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NewsPentagon Defense Acquisitions Board meeting on F-35 progress
The Pentagon's Defense Acquisitions Board is meeting today, 7 September, to discuss the tri-service Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). "The...
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ARINC upgrades pilot iPad app and connectivity
ARINC Direct has announced it is adding more real-time functionality to its existing iPad "paperless cockpit" system aimed at business aircraft pilots.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Huge challenges remain for SAA and southern Africa's airlines
Flag carrier SAA is increasingly focusing on the continental market as it moves to rejuvenate its fleet and return to profitability
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NewsUSAF to start F-35 operational utility evaluation on 10 September
The US Air Force is scheduled to start an operational utility evaluation (OUE) of its Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) fleet at Eglin AFB,...
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NewsNTSB calls for ground anti-collision systems
US safety investigators have called for regulations requiring wingtip anti-collision aids for large airliners to avoid collisions on the ground and are criticising...
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Near-incursion prompts Swedes to float sterile-tower concept
Swedish investigators are advising that "sterile operation" guidelines be developed for air traffic controllers following an incident in which a vehicle...
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NewsIsraeli air force resumes Heron TP operations
Israel has resumed flying its Heron TP UAS, after lifting a grounding order in place for over seven months ...
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NewsPICTURES: W-3 Gluszec helicopter gets naval makeover
AgustaWestland company PZL-Swidnik has started developing a new multirole naval variant of its W-3 Gluszec helicopter ...
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NewsLion and Malaysian firm to announce airline joint venture
Indonesia's Lion Air and Malaysia's National Aerospace & Defence Industries (NADI) are on the verge of forming a new joint venture airline in Malaysia. "As...
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NewsThailand's Fun Flying becomes first Thai GA8 Airvan operator
Fun Flying Thai Air Service has become the first commercial operator of the GippsAero GA8 Airvan in Thailand.
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NewsTEAC Aerospace protests purchase of Israeli data-recorders for Omani F-16s
TEAC Aerospace Technologies, a division of United Technologies, is protesting the selection of an Israeli-built mission data recorder on 12 Lockheed Martin...
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NewsSouthwest eyes growth from Dallas Love Field from 2014
Southwest Airlines sees significant new opportunities out of its base of Dallas Love Field after October 2014, when a restriction on flights from the airport...
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NewsApril MQ-1 Predator crash due to power cable failure
The 14 April, 2012 crash of a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA) MQ-1 Predator in Nangarhar, Afghanistan was due to an unrecoverable engine failure,...
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LHT to assist Arik Air in setting up in-house MRO
Nigeria's Arik Air is in the final stage of discussions with Lufthansa Technik (LHT) over expanding their support partnership for its Boeing 737s and Bombardier...
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NewsPZL-Swidnik reveals optionally-piloted 'Solo' rotorcraft
Polish manufacturer PZL-Swidnik has announced plans to fly an unmanned/optionally-piloted version of its single-engined SW-4 helicopter ...
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NewsBombardier powers-on first Learjet 75
Bombardier has powered on all of the systems, including a new flightdeck, on the first production Learjet 75 super-light business jet.
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NewsTwo bidders await Polish tanker battle
Poland expects to make a decision affecting its planned tanker/transport aircraft acquisition later this month ...
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Federal authority alleges illegal operation of crashed Yak-42
Russian investigators have charged a senior executive of carrier Yak-Service, alleging that the pilots had been illegally operating a Yakovlev Yak-42 which...
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NewsBoeing delivers 787 to India after four-month delay
Air India quietly accepted delivery today of its first Boeing 787 following months of bureaucratic delays and an unrelated engine failure during ground tests....
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NewsChinese bidder, Hawker Beechcraft to sign purchase deal in a 'few days'
Hawker Beechcraft is within a "few days" of signing a $1.79 billion purchase agreement with Superior Aviation Beijing, but other bidders for the Kansas-based...