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Air Charter Service reports record bookings in July
Aircraft broker Air Charter Service has reported record business aircraft charter bookings in July, due in part to a hike in the number of leisure flights using small-cabin aircraft.
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NewsAUVSI: USN to designate UCLASS before end of fiscal year
The US Navy revealed at the show yesterday it expects to announce a name and designation for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) aircraft before the end of the fiscal year, in a move that appears aimed at putting the program onto a more secure footing.
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NewsRussian Helicopters, AgustaWestland line up MAKS kick-off for joint venture
Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland are set to formally kick off their bid to jointly produce a 2.5t-class rotorcraft, with an agreement on the "main principles" and development plan outline to be signed at the MAKS airshow in Moscow later this month.
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NewsLABACE: AgustaWestland revives Brazil manufacturing plan
Four months after a critical setback, AgustaWestland has revived plans to build helicopters in Brazil and is in discussions with multiple local companies. AgustaWestland...
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NewsAUVSI: General Atomics looks abroad for sales
As fiscal sequestration continues, General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems International is largely looking abroad to sell airframes.
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AUVSI: Aminom introduces seamless UAV video link
Amimon has introduced the Skylink, a wireless video link for UAVs that has virtually zero latency at 500m range. "It's not compression and decompression...
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NewsNew Vueling A320s to be delivered from 2015
Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling will start taking delivery of new Airbus A320s from 2015, if a huge fleet-renewal deal from parent IAG is approved. IAG,...
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AUVSI: East African customer buys Responder UAVs
ING Robotic Aviation is celebrating a new sale of its Responder UAV, with the Canadian company having been contracted to supply two of the rotary-wing systems.
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AUVSI: AeroVironment receives new Raven contract from US Army
AeroVironment has received a $13.5 million contract modification from the US Army for its RQ-11B Raven UAS ...
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NewsNo distress call before deadly UPS A300F crash: NTSB
The pilots at the controls of the UPS Airbus A300-600 freighter that crashed earlier today in Alabama had not issued a distress call before the incident,...
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NewsIAG to order up to 220 A320s
British Airways and Iberia parent IAG is to order up to 220 Airbus A320-family jets, initially for low-cost carrier Vueling.The firm part of the order...
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NewsAUVSI: Textron shows off Battlehawk
Textron Systems is introducing its tube-launched Battlehawk unmanned aircraft at AUVSI 2013.
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AUVSI: Northrop touts Sandshark as training aircraft
Northrop Grumman is pitching its Sandshark as a training unmanned aircraft to potential buyers at the AUVSI show.
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AUVSI: MBDA keeps Saber bomb testing on target
MBDA is advancing flight trials involving its Saber glide weapon, which the company is touting for possible integration with small and medium UAV platforms.
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NewsAUVSI: Insitu looks to widen civilian ScanEagle applications
Buoyed by the recent receipt of type certification approval to support oil exploration activities off the coast of Alaska with its ScanEagle UAS, Insitu (booth 2513) is looking to increase its provision of surveillance services to civilian customers.
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ACA snaps up St Tropez airport to become leading destination for business aircraft in the South of France
Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur (ACA) has cemented its position as one of Europe's leading business aviation airport owners, following its acquisition late last month of Aéroport du Golfe de Saint-Tropez (AGST) - owner of St Tropez airport.
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AUVSI: Proxy revamps as software enabler for OPVs
A former aspiring maker of UAS has morphed into an automation software and technology company and is looking to partner with a large aerospace contractor to convert manned aircraft into optionally piloted vehicles (OPVs).
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NewsAUVSI: Northrop close to completing Firescout weapon tests
The Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Firescout has completed 11 of 12 launches of the BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System.
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NewsAUVSI: US Navy set to resume K-Max flights
Lockheed Martin's K-Max unmanned cargo helicopter could resume operations as soon next week, a senior US navy official says.
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NewsNTSB sends team to investigate UPS A300F crash
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has launched a team to Birmingham, Alabama to investigate the crash of an UPS Airbus A300-600 freighter...