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Opinion
OPINION: After a $100bn spend, it's time for F-35 to deliver
More than $100 billion has already been spent on developing, testing, fixing and producing about 130 Lockheed Martin F-35s for the US government. In a few weeks or months, the US taxpayer also will have the first 10 combat-ready F-35Bs for that investment.
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IATA: New airline chiefs take up big challenges
As airline chiefs assemble in Miami for IATA's latest annual general meeting, there are new leaders at the helm of 16 of the 100 biggest carriers since they met a year ago in Doha.
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Northrop unveils NATO-1 Global Hawk destined for Europe
Northrop Grumman has unveiled the first of five RQ-4B aircraft for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance programme at a ceremony in Palmdale, California – a milestone on the multinational programme that has been 20 years in the making.
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United evaluating E-Jet E2 for further 50-seater reductions
United Airlines is “looking at” the Embraer E-Jet E2 family for its mainline fleet, as part of its plan to further shrink its fleet of 50-seat regional jets.
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SAS to return to London Stansted
Scandinavian Airlines is to return to London Stansted nearly 15 years after pulling out of the airport to focus on the main Heathrow hub.
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Cash boost for Lockheed’s anti-ship missile programme
The value of Lockheed Martin’s Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) development programme has been raised by $104 million to $306 million as the US military presses to have the autonomous, ship-killing missile integrated with the B-1B “Bone” bomber and F/A-18 Super Hornet by 2018 and 2019, respectively.
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Alenia claims success in UAV sense-and-avoid tests
Italy’s Alenia Aermacchi has successfully validated a sense-and-avoid system designed to allow the integration of unammed air vehicles (UAVs) into civil airspace.
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PW-powered A320neo to resume flights in 'coming weeks'
Airbus believes it will still be able to start delivering the A320neo before the end of this year, despite not having a specific timeframe for resuming test flights with the Pratt & Whitney-powered variant.
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PICTURE: Alitalia unveils conservative new livery
Alitalia has unveiled a conservative new livery as part of a relaunch event for the airline following investment by Middle Eastern shareholder Etihad Airways.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Is air show debut a make-or-break moment for CSeries?
When the Bombardier CS300 takes to the skies over Le Bourget later this month, the 135-seater will not only steal the spotlight on the aviation industry's biggest stage: the flying display of the most popular CSeries variant also offers a humbled and rebuilt Bombardier executive team a rare opportunity to ...
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New Polish factory to build H225M helicopters for export
More detail has emerged on Airbus Helicopters’ plans to meet the offset requirements of its contract with the Polish ministry of defence for the supply of 50 H225M Caracals.
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Royal Jordanian eyes North America after European traffic decline
Royal Jordanian Airlines is planning to expand its transatlantic network as traffic from Europe has declined as a result of political crises in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Northrop rolls out NATO AGS Global Hawk
At NATO’s Chicago Summit In May 2012, the alliance signed a $1.7 billion agreement with Northrop Grumman to acquire the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk high altitude, long endurance (HALE) unmanned air vehicle under its Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme.
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China Airlines to start Tainan-Osaka service in October
Taiwan’s China Airlines plans to start a Tainan-Osaka Kansai service on 28 October.
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USAF moving past cluster munitions, CALCM cruise missile
The US Air Force expects that production of a 500-pound, iron-spraying bomb, among other efforts, will eliminate the need for cluster munitions after 2018, is accordance with a timeline set by the Pentagon in 2008
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Boeing 767-2C tanker completes first flight with boom, wing pods
The first engineering and manufacturing development aircraft of Boeing’s KC-46 tanker programme has completed its first airworthiness flight equipped with an aerial refuelling boom and wing air refuelling pods with a 4.3h flight from Boeing Field to Paine Field in Washington state.
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A380 does not work for United: CFO
United Airlines chief financial officer John Rainey says the Airbus A380 “doesn’t really work” for the airline’s network, driving its preference for smaller widebodies like the Boeing 787.
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NASA awards studies for low-boom supersonic transports
Eight newly-launched studies announced by NASA on 3 June will continue the agency’s long-running effort to validate the technology for a new generation of passenger-carrying supersonic aircraft.
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Sonex CEO, mechanic killed in Oshkosh crash
Two employees of aircraft kit maker Sonex – including chief executive Jeremy Monnett – died in a 2 June accident while flying a company-owned Sport Acro in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Analysts sound alarm bells about US capacity growth
Delta Air Lines weak second quarter unit revenue guidance today provides new fuel to concerns that growth in the domestic US market is heating up too quickly.