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NewsNew leadership in Washington could delay Boeing’s revised 737 Max guilty plea
Boeing and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) confirm they are revising a proposal under which the company would plead guilty to federal fraud charges, a move coming after a federal judge rejected an initial plea deal.
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NewsTus Airways investor opts to take over carrier’s entire share capital
Cypriot carrier Tus Airways’ major shareholder has notified the other investor parties that it is exercising an option to take the entire share capital of the airline. The major shareholder is a company owned by Ami Cohen and Arnon Englander, who are linked to the Israeli firm Holiday Lines Group. ...
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NewsGovernment auditors uphold Sierra Nevada’s contract win for new US Army intelligence jet
Competitor L3Harris had appealed the US Army’s decision to award Sierra Nevada a nearly $1 billion contract to develop the new business-jet-based Hades intelligence aircraft.
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In depthRotor Technologies aims to shake up crop dusting with ground-controlled Robinsons
Rotor Technologies is working through regulatory approval of a remotely piloted helicopter based on Robinson Helicopter’s R44, with hopes of tapping into the aerial crop-dusting market.
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In depthUS Air Force tests MQ-9 operations from austere runways
While the multi-role General Atomics uncrewed aircraft typically requires a paved runway for take-off and landing, recent US Air Force exercises demonstrated the MQ-9’s ability to operate from a dirt landing strip.
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NewsTransavia 737 shed nose tyres after late flare and hard landing on sloping runway
French investigators believe the slope of a Nantes runway led a Boeing 737-800 pilot to misperceive the aircraft’s glidepath, resulting in a late flare and a hard bounced landing, during which the jet shed both nose tyres. Nantes’ runway 21 initially dips beyond the threshold, then rises from the aiming ...
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NewsUSAF to re-open competition for Next-Generation Ejection Seat fleet modernisation
The US Air Force (USAF) is re-evaluating its procurement strategy for installing replacement ejection seats across multiple combat aircraft types, with a pending new request for proposals “to allow additional companies to compete for the contract”.
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NewsOne year after 737 door-plug blow-out, Boeing says safety overhaul is working
One year ago, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9’s mid-cabin door-plug blew out during flight, leaving passengers facing a gaping hole in the side of the jet while the pilots successfully landed the stricken jetliner.
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NewsEmirates to put A350s on Gulf routes including short Bahrain sector
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to place Airbus A350s to the Gulf states of Bahrain and Kuwait, meaning it will serve one of the airline’s shortest routes. It will operate both services from Dubai beginning on 8 January. The Dubai-Bahrain sector is just 260nm and has a flight time of ...
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NewsJapan cleared for massive AMRAAM buy
Japan has been cleared to obtain over 1,000 Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs).
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NewsIreland orders four Airbus Helicopters H145Ms
Ireland has ordered four Airbus Helicopters H145Ms for operation by the Irish Air Corps as replacements for its fleet of elderly H135s.
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NewsRAF completes Red 6 augmented reality trial aboard Hawk T2
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has completed a series of flight trials using Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality Systems technology developed by Red 6.
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NewsDash 8’s lights would have blended with runway centreline before A350 collision: inquiry
White lighting on a De Havilland Dash 8 would have blended in with surrounding runway lights, rendering it difficult to see before the aircraft was struck by a landing Airbus A350 at Tokyo Haneda a year ago. Japanese investigators probing the fatal 2 January 2024 collision have conducted simulations of ...
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NewsAir Baltic cuts back summer schedule citing A220 engine maintenance delays
Air Baltic is cutting 19 routes from its planned summer schedule, and reducing frequencies on others, attributing the decision to delays in engine maintenance for its Airbus A220-300 fleet. The carrier – which was the launch operator for the type – has nearly 50, but it says it is experiencing ...
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NewsWright Electric begins testing 2.5MW motor ahead of NEAT campaign
Advanced propulsion developer Wright Electric has begun initial ground runs of its new high-power electric motor as it continues to weigh up which aircraft will serve as a flying testbed for the engine.
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NewsInvestigators retrieve voice recordings from crashed Jeju Air 737-800
Investigators have retrieved voice files from the cockpit-voice recorder of a crashed Jeju Air Boeing 737-800, with the aircraft’s damaged flight-data recorder to be sent to the USA for further work.
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NewsPhilippine air force retires OV-10 Bronco, AH-1S Cobra
The Philippine air force has retired its Rockwell OV-10 Bronco light attack aircraft and Bell AH-1S Cobra attack helicopters.
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NewsTurkey’s Baykar to acquire Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace
The Italian government has cleared the sale of Piaggio Aerospace to Turkish unmanned air vehicle maker Baykar Technologies.
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NewsJAL A350 collision: Tokyo Haneda runway-conflict system ‘difficult to rely on’
Japanese investigators have indicated that a runway conflict alert was active for over a minute before the fatal collision between a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 and a De Havilland Dash 8 at Tokyo Haneda. But the Japan Transport Safety Board found that controllers in the airport’s east tower felt the ...
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NewsJAL A350 collision probe strives to explain Dash 8’s failure to stop at runway holding point
Japanese investigators have disclosed that a De Havilland Dash 8-300’s departure from Tokyo Haneda was supposed to be threaded between two arriving aircraft, before it entered the runway and was fatally struck by the first of them, a Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900. The collision left only one survivor, the captain, ...