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DOJ requires divestitures prior to Raytheon-UTC tie up
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) will only approve the proposed Raytheon-United Technologies merger if the companies divest some radio, optical and GPS businesses.
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Spirit AeroSystems targets year-end opening of Scotland wing development site
Spirit AeroSystems expects by year-end to open a new facility in Prestwick, Scotland where it will research and develop manufacturing and production technologies aimed at helping the company land contracts to supply Airbus’ next single-aisle aircraft programme.
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FAA addresses potential data-display fault in 787 avionics
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an airworthiness directive to address a computer issue that could lead to incorrect flight data being displayed in 787 cockpits.

North Sea helicopter operators provide dedicated coronavirus response fleet

Oil and gas operators working from Aberdeen in the north of Scotland have assembled a fleet of helicopters for emergency repatriation flights of offshore staff as a response to the coronavirus crisis.

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French air force plans Puma replacement with leased H225s

France has begun a process to replace its air force’s fleet of ageing SA330 Puma rotorcraft with leased Airbus Helicopters H225s.

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Leonardo Helicopters deliveries halted on Italy coronavirus lockdown

Leonardo is currently unable to deliver helicopters built at its plant in Vergiate in the north of Italy thanks to travel restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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Fatigue cracking in turbine blade led to AS355 F1 engine failure

Rolls-Royce will release a newly designed third-stage turbine wheel for its M250-C20F turboshaft engine by the end of the year, which will have improved strength and tolerance to fatigue cracking.

MRO

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Tough decisions loom for fleets grounded due to coronavirus crisis

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Satair chief executive on satisfying the aftermarket demands of airline and MRO customers

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Driving performance at PPG Aerospace

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Meggitt secures engine component support deal with JAL

Tough decisions loom for fleets grounded due to coronavirus crisis
Satair chief executive on satisfying the aftermarket demands of airline and MRO customers
Driving performance at PPG Aerospace
Meggitt secures engine component support deal with JAL

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Space

Post-Brexit UK ‘needs global space strategy’

As Britain loosens its ties with Europe, it will find itself having to protect the space-reliant aspects of its national security and economic interests in a world characterised by an accelerating US-China space race

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Taking its place with the cosmic elite
From its early satellite ventures to its latest attempt to land on the Moon, the country has long seen space as a crucial component of its security, industrial strategy and national prestige
Launch race reaches UK
London is adding the missing link of access to orbit to its plan to turn the country into a world space power
For Reaction Engines, cool is the key
Radical rocket concept could propel the next-generation of hypersonic transports

Civil UAVs

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Canada approves first UAV beyond-visual-line-of-sight flight with only detect-and-avoid
The regulatory agency granted the Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) Special Flight Operations Certificate to drone operator MVT Geo-solutions of Quebec, which offers aerial lidar, photogrammetry and thermography land mapping services.
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JAL trials transporting fresh fish with UAVs
Japan Airlines has conducted the first series of test flights using UAVs to transport freight, including one involving fresh fish from Nagasaki to a Tokyo restaurant.
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Volocopter nets €87 million in Series C funding round
German eVTOL maker says funding, expertise will support bid for commerical operations in two to four years