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Taiwan's Eva Air orders seven Boeing 777-300ERs
Taiwan's Eva Air has confirmed an order for seven Boeing 777-300ERs. It will buy three aircraft directly from Boeing and get the remaining four from...
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Air Canada faces class action suit after 767 dive caused by sleepy pilot
A group of Air Canada passengers have brought a class action suit today against the carrier, seeking $20 million in damages following an incident last January caused by a groggy pilot.
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SpaceX aims to fly reusable testbed before 2013
Grasshopper, a testbed for reusable technologies, is expected to make a first flight before the end of 2012.
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Lockheed receives $237.7 million F-35 contract modification
Lockheed Martin has received a $237.7 million contract modification to a fixed-price-incentive-fee F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) production contract. The...
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Spaceflight Inc unveils the Sherpa in-space tug
Spaceflight Inc. has unveiled its Sherpa in-space tug vehicle to inject hosted payloads into different orbits. Two versions of Sherpa will be built....
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Sikorsky and Terma expand cooperation contingent upon MH-60R order
Sikorsky and Denmark-based Terma are broadening their cooperation, contingent upon a Danish order for MH-60R Seahawk helicopters. Denmark is considering...
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SpaceX aims for 19 May launch
SpaceX has confirmed a 19 May launch date and 22 May backup from Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, after cancelling 7 May and 10 May launch dates over...
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Etihad cuts A350-1000 order again
Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways has slashed another seven Airbus A350-1000s from the airframer's books, more than halving its original order for 25. Etihad...
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IN FOCUS: Branded brokerage
The Jet Business opened its doors in London this year on the "world's first virtual street-level showroom" as it bids to raise the bar in the pre-owned aircraft sector
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Russian Helicopters in push to certificate Ansat for civil use by year-end
Russian Helicopters may be poised to resolve long-running certification problems with its Ansat multipurpose light twin.
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Cessna and AVIC unit to form Caravan joint venture
Cessna has entered an agreement to set up a joint venture that will perform final assembly, sales and customer support for the Caravan aircraft in China. The...
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IN FOCUS: Victor brings price-comparison concept to business jets
When BMI axed its London Heathrow to Palma de Mallorca service, regular traveller Clive Jackson decided to start his own online business jet seat-trading platform
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Boeing wins EW support contract for RAAF Wedgetails
Boeing has won an Australian (A$) dollar 55 million ($56.1 million) electronic warfare (EW) support contract for the Royal Australian Air Force's 737-based...
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Sikorsky wins $43.2 million contract for Taiwan Black Hawk work
Sikorsky has won a $43.2 million contract to convert four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to the configuration unique to Taiwan. The work is to be...
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ATR delivers 1,000th aircraft to Air Nostrum
Regional turboprop manufacturer ATR handed over its 1000th aircraft - an ATR 72-600 - to Spanish airline Air Nostrum in a ceremony in Toulouse on 3 May 2012.
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Boeing awarded low rate production contract for Block III Apaches
The US Army has awarded Boeing a $486.4 million firm-fixed-price contract for the low rate initial production (LRIP) of the AH-64D Apache Block III attack...
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USAF issues new RFP for Afghan LAS programme
The US Air Force released the final version of an amended request for proposal (RfP) for the Light Air Support (LAS) programme late in the evening on 4 May. "While...
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Hawaii lawmakers approve funds for spaceport application
Hawaii is one step closer to having a spaceport after the state legislature approved funding for the relevant applications to the US Federal Aviation Administration...
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After 24h delay, a successful military satellite launch
United Launch Alliance has successfully launched the second advanced extremely high frequency (AEHF-2) satellite for the US military on 4 May from Kennedy...