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Virgin Australia invests A$8 million in Skywest
Virgin Australia will invest Australian dollars (A$) 8 million ($8.3 million) in regional carrier Skywest Airlines, effectively taking a 10% stake in the...
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NewsUSAF to rebuild its aerospace physiology expertise
The US Air Force's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) investigating the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor's life support system found that the service has allowed...
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NewsFire Scout flights suspended due to crashes
After two incidents resulting in crashes, Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout operations are on an 'operational pause' for the indefinite future ...
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Garuda eyes turboprop aircraft for low-density routes
Garuda Indonesia plans to buy turboprop aircraft to serve low-density routes in eastern Indonesia.
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Garuda to add 21 aircraft this year, plans fleet growth
Garuda Indonesia will be taking delivery of 21 aircraft this year as part of its fleet expansion and renewal plan. This includes five Bombardier CRJ1000...
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Russia's Transaero confirms order for four Boeing 787-8s
Russian carrier Transaero has signed a firm order for four Boeing 787-8 aircraft.
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NewsQantas completes repairs on QF32 aircraft after 18 months
Repairs have been completed on a Qantas Airways Airbus A380 that experienced an uncontained engine failure over Singapore in November 2010. The aircraft,...
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NewsUS Navy Hornet crashes near Virginia Beach
Two US Navy pilots ejected safely from a Boeing F/A-18D Hornet that crashed outside Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, on 6 April. But there is no information...
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NewsLockheed Martin, BAE awarded contracts to support Saudi F-15SA upgrades
Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems are being awarded contracts to supply targeting pods and electronic warfare systems to Saudi Arabia in order to upgrade 70...
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NewsTurkey in talks for 10 Anka UAVs
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is in discussions with the nation's defence procurement body over a proposed launch order for its Anka unmanned air vehicle, first flown in late 2010.
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NewsUS Army working to overcome degraded visuals
The US Army is working on increasing the safety of its rotary-wing aircraft in degraded visual environments. An army study recently concluded "the...
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NewsLockheed Martin awarded new contract to modernize USN MH-60 fleet
The US Navy has granted Lockheed Martin a $1.05 billion contract to "definitize" a previous award to install common cockpits and mission avionics for the...
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Spirit AeroSystems opens new facility at Kansas
Spirit AeroSystems has opened a new 55,000 sq ft (5,110 sq m) manufacturing facility in Chanute, Kansas. Employees at the facility, who began work...
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Hydrogen-powered Scan Eagle flies
The first Insitu Scan Eagle has flown powered by a hydrogen fuel cell instead of traditional fossil fuel, successfully completing a 2h flight.
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MROAM: Military maintenance depots under pressure
During a time of budgetary uncertainty, military maintenance depots must find ways to economise, say commanders at an MRO Americas panel, and it is likely...
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MROAM: Consolidation ahead for MROs, says airline exec
Financial pressure will force significant change to come to the maintenance, repair and overhaul companies, says Jim Keenan, senior vice president of technical...
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MROAM: TAM's MRO unit joins Airbus MRO network
Brazilian carrier TAM's maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business unit has joined Airbus' MRO network.
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NewsIndustry officials divided over US Army future vertical lift requirements
Top industry officials are divided over what requirements the US Army should set for its nascent future vertical lift (FVL) programme. The service intends...
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NewsDiamond flies largest family member
Diamond Aircraft has completed first flight of a seven-passenger Austro Engine diesel-powered twin called the DA52. It is not clear if the DA52 is the result...
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Eurocopter types hit by emergency airworthiness directive
The European Aviation Safety Agency has issued an emergency airworthiness directive affecting a number of Eurocopter types following "a serious incident"...