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AnalysisANALYSIS: Sikorsky 'laser-focused' on being the mission choice
With oil prices dipping below $30 per barrel and global energy stocks declining, one sector of the aviation business has industry analysts feeling particularly pessimistic in 2016: civil rotorcraft. In an overcrowded oil and gas transportation market where new American and European helicopters are competing for fewer and fewer orders, ...
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ANALYSIS: Sikorsky seeks next leap in rotorcraft technology
Sikorsky officials have hinted at potential commercial derivatives of the company’s military S-97 Raider and SB-1 Defiant technology demonstrators, which are being developed for US Army missions. Powered by rigid, counter-rotating main rotors and a pusher propeller with fly-by-wire controls and active vibration dampeners, the S-97 and SB-1 advance the ...
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NewsBAE starts final assembly on Omani Typhoon
The first Eurofighter Typhoon for the programme’s seventh customer nation has entered final assembly, with the aircraft the first of 12 on order for the Royal Air Force of Oman.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Pave Hawk replacement finally beckons for US Air Force
Ten years ago, the US Air Force was charging full speed towards the procurement of 141 Boeing HH-47s to replace the Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk for the personnel recovery mission. That combat search-and-rescue (CSAR-X) Chinook derivative would have entered service with 10 combat-coded examples in 2012. But fast-forward to today ...
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NewsChinook Block II gathers pace as Boeing seeks development deal
Boeing is pressing forward with advanced Chinook rotor blade (ACRB) construction at its Philadelphia-based composites plant as it prepares for prototype flight demonstrations on a tethered CH-47 later this year.
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NewsFollow-on purchase to boost Saudi Hawk renewal
BAE Systems has signed a contract to supply the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) with a second batch of Hawk 165s in a commitment pushing lifetime orders for the jet trainer through the 1,000-unit barrier.
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Opinion
OPINION: Why territorial concerns dominated Singapore show
The sun-dappled waters next to the site of last week’s Singapore air show pulled more than a few longing glances from sweaty delegates, but it was a patch of ocean just a few hours by air to the northeast that was preoccupying military delegations at the show.
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OpinionOPINION: Is Air Canada commitment game-changer for CSeries?
Over the eight-year saga of Bombardier’s star-cross’d CSeries programme, few moments seemed more monumental than Air Canada’s new commitment to buy up to 75 CS300s, announced on 17 February.
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SINGAPORE: Boeing eyes AEW&C, F-15, MSA opportunities
Boeing’s defence unit continues to hunt down a range of opportunities in Asia-Pacific, including the sale of more airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) aircraft to South Korea, F-15 upgrades, and sales of maritime patrol aircraft.
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SINGAPORE: Bombardier wants more marquee CSeries sales
Fresh from securing a major commitment for CS300s from Air Canada, Bombardier is seeking more blue-chip airline operators from North America, Europe and, at a later stage, Asia.
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SINGAPORE: Indonesian firm eyes H130s to beat Jakarta traffic
Indonesian industrial estate developer Jababeka has entered a memorendum of understanding with Airbus Helicopters for up to 12 H130 rotorcraft.
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SINGAPORE: Indonesian flight calibration firm buys two Bell 429s
Bell Helicopter will supply Indonesia’s PT Carpediem Mandiri with two Bell 429 medium-twin helicopters for flight calibration work.
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SINGAPORE: Air Niugini orders four 737 Max 8s
Air Niugini has announced an order for four Boeing 737 Max 8s at the Singapore air show.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: JetBlue, Silver and Southwest eye Florida-Cuba market
Florida is going to be the key jumping-off point of many US airlines' Cuba strategy.
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NewsBoeing B-52H gets new radar under $500M modernisation plan
The US Air Force wants to spend more than $500 million replacing the outdated Northrop Grumman AN/APQ-166 mechanically scanned array radar on its 53-year-old Boeing B-52H fleet.
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ROUTES: Norwegian to fly from Paris Charles de Gaulle to USA
Norwegian will launch Boeing 787 flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport to Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles and New York JFK this summer.
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ROUTES: Cape Air close to ordering Tecnam P2012s
Cape Air is close ordering Italian-made Tecnam P2012 Travellers, a new aircraft that would replace dozens of aging Cessna 402Cs and a handful of Britten-Norman BN-2 Islanders, Cape Air’s senior-vice president of planning Andrew Bonney tells Flightglobal
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NewsUSAF ditches Black Hawk revival in search for Huey replacement
The US Air Force needs $2.5 billion to replace its 62 outdated Bell UH-1N Twin Hueys and is now considering whether to sole-source a portion of that 72-aircraft requirement for security operations around its 450 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile silos.
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ROUTES: Southwest eyes regional opportunities from Long Beach
Southwest Airlines is eyeing a variety of regional routes for its new service to Long Beach, fresh off its win of four slot pairs at the southern California airport.
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ROUTES: InterCaribbean seeks to acquire regional jets next winter
InterCaribbean Airways plans to acquire large regional jets beginning next winter, aircraft it will use to expand to the USA and elsewhere in Latin America, say executives at the Providenciales-based carrier.