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NewsFrance takes delivery of upgraded E-3F
The French air force has taken delivery of its first upgraded Boeing E-3F airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, following successful flight testing.
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UK investigators to analyse MH17 flight recorders
UK investigators have been assigned the task of retrieving and examining the flight-recorder data from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER lost over Ukraine.
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Business jet demand driven by large-cabin types in Bombardier's 20-year forecast
Strong growth is expected across the light, medium and large-cabin business aircraft sectors over the next 20 years, propelled by “long-term market drivers” such as wealth creation, expanding globalisation of trade, replacement aircraft and the increasing adoption of business jet use in high-growth economies including China, Russia and India. These ...
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Egypt confirmed as buying more C295 transports
Airbus Defence & Space used the Farnborough air show to name Egypt as the previously undisclosed customer for eight C295 medium transports ordered earlier this year.
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NewsEvektor plans EV-55 amphibian
Czech design and engineering company Evektor is planning to develop an amphibious variant of the EV-55 Outback once the standard version of the twin-engined turboprop has entered service.
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NewsNew radar sought for MQ-8C
The US Naval Air Systems Command is seeking information on radar technology that could be flown on board the service’s Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned air vehicle.
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NewsGerman research body DLR studies wing-contamination by insects
German aerospace research centre DLR is conducting test flights to assess how wing contamination by insects can be avoided on laminar-flow aerofoils.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Looming FVL demonstrator awards plot uncertain path for US rotorcraft industry
Two companies will be chosen on 1 August to build separate demonstrators under the US Army-led Future Vertical Life (FVL) initiative.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: European airline profits still a work in progress
Europe’s economy may have lifted from the dog days of the euro crisis and its airlines may collectively be back in profit, but there remains a big difference between thriving and simply surviving.
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NewsPICTURE: A350 rejects take-off at maximum energy
Airbus has carried out a maximum-energy rejected take-off with its A350-900 at the Istres base, final major test prior to certification.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Bell makes headway in civil segment
Bell Helicopter, for so long a bit of a bystander in the civil segment, is suddenly very busy with a pair of development programmes on its books. Both of these – the 505 Jet Ranger X and the 525 Relentless – are scheduled to make their maiden flights this year ...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Grob seeking buyers for updated G520
Years after production halted, the Grob G520 is back in the spotlight, with Grob Aircraft seeking buyers for its revived G520 NG.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airline profits climb but challenges remain
The latest Airline Business/Flightglobal World Airline Rankings show revenues for the 150 biggest airline groups rose 3% in 2013 to $717 billion.
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MH17: Rebels hand over recorders to Malaysian team
Rebels in control of the Donetsk region have handed over cockpit and flight data recorders from the down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 to team of Malaysian investigators.
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NewsJammer successfully tested on-board Gray Eagle UAV
The US Army has completed the integration and testing of an electronic warfare (EW) capability on board its General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned air vehicle.
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Eight sites shortlisted for UK spaceport
In shortlisting possible locations for a spaceport, the UK Space Agency looked for “remote” places where the “uninvolved general public” would be at minimal risk from accidents, where operations within segregated airspace would be feasible, where a 3,000m (10,000ft)-plus runway could be accommodated and which were on the coast, where ...
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NewsUrgent UAV capability required for MH17 crash site assessment
In the wake of the fatal downing of an airliner over occupied Ukraine on 17 July, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has issued an urgent solicitation to acquire an unmanned air vehicle capability to monitor the area.
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NewsMH17: Combat exclusion zone to surround crash site
Ukraine's president has ordered that an combat exclusion zone of 40km be placed around the wreckage site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, to aid the investigation into the crash.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: BAE bullish about APKWS purchase for US Army
BAE Systems is confident that by 2015 its precision rocket guidance system will be operational with the US Army.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Rolls and Airbus – how the latecomer excelled
Rolls-Royce took more than two decades to get an engine onto an Airbus product. But the UK company is now in pole position as Toulouse’s prime widebody engine partner after securing its third Airbus sole-source supply deal, to power the A330neo.