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USAF EELV safe from Pentagon cuts
In a plan that would ultimately cut billions from existing Pentagon programmes, at least one space project is safe, according to US Secretary of Defense...
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Mesa and Bombardier agree to dissolve CRJ700 order
Mesa and Bombardier have reached an agreement to terminate Mesa's obligation to purchase 10 70-seat Bombardier CRJ700 jets.
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US military unveils possible F-35B redesign in sweeping budget reforms
Lockheed Martin may need to redesign the airframe structure and propulsion system of the STOVL F-35B, says US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ...
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BA counts cost of weather disruption
British Airways says the bad weather that engulfed the UK, Europe and USA in December 2010 will cost it an estimated £50 million in the third quarter of its current financial year.
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Boeing’s 462 deliveries in 2010 tops guidance
Boeing has announced commercial aircraft deliveries last year amounted to 462 aircraft. The total slightly tops the company's latest forecast but marks a...
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Airline fatalities increase in 2010
Airline fatal accident figures for 2010 confirm that safety in the industry, which had improved constantly from 1903 to 2003, has stagnated for the past eight years.
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Centaur gets FAA special airworthiness certificate
Aurora Flight Sciences' Centaur optionally piloted aircraft has received a special airworthiness certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration, clearing the way for flight tests to begin soon.
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First Boeing 747-8I to enter factory gauntlet tests
Boeing confirms the first round of gauntlet testing will start by end-week on the 747-8I Intercontinental, moving the passenger version of the widebody one...
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Jeppesen iPhone app among new tools for managing pilot fatigue
Boeing's Jeppesen unit has integrated fatigue risk management functionality with its crew management system.
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F-35 enters 2011 on high note, but still dogged by future uncertainty
Lockheed Martin's 11th F-35 flight-test aircraft should begin taxi trials next week, as the programme awaits on the outcome of a new review ...
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General Atomics gets support deal for Gray Eagle
General Atomics will provide logistics support for the US Army's MQ-1C UAVs under a new, $85.5 million deal ...
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IAI to help India develop unmanned Dhruv
Israel Aerospace Industries and Hindustan Aeronautics are co-operating on an unmanned version of the Dhruv advanced light helicopter ...
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Elektra One passes static load testing
German company PC-Aero has successfully completed static load tests of the wing, fuselage and tail of its battery-powered Elektra One general aviation aircraft, for German ultralight certification
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Coffee spill behind unintentional United hijack alert
Spilt coffee in the cockpit of a United Airlines Boeing 777, and the inadvertent selection of the "hijack" transponder code, preceded diversion of the jet to Toronto.
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BA and Rolls-Royce finally seal $5bn Trent deal
Rolls-Royce and British Airways have finally signed a long-awaited contract for Trent 900 and 1000 engines to power the carrier's forthcoming Airbus A380...
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Business Aviation: In Brief
German Air Ambulance and charter company FAI rent-a-jet has appointed Travel Point as its exclusive marketing and sales representative for Oman
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PICTURES: FlairJet takes Europe's first Phenom 300s
UK charter company FlairJet has taken delivery of Europe's first Embraer Phenom 300 following handover of two of the light business jets in December.
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India’s Lakshya-2 target completes flight test
India's Lakshya-2 target drone recently completed its first flight test, flying 32min at low altitude.
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Pawan Hans begins seaplane flights
Indian helicopter operator Pawan Hans has added its first amphibious aircraft to its fleet.
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PICTURE: UAE display team completes MB-339 fleet
Alenia Aermacchi has delivered the last four MB-339As to have been upgraded for the United Arab Emirates air force's Al Fursan (The Knights) aerobatic team.