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Aurora's long-range Orion UAS receives USAF funding
The US Air Force has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a $48 million contract to develop a certified version of the long-endurance Orion unmanned air vehicle, possibly reviving the UAV's prospects with the air force after the service rebuffed it almost three years ago.
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USAF nominee leaves future of Pentagon innovation office in doubt
A key figure in the Obama administration's defence innovation strategy organized under the Third Offset initiative will lead the US Air Force’s acquisition office, leaving the future of the secretive Strategic Capabilities Office in limbo.
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Southwest to pay $15 million to settle collusion lawsuit
Southwest Airlines has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that the largest four US carriers colluded on capacity plans.
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AeroVironment revives Global Observer with new joint venture
AeroVironment will team up with the Japan-based SoftBank Corporation to develop a solar-powered high-altitude long-endurance unmanned air vehicle for commercial operations, the company announced this week.
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NewsTextron Aviation delivers first of nine King Airs to CanWest Air
Textron Aviation has handed over the first Beechcraft King Air to Canada’s CanWest Air, from a 2017 order for nine aircraft – eight baseline 250s and a single 350.
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El Al to open new US route
Israeli flag-carrier El Al is to open its own nonstop services to San Francisco before the end of this year.
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Southwest converts options for 40 more 737 Max 8s
Southwest Airlines has exercised options for 40 Boeing 737 Max aircraft, and deferred the majority of its 737 Max 7 orders to 2023 and beyond.
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US offers Super Tucanos to Nigeria
The US government made an official offer for the sale of 12 Embraer A-29 Super Tucanos to Nigeria, the Nigerian air force announced in late December.
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ANALYSIS: Airlines' year of zero passenger fatalities
Last year was another exceptionally safe one for aviation. Not a single revenue passenger was killed during what the general travelling public would regard as an "airline flight", writes Paul Hayes in FlightGlobal's Airline Safety & Losses Annual Report 2017.
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EVA 777 followed wrong taxi line before pole strike
Canadian investigators have disclosed that an EVA Air Boeing 777-300ER crew followed an incorrect taxiway line before striking a pair of light poles.
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Indigo firms up 430 A320neo family aircraft order
Private equity firm Indigo Partners has finalised an order for 430 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, which will be operated by four low-cost carriers affiliated with Indigo.
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AerCap converts options on additional 50 A320neos
AerCap has exercised options to purchase 50 more Airbus A320neo-family aircraft.
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United ups 757 density with new slimline seats
United Airlines will retrofit its Boeing 757-300 fleet with slimline seats by the middle of 2018, increasing the number of economy seats on the aircraft to more than 200.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airline start-ups and failures in 2017
FlightGlobal data shows that 39 new airline operations were established over the first eight months of 2017, roughly matching the 37 airlines that ceased operations or suspended flights.
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Japan KC-46 acquisition moves forward
The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a $279 contract to produce Japan's first KC-46 tanker aircraft.
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Block III Super Hornet upgrades to begin this spring
The first US Navy Super Hornet to receive service life modification upgrades will arrive at Boeing’s St. Louis facility next April and will leave with an additional 3,000 flight hours, Boeing’s vice president of FA-18 programmes tells FlightGlobal.
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Lockheed and Northrop win deals to demo new missiles
The US Air Force Research Laboratory has contracted Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to build low-cost, networked cruise missile prototypes for the service’s Gray Wolf technology demonstration effort.
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Boeing KC-46 receives 767 certification
Boeing’s KC-46A tanker received the Federal Aviation Administration’s amended type certification for the baseline 767-2C, ensuring the US Air Force’s tanker replacement is safe to fly, the company announced this week.
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Embraer and Boeing confirm merger talks
Boeing and Embraer have confirmed they are in talks for a "potential combination", following a Wall Street Journal report that Boeing is in discussions to take over the Brazilian airframer.
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Fitch sees risk from Chinese lessors driving up competition
Fitch Ratings expects that the continued aggressive growth of Chinese lessors poses a risk for other lessors to monitor in the year ahead