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Hawaiian pilots vote in favour of strike
Following more than two years of contract negotiations, Hawaiian Airlines pilots have voted to authorise local union leadership to call a strike if union...
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FAA recommends specific training to prevent cowl loss
The US FAA wants operators of Airbus A319 and Bombardier CRJ100/200 aircraft to develop type-specific training programmes to help mechanics and pilots verify...
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Eurocontrol investigating more frequent oceanic reporting
Eurocontrol's single European sky air traffic management research (SESAR) agency has been tasked by the European Commission with investigating the costs...
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Liat Bombardier turboprop returns to Grenada
Caribbean carrier Liat says one of its Bombardier Q300 aircraft returned to Maurice Bishop International Airport in Grenada this morning as a precautionary...
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Eurocopter hands over first EC135 to Poland
The Polish ministry of health has taken delivery of the first of 23 Eurocopter EC135s. The light twin-engined type will replace the country ageing Mil Mi-2...
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Nano-scale aluminium and ice propel rocket
A solid rocket motor that uses a mix of nano-scale aluminium particles and ice for its propellant has been launched to 1,300ft (400m) by the US Air Force...
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GE Aviation Czech H80 engine gets research grants
Research grants worth $4 million have been awarded by the Czech government to GE Aviation Czech for new turboprop engine technologies. Using the grant...
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NASA Global Hawk first flight on 17 September
A prototype for future PC-based unmanned air vehicle ground control stations developed for NASA's two Northrop Grumman Global Hawks is also a cause for the...
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CIRA plans Unmanned Space Vehicle flight and hypersonic cooperation
Preparations will begin in October for Italy's second supersonic Unmanned Space Vehicle flight, while talks with Australia have started for a related hypersonic...
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DSEi: Selex Galileo flies Seaspray 5000E radar
Selex Galileo has conducted the first test flights with its lightweight Seaspray 5000E surveillance radar ...
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More C-17 sales possible after C-5A retirement ban lifted
A panel of US senators has voted to remove a five-year-old legal ban on retiring the US Air Force's 59 Lockheed Martin C-5As, perhaps paving the way for...
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DSEi: UK, France launch new anti-ship missile
The UK and France have launched a co-operative effort with MBDA to develop a new helicopter-launched anti-ship missile ...
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PICTURES: Nigerian ATR 42 maritime patrol enters flight test
The Nigerian air force's first of two ATR 42-500 maritime patrol aircraft has begun flight testing at Alenia Aeronautica's Turin Caselle site ...
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Business briefs
UK trade associations the Association of Police and Public Security Suppliers, the Defence Manufacturers Association...
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This Week Briefings
Three men face long prison terms after being found guilty in a UK court of conspiracy to murder over the 2006...
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Aluminium nutating engine in combustion tests
Combustion tests are under way for an aluminium nutating engine that could deliver the power density that the US military requires from its internal combustion...
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PICTURE: RAF's first Nimrod MRA4 makes flight debut
BAE Systems' first production example of the Nimrod MRA4 surveillance aircraft has made its flight debut ...
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Boeing machinists in Charleston reject IAM representation
The machinists at Boeing's newly acquired Charleston facility have voted against continued representation by the International Association of Machinists...
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First F-35B resumes flying after year-long hiatus
A key test article for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme has returned to flight after a nearly year-long hiatus. The BF-1 flight-test...