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PARIS: Certifiable Predator B reaches design milestone
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ NATO airworthiness standard compliant Predator B unmanned aerial vehicle has passed the internal first phase of its critical design review (CDR).
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NewsPARIS: Boeing optimistic about Korean tanker decision falling to KC-46
Boeing is optimistic about securing its first international KC-46A Pegasus tanker customer as South Korea prepares to downselect a supplier by month’s end.
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NewsPARIS: New Chinese air show launched
A new air show is to be launched in China in 2017 in an attempt to tap into the country's burgeoning commercial aviation market.
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NewsPARIS: Airbus Helicopters nears launch for H225 replacement
Airbus Helicopters has given the clearest indication yet that it is gearing up to launch the successor to its best-selling H225 11t-class rotorcraft.
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NewsPARIS: RUAG showcases Swiss precision in military MRO
RUAG Aviation is showcasing its Swiss precision in the military upgrades market, with an example of its work available for inspection in the static display.
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NewsPARIS: Metal Metal Master plans family of Flaris LAR business jets
Polish engineering company Metal Master has returned to Paris with its Flaris LAR-1 personal jet where it declared that the five-seat single will eventually be joined by a family of business jets, all following the LAR nomenclature.
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NewsPARIS: UVision introduces loitering munition family
UVision has revealed its family of loitering munitions at the show, ranging from man-portable soldier-level short range variants up to a gasoline-powered 97kg system.
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NewsPARIS: P&W developing upgrade package for B-52 engine
Pratt & Whitney is developing a proposal for a package of performance upgrades for the existing Boeing B-52 engine after the US Air Force again postponed a plan to replace the venerable bomber’s 60-year old TF33 engine.
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PARIS: P&W evaluates options for T-X requirement
Pratt & Whitney is evaluating engine options in the 10,000lb-thrust to 15,000lb-thrust range for the US Air Force’s next-generation T-X training requirement, says P&W military engines president Bennett Croswell.
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NewsPARIS: P&W on track with F135 USMC retrofit
Pratt & Whitney is on track to retrofit more than 10 F135 propulsion systems needed to support the US Marine Corps’ plan to achieve initial operational capability (IOC) for the Lockheed Martin F-35B.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Cost challenge rises as 787 ramps up
A familiar and at times unsettling rhythm of crisis management has gripped the 787 programme since it entered production. A major issue – say, a fastener shortage, a side-of-body redesign, a systems reliability breakdown, a production bottleneck – emerges, seizes global headlines and then… subsides. The 787 orderbook, meanwhile, might ...
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Tigerair Taiwan to launch Kaohsiung-Osaka service on 3 July
Tigerair Taiwan will launch a Kaohsiung-Osaka Kansai service on 3 July.
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PARIS: Elbit launches pilot health-monitoring system
Elbit Systems has unveiled a new system that will monitor a pilot’s body condition in extreme phases of flight.
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NewsPARIS: Airbus wrangled with A320neo display options
Airbus had been discussing options for a fly-past of the A320neo at the Paris air show but scaled back its plans after technical snags halted testing with the Pratt & Whitney-powered variant.
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NewsPARIS: JF-17 wins first export order
The Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex JF-17 Thunder fighter has secured its first confirmed export deal.
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PARIS: Esterline CMC shows off new former Barco range
There are some unfamiliar avionics products on the Esterline CMC stand at Paris. It follows the acquisition by Esterline of the aerospace and defence division of Belgium-based Barco. The former Barco avionics displays activities, as well as the training and simulation business, are being intergrated within CMC, and the Canadian ...
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NewsRosetta mission boost as comet lander wakes up
The European Space Agency's Rosetta comet-chasing mission has taken another dramatic turn with the awakening after seven months of hibernation of the lander it sent down to the surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko – which had operated for just 60hr before running out of power.
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NewsPARIS: Bombardier still considering stretched 'CS500'
Bombardier continues to consider developing a third, larger variant of its CSeries aircraft, though the Canadian manufacturer's prime focus remains certification of its CS100 and CS300, an executive disclosed at the Paris air show today.
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OpinionOPINION: How feasible is a 757 replacement?
There would have to be a market of at least 2,000 aircraft to prompt one of the big airframers to launch a product to fill the middle-of-the-market gap between their largest narrowbodies and smallest twin-aisles, Flightglobal's Ascend consultancy concludes in a new white paper.
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PARIS: CFM confirms Leap maintenance network will be open
CFM International president Jean-Paul Ebanga has reconfirmed at the Paris air show that the manufacturer's maintenance network for its new Leap engine will be open, allowing customers and third-party MRO providers to compete freely on servicing the type.