All news – Page 2011
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NewsIAI increases BirdEye 650D endurance
Israel Aerospace Industries has been working on increasing the endurance of its BirdEye 650D unmanned air vehicle, providing capabilities that stretch beyond those of regular small tactical systems.
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Afghans could receive four more Embraer A-29s
The Afghan Air Force could receive four more Embraer A-29 light attack turboprop aircraft, adding to 20 already on contract, the US Air Force says in a new contracting notice.
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Airbus Helicopters works to simplify H135 production
Despite successful tests of a number of fuel-saving and noise-reducing features aboard its EC135-derived Bluecopter demonstrator, Airbus Helicopters is unlikely to transfer any of the technologies to the current iteration of its best-selling light single. Instead, the manufacturer is looking to simplify production as a means of keeping costs down ...
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NewsVIDEO: C295 demonstrates air-to-air refuelling
Airbus Defence & Space has demonstrated the capability of its C295W transport to act as a tanker.
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NewsFirst Villanova D’Albenga-produced Avanti Evo handed over to Al Saif
The first Avanti Evo to be produced at Piaggio Aerospace’s new manufacturing facility in Villanova D’Albenga, southwest of Genoa, has been handed over to its owner, the Al Saif Group.
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NewsRoyal Navy embarks on Unmanned Warrior exercise
The UK Royal Navy kicked off its first exercise dedicated to the introduction of unmanned systems on 10 October, in a demonstration of the service’s commitment to the introduction of the technology into future operations.
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NewsDubai South becoming business aviation gateway to the UAE
A decade after work began on a massive aviation services hub at the city’s new second airport, Dubai South is rapidly becoming the main business aviation gateway to the UAE, with three major infrastructure developments under way.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: ALA joins the supply chain management elite
Compared with designing and assembling aircraft or engines, supply chain management will never be the sexiest area of aerospace. But the work of its specialist firms – consolidating consignments of fasteners and other tiny parts from dozens of suppliers, and delivering them just in time to final assembly lines of ...
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Citation Longitude completes first flight
Cessna’s newest and largest aircraft, the Citation Longitude, completed a first flight on 8 October in Wichita, Kansas.
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Honeywell paints bleak outlook for business jet sales
Honeywell executives have painted bleak outlook for business jet sales and aftermarket services for at least the next 15 months.
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Qatar commits to up to 100 Boeing aircraft in $18.6 billion order
Qatar Airways will purchase up to 100 Boeing jets under a deal with a potential list-price value of $18.6 billion, the single largest aircraft commitment in the Doha-based airline's history.
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Pilot killed in Israeli F-16I crash
The pilot of an Israeli air force Lockheed Martin F-16I "Sufa" was killed when his aircraft caught fire and crashed during an attempted landing at Ramon air base in the south of the country on 5 October.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: What next after aviation's 'Paris moment'?
Yesterday's agreement on carbon offsets at the ICAO conference in Montreal was hailed as aviation's "Paris moment" by council president Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu.
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EASA lifts flight ban on Super Puma helicopters
European safety regulators have lifted the grounding order on Airbus Helicopters Super Puma rotorcraft imposed in the wake of a fatal crash earlier this year, but separate flight bans in the UK and Norway remain in force.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: P2012 takes Tecnam to a new dimension
Professor Luigi Pascale is a living link to the post-war heyday of Italian aviation. The sprightly 93-year-old still spends most of his days at the Capua premises and even flying the products of Tecnam, the light piston-aircraft manufacturer he co-founded in the mid-1980s and which has since produced 4,500 aircraft. ...
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Opinion
OPINION: Why Europe's independent airframers matter
Sixteen years after its creation as EADS, and as it goes through yet another revamp to make it stronger and more integrated, Airbus dominates European aerospace – alongside BAE Systems, Dassault and Leonardo, the other three giants this side of the Atlantic still making aircraft in the 21st century.
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Opinion
OPINION: Will Airbus rebrand end divisions?
Airbus’s latest corporate iteration appears to mark something of an endgame in its battle against a perennial pandering to compromise during its evolution from consortium to company.
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NTSB rejects Spanish findings in 767 tyre-rupture probe
Spanish and US investigators have clashed over the origin of a metallic fragment which caused a tyre-burst on take-off, substantially damaging a Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300ER.
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ATSB yet to link privately found debris with MH370
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has yet to find a link between two pieces of debris recently found on a beach in Madagascar by private searcher Blaine Gibson with the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
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IndiGo to add 47 flights with arrival of new jets
IndiGo will introduce 47 new flights on its route network, with the induction of five new Airbus A320 aircraft during the month.