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NewsHow cost overruns have dented Boeing’s defence performance
Boeing’s defence arm had a profitable 2021, but is racking up billions in cost overruns without the safety net of commercial jet sales.
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AnalysisBAE Systems Air highlights future combat aircraft progress
As the UK’s largest defence company, BAE Systems is leading the way in developing next-generation technologies – and closer relations with international partners.
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AnalysisBoeing’s long road to commercial recovery
Boeing has a broad raft of commercial programme challenges to overcome, while also calculating when to launch its next major airliner development effort.
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AnalysisAeralis touts ‘best of British’ approach as interest soars in modular jet
Start-up military jet developer Aeralis is approaching a key design milestone as interest soars in its innovative modular family of products.
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AnalysisAirbus powers ahead with programmes amid pandemic recovery
Airbus is plotting a major recovery to its operations as the pandemic effect lessens, with transformed and expanded final assembly lines due to deliver up to 75 narrowbodies per month.
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AnalysisWhat to expect at new-look Farnborough air show
Normally biennial, the Farnborough air show is taking place in mid-July for the first time since 2018 – and its chief executive insists the post-pandemic version has moved with the times.
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AnalysisWill technology investments help UK aerospace industry power ahead?
For a previously high-flying sector still recovering from the pandemic, gaining the investment needed to fund a zero-emission future will be key.
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AnalysisWhy the gas turbine remains core focus at Rolls-Royce
Attention may be shifting towards zero-emission technologies to power a future class of airliners, but the gas turbine remains key to propelling Rolls-Royce’s business recovery.
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AnalysisSpirit of change: Farnborough air show 2022
Back following a four-year wait after pandemic-linked restrictions thwarted its 2020 edition, the Farnborough air show is the most eagerly-awaited aerospace event of the year. We preview what are certain to be some of its biggest topics.
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Paid contentDriving Accelerated Change
The Farnborough Airshow’s Aerospace Global Forum will set the agenda for many of the big issues facing the industry during this decade and beyond
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NewsEmbraer lands first firm order for freighter-converted E-Jets
Embraer has landed its first firm order to convert passenger-configured E-Jets into freighters, a deal coming about three months after the Brazilian airframer launched its conversion programme.
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NewsGermany maintains backing for MAWS programme despite P-8 buy
Germany has confirmed that it still intends to proceed with the future maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) it is developing with France under the MAWS programme, insisting that the Boeing P-8A Poseidons it will receive from late 2024 are an “interim solution”.
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NewsCyprus selects H145M for National Guard role
Cyprus has signed for six Airbus Helicopters H145Ms, plus six options, which will be operated by the country’s National Guard.
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NewsLeonardo, Tecnam team up to offer P2012 Sentinel SMP surveillance aircraft
Italy’s Leonardo and Tecnam have joined forces to offer a special mission version of the latter’s twin-engined P2012 Traveller utility aircraft.
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NewsAer Lingus to lease first two A320neos
Irish carrier Aer Lingus is to lease a pair of Airbus A320neos from CDB Avaition, aircraft originally slated for Russian carrier Smartavia until sanctions stemming from the invasion of Ukraine took hold.
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NewsGeneral Atomics plans restart of Dornier 228 production in 2024
General Atomics is to relaunch production of the Dornier 228 twin-turboprop with the first example to roll off the Oberpfaffenhofen final assembly line in 2024.
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NewsAirbus chief Faury assured over single-aisle trajectory despite supply-chain hitches
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury acknowledges that supply of engines is lagging behind A320neo-family production, but is confident that the airframer will achieve a smooth ramp-up to its highest-ever single-aisle output rate as current difficulties subside. Speaking to FlightGlobal at the ILA air show in Berlin, Faury said that, while ...
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NewsNo evidence Croatia Dash 8 damage caused by gunfire
Bosnian investigators have concluded that damage discovered on a Croatia Airlines De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400, following a service to Sarajevo, was not caused by weapons fire. The aircraft, arriving from Zagreb on 22 June, sustained damage to its fuselage which the Bosnia and Herzegovina prosecutor’s office initially said “might ...
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NewsDeutsche Aircraft advances Alpha fuel cell demonstrator
Deutsche Aircraft has begun the early stages of modifying a legacy Dornier 328 twin-turboprop to serve as a flying testbed for a new hydrogen-electric powertrain.
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AnalysisBeijing ushers in the age of Chinese super carriers
The launch of Beijing’s third aircraft carrier, CNS Fujian, was a powerful symbolic moment in China’s relentless arms buildup, with work also underway to forge a world-class air wing.