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NASA to test fan for hypersonic turbine combined cycle engine
NASA is to test a 57%-scale fan for a turbofan combined cycle engine. This follows work that has continued progress made with the cancelled NASA...
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Woven carbon could be key to all-composites engines
A cooled structure for a conceptual dual-mode ramjet will be tested shortly as part of ongoing joint research by European missile...
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UAV safe separation to be integrated with SESAR air traffic management programme
Work has begun at Eurocontrol on enabling integration of unmanned air vehicles into the air traffic management system as it is now, but also into future...
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NewsAustralia commits to decade of growth in defence spending
Australia's Labour government will increase defence funding by an average 3% per year until 2017-18, and could upgrade its air force Lockheed Martin C-130J transports ...
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Crashed BA 777 inquiry battles to understand fuel restriction
UK investigators remain unable to explain the reduction in fuel flow that led to a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER losing power in both engines and landing...
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DVB Groups reports 7.6% fall in profits
Strong growth of the Transport Finance business reflected in 20.5% increase in fees and commission
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IATA: accident rate up but fatalities lower in 2007
The International Air Transport Association's bid to slash the commercial air transport accident rate for Western-built aircraft has suffered a setback after...
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NASA completes J-2 turbomachinery tests for J-2X data
NASA has successfully completed its first series of tests, conducted from December 2007 to May this year at NASA's Stennis Space Center, for its J-2X...
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JAXA aims for 2009 pre-cooled turbojet flight test
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is to fire a subscale hypersonic pre-cooled turbojet engine called S-Engine by August...
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RAF chief urges better command and control in Afghanistan
The UK needs more effective joint command and control structures in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the Royal Air Force chief ...
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Australian working groups to tackle key risk trends
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority has identified four major trends that will affect aviation operators' ability to manage risk over the next three...