeing 737 MAX 9 only took to the skies for the first time in April, weeks after its public unveiling in Renton, Washington, and now the stretched version of the MAX 8 passenger plane is off to the Paris Air Show where a MAX 9 flight test aircraft will take part in an air display.