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US Army chief details aviation restructure savings
The US army's plan to eliminate 700 aircraft from its active aviation units, among other changes, will save more than $12 billion in the long run, chief of staff Gen Raymond Odierno told a Senate budgeting panel on 11 March.
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NewsGulfstream gears up to deliver first Brazilian-registered G280
Gulfstream is poised to deliver the first Brazilian-owned and registered G280 business jet, following validation of the super-midsize type earlier this month by the country's civil aviation authority, ANAC.
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NewsUSAF wants small, fully integrated JSTARS replacement
The US air force will consider both US and international airframers to replace the Northrop Grumman E-8C JSTARS fleet, according to documents released on 5 March. The service also has confirmed its preference for a smaller aircraft than the Boeing 707-based E-8C.
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NewsGE Aviation's Strother facility to house Passport engine manufacture and support
GE Aviation has selected its Strother, Kansas facility as the manufacturing base for its new Passport engine, which will power Bombardier’s in-development Global 7000 and 8000 ultra-long-range business jets.
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NewsCFM revamps Leap assembly ahead of ramp-up
As pressure grows to raise already peak production rates for single-aisle aircraft, CFM International has decided to roll out two major upgrades to the production system for the Leap engine series.
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NewsFLIGHT TEST: Gulfstream goes farther and faster with G650ER
It has been over ten years since I flew a large cabin Gulfstream when, I was awed by the G550’s ability to fly eight passengers in comfort over 12,500km (6,760nm). With the clean sheet G650 Gulfstream has advanced the state of the art in several areas. Since it ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The state of the search for MH370 on the anniversary of its loss
The first anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be marked on 8 March 2015. Although the Australian Transport Safety Bureau continues to lead the multinational team searching the southern Indian Ocean seabed, no trace of the missing Boeing 777 has been found.
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NewsEmirates 'confident' that subsidy claims unfounded
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark is "confident" that allegations of the airline being subsidised are unfounded, as the carrier's US mainline rivals turn up the heat in a battle over US open skies with the Gulf.
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NewsUS big three call Gulf carriers ‘outliers’ for state support
The big three US carriers are calling the Gulf carriers “global outliers” for the amount of state support they receive, in their push for limits on open skies with Qatar and the UAE.
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NewsSikorsky considers shuttering, selling light helicopter lines
Sikorsky has canceled production of the S434 light single helicopter and divesting two other light helicopter production lines is under consideration, company officials say.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: GE's growth at Peebles shows scale of ambitions
Drive west from Cincinnati along Ohio state highway 32 towards Virginia and the roads get progressively emptier. Small towns hunker down in the frigid Midwestern winter landscape, dots of colour in a sea of rolling brown hills. The further west you get, the deeper into Amish country you are - ...
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Honda Aircraft installs first HondaJet simulator as certification nears
Honda Aircraft is installing the first HondaJet simulator at its headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina ahead of the light business jet’s entry into service in the first half of this year.
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Bristow endorses AW609 for commercial ops
Helicopter services provider Bristow has agreed to work with AgustaWestland to optimise the AW609 for commercial operations, as it endorses the capabilities of the first civil tiltrotor aircraft to enter certification testing.
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NewsExpanded H-60 support deal could serve as new model
A Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky joint venture will expand support of more than 500 naval H-60 helicopters under a $2 billion, five-year contract renewal awarded on 27 February, the companies say.
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NewsBoeing holds out for more Super Hornet sales
Boeing remains bullish about the prospects for more sales of its F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet overseas, as the end of production in late 2016 starts to loom.
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NewsVIDEO: CS300 completes first flight
Bombardier has launched the flight test campaign of the stretched, 135-seat CS300 with a 4h57min sortie from the company's final assembly centre in Mirabel, Canada.
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USN officials upbeat about new uses for Tomahawk missile
US Navy officials say new uses for existing munitions, as demonstrated with two recent novel deployments of the Raytheon BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile, should be sought as cost effective alternatives to expensive and time consuming development programmes.
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NewsAirborne early wonders: our Top 10 eyes in the sky
In the week that Royal Australian Air Force officials hailed the performance of the service’s Boeing 737-based Wedgetail aircraft over Iraq – and as the UK draws closer to announcing a successor to its Westland Sea King 7 capability – our Top 10 looks at some of the unusual and ...
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NewsBombardier: CS300 to fly on 27 February
Canadian airframer Bombardier is set to conduct the maiden flight of its CS300 aircraft today.
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Volaris to add up to four new US destinations in 2015
Mexican low-cost carrier plans to add two to four new destinations in the USA in 2015, says chief executive Enrique Beltranena.