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FARNBOROUGH: Why Boeing 'won’t play' Airbus’s air show orders game
As the show begins, Boeing has reiterated its position that it will not be playing the "orders race" game and announcing a raft of stored-up deals at Farnborough...
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FARNBOROUGH: Northrop steps up efforts to secure UK Global Hawk sale
Northrop Grumman aims to hold further discussions at the show with the UK Ministry of Defence over the potential use of the Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle to meet the country's surveillance requirements.
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FARNBOROUGH: Pakistan and China eye export JF-17 customers
China and Pakistan are eyeing international customers for their Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) JF-17 fighter, which is making its Western air show debut at Farnborough.
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FARNBOROUGH: Thomson Airways welcomes 787
The Boeing 787's first touchdown on UK soil was a landmark moment for Chris Browne, managing director at UK launch operator Thomson Airways.
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FARNBOROUGH: Piedmont promotes new-wave UAS technology ahead of Mars mission
Torino Piemonte Aerospace (hall 1, stand D16) is at Farnborough to represent small to medium-sized enterprises based in Italy's Piedmont region, which has...
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FARNBOROUGH: P&WC starts work on advanced turboprop for regional airliners
Pratt & Whitney Canada has begun developing an advanced turboprop engine for the regional airline sector, aiming for double-digit reductions in fuel burn...
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FARNBOROUGH: Qinetiq Zephyr claims unmanned endurance record
Qinetiq is claiming a world record for unmanned flight endurance as its solar-powered high-altitude long-endurance Zephyr surveillance system doubled its...
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FARNBOROUGH: Elbit reveals CockpitNG avionics concept
Elbit Systems is offering its CockpitNG to at least three platform manufacturers. The CockpitNG for fighter aircraft, helicopters, trainers and airlifters...
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FARNBOROUGH: UK's Taranis UCAV breaks cover
The possible future direction of the UK's defence aerospace industry was highlighted on the eve of the show, when the nation's Taranis unmanned combat air...
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FARNBOROUGH: Vince Cable comments on strength of UK aerospace
When the England football team flew home almost two weeks before the end of the World Cup they touched down at Heathrow in an Airbus A340-600.
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FARNBOROUGH: C919 is biggest threat since MDC disappeared: Boeing
Boeing's marketing chief says that China's planned drive into the mainline airliner market with the Comac C919 twinjet represents the most significant "third" competitor the airframer has faced since the market became a duopoly in 1997 when McDonnell Douglas was taken over.
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FARNBOROUGH: Leahy predicts Airbus will double year-to-date orders tally
Airbus super salesman John Leahy has hinted that the airframer could secure more than 130 orders at the show.
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FARNBOROUGH: F-35 buoyed by Canadian commitment, but top buyer no-shows
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be one of the key talking points at the show, with Lockheed Martin's poster product having received mixed support in the lead-up to the event
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FARNBOROUGH: Electrical test specialist Seaward makes show debut
Seaward Group, a specialist in electrical safety testing and precision measurement instrumentation, is making its debut at the show.
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FARNBOROUGH: Russia's military is hoping a national rearmament programme will start soon
Russia's air force and aviation industry is waiting to see what the much-heralded national rearmament programme promised by President Medvedev will yield in terms of firm aircraft orders.
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FARNBOROUGH: VIDEO - Dreamliner makes its Farnborough debut
It was supposed to be here two years ago, but finally Boeing's air show dream came true yesterday when the 787 touched down at Farnborough.
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FARNBOROUGH: Etihad prepares to receive first A330 freighter
Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways will formally take delivery of its first Airbus A330-200 freighter at the show tomorrow
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FARNBOROUGH: Canada's NRC dispenses icing research advances
The National Research Council Canada Institute for Aerospace Research will announce today a significant advance in icing research.
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FARNBOROUGH: GE Aviation’s Joyce: continuing the course of innovation
David Joyce, president and chief executive of GE Aviation, sees a silver lining to the economic overcast that has settled in over the commercial aviation...
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FARNBOROUGH: Aero Sekur displays integrated survival solutions
Flexible materials specialist company Aero Sekur is displaying an integrated package for helicopter ditching survival at the show. The...