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Raytheon’s Small Diameter Bomb II approved for production, deployment
The Pentagon has given Milestone C approval to Raytheon’s Small Diameter Bomb II programme, moving the tri-mode seeker weapon to production and deployment with the US Air Force on the F-15E Strike Eagle.
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TAM gets approval for Dominican Republic flights
Brazil's TAM has received approval at home to launch flights to the Dominican Republic.
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Opinion
OPINION: Airbus hit hard by A400M tragedy
Disaster struck the A400M programme on 9 May, when an aircraft due to be delivered to the Turkish air force in June crashed shortly after starting its first flight from Airbus’s final assembly site in Seville. Four of the six flight-test personnel on board the military transport tragically lost their ...
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LOT to unveil new routes amid return to growth
Polish flag carrier LOT will reveal new routes in July or July as it prepares to return to growth for the first time since being forced to cap its operations as a compensatory measure for securing state aid.
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Local heroes: all-time top 10 regional jets
As the Regional Airline Association gathers in Cleveland for its 2015 annual convention, we thought it a good time to chart the hardware that’s getting it there
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La Compagnie picks Monarch for line support
All-premium transatlantic operator La Compagnie has selected Monarch Aircraft Engineering to provide line maintenance handling for its Boeing 757-200.
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Comac ambiguous about C919 first flight schedule
Comac says development work on its C919 narrowbody is going ahead at full steam, and that it will make an announcement on the aircraft’s first flight schedule towards the end of the year.
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Australia appoints new chair of CASA
Australia’s infrastructure minister Warren Truss has appointed Jeff Boyd as the new chairman of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority for three years.
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PICTURES: Vietnam Airlines first Boeing 787-9 completes exterior painting
Vietnam Airlines’ first Boeing 787-9 has rolled out of Boeing's paint shop at Paine Field, less than a month after it came off the final assembly line.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Supercharge sought for Superjet's dismal Asian presence
Russian and Chinese partners earlier this month signed a rather unexpected agreement to set up a new leasing company aimed at placing Sukhoi Superjet 100s in China and Southeast Asia.
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Mesa secures EDC funds for new CRJ900s
Mesa Airlines will finance the seven Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft that it has on order with debt from Export Development Canada (EDC), says chief executive Jonathan Ornstein.
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USAF student test pilots trial Textron’s Scorpion and AT-6
US Air Force student test pilots recently trialed Textron AirLand’s Scorpion jet and the Beechcraft AT-6 light attack turboprop, conducting 12 flights in the Scorpion and seven with the AT-6 during a week-long visit to companies’ facilities in Wichita, Kansas.
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USMC continues Nepalese aid delivery as search for missing helo continues
US Marine Corps assets - including the Bell Helicopter UH-1Y Huey rotorcraft - are continuing the delivery of aid to victims of the earthquakes in Nepal, as the search continues for a Huey that went missing following a second earthquake on 12 May.
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USAF nominates JASSM missile to host new computer-killing weapon
The head of the Air Force Research Laboratory has nominated Lockheed Martin’s stealthy, long-range Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile as the optimal air vehicle to carry a new computer-killing electronic attack payload known as CHAMP, or Counter-electronics High-powered microwave Advanced Missile Project.
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India picks Ka-226T as RSH rotorcraft
The decision taken by New Delhi's Defence Acquisition Council on 13 May to manufacture Russia’s Kamov Ka-226T "Sergei" light helicopter in India brings to a close a long and torturous saga to procure 197 reconnaissance and surveillance helicopters (RSH) for nation's army and air force.
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Spain suspends pre-delivery flights of A400M
Airbus Defence & Space resumed flight testing of the A400M tactical transport on 12 May, just days after four of its personnel were killed in the first accident to involve the type since its flight debut in December 2009.
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IAG backs Gulf carriers in subsidies battle
Qatar Airways partner IAG has come out in support of the airline and two other Gulf carriers in an ongoing dispute over alleged subsidies with US mainline carriers.
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RAF scrambles Typhoons in response to Russia as British troops train in Estonia
Two Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons were scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft in eastern European NATO airspace in early May, as a multinational NATO exercise to prepare allies against potential threats takes place in Estonia.
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American has no qualms with Qatar despite subsidy row: CEO
American Airlines has no hard feelings towards its partner Qatar Airways despite allegations of billions of dollars in government subsidies, says American chairman and chief executive Doug Parker.
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PICTURE: VivaAerobus receives first new A320
Mexican low-cost carrier VivaAerobus has taken delivery of its first new Airbus A320 from the airframer in Toulouse.