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PARIS: Aircelle preps A380 nacelle improvements
Aircelle is readying improvements to A380 nacelles as part of an Airbus programme to increase the reliability of the superjumbo.
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NewsPARIS: Carbon fibre or aluminium? Too early to forecast
Will the next-generation single-aisle aircraft be made of plastic or metal? No-one has given this more thought than GKN director of...
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PARIS: EADS Astrium looking for funds to launch Spaceplane
EADS Astrium's Spaceplane concept - designed to take four passengers 100km into sub-orbit - is edging closer to reality following the signing up of Singapore as a partner.
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NewsPARIS: MQ-8B Fire Scout down in Libya
A Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout has gone down in Libya, according to NATO.
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PARIS: Tunisia promises aerospace investors new opportunities in a new country
Six months after its popular revolution ignited a series of revolts across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Tunisia is at the show promising aerospace investors "new opportunities in a new country"
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PARIS: GECI notches up Skylander orders
GECI International has notched up 30 orders at the show for its Skylander SK-105 twin-engine turboprop from a trio of southeast Asian carriers, while its smaller Reims F406 stablemate has been given a boost following the acquisition of three of the types from the Mali government for special missions.
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PARIS: MRJ's improved seats on show
Mitsubishi Aircraft has unveiled new and improved seats at its Mitsubishi MRJ regional jet cabin mock-up. Manufactured by Japanese seat...
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NewsPARIS: Show call for Hawker Beechcraft air ambulance
Hawker Beechcraft is debuting a King Air 350ER special mission aircraft at the show that it has added to its demonstrator fleet.
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PARIS: GKN wins extended C-130J nacelle deal
Lockheed Martin's increased success with selling the C-130J tactical transport means a bumper time for UK supplier GKN Aerospace, which has scooped a new contract to supply the aircraft's engine nacelles.
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PARIS: Astrium Space in missile defence push
EADS's Astrium Space Transport hopes by 2016 to test a ballistic missile interceptor that could form the basis of a European missile defence system.
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NewsPARIS: Elta Systems to provide AEW radar for C-295
Airbus Military and Elta Systems signed a major deal on Tuesday to complete the development of an airborne early warning and control variant of the C-295 medium transport, a mock-up of which is making its public debut in the show's static park.
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NewsPARIS: Thales's flightdeck of the future on show at Paris
The primary flight display in Thales's vision of the future flightdeck is a broad screen showing a blue-sky synthetic vision of the real outside world, but...
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PARIS: Kaman cuts bearing weight with composite metal
Bloomfield, Connecticut-based bearing manufacturer Kaman has partnered Triton Systems, a research and development company in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to...
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PARIS: Thales Eurocat ATM system goes live
Thales (hall Concorde) has revealed at Paris that an expanding partnership of air navigation service providers has launched its Eurocat air traffic control...
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PARIS: Elbit unveils airliner anti-missile countermeasures model
Israeli company Elbit Systems has unveiled a full-size model of its commercial multi-spectral infrared countermeasure (C-MUSIC) system for the protection of large jet aircraft against man-portable missiles at the show.
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PARIS: Dubai air show aims for 1,000 exhibitors as it celebrates 40 years of the UAE
In four decades, the United Arab Emirates has emerged from a forgotten corner of Arabia to become one of the world's most powerful small nations.
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PARIS: Rafael to supply more 'Iron Domes' for Israel
Rafael is to supply four additional Iron Dome counter rocket systems to the Israeli defence forces.
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PARIS: Irkut tests new wingbox for MS-21
Irkut president Alexey Fedorov said the carbon wingbox for the Irkut MS-21 regional jet was subjected to bench testing earlier this year as part of the next-generation narrowbody technology proving process.
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PARIS: Perseus set to go on the attack
MBDA has unveiled a concept for a new ramjet powered surface attack missile capable of attacking ships and land targets with multiple smart warheads.
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PICTURE: Lockheed flies first C-130J for Qatar
Qatar's first of four C-130J transports has made its flight debut from Lockheed's Marietta assembly site ...