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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Eurofighter gets AESA radar deal, but Italy looks to F-35
Eurofighter has received approval to add an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to its Typhoon combat aircraft, but has been hit by an Italian decision to renege on a commitment to Tranche 3B production of the type, in favour of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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FARNBOROUGH: Bombardier and Porter team up for Q400 biofuel demo
Bombardier and Porter Airlines are working to complete the first biofuel trial on a large turboprop once a Q400 operated by the carrier completes the test...
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Flightglobal award winners revealed
British Airways boss Willie Walsh, the passengers and crew who tackled a suicide bomber and the team behind a fly-by-wire system for Embraer business jets were last night named Leader, Aviator and Innovator of the Year in the second Flightglobal Achievement Awards.
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FARNOROUGH: Selex makes the link to next-generation capabilities
With the recent fourth flying campaign of Alenia Aeronautica's Sky-Y unmanned air system, Finmeccanica-owned Selex Communications gained the first operational...
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FARNBOROUGH: SSAFA named official charity partner
Show organiser Farnborough International (FIL) has chosen The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association Forces Help (SSAFA) as the official charity of the 2010 event.
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FARNBOROUGH: Italy's Elettronica embraces international markets and cyber war
Italy's Elettronica is looking to secure its solid position in the electronic warfare market by expanding into new international markets, enlarging its product portfolio and mastering new technologies - including cyber warfare.
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FARNBOROUGH: Specialist supplier helps keeps Spitfire flying
Aluminium Special Products returns to Farnborough with a story of success in what is becoming a niche market: sourcing and supplying...
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FARNBOROUGH: GE plots new UK research centre, and makes a green connection
GE Aviation is to build a new research and development centre, focused on "electrical power integration", at its campus in Bishops Cleeve near Cheltenham in the UK this year.
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FARNBOROUGH: Flightglobal teams with AtD for Chinese fleet forecast
China's airline fleet is on course to hit more than 5,500 aircraft over the next 20 years, according to early findings from a fleet forecast being developed by Flightglobal in association with marketing practice Achieving the Difference.
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FARNBOROUGH: Garuda orders six A330s
Garuda Indonesia has ordered six Airbus A330-200s which will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2012.
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VIDEO - FARNBOROUGH: R-R-powered 787 departs show flanked by Spitfires
The past and future of aerospace's UK standard bearer Rolls-Royce formed up in the skies over Farnborough when Boeing's Trent 1000-powered 787 Dreamliner overflew the airfield with twin Merlin-powered Supermarine Spitfires off its carbonfibre wingtips
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FARNBOROUGH: Germania firms A319 order
Berlin-based Germania's holding company has firmed its order for five Airbus A319 aircraft, having disclosed a tentative agreement earlier this year.
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FARNBOROUGH: Ilyushin Finance orders 20 An-158s
Russia's Ilyushin Finance has ordered 20 Antonov An-158s, becoming the first customer for the twinjet, which is a stretch of the An-148.
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FARNBOROUGH: Concorde day 3 question
Concorde is the subject of the latest book in Haynes' successful Owners'Workshop Manual series.
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FARNBOROUGH: Adhesives provider promotes flame-resistant material for aircraft
Adhesives supplier R D Taylor is hoping to win new customers for its flame-resistant and low-density filler at the show. The 3M Flame Smoke and Toxicity...
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FARNBOROUGH: ATR plans to keep offering the 72-500
ATR intends to keep the 70-seat ATR 72-500 in its portfolio for the coming years as it works towards debuting...
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FARNBOROUGH: Flightglobal's Picarella meets the public
Flightglobal artist Joe Picarella yesterday delighted fans of his dazzling cutaways with signing sessions at the show, appearing in front of Northrop Grumman's...
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FARNBOROUGH: Helmet manufacturer rolls out new search and rescue product
Scottish helmet manufacturer Helmet Integrated Systems has launched a search and rescue helmet at the show, where it hopes to win new markets to add to its...
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FARNBOROUGH: Britten-Norman launches airborne surveillance service
The venerable Britten-Norman Islander is enjoying its latest lease of life here at Farnborough as a platform for a low-cost, pay-by-the-hour aerial surveillance...
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FARNBOROUGH: Alenia's heavyweight ambitions
Italy's Alenia Aeronautica has set a two-year timeframe to develop and deliver to potential customers a new 1,800kg (3,960lb) maximum take-off weight medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system