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NewsBell-Boeing award V-22 multi-year contract
Bell-Boeing is being awarded a $4.89 billion contract modification to "definitise" a multi-year production contract for the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor, the US...
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NewsDual-engine Centaur upper stage design hits major milestone
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed the preliminary design review for the dual-engine Centaur (DEC) upper stage, crucial to several commercial orbital...
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NewsPICTURE: Qatar reveals first image of A380
Qatar Airways has released the first image of its structurally complete Airbus A380 on the manufacturer's Toulouse production line as the aircraft advances...
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NewsRegulators clear GenCorp buy of Rocketdyne
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved GenCorp's buy of United Technology Corporation's (UTC) Rocketdyne space engine manufacturing division,...
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NewsSAI resurrects QSST-X as all-first class supersonic airliner, seeks investors
Supersonic Aerospace International (SAI) has resurrected the quiet supersonic transport (QSST) after a three-year hiatus and relaunched the concept as much larger, Boeing 737-sized aircraft to operate as an all-first-class airliner.
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NewsFAA approves Eclipse 500/500 VLJ service life
Eclipse Aerospace has received approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration to double...
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NewsMonarch could take CSeries as part of 62-aircraft order
UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines is considering ordering the Bombardier CSeries as part of an expanded narrowbody refleeting programme that will now see aircraft arriving well into the next decade.
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NewsPARIS: Embraer A-29 Super Tucano technical description & cutaway
Embraer's turboprop is able to perform a wide range of roles at relatively low cost, including simulating jet fighters for training, making it attractive to numerous nations
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Competency-based training could make FSTD choice more flexible
Proposals are emerging suggesting the aviation industry adopt a less prescriptive approach to the use of flight simulation training devices (FSTD), despite...
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NewsSyberJet preparing revamped SJ30 for 2014 maiden flight
SyberJet Aircraft, the new owner of the SJ30 business aircraft, is preparing to fly the upgraded version of the high speed, light cabin jet in the first...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: AirAsia Japan struggles to gain momentum amid strong competition
Barely 11 months after the launch of AirAsia Japan, AirAsia and All Nippon Airways (ANA) are on the brink of dissolving their partnership. The two...
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NewsPICTURE: India becomes eighth nation to operate C-17
India has officially received its first Boeing C-17 Globemaster III strategic transport, becoming the eighth nation to operate the type. New Delhi...
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NewsA350 set to fly on 14 June
Airbus has tentatively set 14 June for the maiden flight of the prototype A350-900 twinjet. Its decision follows a series of ground, taxiing and braking...
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NewsBoeing awarded $4bn multi-year contract for Chinooks
The US Army and Boeing have signed a $4 billion multi-year contract for 177 CH-47F Chinook helicopters ...
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US notifies Congress of potential Libyan C-130J sale
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on 7 June that it may sell the Libyan government two Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 tactical...
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Qatar Executive awarded AOC and plans expansion
Qatar Executive, the business aircraft services arm of Qatar Airways, has been awarded its own air operator's certificate by the emirate's civil aviation...
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China launches fifth human spaceflight
China has successfully launched its fifth human spaceflight mission, Shenzhou 10, carrying a crew of three into low Earth orbit (LEO). The 11 June...
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NewsX3 breaks helicopter speed record
Eurocopter is claiming a pair of unofficial helicopter speed records following the latest test flights of its X3 compound rotorcraft at the beginning of...
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NewsFAA to propose sensor-only runway landings
The US Federal Aviation Administration is set to take the first step towards allowing pilots to land an aircraft using only sensors to see the runway. A...
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NewsRAF chief hints at Sentinel AGS role post-Afghanistan
The UK could use its Sentinel R1 reconnaissance aircraft as a national adjunct to NATO's alliance ground surveillance system, the RAF says ...