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Thales predicts arrival of helicopter terrain warning systems
Thales predicts that a standard for helicopter terrain avoidance warning systems...
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NASA signs co-operation agreement with South Korea's KAIST
NASA's Ames Research Center and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have agreed to...
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NewsBA targets year end for part two of long haul fleet replacement decision
British Airways expects to finalise its long-haul fleet replacement plans by the end of the year, and views the decision as more important than the first...
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NewsVirgin Galactic's White Knight II to roll out in May
Virgin Galactic expects Scaled Composites to roll out its SpaceShipTwo...
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Flight instruments 'not good enough for RNP approaches', says IFALPA
Existing primary flight instrumentation "is no longer adequate and safe for the developing RNP [required navigation performance] environment", says the International...
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HAL and IAI discuss Indian Boeing 737 cargo conversion venture
Israel Aerospace Industries' Bedek division is in talks with Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) about setting up a Boeing 737 cargo conversion joint venture in...
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Iberia A340 broke proximity sensors in heavy landing, preventing thrust reverser deployment
Iberia has yet to decide whether to repair the Airbus A340-600 that overran at Quito, Ecuador, after striking the runway so hard during landing that damaged...
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SAS claims crashed Q400 valve flaw prevalent in fleet
Scandinavia's SAS Group is claiming to have discovered door-valve problems in two-thirds of its grounded Bombardier Q400 turboprops, three months after a...
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US airlines step up to in-flight internet
Airborne broadband connectivity is in strong demand in the USA, with carriers seeking to put either air-to-ground or satellite-based systems on board aircraft...
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Scaled goes back to the future for Virgin Galactic
Will the second decade of the 21st century finally see the dawn of personal spaceflight as a practical, fare-paying, scheduled reality? Virgin Galactic certainly...
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Failure never an option for Airbus A380 service entry
Airbus's intense efforts to ensure that the A380 had a smooth service entry with Singapore Airlines have paid off, with just one technical delay suffered so far
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€1 billion ESA/JAXA Mercury mission faces keys tests
Key technical milestones have yet to be achieved for the €1 billion ($1.46 billion) joint European...
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UPS begins environmental- and capacity-enhancing operations at Louisville
A UPS Boeing 757 equipped with an electronic flight bag (EFB), automatic-dependent...
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Comment - Crisis...what crisis?
The last few weeks have seen record orders reported throughout the industry. They have also seen stock markets tumble and experts predict a recession in...
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Unmanned aboard - Northrop Grumman aims to prove UCAS can operate from carriers
It is 2011, 100 years after the first aircraft landed on a ship, and Northrop Grumman's X-47B is on final descent to the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Truman,...