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NewsJAGM beats Hellfire capability in early live-fire test
The US Army has proven in a recent live-fire test that a MQ-1 Gray Eagle with a Lockheed Martin joint air to ground missile (JAGM) can beat the capability offered today by the AGM-114 Hellfire against moving targets.
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Ameco Beijing gains approval for 787-9 maintenance
Ameco Beijing has received approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to conduct maintenance on the Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
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Monarch's MRO arm gains A380 approval
Monarch Aircraft Engineering has been approved to provide line support for the Airbus A380.
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NewsAW101 roll-out advances Norwegian SAR renewal
Norway’s first two AgustaWestland AW101s have been rolled out at the Leonardo-Finmeccanica company’s Yeovil assembly site in the UK, with the search and rescue (SAR) assets part of an at-least 16-unit production order for Oslo.
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NewsILA: General Atomics still hopeful Germany will adopt Predator B
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air vehicle has made a rare appearance at ILA, as the manufacturer hopes the German government will reconsider the ubiquitous type despite the selection of a rival system this year.
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Magnetic MRO cleared to sell engine parts
Estonia's Magnetic MRO has been approved by the Aviation Suppliers Association to trade engine parts.
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NewsILA: Boeing and Sikorsky arrive in Germany to tout heavy-lift offerings
Boeing and Sikorsky are touting the benefits of their heavy-lift rotorcraft offerings to Germany in a bid to influence the decision on a replacement for the air force’s CH-53G.
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ILA: Hamburg's cluster philosophy
Hamburg may be best known in aviation circles for having one of Airbus’s two European final assembly lines but the region around the Finkenwerder plant is also home to the third biggest aerospace cluster in the world after Seattle and Toulouse, with 40,000 employees (counting Airbus) and some 300 suppliers, ...
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NewsLithium ion batteries fly again on A350-900
Battery supplier Saft has clarified that Airbus installed and delivered the first A350-900 equipped with rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to a customer at the end of last year.
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H225 crash investigators focus on three possible causes
Investigators probing the 29 April fatal crash of an Airbus Helicopters H225 on Norway’s west coast have narrowed their focus to three possible causes for the main rotor separation that doomed the rotorcraft.
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Leap-powered A320neo certified by EASA and FAA
European and US authorities have granted type certification to the Airbus A320neo powered by CFM International Leap-1A engines.
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NewsUK air strike data shows scale of involvement in Iraq and Syria
Figures released by the UK government show 43 air strikes have been carried out in Syria by the Royal Air Force under its Operation Shader since offensive activities were extended into the country in December: only a fraction of the total since the campaign began over Iraq in September 2014.
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Airbus aiming to raise A330neo take-off weight
Airbus is looking to take the maximum take-off weight of the re-engined A330neo to 245t.
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ANALYSIS: Diehl Aerosystems poised for Airbus ramp-up
For Diehl Aerosystems, Airbus’s production ramp-up is both opportunity and massive challenge. The company’s powerful position as an interiors supplier to Toulouse – and the A350 in particular – has helped turn what was a niche business in the Diehl group six years ago into its biggest division. However, meeting ...
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Airbus sales chief doubles-down on CSeries attack
Airbus’ top salesman is doubling-down with his long-running attack on the Bombardier CSeries family, arguing Delta Air Lines’ recent order for what he calls the “cute, little airplane” is not the breakthrough order that his Canadian competitor claims.
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PICTURE: MRJ FTA-2 completes maiden sortie
The second prototype of the MRJ regional jet programme conducted its first flight on 31 May, meeting the airframer's May target for its maiden sortie.
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ILA: Germany continues to retain sovereignty over UAV fleet
April saw Airbus Defence & Space celebrate 10 years since its Barracuda unmanned air vehicle test had performed its first autonomous take-off in Murcia, Spain. But while the German-Spanish programme was once touted as a competitor to the Dassault-led pan-European Neuron unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator programme, Barracuda’s most ...
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NewsRaytheon offers Phalanx weapon for counter-UAV system
Raytheon is touting the use of its Phalanx air defence system alongside a laser to counter unmanned air vehicles that pose a threat to navy vessels.
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Fewer Superjet deliveries drag down Sukhoi revenues
Sukhoi’s civil aircraft division delivered two Superjet 100s in the first quarter, compared with four in the same period last year.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters to reveal X3 successor plan
Airbus Helicopters will reveal at next week’s ILA Berlin air show its initial concept for a 220kt (410km/h)-cruise helicopter developed under the EU-backed Clean Sky 2 effort.