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Analysis
ANALYSIS: T-50 steadily accumulates export orders
South Korea’s indigenously developed trainer is steadily racking up export wins
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Opinion
OPINION: Will MH17 investigation report mean justice for all?
Formal confirmation that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed by surface-to-air missile may comfort some, but Moscow’s intransigence leaves little hope of finding those to blame
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K-Max carries out US federal government firefighting tests
Lockheed Martin and Kaman have demonstrated to US federal government departments the firefighting capabilities of the unmanned K-Max helicopter.
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Polish F-16s to join Israeli exercise
A deployment of some of the Polish air force's Lockheed Martin F-16s to Israeli bases as part of the forthcoming Blue Flag exercise will allow the service to evaluate some Israeli-made systems that are on its shopping list.
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First-flight target unchanged as MRJ ground tests near conclusion
Ground tests of the first Mitsubishi Regional Jet flight-test aircraft are close to completion ahead of a maiden sortie later this month.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Eva Air gives 787-10 boost in Asia-Pacific
Eva Air’s planned order for 24 Boeing 787-10 aircraft is an important boost for the variant in the Asia-Pacific region.
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CEO Garrison leaving Bell for non-aerospace company
Bell Helicopter chief executive John Garrison is leaving the company to take over the top leadership post at a non-aerospace company, parent Textron announced on 15 October.
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Boeing’s MOP bomb approaching second phase of redesign
Boeing can expected a sole-source contract for redesign, qualification and testing of the US Air Force’s largest non-nuclear penetrating bomb, the 13.6t GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP).
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Watchkeeper carries out sortie in controlled airspace
Thales’s Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicle has been successfully flown in controlled airspace under the jurisdiction of air traffic control for the first time, completing a 1h sortie in Wales on 30 September.
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Saudis seek nine more Sikorsky Black Hawks
Saudi Arabia could purchase up to nine Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk combat helicopters under a $495 million foreign military sale package approved by the US State Department this week.
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MAA prepares update to unmanned operations guidelines
The UK’s Military Aviation Authority is preparing the release of an updated version of its regulations on unmanned air vehicles, which will draw on feedback from the first document that was released in January this year.
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Bombardier to close CL-415 completion center
Bombardier has decided to shut down the completion facility for CL-415 water-bombers while the programme remains paused pending further orders.
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Lockheed secures split-buy of -ER and baseline JASSM missiles
Lockheed Martin’s JASSM cruise missile programme has locked in a contract for 280 more missiles, with an even split of baseline and extended-range variants.
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Eva Air to order up to 24 787-10s, two 777-300ERs
Taiwan's Eva Air plans to purchase up to 24 Boeing 787-10s and two additional 777-300ERs, in a deal worth more than $8 billion at list prices.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Etihad and Alitalia undaunted by rebuilding task
Few would have underestimated the task Etihad boss James Hogan took on by adding Alitalia to the Gulf carrier's expanding fold of equity partners.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: A network US Airways built through mergers
US Airways was an airline with ambition, growing through five separate mergers to become the fourth largest US carrier when its flight lands this Saturday.
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NASA signs three CubeSat-dedicated start-ups
NASA has signed up three US-based launch start-ups to fly a series of CubeSat missions, due to fly in 2017 and 2018, to provide the agency with a dedicated route to orbit for the tiny satellites.
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Lockheed displays new-look Terminator UAV
Lockheed Martin has displayed an evolved version of its 'Terminator' loitering unmanned air vehicle, which it is offering for the US Army's long-running terminator Lethal Miniature Aerial Munition System programme.
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EASA certificates ATR 72-600 combi
ATR has received European Aviation Safety Agency certification for the passenger-cargo "combi" version of the ATR 72-600.
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Qatar interested in A350 stretch: Al Baker
Qatar Airways would be interested in buying a stretched A350-1000 derivative should Airbus decide to build one, but only if it offers enough of a step over the rival Boeing 777-9X.