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Forecasts 2011: UAVS - Battle budget worries
The unmanned segment of the global defence market will spend much of 2011 jockeying for position, trying to find a niche in shrinking budgets.
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Forecasts 2011: Engines & avionics - Dassault's power play
French airframer's plans for Falcon super-midsize business jet will influence developments in engines and avionics
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Forecasts 2011: Freight - Cargo holds on to gains
Airline cargo departments are looking forward with cautious optimism in 2011, after an October-to-November peak season that was not as hectic as in 2010, but at least did not signal a new downturn.
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ANALYSIS: Boeing 787 historic pricing discounts put pressure on programme’s profitability
Data obtained by Flight International shows Boeing's historic order backlog for the 787 was based partly on steep discounts driven by now-discarded design and manufacturing assumptions.
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Opinion
Comment: Lessons lost
A baffling oversight on the part of the US Air Force's special operations command means that the causes of a fatal crash - and any need for remedial action - are still to be understood
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Comment: Keeping them in Kansas
States and cities proffering taxpayers' money to lure or retain manufacturing businesses is a controversial tactic that can smack of featherbedding and throwing good dollars after bad.
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Aircell vows seamless switchover between Gogo & SkySurf Wi-Fi
US firm Aircell and Canadian company SkySurf plan to offer a "hybrid" air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity solution that will enable commercial airline passengers to seamlessly access airborne Internet whether flying in Canadian or US airspace.
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Forecasts 2011: Business aviation - New beginnings
Launches from Cessna and Piaggio, revivals at Eclipse, Kestrel and of the SPn and news from Dassault are likely highlights of the business aviation year
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Indian P-8Is to have Harpoon II missiles
India plans to buy Boeing AGM-84L Harpoon II anti-ship missiles and related equipment for its future fleet of P-8I Neptune maritime patrol aircraft.
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Forecasts 2011: Defence - Caution continues
Military budgets are under pressure in the USA and Europe, but Asia has some ambitious plans in store ...
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Forecasts 2011: Airlines - Asia leads the way
Last year saw a bounce-back for airlines, mainly in the emerging markets, but profit growth could be dragged back in the new year
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Investigators analyse recorders of burned Kolavia Tu-154
Russian investigators have determined that the flight recorders of the Kolavia Tupolev Tu-154 destroyed in a fire at Surgut contain records of the event.
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Forecasts 2011: New regions to drive fleet growth, says Flightglobal report
A major fleet forecasting tool from Flightglobal Insight predicts a very different growth trajectory in emerging markets than their mature counterparts
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Forecasts introduction: On course again
After the downturn of 2009 and the uncertainty of last year, the global industry appears to be entering a steady if slow climb.
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Forecasts 2011: Airframers - Recovery steps up
Resurging civil aircraft sales and higher deliveries are likely in 2011 - but programmes are facing some daunting hurdles
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EasyJet exercises 15 A320 options
UK low-cost carrier EasyJet has exercised its options for 15 Airbus A320 aircraft to be delivered from 2012 to 2014. It has also secured options over...
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US government details AH-64D bid for Indian air force contract
The US government has confirmed details of Boeing's bid for a $600 million attack helicopter contract in India with the AH-64D Block III Apache ...
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Another round of repairs for Discovery
Work began 3 January to repair four cracks in three support beams on Space Shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank. NASA is using a methodology similar...