All aerospace news – Page 290
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LIMA: MALE UAVs line up for Malaysia requirement
Kuala Lumpur is again showing signs of addressing its urgent maritime surveillance shortcomings, with apparent requirements for medium altitude, long endurance UAVs as well as maritime patrol aircraft.
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PICTURES: E190-E2 makes Langkawi debut
The Embraer 190-E2 has made its debut at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition, with a fully equipped cabin for customer visits.
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PICTURES: UPS makes first revenue drone delivery
UPS has begun daily revenue cargo deliveries by unmanned aircraft, flying medical samples on drones built by California-based Matternet for WakeMed’s flagship hospital in North Carolina.
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LIMA: Malaysia eyes step change in aerospace development
Malaysia sees great potential from futuristic flying vehicles, as it works to further develop its aerospace ecosystem.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Five key themes for Big Data in aerospace
The concept of big data and predictive maintenance has echoed around industry boardrooms for several years. In its most ideal form, massive streams of data are pumped from aircraft in real time. On the ground, networks equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) use machine learning to make sense of it all ...
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GE Aviation CT7-2F1 receives type certification for Bell 525
GE Aviation’s CT7-2F1 turboshaft engine received Federal Aviation Administration type certification.
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Opinion
OPINION: Hard work for Safran in making Zodiac's stars align
When it announced it was in talks to buy fellow French company Zodiac Aerospace back in January 2017, Safran probably did not have a complete picture of its target's woes.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Safran is restructuring Zodiac Aerospace
As the industry gathers for AIX 2019 in Hamburg, we examine how, following its acquisition by Safran, Zodiac Aerospace has pulled deliveries back on track and moved into the black with a restructuring aimed at restoring client confidence
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General Atomics awarded $123m to produce four Dutch MQ-9 Reapers
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems was awarded a $123 million contract by the Pentagon to manufacture four MQ-9 Block 5 Reapers for the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
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LHT sets up dedicated aviation data exchange
MRO provider Lufthansa Technik has established a standalone company to create an industry-wide platform for the collection and storage of technical and operational aircraft data, and plans to share the entity's ownership with other aerospace players later this year.
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PICTURES: Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant makes first flight
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant compound helicopter made its first flight at Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach, Florida site on 21 March.
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Rolls-Royce to develop turbine options for Bell’s V-280 and V-247
Rolls-Royce has agreed to develop turboshaft engine options for Bell’s V-280 Valor and V-247 Vigilant tiltrotors.
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Pentagon orders second stealth target drone to be built
The Department of Defense ordered a second stealth aerial target demonstrator from Sierra Technical Services on 13 February.
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PICTURES: JetBlue unveils second phase of A320 cabin restyling
JetBlue Airways has placed into service the first Airbus A320 reconfigured with a new cabin interior, under the second and final phase of an ongoing cabin restyling programme that will also add more seats to the aircraft.
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Air Astana picks S7 Technics as base maintenance provider
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier Air Astana has selected Russian maintenance specialist S7 Technics to conduct C-Checks on Airbus A320-family jets and Boeing 767s.
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SR Technics inks EASA training deal with South African academy
Swiss maintenance specialist SR Technics will assist South Africa-based Mega Aero Training Academy (MATA) to set up a technical training programme under the European Union Aviation Safety Agency's oversight.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: 737 Max crashes fuel longstanding safety concerns
The recent Boeing 737 Max crashes have fueled several long-simmering aviation safety concerns, including those related to pilot training, cockpit technology, regulatory oversight and corporate influence.
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PICTURES: 30 years since Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey’s first flight
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey first flew 30 years ago today on 19 March 1989.
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Air Senegal picks StandardAero for ATR engine support
StandardAero has won a contract from Air Senegal to maintain the engines of a pair of ATR 72-600 twin-turboprops.
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AFI KLM E&M to service Air Cote d’Ivoire A320neo jets
Air Cote d’Ivoire has extended a component support agreement with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance to include on-order Airbus A320neo and A319neo jets.