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NewsIN FOCUS: New players thrusting forward in space game
From the International Space Station to orbital science and deep-space exploration, European, Russian and US space programmes represent the bulk of regular launch and operations activity.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Virgin Galactic looks to the stars
Virgin Galactic's decade-long project to open the age of suborbital spaceflight for fare-paying passengers got a shot in the arm last month with a US Federal Aviation Administration green light for rocket-powered test flights of SpaceShipTwo.
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NewsAirbus highlights revenue potential of wider A320 seats
Airbus estimates that a new wider-seat design in its A320 family, designed for physically larger passengers, could generate $3 million in additional revenue over a 15-year period.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Future of EELVs hangs in the balance
United Launch Alliance is the US government's main launch service but customers including the Air Force are looking beyond Atlas and Delta
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AJW to provide PBH support for Avion Express A320s
Avion Express has selected AJ Walter Aviation to provide full power-by-the-hour (PBH) support services to its fleet of three Airbus A320s. The Lithuanian...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Researchers pursue multiple routes to reusable rockets
Rocket scientists and engineers are working on reusable concepts that will change the way mankind accesses space within the next 20 years
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NewsNetJets announces $9.6 billion in Bombardier, Cessna private jet orders
Fractional ownership provider NetJets has placed orders that could end up totalling $9.6 billion with Bombardier and Cessna for up to 425 new private jets. If...
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NewsUnmanned US Navy demonstrator crashes in Maryland
An unmanned Northrop Grumman RQ-4 broad area maritime surveillance demonstrator (BAMS-D) that belongs to the US Navy has crashed in Salisbury, Maryland,...
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NewsBoeing makes progress developing extended-range JDAM
Boeing is making progress on developing an extended range version of the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), company officials say. The weapons recently...
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NewsBoeing is “very close” to competitive UCLASS design
Boeing is "very close" to having what it considers to be a competitive design for the US Navy's unmanned carrier launched surveillance and strike (UCLASS)...
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NewsBoeing expects winner to be picked in Brazilian FX-2 competition this year
Boeing expects Brazil to pick a winner for its FX-2 fighter competition later this year, a top company official says. "The original intention was to...
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NewsSokol planning Gzhel turboprop relaunch
Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Sokol Aircraft plant (NASO) is considering restarting production of a modernised twin-engined variant of the Myasishchev M101 Gzhel single-engined turboprop, the plant's director, Alexander Karezin, said on 31 May.
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NewsEurojet opens business aviation centre at UK's Birmingham airport
UK business aviation services provider Eurojet Aviation has opened a £5 million ($7.69 million) business aviation facility at Birmingham airport and hopes to expand the Eurojet network "when opportunities arise".
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IATA: Air Lease still not ready to commit to A350
US aircraft lessor Air Lease is intending to acquire the Airbus A350, at some point, but is yet to be satisfied over the specifications of the twinjet family. Chief...
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NewsBlueBird to soar with Piramal investment
Indian pharmaceutical giant Piramal Healthcare is to invest in Israeli unmanned air systems manufacturer BlueBird.
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IATA: Governments biggest impediment to airline growth – CEOs
Governments are possibly the biggest impediment to the growth of the industry, panellists at a forum comprising airline chief executives pointed out here...
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IATA: Blue Panorama still on track for Superjets
Italian carrier Blue Panorama insists it will hold on to its order for Sukhoi Superjet 100s, having cooled on a proposed merger with Alitalia. Blue...
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NewsAeronautics tests ship-launched Orbiter UAS capability
Israel's Aeronautics has successfully tested the operation of its Orbiter air vehicle from different types of navy patrol ships ...
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FL Technics nets Wizz Air MRO deal
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air has selected MRO firm FL Technics to provide maintenance support for two of its Airbus A320s at Vilnius airport in Lithuania. Under...
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NewsIATA: Boeing counts on its experience in battle with C919
Boeing is confident that it will be able to retain the edge over the new Comac C919 twinjet even in the Chinese manufacturer's home market.