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WheelTug eyes ‘09 certification of electric wheel drive for 737s
WheelTug is looking to secure US Federal Aviation Administration approval for its electric wheel drive for ground manoeuvring of Boeing 737 aircraft by the...
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SIA reveals details of A380 cabin configuration
A380 launch customer Singapore Airlines has become the first airline to reveal detailed cabin configuration data for the ultra-large airliner. The seating...
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Brazil frees cash for mid-life AMX fleet upgrade
Embraer has launched a seven-year programme to upgrade the radar and standardise the avionics of 53 Alenia/Embraer AMX/A-1...
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Superjet International reveals executive team
Superjet International partners Alenia Aeronautica and Sukhoi expect to agree appointments to fill the joint venture's second and third management tiers...
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Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Superjet 100 engine tests rescheduled
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft president Victor Subbotin says that the airframer, engine manufacturer PowerJet and the Gromov Flight Test and Research Institute have...
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Surface-launched DAGR could swiftly follow airborn version to Iraq
Lockheed Martin will seek US Army approval in 2008 to deploy to Iraq a surface-launched version of a new guided rocket,...
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Philippines asseses Chinese helicopters for army
China is emerging as a potential supplier of arms to the Philippines, with officials from the latter country assessing the Harbin Z-9 ...
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Superjet International to establish delivery centre in Venice
Superjet International has kicked off preparations for the handover of the first Sukhoi...
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NTSB wants to new technology locators for GA
The US National Transportation Safety Board is asking the Federal Aviation Administration ...
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Virgin Blue prepares to put Embraer 170 into service
Virgin Blue Airlines is preparing to put the Embraer 170 into service following the arrivel of its first aircraft in Australia. The first aircraft is pictured...
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Business briefs
avionics boosts cobham at the half year results Cobham, the UK-headquartered aerospace and defence group, turned in a 9% rise in underlying - effectively...
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NewsVIDEO: One-Two-Go Boeing MD-82 survivor reports hearing 'banging noises' before crash
Video footage shows rescue teams hosing down the burning wreckage of the One-Two-Go Boeing MD-82 that crashed at Phuket airport yesterday (16 September)
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El Al plans to convert 747-400s to cargo as it expands 777 fleet
El Al is to expand its Boeing 777 fleet as part of a strategy which will see some of its 747-400s phased out of its paassenger fleet and converted to freighters...
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SAS Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s suffer main gear failure twice
Danish investigators have identified corrosion in the main landing-gear assembly on the Scandinavian Airlines Bombardier Q400 turboprop that suffered a landing-gear...
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Business aviation briefs
CITATION POWER Clifford Development is to kick start its new Cessna Citation S/II re-engining...
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India to provide data from microsatellite free to third world
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is to provide data free of charge to research organisations, universities...
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Spacedev to develop lunar telescope lander prototype
Space systems company Spacedev has been awarded a contract to develop a prototype lunar lander vehicle for the International...
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Moon mission exploration vehicle control panel revealed
This four-screen configuration is the latest Orion crew exploration vehicle command module display and controls console flight deck design from the designated...
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French Guiana Soyuz-ST launch to loft first of Globalstar's second-generation birds
The launch by mid-2009 of the first six 700kg (1,540lb) second-generation Globalstar satellites will be...