All aerospace news – Page 337
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Airbus waits to see CSeries impact on A319neo sales
Airbus insists that the A319neo is still in demand from customers, but is waiting to see the effect on the aircraft from Airbus's inclusion of the Bombardier CSeries.
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Airbus agreement permits resumption of ECA funding
Airbus has reached agreement with export credit agencies on a process under which the airframer will be able to start applying again for ECA-backed funding.
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Embraer expects E190-E2 certification within two weeks
Embraer has completed certification testing for the E190-E2 and expects to receive an airworthiness certificate within two weeks, says market analysis director Tobias Calder.
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PICTURES: Spirit AeroSystems ships 10,000th 737 fuselage
The 10,000th Boeing 737 is close to entering final assembly in Renton, Washington.
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Norwegian 787s to be serviced at Boeing's Gatwick hangar
Norwegian will make use of the new Boeing maintenance hangar at London Gatwick when it opens in 2019, chief executive Bjorn Kjos has confirmed.
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Wall Street analyst predicts commercial market exit for Bombardier
A top Wall Street analyst views Bombardier’s pending sale of the CSeries programme to Airbus as a key step in the Canadian manufacturer’s larger plan to exit the commercial aircraft business.
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Boeing unit joins General Atomics' bid for MQ-25
Boeing has joined a team of suppliers supporting General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ bid to win the US Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray programme even as it continues to promote a clean-sheet alternative design.
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F-27 propeller-loss probe seeks longer retention of MRO data
French investigators are recommending extension of minimum retention terms for maintenance documents after a serious in-flight propeller-blade separation badly damaged a Fokker F-27 freighter.
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C919 systems set for upgrades in 2018 as tests continue
Comac’s systems supplier Aviage Systems is planning to incrementally add more functions to the C919’s flight management system this year, as the programme moves further towards certification.
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IAe to boost support for Airbus Helicopters, C295
Indonesian Aerospace (IAe) has signed agreements with Airbus Helicopters, as well as Airbus Defence & Space (ADS) for support services at the recent Singapore air show.
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JSTARS replacement cancelled in new USAF budget plan
The US Air Force’s has decided to retire its primary aerial ground surveillance platform in the mid-2020s and replace it with a network of existing and new sensors linked to a ground-based command and control system.
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GE begins T408 serial production
GE Aviation has started serial production of T408 turboshaft engines that will power Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters.
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A321LR prepares for Paris-New York test flight
Airbus is to conduct the first transatlantic test flight of its A321LR tomorrow, with the aircraft operating from Paris Le Bourget airport to New York JFK.
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Saratov Airlines An-148 crashes outside Moscow
A Saratov Airlines An-148 aircraft en route to Orsk crashed not long after taking off from Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on 11 February, the Russian government says.
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Munich prosecutor fines Airbus to conclude bribery investigation
Airbus has agreed to pay a $99.5 million (€81.25 million) fine to conclude a six-year-old investigation by the Munich Public Prosecutor into allegations of bribery involving a 2003 sale of Eurofighter Typhoons to Austria, the company announced on 9 February.
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In-flight failures prompt emergency call for P&W-powered A320neos
Several new engine failures involving the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engine will cause a “limited number” of Airbus A320neo family aircraft to stop flying until they are fitted with spares, European aviation safety regulators and Airbus say.
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Ilyushin studies twin-engined version of Il-96
Russian design bureau Ilyushin is studying the feasibility of developing a twin-engined aircraft based on the Il-96 as part of its exploration of higher-thrust powerplants.
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ANALYSIS: How Israel gave birth to a plethora of aerospace innovations
Seventy years ago, just after the surviving architects of the Holocaust faced grim justice at Nuremberg, a few hundred thousand idealists – many refugees from post-war Europe’s ruins and committed to creating a Jewish homeland in the Holy Land – established the state of Israel. At first, the new nation ...
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Lufthansa picks FL Technics for A320 base checks
FL Technics has won a contract to conduct base checks on Airbus A320-family jets operated by Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings Europe.
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SINGAPORE: Airbus Helicopters could offer armed H145M to US Army
Airbus Helicopters believes it may be possible to sell an armed variant of the H145M to the US Army – almost five years after the service cancelled its armed aerial scout (AAS) programme.