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NewsPICTURES: US Marine Corps retires final Prowlers
The US Marine Corps (USMC) retired its last Northrop Grumman EA-6B electronic warfare aircraft on 8 March, marking an end to operations with the venerable "Prowler".
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Several US politicians urge 737 Max grounding
The Federal Aviation Administration is facing political opposition to its handling of concerns about the Boeing 737 Max, with several lawmakers urging a grounding of the type.
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HAI: Helicopter industry sees positive signs amid utility push
Helicopter industry executives believe the market is showing signs of life, while also driving demand for multirole rotorcraft, despite ongoing lacklustre sales.
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No evidence yet to warrant 737 Max grounding: FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration has not received evidence enough to conclude that the 10 March crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 involved circumstances similar to the October 2018 crash of a Lion Air aircraft.
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Northrop Grumman starts AARGM-ER engineering and manufacturing
Northrop Grumman received a $323 million contract from the US Navy for engineering and manufacturing development work on its Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER), an air-launched weapon designed to seek and destroy radar sites on the ground.
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WNG Capital adds three executives to team
WNG Capital has hired three people into top roles at the lessor that raised a $345 million aircraft investment fund in January.
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Secretary of US Air Force Heather Wilson to resign
Secretary of the US Air Force Heather Wilson plans to resign and become president of the University of Texas at El Paso.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: In the space business, Crew Dragon has bite
NASA and SpaceX made the news this month – and a bit of history, by sending a US-made space capsule to the International Space Station and bringing it home to an Atlantic Ocean splashdown.
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X-60A hypersonic research rocket completes critical design review
The US Air Force’s X-60A hypersonic research vehicle has completed its critical design review.
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HAI: Kaman to offer optionally piloted K-Max by 2020
Building on its three-year autonomy experiment with the US Marine Corps in Afghanistan, Kaman plans to offer an optionally piloted variant of the K-Max to commercial customers by 2020.
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Airbus selects Pratt engine for US Navy H135 bid
Airbus Helicopters has selected the Pratt & Whitney PW206B3 engine to power the Airbus H135, the model it is proposing for the US Navy’s helicopter trainer replacement programme.
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Boeing NMA 'driving towards two different models': Udvar-Hazy
When it comes to the New Mid-market Airplane (NMA), Air Lease executive chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy says that Boeing could end up building two new aircraft: one for range and another for optimal economics.
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Air Lease 'purposefully avoided' Avianca Brazil: Udvar-Hazy
As lessors plead their cases in local bankruptcy court to repossess their aircraft from Brazil's fourth largest carrier Avianca Brazil, Air Lease says the carrier was never a desirable counterparty for the lessor.
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HAI: Airbus lands launch customers for five-blade H145s
Airbus Helicopters has secured several launch customers - including the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation (NAAF) and New Zealand's Advanced Flight - for its new five-bladed H145 light-twin.
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ANALYSIS: Bell's air-taxi concept takes centre stage in Atlanta
Helicopter maker Bell left no doubt at Heli-Expo that it aims to lead the aerospace industry in developing autonomous urban air taxis.
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HAI: Airbus eyes foreign military sales of UH-72A Lakota
Though Airbus Helicopters’ deliveries of the UH-72A Lakota to the US Army are scheduled to conclude in 2020, the company believes the programme may still have some foreign military sales life left.
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HAI: Robinson Helicopter upbeat on diesel R&D with R44 Raven II
Robinson Helicopter continues to conduct research and development on powering its four-seat R44 Raven II with a diesel engine.
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HAI: MD Helicopters developing winged MD902 as US Army scout
MD Helicopters is developing a wing-equipped variant of its tail rotorless, twin-engined MD902 Explorer to help it meet the speed requirements of the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme.
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PICTURES: NTSB completes Atlas Air cockpit voice recorder review
Engineers in Washington, DC, are investigating the flight data recorder from the Atlas Air Boeing 767-300ER Freighter that crashed in Trinity Bay southeast of Houston on 23 February.
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HAI: Sikorsky upgrades S-92 with new B-model variant
Sikorsky has launched a new B-model variant of its S-92 heavy-twin helicopter, featuring improved levels of cockpit automation and a cabin capable of serving multiple missions.