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US approves P-8 sale to Norway
The US State Department has approved the possible sale of five Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft, paving the way for Norway’s P-3 and DA-20 replacement fleet.
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Canada certificates Bell 505
Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) has certificated the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X, giving Bell the green light to begin orders for the short-range light single-engine helicopter.
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BlueBird wins Israeli target UAV contract
BlueBird has won a contract to supply a target variant of an unmanned air vehicle to the Israeli air force (IAF), to enable it to train its air defence units.
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Delta and Aeromexico accept govt conditions for joint venture
Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico have accepted the conditions set out by US and Mexican regulators for antitrust immunity of their planned joint venture.
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China's AC352 conducts maiden flight
The Avicopter AC352 7t multi-role helicopter has conducted its first flight in Harbin.
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VIDEO: Aerosucre 727 freighter crashes in Colombia
Media reports from Colombia indicate that a Boeing 727-200 freighter operated by Aerosucre has crashed.
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Boeing and Saab complete first T-X flight
Boeing and Saab’s bid for the US Air Force trainer competition took flight from St. Louis, Missouri, demonstrating the clean-sheet design jet’s performance for the first time.
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MC-21 makes progress ahead of first flight next year
Six months after a public roll-out ceremony, Russian manufacturer Irkut has completed installing a modular final assembly line for the MC-21-300 airliner and made progress in ground testing, the company says on 20 December.
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Loose bracket caused F-35B fire
A fire aboard a US Marine Corps F-35B was traced back to a loose bracket designed to hold together electrical wires in the aircraft’s weapons bay, F-35 programme executive officer Lt Gen Chris Bogdan says.
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Antonov rolls out An-132 demonstrator
Antonov rolled out the new An-132D multipurpose turboprop transport on 20 December in Kiev, Ukraine, as the Saudia Arabia-backed project prepares to enter the flight test phase.
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Island Air to acquire three Q400s
All-ATR operator Island Air will acquire three new Bombardier Q400 turboprops in 2017, a move that follows the recently-restructured carrier's cancellation of a Q400 order a few years ago.
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UK and France agree on interim FCAS work
The British and French governments have signed an agreement to begin a new interim phase of the bilateral Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme.
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UMS Skeldar and ESG carry out German sensor trials
UMS Skeldar and ESG have carried out trials of a number of sensors installed on one of the former’s unmanned rotorcraft as the pair promote their capabilities in the German market.
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ANALYSIS: Delta to prioritise revenue improvements in 2017
Delta Air Lines reiterated its long-standing financial targets to Wall Street during a recent investor day, outlining how it plans to work towards them in 2017 even as it faces various headwinds.
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Israel to acquire more Hermes 900s
The Israeli air force (IAF) is acquiring more unmanned air vehicles with advanced payloads to satisfy the growing demand for their services.
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Israel selects Raytheon radar for F-15I fleet
The Israeli air force (IAF) is continuing with the upgrade of its Boeing F-15I Ra’am, and has selected the Raytheon APG-82(V)1 radar to provide a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) capability.
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EASA to order seal checks on Trent 1000s
Operators of Boeing 787s with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines will be ordered to carry out repetitive inspections of rotor seals following a recent aborted take-off.
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ANALYSIS: Germany and NH Industries look to avoid past mistakes on new Sea Lion helicopter
“We are talking about a complex weapon system – it is not a Volkswagen Golf that you buy straight off the assembly line.”
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Experts define additional MH370 search area
Officials who reassessed evidence from the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have designated an additional 25,000km² search area north of the area so far investigated.
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PICTURES: Mitsubishi beefs up US test fleet
A third Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ regional jet has arrived at the company’s US test facility at Moses Lake.