All aerospace news – Page 466
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NewsQantas A380 damaged in maintenance incident
A Qantas Airways Airbus A380 is expected to be out of service for around six weeks after it was damaged while under maintenance in Sydney.
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NewsComac breaks ground on flight test centre in Shandong
Comac has broken ground on the construction of a flight test centre near the Dongying Shengli airport in Shandong province.
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NewsBoeing 787 unit loss declines, but deferred costs rise
Cost control on the Boeing 787 programme showed some improvement on a unit basis in the first quarter, but the company remains far from break-even.
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ANALYSIS: Emirates' Trent selection gives Rolls the A380 lead
Emirates’ decision to switch to Rolls-Royce engines for its latest batch of Airbus A380s nudges the UK manufacturer ahead of rival Engine Alliance, although the lead amounts to fewer than a dozen aircraft.
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Warsaw details reasons behind H225M selection
Poland has offered more detail on the reasons behind its decision to select the Airbus Helicopters H225M Caracal for a reduced 50-unit order across all three branches of its armed forces.
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NewsUTC continues Sikorsky evaluations as civil helicopter sales plunge
United Technologies (UTC) is still pondering the future of helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky as the unit endured a torrid start to the year with commercial revenues falling by over a quarter.
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NewsPICTURE: USN X-47B performs dry air refuelling connection
The US Navy’s Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system – demonstration (UCAS-D) test bed has carried out a dry aerial refuelling contact with a tanker aircraft ahead of fuel transfer testing.
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NewsMC-21 ushers active sidesticks into commercial aircraft cockpits
Active sidestick controllers will be used on a large commercial aircraft for the first time with the Irkut MC-21 programme’s selection of a system in development for over two decades by a France-based subsidiary of UTC Aerospace Systems.
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NewsUSAF touts cross-nation burden sharing of Reaper
Despite it having the largest fleet of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air vehicles, the US Air Force is looking towards smaller operators of the systems to explore ways in which the logistical and cost burden of operating the system can be reduced.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: TAI sets sights on export market
Just over 40 years ago, the government in Ankara embarked on a venture that was intended to transform the Turkish military from being largely dependent on foreign-sourced weapon systems by creating a capable national defence industry.
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Ryanair plans to grow MRO footprint
Ryanair is evaluating where to add maintenance capacity as its fleet expands.
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NewsKey AESA radar flight tests begin on MQ-4C Triton
The US Navy has launched flight testing on the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton of one of the first active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars with 360-degree coverage that was developed exclusively for the maritime patrol mission.
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Wizz to open Budapest hangar in September
Construction has started on Wizz Air's first hangar at its Budapest base.
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NewsIDF seeks larger brigade-level UAV
Sources have revealed that the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has revived a plan to acquire a larger brigade-level unmanned air vehicle than its battalion-level Elbit Systems Skylark I-LE.
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IAE wins engine support deal covering five Finnair A321s
Finnair has opted to have the International Aero Engines V2500s equipping some of its Airbus A321s serviced by the powerplant manufacturer.
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NewsRe-engined A380 prospects hazy as Emirates takes Trent 900
Emirates believes it has room to convert some of its Rolls-Royce-powered Airbus A380s to a future re-engined version, but is prepared to fit all 50 with the Trent 900 if there is no sign of movement from the airframer.
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NewsIrkut receives first groundbreaking structures for MC-21
United Aircraft Corp subsidiary AeroComposite has received the first centre wingbox for the Irkut MC-21 aircraft, a new narrowbody design scheduled to complete first flight by the end of the year.
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NewsDARPA carries out full PCAS prototype demo using MV-22
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) carried out testing of a full prototype of the Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) for the first time during the US Marine Corps’ Talon Reach exercise.
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NewsEmbraer delivers 20 E175s in first quarter
Embraer delivered 20 E175 regional jets in the first three months of 2014, the company announced on 16 April.
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INTERIORS: Inmarsat demos new antenna
Inmarsat and Kymeta are showing a new design of electronically scanned antenna that will allow much larger quantities of information to be pushed down from satellites to aircraft.