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Airlines argue for extending war-risk insurance programme but face uphill battle
The US airline industry is calling on the government to continue providing war-risk insurance to carriers for domestic operations beyond a 31 August sunset...
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Pressure still on as Boeing progresses towards 787 first flight
Boeing is making progress towards a first flight of the 787 at the end of March, but still faces...
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Investigators probe Qantas 747 electrical power loss
Investigators are trying to determine whether the avionics bay on the Boeing...
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Control board to monitor management of USA’s ADS-B system
The USA's Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO), which facilitates activities for the Federal Aviation Administration's next generation air transportation...
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$18 million GPS research centre formed at Nottingham University
The UK government's East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA) and the region's University...
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SPECIAL REPORT: US Air Force returns F-15s to flight, but questions viability of fleet
US Air Force Boeing F-15 Eagles began returning to flight...
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Buried metal linked to London City aircraft compass deviations
Metal structures beneath the holding area for runway 28 at London City Airport ...
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EAA ends blanket insurance coverage
Backlash from a fatal 1999 crash at a Washington State fly-in has led to cancellation of a Texas fly-in and to the US Experimental...
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Israel to boost range of future F-35 fleet
The Israeli air force wants to increase the operational range of its future fleet of 100 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters by adding new external...
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Boeing eyes X-49A technology for Apache attack helicopter
Boeing is to enter talks to determine whether Piasecki Aircraft's X-49A experimental compound helicopter could provide technologies for a future version of the AH-64 Apache ...
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Vulcanair set to deliver first A-Viator
Italian general aviation company Vulcanair is gearing up to deliver the first A-Viator twin-engine turboprop to an...
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Swiss database aims to enable ever larger solar powered aircraft
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) researchers are developing a design database for solar-powered flight...
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MTU Aero Engines claims blisk repair first
A low-pressure turbine blisk in an Eurofighter EJ200 engine damaged by foreign object debris has been repaired by MTU Aero Engines using a process called...
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DARPA awards 10g MAV night vision camera contract
Under a three-year US Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) contract Goodrich is to develop a 640x512 pixel-resolution camera with a mass of under 10g...
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FAA personal spaceflight safety study aims for June recommendations
A personal spaceflight safety study aimed at helping to form legislation for sub-orbital tourist flights has begun in the USA. The US Congress-mandated...