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Opinion
OPINION: Typhoon radar deal to revive European dogfight
Last week was a pretty good one for two of Europe’s remaining fighter manufacturers, as the continent’s four Eurofighter nations at last committed real money to provide the Typhoon with a new-generation radar, and as Saab received strong and long-term backing from new customer Brazil.
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Piaggio to offer interior retrofit for Avanti II
Piaggio Aerospace is planning to launch an interior retrofit package for P180 Avanti II early next year to give a new lease of life to the twin-engined turboprop, the first examples of which entered service in 2005.
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Airbus touts UAV-based surveillance package for disaster relief
Airbus Defence & Space is planning to offer a high-altitude unmanned air vehicle-based surveillance capability for disaster relief, using a variety of systems that it is in the process of finalising.
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Army aviation restructuring moves forward
The US Army has started executing a plan that will lead to a historic reshaping and downsizing of a war-weary aviation branch even as it attempts to upgrade its capabilities at the same time it cuts more than $12 billion in spending over the next five years.
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Frontier drops 19 cities in ongoing network revamp
Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines will drop 19 cities from its network as it embarks on a strategic transformation into a point-to-point carrier, moving away from its Denver hub-and-spoke model.
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Rolls-Royce wins $287m contract for V-22 engine maintenance
Rolls-Royce on 25 November scored a two-year, $287 million contract for engine maintenance on US Marine Corps and Air Force Bell Boeing V-22 Ospreys.
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Russia flies first Mil Mi-171A2 prototype
Russian Helicopters has completed first flight of the Mi-171A2, marking another major step in the commercialisation of the country’s military-oriented rotorcraft industry.
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VisionAire remains optimistic about Vantage prospects despite funding blow
VisionAire Jets dogged pursuit of funding for its Vantage business jet has suffered a major blow after a committed new investor was forced to withdraw support following their incarceration.
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Cirrus poised to fly second Vision SF50
Cirrus Aircraft is poised to fly the second conforming Vision SF50 personal jet within days and is preparing third and final test aircraft for its maiden flight by year-end.
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F-35B makes first flight with UK weapons
A UK test team has completed an initial series of handling flights of a Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II carrying trial rounds of the Raytheon Systems Paveway IV precision-guided bomb and MBDA ASRAAM air-to-air missile.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Flightglobal’s latest census outlines shape of military simulator sector
A total of 75% of the close to 2,000 simulators in the defence sector are made by five manufacturers. L-3 Link Simulation & Training, a division of L-3 Communications, leads the market with a 24% share of active simulators, according to Flightglobal’s latest Military Simulator Census.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How Iran's aerospace dream began and ended with the licence-built IrAn-140
When the sole airworthy HESA IrAn-140 turboprop crashed on takeoff from Tehran in August, Iran’s hopes of becoming an aerospace-manufacturing nation appeared to crash with it. The decade-and-a-half following Antonov’s decision to licence production of its An-140 to Iran has seen no more than a dozen IrAn-140s roll off the ...
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PICTURE: Ruili Airlines receives first purchased Boeing 737-700
Ruili Airlines has taken delivery of its first purchased Boeing 737-700 purchased directly from the manufacturer.
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New Zealand to introduce civil UAV regulations
New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is planning to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking on 4 December to establish regulations covering the use of unmanned air vehicles.
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Llanbedr airfield further expands UK's UAV testing capability
Wales’ experience in unmanned air vehicle testing has recently been taken to the next level, following initial operational capability status being awarded to Llanbedr airfield for UAV test flights.
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Japan will purchase 17 V-22 Osprey tiltrotors
Japan has announced plans to purchase a fleet of Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotors and has included funding for the aircraft in its 2015 defense budget.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How airports are looking to new technologies
If you think augmented reality sounds as though it is something to be avoided, it is going to become increasingly hard to do so over the coming months and years.
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AJA prepares to launch Sky Limo bespoke air taxi service
VIP business aviation services provider Al Jaber Aviation is gearing up to launch the Middle East’s first point-to-point, branded air taxi service in early December and hopes to expand the operation into Europe within the next 18 months.
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Frontier orders first A321s
US carrier Frontier Airlines is ordering nine Airbus A321s, its first agreement for the largest member of the single-aisle family.
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PICTURES: NokScoot reveals livery
Thai long-haul, low-cost carrier NokScoot has unveiled the first Boeing 777-200 painted in its distinct livery.