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Boeing plans performance upgrade for 737 Max after 2021
Boeing has quietly developed plans to roll-out a performance improvement package for the 737 Max family nearly five years after first member of the type enters service.
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NewsNetherlands to upgrade Ravens and buy two new UAV models
The Netherlands has awarded AeroVironment a contract worth $10.3 million to cover the upgrade of its existing RQ-11B Raven unmanned air vehicles, and to provide two new aircraft types..
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NewsPilatus bullish on PC-21 trainer sale to France
Pilatus is hopeful of clinching an order from the French air force in early 2017 for 20-25 PC-21 turboprops as a replacement for the service’s aged fleet of Dassault Alpha Jet trainers.
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NBAA: Zetta signs for four Challenger 650s
Four Challenger 650 aircraft will join Singapore-based charter operator Zetta Jet’s global fleet.
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NBAA: Embraer unveils new version of Legacy 650
Embraer unveiled a new version of its Legacy 650 at the show today, designed to boost the appeal of the five-year-old, large-cabin business jet in this crowded and competitive sector.
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NBAA: Rockwell Collins on cloud nine with Stellar
Rockwell Collins has teamed up with Silicon Valley company Stellar Labs to develop an enhanced, cloud-based version of the former’s ARINC Direct flight operations management system.
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NBAA: Cirrus Vision certificated
Cirrus Aircraft has secured US type certification for its hugely anticipated Vision personal jet. Customer deliveries of the $1.96 million aircraft are scheduled to begin in December.
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NewsRAF Typhoons to support NATO mission from Romania
UK defence secretary Michael Fallon has agreed to commit Eurofighter Typhoons to NATO’s southern Europe air policing mission, with the type to be deployed to Romania in 2017.
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ANALYSIS: Military simulator market grows 3% year-on-year
There are currently just over 2,300 military aircraft simulation devices in operation globally, according to the latest data from FlightGlobal. This figure represents a 3% increase on the total for the same period in 2015.
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PICTURES: Lufthansa bids 737 farewell after near half-century
Lufthansa ended operations of the Boeing 737 on 29 October, some 48 years after it gave the short-haul twinjet its world debut.
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AIRSHOW CHINA: China UAVs crank up the firepower
AVIC has introduced two high altitude long endurance (HALE) UAVs at this year's show that have a distinct emphasis on weapons payload.
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NBAA: Aftermarket reigns for Bombardier
Between waiting for the Global 7000 to debut in 2018 and managing a production slowdown in the interim, Bombardier’s Business Aviation division is not expecting to return to growth on the product delivery front for at least a few years.
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AIRSHOW CHINA: Bombardier aims high for CSeries in China
Bombardier brought its CS300 aircraft to Airshow China in Zhuhai for one reason only – to show potential Chinese customers that the aircraft is real and flying.
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AIRSHOW CHINA: J-10B, H-6H make show debut
This year's Zhuhai show saw several Chinese military aircraft in service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force make their static park debuts.
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ANALYSIS: New tech changing air combat training, but revolution still ahead
The set-up in August was like thousands of others practiced in the skies of the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC), an unpopulated US military training area roughly the size Uruguay. Two Lockheed Martin F-16s paired with two F-22s in an air-to-air scenario against four aggressors, which also happened to ...
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AIRSHOW CHINA: AG600 amphibian makes public debut
The Avic AG600 amphibian aircraft has made its public debut on the Air Show China status line.
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SIAEC-Airbus joint venture to start operations by year-end
Airbus and SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) will begin operations of their new joint venture in December.
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American flight 383 suffered uncontained engine failure: NTSB
US accident investigators have confirmed that American Airlines flight 383, a Boeing 767-300ER that caught fire on the runway at Chicago on 27 October, suffered an uncontained engine failure.
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HAV plans to fly Airlander 10 in early 2017
The developer of the Airlander 10 plans to fly the UK-developed hybrid airship again “in the early part of 2017” after a hard landing on 24 August halted flight testing after just two sorties.
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DOD advances on swarming drone concept
The US Defense Department secretive Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) is advancing its swarming drone concept, a key asset in the department’s wider third offset strategy.