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NewsDUBAI: Lockheed tests K-Max cargo enhancement
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated a new system that allows the unmanned K-Max helicopter to pick up a load of cargo with no human intervention on the ground.
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NewsDUBAI: MBDA hits target with Brimstone sustainment deal
MBDA secured a new deal at the Dubai air show linked to the dual-mode Brimstone air-to-surface missile used by the UK Royal Air Force’s Panavia Tornado GR4s, as it also seeks export deals for the design.
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NewsDUBAI: Royal approval for Brunei's 787s
Royal Brunei Airlines’ new Boeing 787-8s have been very well received by passengers on its regional network, so much so that it may revise its plans only to use them on longhaul services.
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NewsDUBAI: Boeing plans first 777X flight in 2019
Boeing has outlined the development schedule for its 777X programme, which is aimed for a service-entry in 2020.
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NewsDUBAI: ATR still waiting to launch 90-seater turboprop
ATR is still awaiting shareholder approval to launch a 90-seat turboprop, which is planned to enter service towards the end of the decade.
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DUBAI: Art meets aviation history at next year's Farnborough Airshow
The world of fine arts will meet aviation history in June 2014 with the arrival at Farnborough of Artliner’s Wind Tunnel Project.
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NewsDUBAI Jet Aviation picks Rockwell's Venue for A340CJ
Jet Aviation Basel has picked Rockwell Collins' Venue cabin management and entertainment system and its Airshow 3D moving map system for an Airbus A340CJ VVIP business jet.
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NewsDUBAI: Boeing P-8A makes its international show debut
One of the most sophisticated derivatives of the Boeing 737 ever flown is making its international show debut this week, with the US Navy’s new P-8A being put through its paces during the daily flying display.
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NewsDUBAI: Supersized Super Puma for Global Aerospace Logistics
Global Aerospace Logistics is making a big impression at the Dubai Airshow – the centrepiece of its stand is a larger-than-life model of a Eurocopter Super Puma, featuring meeting rooms and a VIP lounge in the “cockpit”.
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NewsDUBAI: Start-up Libyan Wings signs for A350s and A320neos
Start-up carrier Libyan Wings is to take three Airbus A350-900s and four A320neos for its operations.
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DUBAI: Air Cote D'Ivoire conditionally orders two Q400s
Air Cote d'Ivoire has placed a conditional order for two Bombardier Dash 8-Q400s and two options at the Dubai air show.
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NewsDUBAI: Records broken on the first day of the show
Boeing broke all the records for launching a new jetliner. Airbus scored a super-jumbo-sized order for the A380. And both aircraft makers combined to shatter the one-day order record at an air show by compiling orders and commitments for a whopping 623 aircraft from four airlines.
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NewsDUBAI: GECAS orders up to ten ATR 72-600s
Aircraft lessor GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed an order for five ATR 72-600s together with options for five more turboprops during the Dubai Air Show.
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NewsColombia seeks new fighter purchase
Colombia’s air force is planning to bolster its combat capabilities, with the purchase of an additional squadron of fighter aircraft.
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NewsNo survivors from Tatarstan 737 crash
Russia’s emergencies ministry has confirmed 50 fatalities from the accident at Kazan involving a Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737-500.
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NewsDUBAI: Cassidian starts work on unmanned Sagitta
Cassidian used the opening day of the Dubai air show to detail its plans to in 2015 fly a sub-scale demonstrator intended to prove future unmanned air system technologies.
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NewsKazan crash involves Tatarstan 737
Forty-four passengers and six crew were on board a Boeing 737-500 which has crashed at Kazan in the republic of Tatarstan.
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NewsDUBAI: UAE fighter talks 'complex', says UK minister
Expectations that the United Arab Emirates could confirm an order for the Eurofighter Typhoon before the end of the Dubai air show appear to have been played down by a senior UK government official.
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NewsDUBAI: Bahrain moves closer to Typhoon deal
Bahrain’s interest in acquiring the Eurofighter Typhoon appears to be building further, with UK defence secretary Philip Hammond having met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah at the Dubai air show to discuss the potential deal.
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NewsDUBAI: Bombardier sees growing interest in CSeries
Bombardier is seeing more interest in the CSeries as its flight and ground test programmes move towards the 200 hour milestone.