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NewsSINGAPORE: Air force to receive last M-346 trainers
Singapore’s new-generation advanced jet trainer fleet will be complete within weeks, with Alenia Aermacchi poised to deliver its last of 12 M-346 aircraft.
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SINGAPORE: Lufthansa Technik secures new work in Asia
Lufthansa Technik has secured contracts from three Southeast Asian carriers, and expanding its partnership with Thailand’s Nok Air.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Amedeo firms up 20 A380s
Lessor Amedeo, formerly known as Doric Lease, has firmed up its previously announced commitment for 20 Airbus A380s.
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SIA, Airbus to form training JV in Singapore
Singapore Airlines (SIA) have signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus to establish a flight training joint venture based in Singapore.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Boeing confident of placing unsold C-17s
Boeing is placing a high priority on finding customers for the 15 C-17 strategic transports it decided to build without confirmed orders.
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SINGAPORE: 787-9 flight tests progressing smoothly
The Boeing 787-9 is progressing with its flight test programme smoothly, and Boeing is on track to deliver the aircraft to launch customer Air New Zealand by the middle of the year.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Lockheed offers fixed-price F-16 upgrade
Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics chief has swatted down speculation that possible funding concerns related to US F-16 upgrades will compromise its international improvement offerings for the popular type.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Boeing closes in on Indian Apache, Chinook deals
Boeing expects to sign contracts soon covering India’s planned purchase of its AH-64E Apache and CH-47F Chinook helicopters, while global interest in the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor produced with partner Bell has reached a new high.
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NewsSINGAPORE: BAE targets F-16 upgrade opportunity
Singapore’s plan to upgrade its Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 52 fighters with new avionics and radars has become the next unlikely battlefront.
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SINGAPORE: VIDEO - Production system key to Boeing’s 757 successor studies
Deciding on the production system that Boeing adopts for any new aircraft developed to address the niche in the narrowbody market previously filled by the 757 will be a key aspect of its studies to ensure low production costs.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Microsoft makes air show debut
Microsoft is making its worldwide debut as an air show exhibitor in Singapore as part of a major drive to increase its penetration of the airline market.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Scar pod leaves mark on show
Airborne Technologies left its mark on the Singapore air show by unveiling the Scar reconnaissance pod, which the Austrian company is offering as a hassle-free adaptation for special mission tasks.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Rivals continue wait on tanker decision
One of Singapore’s key future equipment requirements is still awaiting its outcome, nine months after two potential suppliers submitted final offers for a new-generation fleet of inflight refuelling aircraft.
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NewsRepublic to remove 27 aircraft in face of pilot shortage
Republic Airways will remove 27 regional jets with up to 50 seats in 2014, as a lack of qualified pilots forces it to reduce its fleet and analysts say could put its Bombardier CSeries order in jeopardy.
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NewsWeather suspected in C-130 crash
Senior Algerian military spokesman Col Lahmadi Bouguern has suggested that today's fatal crash of an air force Lockheed C-130 Hercules was probably related to bad weather. He says there was high wind and turbulence over the surrounding mountainous terrain, and poor visibility in snow.
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NewsCessna sees its future with a large-cabin Citation
Cessna is aspiring to offer a large-cabin aircraft in its future business jet line-up, as part of its continued focus on new product development and platform enhancements.
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SR Technics to offer A320-family sharklet retrofit
Maintenance firm SR Technics is to offer retrofit of sharklet wing-tips on Airbus A320-family aircraft from next year.
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ANALYSIS: Why PW1000G is 'the future' for MTU
Michael Schreyögg has no doubts about the importance to MTU of the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1000G geared turbofan. “It is our future,” says Schreyögg, chief programme officer and board member at the Munich-based engine specialist, which has an 18% share in an engine that will be built in its ...
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NewsAlgerian military C-130 in fatal crash
An Algerian military Lockheed C-130 tactical transport has crashed in northeast Algeria with the loss of all 103 people on board, according to an on-site reporter from Agence France-Presse, quoting local officials.
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NewsPilatus introduces enhancements to PC-12 NG
Pilatus has incorporated a handful of enhancements into its PC-12 NG, in an effort to stimulate sales and retain customer interest in its single-engined turboprop.