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Alenia Aermacchi reveals dual-role M-346 sales target
Alenia Aermacchi believes it could sell around 100 armed examples of a dual-role M-346 that it is in the early stages of developing, with the model to provide operators with an affordable asset for low- and medium-intensity conflicts.
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ANALYSIS: Airlines welcome tentative European moves on MRO
Airlines have welcomed the tentative inquiry by the European Commission into potentially anti-competitive terms in maintenance contracts for certain engines and components.
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Virgin 747 gear jammed after actuator fitted upside-down
Maintenance personnel installed a Boeing 747-400 main landing-gear actuator upside-down before the aircraft suffered an undercarriage jam while returning to London Gatwick.
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NewsSwedish military retires last Super Puma
The Swedish armed forces marked the retirement of the nation's last Airbus Helicopters AS332 Super Puma on 14 October, with the locally-designated HKP10 leaving use after 27 years of service. A retirement ceremony was held at the F21 air base in Luleå: the same location that the helicopter had entered ...
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ADEX: Northrop on track with South Korea’s RQ-4B production
Northrop Grumman will deliver the first pair of South Korea’s four RQ-4B Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft in 2018, and the second pair in 2019.
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Midsize and light jet deliveries rebound as new designs stimulate demand
The slump in the global oil price, coupled with a fall in demand from emerging markets, led to a steady decline in deliveries of high-end business jets between January 2014 and June 2015, according to the latest research from Flightglobal’s Ascend consultancy.
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NewsDassault delivers first customer-owned Falcon 8X to Little Rock completion centre
Dassault’s Falcon 8X development programme has reached another milestone with the handover of the first customer aircraft to its US completion centre in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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PICTURES: KAL-ASD to test unmanned MD500
KAL-ASD has revealed an unmanned variant of the MD Helicopters MD500 attack helicopter that it has developed with assistance from Boeing.
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ADEX: Lockheed details plan to bring S-3B Viking back
Lockheed Martin has detailed a proposal to supply former US Navy S-3B Viking anti-submarine warfare aircraft to the South Korean Navy.
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EASA approves US firm's MD-80 freighter conversion
European safety regulators have approved the Boeing MD-80 freighter conversion undertaken by US-based Aeronautical Engineers.
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OpinionOPINION: Can US Army afford its helicopter vision?
When the US Army exited the Vietnam War, there was a vision for its aviation branch. A breakthrough, high-speed helicopter – Lockheed’s AH-56 Cheyenne – was already cancelled, but the seeds of a comprehensive modernisation strategy had already taken root. Within a decade, it fielded the Sikorsky UH-60 and Boeing ...
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China Southern to launch three new international services
China Southern Airlines plans to launch three new international services in the coming weeks.
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NewsAntonov selects P&WC engines for An-132 transport
Antonov has selected a Pratt & Whitney Canada tubroprop engine to power a demonstrator version of the An-132 transport currently in development for Saudi Arabia.
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NewsUnited appoints acting chief as Munoz takes medical leave
United Airlines general counsel Brett Hart will take over the duties of chief executive Oscar Munoz as he recovers from a heart attack last week.
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LATAM to add Africa to network
LATAM Airlines Group will launch its first scheduled service to Africa with flights to Johannesburg, as it prepares to begin flights on several new international routes in the following months.
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Lockheed touts ABC laser turret as testbed completes 60 flights
Lockheed Martin claims to have overcome a major obstacle to shooting high-power laser weapons from high-speed aircraft, saying it has successfully completed 60 Aero-adaptive Aero-optic Beam Control (ABC) laser turret flight tests over the past year.
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NewsF-35 ejection seat fix expected by 2016 amid safety concerns
The US Air Force is demanding a long-term fix to the Martin Baker US16E (MK16) ejection seat for the Lockheed Martin F-35, after recent tests discovered “unacceptable risk of neck injury” for light-weight pilots during parachute deployment at low speeds.
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US Army watches demonstration of Hero 30 loitering weapon
UVison conducted a recent demonstration of its Hero 30 expendable unmanned air system in southern Israel for the US Army, and primarily the service's special operations command.
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Syrian UAV activity alarms Israel
Israeli sources have described the current activity over Syria as being a "traffic jam" of unmanned air vehicles, with the number of types involved having increased since the Russian military became actively involved in the conflict.
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AgustaWestland makes fresh push to safeguard UK site
AgustaWestland has reiterated its belief that a new military helicopter can be designed and built at its Yeovil, UK facility – but only with the backing of the country's government.