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US Army makes unexpected Guardrail update
The US Army will spend up to $460 million over the next five years to modernise a fleet of nearly 36-year-old signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft that...
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Environmental special: The alphabet soup of alternative fuels
terminology The alphabet soup of alternative fuels XTL - "X to liquid" - generic term for fuels produced from coal, natural gas or biomass using...
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FAA proposes recall on hundreds of TFE731 bizjet engines
Owners of more than 500 Honeywell TFE731 -family turbofan engines are being called upon by the US Federal Aviation...
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Eclipse 500s to enter air taxi fleet service
Air Taxi fleets are the biggest customers of Eclipse , and two providers are about to be the first to put their...
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Business aviation in brief
GULFSTREAM EXPANSION Gulfstream has opened the first of two phases of its new 58,025m2 (624,600ft2) Savannah,...
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China developing WIGE aircraft
A wing-in-ground-effect aircraft is under development at Shanghai based-Tongji University, according to Chinese media. With a design payload of 4,000kg (8,800lb),...
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Brussels emissions trading scheme goes to vote
The European Parliament's transport committee is due to vote on whether to back proposals for a single unified launch date of 2012 for both international...
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Japan to fund stealth fighter study
Japan's Y4.8 trillion ($41.4 billion) defence budget request for fiscal year 2008 includes an initial Y15.7 billion allocation from the nation's air force...
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IATA criticises all aspects of Brazilian aviation safety infrastructure
Brazil's accident rate is currently about 3.5 times the world average and the reasons for this are almost all down to shortcomings in air traffic control,...
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European satellite servicing competitors announce new customers and new spacecraft
The two competing on-orbit satellite servicing companies, UK based-Orbital Satellite Services ...
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Farnborough Airport draws up master plan
Farnborough Airport is drawing up a master plan which lays out a strategy for the...
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Northrop Grumman gets Head Start on US Navy BAMS contest
Northrop Grumman is finishing up flights of a Gulfstream II testbed under the company-funded Head Start risk-reduction programme intended to boost its chances...
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UAV geared for naval and border patrol use
The Polish Air Force Institute of Technology has unveiled a prototype ship-launched tactical unmanned air vehicle with the Polish navy and border guard seen...
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Saab to produce maritime version of Skeldar UAV
Saab to fly enlarged maritime variant of developmental Skeldar unmanned air vehicle in late 2008
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Italy clears obstacle avoidance system for aircraft integration
Selex Communications' laser obstacle avoidance and monitoring (LOAM) system has been cleared for integration with Italian military and government aircraft,...
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Watchkeeper system may lead to more Thales-Elbit cooperation
Thales UK expects to secure its first export orders for the British Army's Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicle system from 2009, and is also eyeing ways of...
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Lack of spares dogs Polish F-16s
The Polish air force has integrated the mission control software and improved the availability rate of its Lockheed Martin F-16 fleet, but a lack of spares...
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Deliveries of Russia’s NK-93 ducted fan could begin in 2009
Two test flights of Russia's NK-93 ducted fan prototype engine have been completed on board an Ilyushin Il-76 flying test bed, and the engine could be ready...