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Sikorsky S-76D medium-twin helicopter makes first flight
Sikorsky flew its S-76D medium-twin helicopter for the first time in February from its West Palm Beach, Florida facility, three years after the airframer began development of the latest S-76 variant...
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Virgin Blue grounding aircraft and looking at staff cuts
Australian carrier Virgin Blue is grounding about 8% of its domestic fleet and possibly retrenching staff due to a deterioration in demand.
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Jetstar to replace Qantas on NZ domestic routes
Qantas Airways' low-cost carrier Jetstar is replacing it on New Zealand domestic routes as of 10 June.
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Australian court approves cartel fines against European airlines
An Australian court has formally ordered Air France-KLM, Cargolux and Martinair to pay a combined A$16 million ($11 million) in fines for price-fixing in...
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NewsNTSB aims to shift Colgan Q400 wreckage within two days
US National Transportation Safety Board investigators have cleared around half the wreckage of the crashed Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 from the impact site...
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NewsUK to sign for first F-35 Joint Strike Fighters 'within weeks'
The UK is close to signing a contract to participate in initial operational testing of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, says a senior procurement official ...
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Georgia researchers aim for low acoustic signature UAV
A prototype unmanned air vehicle designed to be as quiet as possible is being planned by a team of Georgia Institute of Technology Research Institute engineers. Funded...
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Flying Honeywell’s Primus Epic for helicopters
Most of the basic questions asked by helicopter pilots are satisfied by Honeywell's integrated avionics platform
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Sikorksy to test active vibration control for S-92 rotor hub
Picking up vibrations The same technology that vibrates cell phones and is used to counter vibrations locally in helicopter cabins could soon be used...
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Technology preventatives for EMS preservation
Safety technologies are likely to play a key role in combating what US National Transportation Safety Board officials say...
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Lufthansa move for Austrian hits trouble as EC launches probe
European regulators threaten to pull the plug on the German carrier's deal to buy struggling Austrian
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Extending HUMS to rotor systems
New research suggests that health and usage monitoring systems could be even more effective if it is applied to rotor systems
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US rotorcraft makers face 10-year debacle
Lack of innovation at home and competition from abroad could lead to a massive shake-up in the US rotorcraft industry
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Opinion
Comment: no judicial mistake
In this column we have, several times, argued that air accidents in which unintentional human error is a factor should not lead to the criminal prosecution...
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Global aviation under pressure to deliver climate deal
A group of four airlines worried that high-level climate change talks will end without any credible global deal have formed a new...
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Lockheed UK on target with Merlin CSP project
The UK Royal Navy's Merlin HM2 modernisation programme is about to enter its software testing phase, ahead of a first flight in late 2010 ...
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NewsPICTURES: Royal Navy Merlins get new defensive aids
A Lockheed Martin-led countermeasures modification will boost the UK Royal Navy's ability to use its AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin HM1s for overland missions ...
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Business briefs
The latest episode in a long-running battle between shareholders in Czech Aircraft...
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Helicopter operators head for deeper waters
Despite the recent drop in oil demand, record requirements, coupled with decades of oil and gas extraction draining some reservoirs, is leading oil companies...
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PICTURE: Greece accepts delayed Erieye system for operational use
The Greek air force has formally accepted its fleet of four Embraer EMB-145-based airborne early warning and control system aircraft into operational use ...