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NewsPICTURE: A350 lifts off on maiden flight
Airbus's prototype A350-900 has lifted off from Toulouse Blagnac on its maiden flight, becoming airborne at around 10:00 after a ground run from runway 32L. The...
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NewsAirbus A350 first flight
Airbus's maiden flight of the prototype A350-900 from Toulouse Blagnac is set to take around 4h and test the basic handling and control characteristics of the twinjet.
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NewsPentagon procurement chief “cautiously optimistic” about F-35 production ramp-up
The Pentagon's top acquisitions official says that he is cautiously optimistic that the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has made enough progress...
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NewsGAO rejects Beechcraft protest, clears A-29 deliveries to Afghanistan
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) today rejected an attempt by Beechcraft to overturn a controversial, $427 million contract awarded to a Sierra...
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NewsPICTURE: AESA radar clears trial fit with Eurofighter
BAE Systems has performed a trial installation of an AESA radar with a Eurofighter combat aircraft ...
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NewsFirst RAF students ace Hawk T2 course
The first four Royal Air Force student pilots to fly the service's Hawk T2 advanced jet trainers have completed their training ...
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NewsPARIS: New-look T-6C heads for Le Bourget
Beechcraft's T-6C Texan II demonstrator N3000B is heading to the Paris air show with a new corporate colour scheme ...
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NewsCost drove EADS from US Army rotorcraft demonstration
EADS North America pulled out of the US Army's Joint Multi-Role technology demonstrator (JMR-TD) programme because the cost of developing a high-speed rotorcraft...
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NewsP&W awarded $649m contract extension for F135 development
The Pentagon has awarded Pratt & Whitney a $649 million contract modification to fund the completion of the F135 engine's system development and demonstration...
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NewsPARIS: Air India 787 arrives at Le Bourget for flying display
Boeing will use a 787 destined for Air India to perform in the flying display at next week's Paris air show. The company posted an image of the Dreamliner...
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NewsBoeing expects Paris 2013 to be 'widebody show'
Boeing is expecting widebodies to feature prominently at the upcoming Paris air show, even though it has curbed its 20-year forecast for long-haul aircraft. The...
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NewsBell-Boeing award V-22 multi-year contract
Bell-Boeing is being awarded a $4.89 billion contract modification to "definitise" a multi-year production contract for the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor, the US...
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NewsDual-engine Centaur upper stage design hits major milestone
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed the preliminary design review for the dual-engine Centaur (DEC) upper stage, crucial to several commercial orbital...
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NewsPICTURE: Qatar reveals first image of A380
Qatar Airways has released the first image of its structurally complete Airbus A380 on the manufacturer's Toulouse production line as the aircraft advances...
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NewsRegulators clear GenCorp buy of Rocketdyne
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved GenCorp's buy of United Technology Corporation's (UTC) Rocketdyne space engine manufacturing division,...
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NewsSAI resurrects QSST-X as all-first class supersonic airliner, seeks investors
Supersonic Aerospace International (SAI) has resurrected the quiet supersonic transport (QSST) after a three-year hiatus and relaunched the concept as much larger, Boeing 737-sized aircraft to operate as an all-first-class airliner.
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NewsFAA approves Eclipse 500/500 VLJ service life
Eclipse Aerospace has received approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration to double...
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NewsMonarch could take CSeries as part of 62-aircraft order
UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines is considering ordering the Bombardier CSeries as part of an expanded narrowbody refleeting programme that will now see aircraft arriving well into the next decade.
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NewsPARIS: Embraer A-29 Super Tucano technical description & cutaway
Embraer's turboprop is able to perform a wide range of roles at relatively low cost, including simulating jet fighters for training, making it attractive to numerous nations