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Icarus Cup competitors hope to propel human-powered flying into Olympics
As athletes from around the world converged on London for the Olympics, another category of sportsperson gathered at Lasham airfield in the UK for what the...
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GenCorp to keep intended acquisition Rocketdyne separate from Aerojet
GenCorp says it will keep Rocketdyne, which it intends to purchase from Pratt & Whitney in a $550 million deal, separate from its existing Aerojet rocket...
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LTQ Engineering to close Tullamarine facility
Australia's LTQ Engineering, a joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and Qantas Airways, will cease operations and close its Tullamarine, Melbourne facility...
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AirAsia and partner acquire Batavia Air
Low-cost carrier AirAsia, together with a partner firm, has inked an agreement to fully acquire Indonesian carrier Batavia Air, in a move that will allow...
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Lockheed to deliver 18 more F-35s this year
Lockheed Martin has delivered 12 F-35 aircraft to the US Department of Defense so far this year, but the company is contracted to deliver 30 aircraft in...
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Sukhoi Superjet crash findings to be out in October
Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) expects to release in October its investigation report detailing findings of the crash involving...
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PAL to offer iPad in-flight entertainment on trans-Pacific flights
Philippine Airlines (PAL) will be providing Apple iPads as one of its in-flight entertainment options on board all trans-Pacific flights. Both business...
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Thailand requests four UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters from the USA
Thailand has requested four additional Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters from the USA in a Foreign Military Sales Mechanism (FMS) deal worth...
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OSHKOSH: Diamond reveals production DJet lines
Diamond has frozen the aerodynamic configuration of the D-Jet single-engined personal jet, which now includes new upswept wing tips the company says have...
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Space Launch System formally enters design phase
The Space Launch System (SLS), the super-heavy lift launch vehicle designed to launch crewed missions beyond low Earth orbit (LEO), has passed a combination...
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Lockheed awarded contract to supply Iraq with 18 F-16s
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $199 million contract to build 18 Block 52 F-16C/Ds for the Iraqi air force. The order consists of 12 single-seat F-16C...
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Anti-access/area denial challenges give manned aircraft edge over UAVs
Manned combat aircraft will remain at the tip of the spear for at least a generation and a half because in the near-term, unmanned aircraft are unable to...
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EASA partially suspends Turkish Technic's Part 145 maintenance approval
After ten months, Istanbul-based maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organisation Turkish Technic continues to face a partial suspension of its EASA Part...
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ANALYSIS: Should airlines hedge their bets on fuel?
Volatile oil prices bring into focus airline strategies for protecting themselves from spiralling fuel costs and whether they can avoid taking too much of a gamble.
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MARKET OUTLOOK: Still searching for the new equilibrium
It is not yet known how aviation's landscape will look after the tectonic activity of the continental markets abates.
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OSHKOSH: Cessna set for new direction on singles
Cessna has unveiled a new variant of its turbocharged Lycoming TIO-540-powered 182 Skylane. Called the NXT, the piston single will be powered by a 230hp...
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OSHKOSH: Cessna ponders new entrant to executive turboprop sector
Competition in the six- to eight-seat business aviation turboprop market could soon hot up as Cessna ponders whether to launch a single that would compete...
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Aeromexico tentatively orders 90 737-8s, 10 787-9s
Aeromexico has signed a tentative agreement to buy 90 Boeing 737-8 Max and 10 787-9s in a deal worth $10.9 billion at list prices, the airline confirms.
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France committed to Watchkeeper UAV trials, Le Drian says
France remains committed to evaluating the UK's Watchkeeper tactical unmanned air system, defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has confirmed ...
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Surging aircraft deliveries fuel Boeing revenue jump in Q2
Boeing today reported that net income in the second quarter rose 3% year-over-year to $967 million. Revenues increased 21% compared to the same period...