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NewsBlue Origin completes full-power tests on thruster for orbital vehicle
Launch vehicle builder Blue Origin has successfully tested the thrust chamber of its BE-3 rocket engine, another key milestone under NASA's commercial crew...
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CFM readies for full Leap production cutover by 2020
CFM International expects to be ready to complete the production transition from CFM56 to the next-generation Leap engine around the end of this decade,...
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BAA ditches name following airport sell-offs
London Heathrow airport owner and operator BAA is being rebranded in response to the forced divestment of several key assets over recent years. Effective...
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NewsTiger test clears way for PARS 3 missile production
MBDA and Diehl BGT Defence have completed a firing campaign intended to prove the ability of their PARS 3 LR long-range air-to-surface missile to hit targets...
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Both pilots of crashed An-28 intoxicated: inquiry
Russian investigators have determined that both pilots of an Antonov An-28 were intoxicated by alcohol before the aircraft crashed on a domestic service...
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NewsUSAF releases draft T-X KPPs
The US Air Force has released a set of draft key performance parameters (KPP) for its prospective T-X jet trainer requirement which would replace the long-serving...
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NewsBombardier stands by CSeries first flight in 2012
Bombardier is still standing by its schedule to achieve first flight of the CSeries aircraft by the end of the year, even as it acknowledges a significant workload remains with less than 12 weeks before 1 January.
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AAR to open Duluth MRO facility by year's end
AAR will open its new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at Minnesota's Duluth International Airport by the end of the year, the company says. The...
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SpaceX aims big with massive new rocket
Launcher developer SpaceX has promised a new engine for a new rocket, larger than the Falcon 9 that NASA expects to become a mainstay of its Earth orbit...
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Air France decentralises into eight business units
A shake-up of Air France's corporate structure will see the carrier decentralised into eight separate business units from 1 January 2013, says chief executive...
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Adria Tehnika aims to expand after cash injection
Slovenia's maintenance provider Adria Airways Tehnika has received a cash injection from its state owners to turn around the ailing business within one year....
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Bombardier starts final assembly of first CSeries flight aircraft
Bombardier has started assembling the fuselage of the first CSeries flight test vehicle (FTV-1) and begun the process of mating the wings to the static test...
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Azerbaijan Airlines to add daily Heathrow flights
Azerbaijan Airlines will start daily services from Baku to London Heathrow airport on 28 October. The new route will be operated with an Airbus A320,...
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NewsPICTURES: Qinetiq introduces modified RJ100
Qinetiq has formally commissioned a modified Avro RJ100 into its fleet, with a smaller RJ70 to follow in 2014 ...
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Virgin in talks about feeding Heathrow airlines hit by BMI demise
Virgin Atlantic is aiming to plug the connectivity gap left at its London Heathrow hub by the British Airways/BMI merger and is in talks with the carriers...
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Northrop, Elbit to flight test terrain-following system for C-130
Northrop Grumman and Elbit Systems are offering a new terrain-following/terrain-avoidance system for use with Lockheed Martin's C-130 ...
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NewsRaytheon offers Rafael Sparrow targets for US missile defence tests
Raytheon and Israel's Rafael are to market the latter's Sparrow series of targets to the US Missile Defense Agency ...
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NewsSriwijaya pilots grounded after landing at wrong airport
Indonesian investigators have opened an inquiry after pilots from local carrier Sriwijaya Air landed at the wrong destination. Both the captain and...
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NewsIsraeli air force boss grounds fighters to highlight safety
The Israeli air force grounded all of its fighting squadrons for one day on 14 October, following a series of safety incidents ...