All United States articles – Page 139
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NBAA: Wheels Up confirms plans for European launch next year
Wheels Up, the membership-based Beechcraft King Air 350i operator, confirmed at the show that it plans to launch the brand in Europe next year, with a fleet of 10-12 aircraft. “The King Air is the perfect asset for Europe,” says founder and chief executive Kenny Dichter. “It’s the perfect ...
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NBAA: Boeing unveils BBJ 737 Max 7
Boeing unveiled the BBJ 737 Max 7 at NBAA as the third member of the re-engined narrowbody family to be redesigned as a VIP transport.
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NBAA: Silvercrest among the winners as Hemisphere suppliers announced
The Cessna Citation Hemisphere business jet will be powered by Safran Silvercrest engines, operated by Honeywell’s Primus Epic avionics suite and actuated by Thales fly-by-wire controls, Textron Aviation announced on 31 October.
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Boeing plans performance upgrade for 737 Max after 2021
Boeing has quietly developed plans to roll-out a performance improvement package for the 737 Max family nearly five years after first member of the type enters service.
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NBAA: Zetta signs for four Challenger 650s
Four Challenger 650 aircraft will join Singapore-based charter operator Zetta Jet’s global fleet.
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NBAA: Embraer unveils new version of Legacy 650
Embraer unveiled a new version of its Legacy 650 at the show today, designed to boost the appeal of the five-year-old, large-cabin business jet in this crowded and competitive sector.
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NBAA: Rockwell Collins on cloud nine with Stellar
Rockwell Collins has teamed up with Silicon Valley company Stellar Labs to develop an enhanced, cloud-based version of the former’s ARINC Direct flight operations management system.
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NBAA: Cirrus Vision certificated
Cirrus Aircraft has secured US type certification for its hugely anticipated Vision personal jet. Customer deliveries of the $1.96 million aircraft are scheduled to begin in December.
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ANALYSIS: Military simulator market grows 3% year-on-year
There are currently just over 2,300 military aircraft simulation devices in operation globally, according to the latest data from FlightGlobal. This figure represents a 3% increase on the total for the same period in 2015.
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ANALYSIS: New tech changing air combat training, but revolution still ahead
The set-up in August was like thousands of others practiced in the skies of the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC), an unpopulated US military training area roughly the size Uruguay. Two Lockheed Martin F-16s paired with two F-22s in an air-to-air scenario against four aggressors, which also happened to ...
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American flight 383 suffered uncontained engine failure: NTSB
US accident investigators have confirmed that American Airlines flight 383, a Boeing 767-300ER that caught fire on the runway at Chicago on 27 October, suffered an uncontained engine failure.
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Boeing-Comac JV selects Zhoushan for 737 completion site
Boeing 737s will be completed and delivered to Chinese customers from the island-city of Zhoushan on China’s mid-eastern coast under an agreement announced on 28 October.
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OpinionOPINION: Contractors must recognise new US procurement rules
There is a new era in military aircraft procurement with new rules and customs, which contractors will ignore only at grave peril.
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OPINION: Why $8bn gamble should pay off for Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins’s planned “transformational” acquisition of aircraft cabin equipment manufacturer B/E Aerospace is an indication that size matters when competing for supplier contracts in an increasingly cut-throat market.
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UPS expects to deploy 747-8Fs in 2017 on international routes
UPS intends to take delivery of its first Boeing 747-8 Freighter at the end of 2017, and intends to initially deploy the type on international routes, say executives at the express freight and package delivery provider.
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F-35 supplier deal suggests Lockheed close on LRIP 9/10 contract
Northrop Grumman has completed negotiations with Lockheed Martin on pricing for low-rate initial production (LRIP) lots 9 and 10 of the F-35, suggesting the prime contractor may be close to wrapping up a 15-month negotiating period with the US joint programme office (JPO), Northrop chief executive Wes Bush says.
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Boeing warns 777 rate could drop to 3.5 per month
Boeing warned on 26 October that 777 production rates could further decline to effectively as low as 3.5 per month by late next year or early 2018, unless ongoing sales efforts lead to firm orders over the next few months.
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Air Lease launches Blackbird ABS
Air Lease has begun marketing for its first ABS deal, which will refinance 19 aircraft from the US lessor's fund with Napier Park, Blackbird Capital.
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ANALYSIS: How Cuba is opening to private aviation from the USA
JetBlue flight 387 from Fort Lauderdale to Santa Clara in Cuba on 31 August marked a breakthrough in the 55-year impasse between the USA and the Caribbean island. It was the first scheduled US passenger service since the revolution which swept Fidel Castro to power and caused a fearful Washington ...
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P&W adding capacity to accelerate engine deliveries
Pratt & Whitney executives say they will open two new factories over the next six months to get delayed geared turbofan engine deliveries back on track, but they also appeared to lower the bottom range for planned deliveries in 2017.