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US Navy awards Huntington Ingalls $2.6 billion contact to overhaul USS Abraham Lincoln
Huntington Ingalls has landed a $2.6 billion contract to refuel and overhaul the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln ...
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NewsVIDEO: Cardiff Aviation targets sharklet retrofitting role
A year ago, rock star turned airline pilot Bruce Dickinson entered the MRO stage with the takeover of an ex-Royal Air Force hangar at St Athan air base in South Wales
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NewsCathay Pacific A330 damaged after air bridge collapses
A Cathay Pacific Airways Airbus A330's forward passenger door was ripped off after a rear air bridge at Hong Kong International Airport collapsed on 7 April. The...
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NewsBoeing unveils updated F/A-XX sixth-gen fighter concept
Boeing is unveiling an updated version of its F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter concept at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Washington DC this...
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NewsEmbraer Phenom 300 breaks light jet class speed record
An Embraer Phenom 300 set three speed records for its business jet class when it flew from the Brazilian airframer's US manufacturing facility in Melbourne, Florida, to Daugherty Field in Long Beach, California on 28 March with only one fuel stop
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NewsLockheed extends range of unmanned K-Max
Lockheed Martin is extending the range of its optionally unmanned cargo-hauling version of the Kaman K-1200 K-Max helicopter by adding an auxiliary fuel...
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NewsBoeing completes 787 final certification flight with improved battery
Boeing completed a final certification demonstration flight on the 787 Dreamliner with an improved battery design today, and will present data from its tests...
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NewsF-35B completes first night short take-off and vertical landing
A Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) completed its first night short take-off and vertical landing during a test sortie at NAS Patuxent River,...
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NewsPICTURES: British Airways rolls out first painted A380
British Airways' first Airbus A380 has been rolled out of the airframer's paint facility at Hamburg, following the application of its full livery. The...
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Australia to ground Robinson R44s that lack fuel tank upgrade
Australia's safety watchdog has warned that Robinson R44 helicopters that do not receive a fuel tank upgrade will be grounded from 30 April.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: RAF fuels change with Voyager
With the RAF's aged fleets of VC10 and TriStar tanker/transports to be retired within months, 2013 marks a crucial period for the AirTanker-delivered Voyagers which are assuming their duties
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NewsBoeing dispatches 787 battery fix teams to Japan
Boeing has dispatched maintenance teams to Japan, where they are standing by to retrofit a new battery containment system on the grounded 787 aircraft of...
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NewsEmbraer seeks common type rating for Phenom jets
Embraer is seeking regulatory approval for a common type rating this year for the Phenom 100 and 300 light jets. The Brazilian airframer confirms...
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Embraer sees US Phenom success as model for Super Tucano
Delivering the first A-29 Super Tucano to the US Air Force in less than a year will be challenging but within Embraer's capability, says the president of...
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NewsUSAF F-22 Raptors return to normal flight operations
The US Air Force's fleet of Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors has returned to normal flight operations following the completion of modifications to the aircraft's...
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Air Transat to add Boeing 737s to fleet
Air Transat will bring its medium-haul operations in-house in 2014 and add Boeing 737s to its fleet, the Montreal-based charter operator says. The...
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NewsNASA selects small businesses to build nanosatellite launchers
NASA has selected small businesses to receive up to $38.7 million in grants for innovative technology developments, including a number of technologies relating...
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Sukhoi claims nearly 180 firm orders for Superjet
Sukhoi's civil aircraft division is claiming 179 firm orders for its Superjet 100, but points out that its financial performance is being affected by early...
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IN FOCUS: Better batteries will be a hard cell
Li-ion has been so successful that, as its price has come down, to about $400/kWh today, this technology is even making electric cars a practical reality. But as Boeing's ongoing struggle to overcome a couple of in-service battery fires aboard 787s demonstrates, safety is the dark side of Li-ion.
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NewsFour bid in Polish AJT contest
Four contractors met the 2 April deadline to submit bids in Poland's advanced jet trainer (AJT) contest, the nation's defence ministry has revealed. They...