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This week Flight International takes a look at Germany relishing Baltic duty: the Eurofighter's deployment to Lithuania draws Russian visitors.

We also look at:

• Why Italian aerospace is making steady inroads into the US industry
• Bombardier's Challenger 850 comes with support network and pilots

And don't forget about our cover competition, where YOUR photograph can be on the cover of Flight International.

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On behalf of Flight International, Peter Collins became the first UK test pilot to evaluate the Rafale in its current F3 production standard. You can read his exclusive article here.

Other lead stories in this edition is that JetSet is pondering the launch of a stretched Paris Jet.

This time also marks the two year anniversary of the A380's entry-into-service. View our special report here.

With the Dubai Air Show next week, Flight International presents its pre-show coverage, Visions of Arabia: Can the Middle East help pull the aerospace industry from its malaise? This year's Dubai air show takes place against a very different backdrop from the runaway economic growth of two years ago. But despite Dubai's financial problems, buoyant oil and gas revenues have fuelled the ambitions of Abu Dhabi and Qatar to create global carriers and the region to bolster its defence capabilities. In this special, we assess the fortunes of the region's airlines and business aviation community, as well as whether big state-led projects will create an aerospace infrastructure in the Gulf. We visit Jordan - short of natural resources but with an aviation industry built on its reputation as a regional commercial crossroads. We also see how government warchests make the Middle East a key target for defence aviation manufacturers.

• Overview and show preview: Middle East sets course for economic recovery
• Business aviation bounces back: Joining the new jet set
• Dubai's expanding airports: The sky's the limit
• Jordan aims high: Oasis of enterprise
• Royal Jordanian's strategy: Linking the Levant
• A low-cost spy in the sky: Security on a budget
• Training the region: Alya Aviation Academy takes off at Aqba
• Gulf's ambitious network carriers: Flying the flags
• Budget carriers cause a ripple: Low-cost challenge
• Bahrain and Oman fly solo: Out of the shadows
• UAE stockpiles weapon systems: Building an arsenal
• Saudi Arabia's military muscle: Robust Riyadh
• Iraq gathers arms for 2012: Starting from scratch
• NATO-like coalition takes shape: Fractious friends
• US aid for Israel's neighbours: Border security

• All the latest news, images and video from the Dubai Air Show

From the resurrected Twin Otter to Mitsubishi's MRJ, part two of Flight International's restyled annual appraisal of airliner programmes scrutinises major developments in the regional sector. Leading data for each type is provided in tabular form with information on prices, performance, and orders/deliveries to 30 September.

• Regional jets: Regional revolution
• STOL twin-props: Turning back time
• New generation turboprops: Plans for the future
• Russian/Chinese regional types: Slow burners
• Small regional types: Niche benefits
• Cargo conversions: Finding a new role

In the first installment of Flight International's restyled annual survey of the world's airliner programmes, we examine the mainline jet market by sector. Leading data for each type includes specifications, prices, performance and order/delivery information at 30 September

• Single-aisles: Airbus and Boeing face pressure with the A320 and 737
• In-production widebodies: Airbus A330 and Boeing 777 remain popular
• Next generation widebodies: Dreams of tomorrow
• Emerging narrowbodies: China and Russia take on Airbus and Boeing in the single-aisle market
• Russian airliners: Russian jet airliner projects face an uncertain future
• Ultra-large airliners: Gigantic problems
• Cargo conversions: Hope springs eternal

This week Flight International examines how Bombardier met the challenge of its first all-new design in a decade.

Also in the issue:
A special report on military engines examining the real reason behind thrust vectoring

Give it Some Gas: Shell works to optimise GTL blend after historic Qatar Airways A340-600 commercial flight

Chinese Buyouts: More to come as AVIC's composite move shows strategy for closing gap on West's technology

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Gulfstream's new G250 which rolled out last week is pictured outside the Israel Aerospace Industries Tel Aviv plan where it is built. 

This week Flight International examines why the industry is keeping its options open on next-generation powerplants.

Who will win the race to power the next generation of sing-aisle aircraft?

Could radical engine innovations such as open rotors give a distinctly different look to tomorrow's narrowbodies? The cover features one possible design, as illustrated by Flightglobal artist Tim Bicheno-Brown.