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Afghan air force to get 12 more MD530Fs
MD Helicopters has received a firm order for 12 additional MD530F Cayuse Warrior armed scout helicopters for Afghanistan.
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ANA to buy 8.8% stake in Vietnam Airlines
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has signed a memorandum of understanding to buy a minority stake in Vietnam Airlines.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: The fantasy of ASEAN open skies
ASEAN is some distance away from achieving a truly single aviation market, with three member states yet to fully ratify multi-lateral air service agreements by the 2015 year-end deadline.
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PICTURES: B-52 joins F-15s and F-16s in Korea after nuclear test
North Korea’s underground nuclear test last week might not have yielded the hydrogen bomb “supreme leader” Kim Jong-un claimed, but the seismic spectacle did produce a captivating aerial display south of the border.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Luis Garcia, Boeing Chile, at the forefront of service and support
Luis Garcia is team leader for the Boeing Field Service base located at the maintenance facility for LAN Airlines in Santiago, Chile.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Will China give lessors a Bohai boost?
In November 2015, delegates gathering at the aircraft leasing conferences in Hong Kong were pondering a new phenomenon: the "Bohai boost".
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Saudi deal sustains Sikorsky MH-60R production
Saudi Arabia’s purchase of 10 Sikorsky MH-60R anti-submarine helicopters “dovetails nicely” onto delivery of the last of 280 examples to the US Navy, according to the brand’s new parent Lockheed Martin, particularly as production of Australian and Danish “Romeos” concludes.
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Flytenow considers appealing US court ruling on ride-share ban
Ride-sharing start-up Flytenow is considering appealing a US court ruling to uphold the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to ban public platforms that promote the sharing of private aircraft flights by owners and pilots.
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Romanian army receives four Phoenix 30 UAVs
Romania's army has a new quadrotor capability following the arrival of four UAV Solutions Phoenix 30 unmanned air vehicles.
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Helibras performs first full in-country AS565 K2 upgrade
Brazil’s army in late 2015 received the first Airbus Helicopters AS565 to have been upgraded entirely in-country to the enhanced K2 standard.
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Revima to provide APU support for Etihad A380s
Etihad Airways has contracted French APU and landing-gear specialist Revima to service the auxiliary power units on its Airbus A380 fleet.
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Rafale deliveries fell to single figures in 2015
Dassault delivered eight Rafales in 2015, the French manufacturer has announced, with its annual output having for the first time included aircraft delivered to an export customer.
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Japan and UK further discussions around joint missile development
A meeting of British and Japanese ministers on 8 January resulted in the two nations pledging to enter a second phase of discussions regarding the co-development of a new air-to-air missile.
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Opinion
OPINION: Why aviation won't reach environmental Utopia
Our special report this week highlights the fraught nature of the relationship between aviation and the planet: flying is not environmentally friendly, and there is no easy way around that. It is difficult to avoid the conclusion, then, that new thinking is needed.
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Northrop contracted for Japanese E-2D modifications
The first Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft for Japan is in the process of being built, and the manufacturer has been awarded a contract worth $286 million to perform modifications to take it to Tokyo's specifications.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Europe gears up for intensive Clean Sky push
As preparations continue for the second phase of Europe’s Clean Sky technology development initiative, the first phase has reached its “most intensive” period – in terms of what has been achieved and what is about to be demonstrated.
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Israel's lead F-35 enters final assembly
Lockheed Martin has begun the final assembly of Israel’s first F-35 Lightning II, having passed a key milestone at its Fort Worth site in Texas on 7 January
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CRJ crash probe wrestles with damaged recorders
Swedish investigators have yet to ascertain the extent of the data which can be extracted from the flight recorders of the crashed West Atlantic Bombardier CRJ200 freighter.
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Lockheed’s ship-killing missile completes load testing on F/A-18
The US Navy has completed in-flight load testing of the Lockheed Martin-built long-range anti-ship missile, or LRASM, on the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet and will now move to noise and vibration trials.
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Delta inks deal for major terminal move at LAX
Delta Air Lines has signed a letter of intent to consolidate its operations to terminals two and three at Los Angeles International airport, a move that could leapfrog its facilities ahead of those of other carriers at the airport.