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NewsMarket outlook: Dreamliner sales success keeps Airbus on its toes
With an order backlog in excess of 800 aircraft, the success enjoyed by Boeing's 787 sales team has been in stark contrast to the turmoil of its development...
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NewsDreamlifter Sidebar
To meet its goal of building ten 787s per month transporting its in-process inventory seamlessly between partner sites, Boeing had to conceive a way of moving...
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NewsPowering the Dream: Atypical paths to Boeing 787 EIS
An early Christmas occurred at Rolls-Royce on 28 September.
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NewsMaintenance: Keeping the dream flying
As the Boeing 787 nears its service entry, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) companies are getting into gear for the new-generation jetliner
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NewsHawker Beechcraft looks to take back global market
With an installed fleet of 32,000 aircraft globally, there is a lucrative aftermarket business for Hawker Beechcraft products worth almost $2 billion a year. Unfortunately for Hawker Beechcraft itself, it is failing to see much of that.
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NewsWill the 787 have a second or third career?
With entry-into-service (EIS) far off in the unknown distance in May 2008, Boeing felt comfortable revealing one of the 787's hidden and potentially lucrative design secrets.
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News787 special report: Network revolution
Dreamliner launch customers are finally ready to start earning money with Boeing's 'wonder jet' and to find out if it has been worth the long wait.
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News787 design highlights: systems and materials
The 787 is Boeing's grand innovation, nose to tail, wingtip to wingtip. The aircraft's majority-composite design is at the heart of the airframer's leap...
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NewsRolls-Royce wins $99.9 million US Navy contract
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a $99.9 million contract by the US Department of Defense Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River
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NewsSaab HUD breakthrough promises offshore safety
Saab is promising a new era of heads-up display performance with a "non-holographic" single-box unit that promises to slash system weight to 6kg from the approximately 26kg of projection systems while offering improved performance for new or upgraded aircraft.
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NewsPositive reaction for Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney deal
Reaction to the deal between Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney appears positive for both parties.
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NewsESA counting down to historic launches
AT the European Space Agency (ESA), fingers remain crossed as the countdown continues towards its much-anticipated Soyuz launch on 20 October.
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Elta unveils new ground surveillance radar
Elta Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, has unveiled a new lightweight airborne synthetic aperture radar/ground moving-target indication (SAR/GMTI) payload.
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Japan's Peach Aviation to start operations 1 March 2012
Japan's low-cost start-up carrier Peach Aviation has received approval to launch its first scheduled flights. Starting from 1 March 2012, it will operate...
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NewsFAA and Boeing advise stepped-up 767 wing-skin checks
US FAA regulators have updated an earlier airworthiness directive instructing Boeing 767 operators to increase the frequency of inspections on upper wing...
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Airlines PNG recovers Q100 flight data, cockpit voice recorders
The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder of the Airlines PNG Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 that crashed on 13 October have been recovered.
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NewsLEMV readied for November flight
The Northrop Grumman/Hybrid Air Vehicles long-endurance multi-intelligence vehicle is now scheduled to fly in November ...
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NewsVirgin Atlantic to source fuel from industrial waste gas
Virgin Atlantic aims to support demonstration flights within 18 months using synthetic fuel derived from a process involving the capture of vented gases...
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Thai Airways increases Nok Air stake to 49%
The Thai Airways board has approved a proposal to increase the airline's stake in its low-cost associate Nok Air.
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NewsAgustaWestland responds to UK defence cuts with Yeovil redundancies
AgustaWestland is the latest defence contractor to announce big job cuts in response to slowing defence spending, with up to 375 proposed redundancies at...