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Embraer breaks ground on US engineering facility
Embraer has broken ground on a 67,000ft2 engineering and technology centre in Melbourne, Florida, home to its US Phenom...
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Kestrel extends first flight schedule by one more year to 2014
Kestrel Aircraft has extended the timing for achieving first flight and delivery of its eight-seat, single-engine turboprop by another year as it moves staff...
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Marshall Aerospace rebrands its business aviation activities as Jetability
Marshall Aerospace is aiming to become a much bigger force in UK business aviation following a rebrand of its activities as Jetability. The Cambridge-based...
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Rafael enhances Spice bomb guidance kit
Rafael's Spice bomb guidance kit has become more lethal, and can now be used with a variety of attack techniques ...
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IN FOCUS: Lubricants have to become tougher to keep future gas turbine engines well oiled
As new generations of aero engines display greater efficiency thanks in large part to higher core temperatures and pressures, oil suppliers are needing to freshen up their lubricants to withstand the harsher operating conditions - and meet demands for longer on-wing service times.
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Australia accepts last KC-30A tanker/transport
Australia has formally accepted the last of its five A330-200-based multi-role tanker transports (MRTTs) from Airbus Military and expects to achieve an initial...
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Almost all Qatar A350-800s to become -1000s
Qatar Airways is to take an additional 17 Airbus A350-1000s as part of its conversion away from the A350-800. It will swap almost all of its 20 orders...
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EASA starts certificating sharklet-equipped A320s
European regulators have certificated the Airbus A320 twinjet featuring sharklet wing-tips, initially for the CFM International CFM56-powered airframes. Other...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Centre of gravity shifts for business aviation in Middle East as rivals to Dubai airport emerge
When the Middle East's business aviation market began taking off in the mid-2000s, Dubai International airport was very much its epicentre.
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NewsEmbraer achieves Legacy 500 first flight, delays delivery to 2014
Embraer has pushed back to 2014 the delivery date for the Legacy 500, even as the airframer announces clearing the first flight milestone for the first midsize business jet to incorporate fly-by-wire controls.
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India could test Kaveri engine on Tejas by end-2013
India's Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) aims to integrate the Kaveri powerplant with the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Tejas fighter within the...
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EADS discusses future shareholding structure
Airbus parent EADS is discussing a potential chance in its shareholding structure, but has yet to disclose any details on new ownership. A statement...
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NewsIN FOCUS: MEBA prepares for biggest-ever exhibition as it moves to new venue
For Ali Al Naqbi, the fortunes of the Middle East Business Aviation convention and the association he heads are intertwined.
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Enders sees China as main challenger to Airbus-Boeing duopoly
China is the only country from which a serious competitor to Boeing and Airbus will emerge, EADS chief executive Tom Enders says. "The entry barriers...
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SIA confirms talks to sell Virgin Atlantic stake
Singapore Airlines is in talks with "interested parties" about a possible divestment of its 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic. The Star Alliance member...
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NewsPICTURES & VIDEO: Europe enters stealth club with Neuron first flight
Dassault on 1 December completed the first flight of Europe's Neuron unmanned combat air system demonstrator ...
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NewsStealth isn’t becoming obsolete anytime soon: USAF
Stealth technology is not going to be rendered obsolete anytime soon, a top US Air Force official says. "Our adversaries are building capabilities...
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NewsLockheed reaches agreement with Pentagon on F-35 LRIP-5
The Department of Defense has reached an agreement in principle with Lockheed Marin to build 32 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters under the lot 5 contract for low-rate...
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NewsUS Navy details X-47B catapult launch test
The US Navy has detailed the 29 November ground-based catapult launch of the Northrop Grumman X-47B, a key milestone in the path to carrier-based operations....
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NewsEgyptAir 777 fire probe inconclusive but short-circuit suspected
Egyptian investigators have failed to pinpoint the cause of the fire which destroyed an EgyptAir Boeing 777-200 at Cairo. But the inquiry suggests...