All North America news – Page 588
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: US Navy and Boeing praise P-8A
Though Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft remains years away from reaching full operational capability, it is already proving its mettle on deployments with the US Navy, according to programme officials.
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FARNBOROUGH: ICATS bolsters UAV team with Spanish recruits
A global lobby group for the unmanned air vehicle sector has been bolstered with the addition of two Spanish research organisation to its ranks.
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FARNBOROUGH: Lessor Intrepid joins 777-300ER customer list
Intrepid Aviation has placed an order for six Boeing 777-300ERs, taking options for an additional four.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Lessor ALC orders six 777-300ERs
Air Lease has placed an order for six Boeing 777-300ERs.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: KC-390 moves off the drawing board
Embraer is pushing forward on the KC-390 tactical transport and tanker programme, with the first prototype scheduled to make its maiden sortie by year-end.
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FARNBOROUGH: Test site has big potential for UAV use
The US government has approved an unmanned air vehicle test site near Grand Forks, North Dakota because geography and existing infrastructure gives it advantages in UAV science and potential usage, and the local department of commerce is at Farnborough International Air Show to spread the word about the North Plains ...
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United adds Canada’s London to network
United Airlines will launch new service to London, Ontario, from its Newark Liberty International airport hub in October.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: ASTRAEA approaches UAV airspace acceptance
Industry research body ASTRAEA is nearing approval to fly unmanned air vehicles (UAV) in any airspace as years of development begin to bear fruit.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: BAE fights for more F-16 upgrade competitions
BAE Systems is looking to Greece, Turkey and Chile as the next likely targets for its assault into the market for upgrades of legacy Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters.
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FARNBOROUGH: AerCap sees no 'order bubble'
AerCap president Philip Scruggs has denied the existence of a global aircraft order bubble, arguing that manufacturers are too rational to allow a situation that could “kill the industry”.
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FARNBOROUGH: Avio Aero powering through first 'eventful' year under GE's wing
When Riccardo Procacci says it has been “an eventful year”, the Avio Aero boss knows of what he speaks.The Italy-based maker of jet engine components is just a couple weeks shy of its first year inside the GE Aviation business, which bought it on 1 August 2013 for $4.3 billion ...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: F-35 deployment hinges on safety board decision
A US military safety investigation board will have the final say on whether to approve the Lockheed Martin F-35 for a return to flight as soon as this week, as inspection work continues on the Pratt & Whitney engine which caused a fire in late June.
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus Helicopters picks Thales Scorpion
Airbus Helicopters has selected Thales’s Scorpion helmet-mounted sight and display system for integration into its future Helicopter Weapons System.
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FARNBOROUGH: L-3 Aviation eyes ADS-B retrofit market
L-3 Aviation Products is eyeing the opportunity presented by an increasingly demanding timetable to install next-generation navigation systems on the world’s airliner fleet.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Elbit introduces HUD for civil helicopter pilots
Elbit Systems has introduced a new addition to its Clearvision Enhanced Fight Vision System (EFVS) family, the Skylens wearable head-up display for helicopter pilots.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: DRS makes case for deployable data recorders
DRS Technologies says now is the time for airlines to embrace automatic deployable flight recorders (ADFR), and the company will be highlighting the systems at this year’s Farnborough International Airshow.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Trans States signs for up to 100 E2 jets
US regional carrier Trans States Holdings has placed a tentative order for up to 100 Embraer E175 E2 jets.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Air Lease signs for 25 A330neos
Lessor Air Lease Corporation has become the first customer to sign for the Airbus A330neo, with a tentative agreement to take 25 of the -900neo version.
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LHT becomes partner in GEnx nacelle repairs
GE subsidiary Middle River Aircraft Systems is to co-operate with Lufthansa Technik for maintenance of GEnx-2B engine nacelles.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Scorpion to make show debut
The Textron AirLand Scorpion strike surveillance aircraft has made its international debut at Farnborough air show, having made the transatlantic trip over from the USA at the beginning of July.