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SIA confirms talks to sell Virgin Atlantic stake
Singapore Airlines is in talks with "interested parties" about a possible divestment of its 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic. The Star Alliance member...
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NewsPICTURES & VIDEO: Europe enters stealth club with Neuron first flight
Dassault on 1 December completed the first flight of Europe's Neuron unmanned combat air system demonstrator ...
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NewsStealth isn’t becoming obsolete anytime soon: USAF
Stealth technology is not going to be rendered obsolete anytime soon, a top US Air Force official says. "Our adversaries are building capabilities...
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NewsLockheed reaches agreement with Pentagon on F-35 LRIP-5
The Department of Defense has reached an agreement in principle with Lockheed Marin to build 32 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters under the lot 5 contract for low-rate...
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NewsUS Navy details X-47B catapult launch test
The US Navy has detailed the 29 November ground-based catapult launch of the Northrop Grumman X-47B, a key milestone in the path to carrier-based operations....
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NewsEgyptAir 777 fire probe inconclusive but short-circuit suspected
Egyptian investigators have failed to pinpoint the cause of the fire which destroyed an EgyptAir Boeing 777-200 at Cairo. But the inquiry suggests...
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NewsNorway pushes for further assurances over JSM integration on F-35
Norway's deputy defence minister Eirik Øwre Thorshaug is to meet with officials from Lockheed Martin and the F-35s Joint Program Office in the first week...
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Norwegian long-haul fleet to be configured with 291 seats
Norwegian Air Shuttle will configure its Boeing 787 aircraft with 291 seats, with 259 in the economy-class cabin and 32 in premium-class. The low-cost...
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Aeroflot still pressing to establish single eastern carrier
Aeroflot is still battling to integrate its newly-acquired subsidiary operations into a profitable operation, but insists it is prepared to create a single...
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NewsPICTURES: RAAF retires C-130H after 34 years of service
The Royal Australian Air Force has retired the last of its Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules tactical transports after 34 years of operating the type. "The...
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NewsAustralian Orions complete 10-year Middle East deployment
Australia's Lockheed Martin AP-3C Orion aircraft have returned after 10 years of continuous service in the Middle East. "The final aircraft to deploy,...
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HAL conducts maiden flight of upgraded Jaguar fighter
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has conducted the maiden flight of a Sepecat Jaguar fighter that features upgraded avionics.
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Lockheed to test revolutionary fighter training system
Lockheed Martin hopes to begin lab tests in early 2013 of a new live virtual constructive (LVC) training system that could one day revolutionise fighter...
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NewsVIDEO: X-47B UCAS-D conducts first land-based catapult shot
Northrop Grumman's X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D) has made its first land-based catapult launch ...
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NewsUSAF sticks to F-35 fleet requirements
The US Air Force's top civilian leader says that the service will not be backing away from its requirement to buy 1763 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike...
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Bombardier moves CS300 into detailed design with high-density variant included
Bombardier is moving into the detailed design phase on the larger CSeries variant with plans for a high-density version intact despite a rejection by a potential...
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NewsRaytheon resolves AMRAAM production issues
Raytheon expects to recover the production scheudle in mid-2013 of its AIM-120D AMRAAM air-to-air missile, says chief executive William Swanson. The...
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Gulf Air chief quits after board reshuffle
Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air's chief, Samer Majali, has resigned from his post at the helm of the troubled airline, days after the government overhauled...
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NewsIN FOCUS - British engineers 'crack secret of reusable spaceplane'
The dream of airline-style orbital flight operations has come a step closer to reality with a successful demonstration of the critical technology behind a radical air-breathing rocket engine concept.
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NewsLockheed Martin expects Lot 5 award on F-35 by year-end
Lockheed Martin expects to receive by 1 January a long-delayed and contentious contract award worth up to $4 billion on the F-35 programme. Negotiations...