All United States articles – Page 126
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Opinion
OPINION: President Trump's first budget maintains status quo
It is best not to assign too much meaning to US government budget requests these days, as Congress has failed to enact a defence appropriations bill since 2015.
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News
CSeries prices threaten 737 Max 7 'viability': Boeing
Bombardier's CSeries and its aggressive sales tactics threaten the very existence of Boeing's 737 Max 7 and the US aerospace industry, Boeing's vice-chairman Ray Conner told US trade officials last week.
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Trump's budget calls for US air traffic control privatisation
President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 budget proposal calls for privatising US air traffic control starting in 2021, a move that has been advocated by the bulk of the US commercial aviation industry.
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Allegiant predicts unit cost 'surprise' in 2018
Allegiant Air expects cost per available seat mile (CASM) improvement in 2018 thanks to lower pilot training expenses and the introduction of more Airbus A319 aircraft, says the company's chief operating officer Jude Bricker.
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Alaska dismisses suggestion of all-Airbus fleet
Alaska Air Group is likely chose the Boeing 737s over Airbus A320 family narrowbodies should it transition back to a single-type fleet, says chief financial officer Brandon Pedersen.
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EBACE: Gulfstream stays on track with G500 flight test
Three and a half years after a powered roll-out event, Gulfstream says the G500 remains on track to complete a two-year-old certification programme on schedule by the end of the year.
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EBACE: GE partners with Aerion on supersonic engine study
GE Aviation will partner with Aerion to design a supersonic engine that could power the AS2 business jet, meet stricter community noise regulations and potentially serve as a gateway to a commercial supersonic transport.
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OpinionOPINION: Can airframers beat supply chain vulnerability?
Like a game of industrial Whac-a-Mole, Airbus and Boeing have conquered one embarrassing behaviour – long-delayed new product introductions – just as customers grow increasingly nervous about another emerging problem: supply chain breakdowns.
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US government to investigate Bombardier for aircraft dumping
The US Department of Commerce has launched an investigation to determine if Bombardier violated laws by receiving unfair subsidies and then selling CSeries aircraft to a US customer at artificially low prices, the department announces on 18 May.
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Rockwell has discussed middle-market aircraft
Rockwell Collins' cabin interior unit has had preliminary discussions with Boeing about the airframer's middle-of-the-market aircraft concept, a Rockwell executive tells FlightGlobal.
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USAF lifts ban on lightweight pilots for F-35A ejection seat
The US Air Force has removed a nearly two-year-old restriction in the Lockheed Martin F-35A cockpit that banned pilots lighter than 61.9kg (136lb) over concerns that an ejection could cause a severe neck injury.
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NewsBoeing delivers first 737 Max
Boeing has delivered the first 737 Max 8 to launch operator Malindo, becoming the fourth generation of the 50-year-old single-aisle design to be handed over to a customer.
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AT-6, Scorpion invited to challenge A-29 for USAF demo
Textron Aviation has confirmed the US Air Force will invite the AT-6 turboprop and Scorpion twin-jet to face off against the Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano in a demonstration of close air support capabililty in August called the Light Attack Experiment.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: The dream of resuming supersonic flight ramps up
Fourteen years after the retirement of the Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde, the dream of resuming civilian supersonic flight has seemed never more active than in 2017, with four major development efforts scheduled to pass key milestones before the year ends. Activity stretches across laboratories, boardrooms and assembly hangars dotted across the USA.
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News
FAA defends response to Allegiant 2015 rudder jam
A Federal Aviation Administration investigator had recommended the "maximum" sanction against AAR following the 2015 jam of an elevator on an Allegiant Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83, according to a recently-publicised FAA report.
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UPS chooses Honeywell for A300 cockpit modernisation
UPS has announced a major upgrade to the cockpit technology in its Airbus A300 freighters to ensure the aircraft have technology needed to remain in service until 2035.
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Boeing resumes 737 Max 8 test flights
Boeing has resumed flying the 737 Max 8 on 12 May about a week after grounding the fleet to inspect the engines for a possible manufacturing flaw.
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Cessna rolls out last Mustang after genre-defining run
Cessna has stopped making the Citation Mustang that defined a once-booming market for entry-level light jets when the Textron Aviation subsidiary launched the programme 15 years ago.
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A320neo unaffected by Leap engine grounding on 737 Max
An engine problem that has grounded the Boeing 737 Max test fleet has no effect on Airbus A320neo family aircraft powered a different version of the powerplant, CFM International confirms.
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Boeing halts 737 Max flights to investigate engine flaw
Boeing has suspended 737 Max flights after being notified by engine supplier CFM International about a potential “quality escape” issue in low pressure turbine discs inside Leap-1B engines.