All United States articles – Page 56
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Hawaiian plans Maui-Las Vegas flights using A321neos
Hawaiian Airlines has outlined more of its Airbus A321neo expansion plans, including the 15 December restart of Maui-Las Vegas flights after a seven-year hiatus.
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Boeing juggles KC-46 tanker deliveries and boom redesign
Boeing delivered three more KC-46A Pegasus in-flight refuelling tankers to the US Air Force (USAF) on 8 and 9 August, a week after the company was awarded a $55 million contract to redesign the aircraft’s boom telescope actuator.
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Delta to end all Tokyo Narita flights with shift to Haneda
Delta Air Lines will begin shifting flights from Tokyo Narita to Tokyo Haneda airport in March, a move that will culminate in Delta's complete exit from Narita.
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US finalises award of 12 daily Tokyo flights to four US carriers
The US Department of Transportation has a finalised a ruling that permits American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines and United Airlines to begin operating an additional 12 daytime flights to Tokyo Haneda airport.
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Video: DARPA drones swarm building
Teams of small autonomous quadcopters, in coordination with groups of small wheeled ground vehicles, swarmed around a building in a tactics test in at Fort Benning, Georgia in June.
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NewsGulfstream delivers first G600
Business jet maker Gulfstream has delivered the first 19-passenger G600, a milestone marking completion of a development programme the company launched in 2014.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Some suppliers dodge 737 Max fallout in Q2
Some aerospace suppliers have in recent days said the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max has not significantly impacted their financial results – at least not yet.
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American Airlines to begin Africa service in 2020
American Airlines will begin a nonstop seasonal service to Moroccan city Casablanca on 4 June 2020, marking the US major's first entry into the African market.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Trade tensions slow air freight demand
Demand for air cargo delivery in June declined for its eighth consecutive month year-on-year, according to the latest report by International Air Transport Association, which cites trade tensions between the USA and China as a major factor for the ongoing contraction.
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Boeing CEO sticks to Q4 timeline for 737 Max's service return
Boeing’s chief executive has reiterated his expectation that the company will deliver the 737 Max’s updated software to the Federal Aviation Administration next month, which should enable regulators to lift the grounding by year-end.
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Lockheed Martin F-35 sends target data to US Army missile control
Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force (USAF) integrated the F-35 Lightning II’s target tracking data with the US Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS), an important milestone for the stealth aircraft to act as an elevated sensor.
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Republic to fly 30 more E175s as Delta overhauls regional set-up
US regional carrier Republic Airways will acquire an additional 30 Embraer 175 regional jets for operation with Delta Air Lines in the coming months, a move that will boost Republic's operations for Delta by some 75%.
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SkyWest orders seven E175s for Delta but nixes Alaska-bound jets
SkyWest Airlines has ordered seven Embraer 175 regional jets for operation with Delta Air Lines and cancelled commitments for three E175s it had intended to fly for Alaska Airlines.
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Delta to terminate Compass and GoJet partnerships
Delta Air Lines is overhauling its Delta Connection regional operation, ending partnerships with GoJet Airlines and Compass Airlines as a means to improve operational efficiency.
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Raytheon delivers Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band pod to US Navy
Raytheon delivered the first Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) pod to the US Navy (USN) for the service to begin ground and aircraft integration testing.
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Southwest launches broad effort to tackle looming pilot shortage
Southwest Airlines is seeking to head off a potential pilot shortage through a new partnership with several industry players that could provide the airline with up to 400 additional pilots annually.
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ATSG adds four leases to UPS amid Q2 loss
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) reports a loss of $26 million during the second quarter while the announcement of new aircraft leases to the United Parcel Service (UPS) underscore its assurances to investors that its core business remains on a path to growth.
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OpinionWhy doctrine may be as important as speed
A US Marine Corps captain once asked a group of officer candidates: “What do we do?” None gave the correct answer: “We fight wars.” Simple, really, and classic Marines; when called upon, be ready. Except, of course, nothing is so simple, either back then in the Cold War or today in what, increasingly, feels like a new Cold War. To be ready, soldiers – as well as politicians and arms industry bosses – had best ask some more difficult questions: Who will we fight? When? How?
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AnalysisANALYSIS: USAF eyes revolution in small jet turbines
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions believes there is a big future in small things – in particular, small jet turbine engines.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: 3D printing brings scramjet engines closer to reality
After decades of false starts, America’s leading scramjet engine developers say scramjet-powered hypersonic flight is now within reach. That’s partly thanks to the coming of new 3D printing technology.