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New Orion CEV requirements force contract renegotiation
NASA and its Orion crew exploration vehicle (CEV) prime contractor Lockheed Martin are restructuring the design,...
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NewsSpaceX Falcon 9 maiden flight delayed by six months to late Q1 2009
Space Exploration Technologies is blaming the overwhelming amount of work related to the development of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule for a maiden flight delay of six months...
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Vulcan team issues Mayday as funding threatens project
The much-anticipated return of the Avro Vulcan bomber to the air show circuit this year could be in doubt, as a funding crisis threatens the very future...
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Life in aviation after diabetes
Being deemed unfit to fly is any pilot's nightmare. Working Week talks to Atlantic Flight Training's Ian Cooper, business development manager, multi-crew simulator training, on how it affected him
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Ten teams enter Google Lunar X Prize Moon landing competition
Ten teams have registered for the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize to land a privately funded robotic rover on the Moon. They are: the Aeronautics and Cosmonautics...
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PICTURE: Robotic Hawk UAV disperses birds from airports
Bird Raptor Internacional unveiled last week in Rome its Falco Robot (robotic hawk) gregarious bird removal system (GBRS) unmanned air vehicle. The Italian-Spanish...
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Singapore 2008: Lufthansa Systems offers flight-planning fuel savings
A new flight-planning module promising fuel savings of up to 2% was launched by Lufthansa...
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Business in brief
business briefs AAR eyes expansion of composites work Components Aviation aftermarket supplier AAR is planning a four-fold expansion of its composites...
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EasyJet encourages next-generation open-rotor engine technology
EasyJet wants powerplant manufacturers to pursue open-rotor architecture as the prime engine technology for next-generation narrowbody airliners as it offers...
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Qantas 747 electrical failure 'less serious' than first thought
Australian investigators say the in-flight loss of electrical power on board a Qantas Boeing 747-400 last month was not as serious as first indications suggested. During...
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Boeing can tackle A350 with pricing and improvements to 777: Hazy
International Lease Finance boss Steven Udvar-Hazy believes Boeing can tackle the threat posed by the Airbus A350 XWB with incremental improvements to the...
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