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EBACE: ViaSat readies Exede for business aviation launch
ViaSat’s Exede In the Air Ka-band satellite supported in-flight connectivity service will be certified for use on business aviation aircraft by the end of the year, with service entry scheduled for the first quarter of 2016.
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NewsBoeing encouraged by possible US Navy, Kuwait Super Hornet deals
The head of Boeing’s defence business says 12 more Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet orders in fiscal 2016 plus a near-term sale to Kuwait would keep the combat jet’s production line in St Louis, Missouri, open through 2018.
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NewsEBACE: Gulfstream G500 performs first flight test
Gulfstream Aerospace has carried out the first test flight of its new G500 business jet.
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NewsBoeing expects more Massive Ordnance Penetrator orders
Boeing’s weapons business expects to see additional orders of its Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) “in the near term” as the US Air Force continues to modify and evolve the 30,000-pound bunker munition to destroy fortified and deeply buried targets.
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NewsPhantom Works exploring laser-carrying stratospheric UAVs
The president of Boeing Phantom Works sees a future for the group's stratospheric Phantom Eye UAV in carrying solid-state lasers for high-altitude sensing and communications missions and then possibly missile defence some time in the next 20 years.
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NewsUrgency enters US airlines push to limit capacity in Gulf row
The chief executives of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines gathered to reiterate the need to limit the expansion of the Gulf carriers to USA, adding a newfound sense urgency to the issue they began pushing in January.
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NewsRaytheon’s Small Diameter Bomb II approved for production, deployment
The Pentagon has given Milestone C approval to Raytheon’s Small Diameter Bomb II programme, moving the tri-mode seeker weapon to production and deployment with the US Air Force on the F-15E Strike Eagle.
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Mesa secures EDC funds for new CRJ900s
Mesa Airlines will finance the seven Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft that it has on order with debt from Export Development Canada (EDC), says chief executive Jonathan Ornstein.
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NewsUSAF student test pilots trial Textron’s Scorpion and AT-6
US Air Force student test pilots recently trialed Textron AirLand’s Scorpion jet and the Beechcraft AT-6 light attack turboprop, conducting 12 flights in the Scorpion and seven with the AT-6 during a week-long visit to companies’ facilities in Wichita, Kansas.
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NewsUSAF nominates JASSM missile to host new computer-killing weapon
The head of the Air Force Research Laboratory has nominated Lockheed Martin’s stealthy, long-range Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile as the optimal air vehicle to carry a new computer-killing electronic attack payload known as CHAMP, or Counter-electronics High-powered microwave Advanced Missile Project.
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IAG backs Gulf carriers in subsidies battle
Qatar Airways partner IAG has come out in support of the airline and two other Gulf carriers in an ongoing dispute over alleged subsidies with US mainline carriers.
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American has no qualms with Qatar despite subsidy row: CEO
American Airlines has no hard feelings towards its partner Qatar Airways despite allegations of billions of dollars in government subsidies, says American chairman and chief executive Doug Parker.
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NewsNew bomber on track despite possible $460M cut, USAF says
The two-star general in charge of the US Air Force’s nuclear mission says the Long-Range Strike Bomber programme is “going exceedingly well” and meeting its major milestones despite a four-month delay to downselecting a prime contractor.
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NewsLockheed not ditching agile fighter designs
Lockheed Martin says it too early to discount highly maneuverable fighter aircraft designs for future US Air Force and Navy warplanes, even as advances in long-range air-to-air missile technology makes dogfights less likely.
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NewsUS-Gulf subsidies row 'bullying tactic': Al Baker
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker remains defiant amidst an onslaught of accusations from US mainline carriers that his airline received state subsidies, and plans to continue expanding into the USA.
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NewsNorthrop to receive $4bn worth of Global Hawk work through 2020
The US Air Force plans to award Northrop Grumman contracts valued at $4 billion to sustain and modernize the RQ-4 Global Hawk over the next five years as the high-flying unmanned aircraft emerges from the shadow of potential retirement into a normalised defence programme.
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NewsCirrus to build dedicated facility for Vision SF50 customers
Seven months ahead of planned service entry of its Vision SF50, Cirrus Aircraft is building a dedicated facility for customers of the single-engined jet.
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NewsBusiness and general aircraft shipments show first-quarter decline
Worldwide shipments of business and general aviation aircraft declined across all sectors in the first quarter 2015 triggered by a decline in the global marketplace.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Cessna Citation Latitude - bigger and better
No-one would label a business jet a mass-market consumer item, yet recent developments show they share a common trend. While some may rave about right-sizing and sustainability, consumers continue to demand larger and more spacious products.
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ANALYSIS: Business aviation works to develop smart approaches
NetJets Europe is leading a consortium of 15 companies to improve access in all weather conditions for business aviation to all kinds of airports, from frantically busy hubs to quietly rural aerodromes.