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F-22 oxygen system malfunctioned moments before crash
A US Air Force report has said the regular oxygen system stopped working before a fatal Lockheed Martin F-22 crash in Alaska last November.
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Airbus lawsuit details sharklet patent dispute
Airbus's lawsuit against Seattle-based winglet specialist Aviation Partners follows a claim by the US company that the airframer should pay royalties over...
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Labour board drops Boeing complaint
The US National Labour Relations Board has dropped its complaint against Boeing, following an eight-month saga that culminated 7 December with the 74% approval by...
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Embraer first flight bodes well for US production line
Embraer says there were no anomalies in the 2.5h first flight of a US-built Phenom 100 business jet from the Melbourne international airport on 8 December,...
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Airlines outline plans for Latin American and Caribbean growth
The Caribbean and Latin American markets are central to the growth plans of airlines looking to take advantage of the region's resilience to the current...
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Lufthansa Technik to close Hamburg aircraft painting facility
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has decided to close its aircraft painting facility in Hamburg and, as a result, has stopped the development of a laser-based paint...
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Air Force awards reusable booster contracts
Andrews Space, Boeing and Lockheed Martin have been awarded contracts to design, fabricate and test systems under the reusable booster system flight and...
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Idling approaches on tap for Capital region in 2012
A slate of new "green" optimised arrival and departure procedures for three major "metroplex" airports near Washington DC will go live in stages starting...
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VIDEO: L-3 and Lufthansa get moving with e-taxi demonstrator
Lufthansa and technology company L-3 Communications have conducted taxi trials with an Airbus A320 equipped with electrical motors on both main landing gears...
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Airbus begins mating A350 cockpit to forward fuselage
Airbus has commenced mating of the cockpit section of its first A350 to the twinjet's forward fuselage at its Saint Nazaire plant in France. The mating...
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LIMA: Eurocopter seals raft of Malaysia deals
Eurocopter made several announcements at Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA), including the production rollout of Royal Malaysian...
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Hainan Airlines' long-haul 787 to have 215 seats
China's Hainan Airlines has unveiled the basic cabin configuration on its first Boeing 787 aircraft, due to be delivered in September 2012. The aircraft...
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China Aircraft Leasing signs deal for 20 C919, total order backlog hits 215
China Aircraft Leasing Company (CALC) has inked a purchase agreement for 20 Comac C919s, bringing the Chinese manufacturer's total order backlog for the narrowbodies...
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787 breaks endurance records
Boeing has pushed its 787 to the outer limits of performance, breaking two endurance records for an aircraft of its size. 787 test aircraft ZA006,...
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American Kingston overrun triggers tailwind training recommendations
A 2009 overrun of an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 at Kingston, Jamaica has prompted the US National Transportation Safety Board to recommend that the...
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Lockheed gets contract to produce Iraqi F-16s
The US Department of Defense has announced an $835 million contract linked to Lockheed Martin's production of 18 F-16s for the Iraqi air force ...
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Iran displays captured RQ-170
Iran has released video of the unmanned Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel that apparently crash-landed inside Iran. A short video, released by Iranian news...
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RAF clears Hawk T1s for flight resumption
The UK Royal Air Force has been cleared to resume normal flight operations with its BAE Systems Hawk T1/1A training aircraft ...
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IN FOCUS: MBDA close to completing Meteor development work
We detail MBDA's progress with the Meteor beyond visual-range air-to-air missile, as development work nears an end ...
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PICTURE: Embraer flies first AEW-modified EMB-145 for India
Embraer has performed the first flight of an EMB-145 destined for completion as an airborne early warning and control system aircraft for India ...