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This week briefings
Galileo satellites poised to clear hurdle NAVIGATION The European Union's Galileo satellite navigation system looks likely to clear a funding hurdle...
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Innovation matters for European missile house MBDA
Six years after its formation, MBDA is inching towards true European missile integration
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Business briefs
qinetiq momentum carries on results Qinetiq, the UK's former Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, whose controversial 2003 privatisation was last...
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The man who gets Gatwick flying
British Airways' Tim Hawkins has been a turnround manager at London Gatwick for 30 years. Formerly known as a flight dispatcher, the job calls for a wide range of qualities to keep airlines and airports on the move
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Civil engines: Pratt & Whitney gears up for the future with GTF
By promising double-digit reductions in fuel burn and emissions, Pratt & Whitney is hoping its geared turbofan will kick-start the move to a new generation of airliners and revitalise its commercial engine business
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Civil engines: Will CFM leap to open rotor?
Joint company has set deadline of decade's end for decision - in time to power new Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies
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Civil engines: Europe plans Clean Sky demonstrators
Europe plans several engine demonstrators, and environmental concerns ensure open rotors will be first to test
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Civil engines: Business-jet boom powers engine demand
Several engine decisions are expected over coming months as manufacturers prepare a new generation for the next decade
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Civil engines: GE and R-R duel to power new widebodies
General Electric and Rolls-Royce have split the market to power the Boeing 787, but will they join battle on the Airbus A350?
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Swiss use UAV to monitor soccer crowds
Zurich police, in co-operation with the Swiss military, used the Ruag Ranger unmanned air vehicle, designated ADS 95 by the Swiss army, to monitor crowds...
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Atlasjet MD-83 crew lost tower contact before crash
Turkish carrier Atlasjet says this Boeing MD-83, which crashed while preparing to land at Isparta early on 30 November with the assumed loss of all forty-nine...
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Industry mulls safety preventatives as accident rate climbs
International Air Transport Association chief Giovanni Bisignani last week said the first three quarters of 2007 represent...
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FAA reveals first cut at “small” UAS system description
The US Federal Aviation Administration has developed a rudimentary set of ground rules for the certification and operation...
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Japan corruption investigation centres on GE engines
Investigations into corruption involving Japan's military procurements are focusing on the purchase of GE Aviation's engines ,...
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USAF: F-15s risk catastrophic design weakness
The US Air Force Boeing F-15A-D Eagle fleet is grounded to inspect the cockpit seal area for longeron cracks that may have already caused one fighter to partially disintegrate in-flight.
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USAF F-15s back on ground with new crack fears
The US Air Force has detected a possibly "catastrophic" design weakness in the Boeing F-15A-D. Air Combat Command on 28 November grounded all F-15s excluding...
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TU-334 chosen as Russian presidential flight
GTK Rossiya, the Russian government airline that provides flight services to the president and FSO federal security service, has selected the Tupolev Tu-334...