All In Depth – Page 22
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Why 1970 fundamentally redefined air transport
However you look at it, 1970 was an epoch-making year for commercial aviation. The revolution in aircraft design heralded in that year would be the springboard for the airline industry to accelerate capacity growth in a way it could only dream about previously.
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Five decades of widebody deliveries and development
Since Boeing handed the first 747-100 (N733PA) to Pan Am at its Everett plant near Seattle on 12 December 1969, the world’s manufacturers have delivered almost 9,700 more widebodies to airlines, governments, air forces – and even some wealthy individuals.
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How Soviets decided four was the magic number
Call it an air transport anachronism, but just as four-engined airliners are slipping, perhaps prematurely, into the realms of nostalgia, Russian airframer VASO is assembling a new widebody quadjet, the Ilyushin Il-96-400M, at its facility in Voronezh.
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Can Boeing score 60-year production run with rejuvenated F-15?
With its contract to deliver a first batch of EX-version fighters to the US Air Force, Boeing can now target further international F-15 sales, and a delivery run potentially spanning 60 years.
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Export deals to keep F-16 fighting fit
In common with Boeing’s F-15, US industry’s other similar-aged fighter – the Lockheed Martin F-16 – also has enjoyed a recent orders revival, just as it had appeared to be potentially nearing a production end. Lockheed’s firm order backlog for the single-engined type stood at a combined 38 aircraft for ...
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China-backed Skyrizon and local partner up pressure for Motor Sich acquisition
China-backed firm Skyrizon is making a renewed push in its long-running effort to acquire Ukrainian aircraft engine manufacturer Motor Sich, with vocal support from a new local partner.
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How Lockheed Martin plans to speed up sales with commoditised F-16
The jet is already the most popular combat aircraft in the world, with 2,280 examples in service at the end of 2019. Yet, Lockheed Martin believes it can sell even more – faster – with the help of a new base model configuration.
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How coronavirus crisis is changing requirements for aircraft interiors
The pandemic has devastated the interiors market, but customer demands for cleaner, coronavirus-safe seats and surroundings could provide a boost for the troubled sector, helping restore passenger confidence. Some of the changes could even outlive the crisis
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Beijing continues progress with fighters and support aircraft: Pentagon
Beijing continues to make strides with its fighter fleet, as well as with key enabling capabilities such as airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) and air-to-air refuelling.
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US Air Force special report: Preparing for the high-end fight
Ahead of the Air Force Association’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference running from 14-16 September, FlightGlobal has put together a package of articles about important issues in the US Air Force.
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US pilots and cabin crew brace for furloughs: a look at the numbers
US passenger airlines are preparing to shed up to 100,000 jobs in the coming weeks unless Congress steps in to extend the financial relief that kept workers employed until now.
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BAE prepares to roll out new flight-control and energy-management systems
BAE Systems is developing a new class of flight-control and energy-management systems for the burgeoning hybrid-electric and all-electric aircraft segments.
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UK firm EAG details development roadmap for hybrid-electric regional airliner
A UK company planning to bring a 70-plus-seat hybrid-electric regional aircraft to market by 2028 has laid out its detailed plans for the programme, which will include demonstrator flights from 2024 and will cost a cool $5 billion to bring into series production.
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How global A330 MRTT fleet stepped up during crisis
In common with its A400M Atlas stablemate, the Airbus Defence & Space A330 multi-role tanker transport has come into its own during the coronavirus pandemic, with multiple nations demonstrating the adapted widebody’s operational versatility.
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Analysts view Charleston as central to 787’s future as Boeing CEO urges patience
Boeing’s chief executive has cautioned against speculation that the company’s 787 production review will culminate in an eventual shift of all 787 work to South Carolina. But analysts view Boeing as heading in that direction.
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Why Sea Kings still rule for HeliOperations
On the face of it, a UK company flying former Royal Navy (RN) Sea King helicopters on behalf of the German navy from a former coastguard base in the very south of England sounds an unlikely combination, or at least the set-up for a convoluted joke. But for Portland-based HeliOperations, that union is proving a lucrative one.
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End of an era: British Airways and its five 747 decades
British Airways’ decision not to resurrect its Boeing 747 fleet as part of its recovery programme signals an abrupt end to one of the most famous airline/aircraft associations in the jet age
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737 Max certification remains urgent for Boeing even as new-jet demand sags
Among Boeing’s various challenges, getting the 737 Max certificated still takes top prize – even though the coronavirus downturn has eroded demand for new jets
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What aerospace technologies will survive looming US defence cuts?
Expect a shrinking Pentagon budget in the mid-2020s. Though the USA might have tamed coronavirus and started to see its economy grow again by the middle of the decade, Washington will have to face up to the hard fiscal and economic realities of years of lost revenue
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Global defence budgets special
With recession looming large, defence budgets around the globe will not be immune from cutbacks, as economic realities force a rethink of programmes and capabilties.