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Canadian helicopter procurement plans attract interest from five firms
Canada's plans to modernise its coastguard's ageing helicopter fleet have attracted the initial interest of five rotorcraft manufacturers, including the...
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NewsPICTURE: Oman's first C-130J heads for Middle East
The first of three Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports on order for the Royal Air Force of Oman has been flown to the Middle East.
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APEX: Inmarsat debuts SwiftBroadband TV
Inmarsat has unveiled its new on-demand video service, SBTV, at the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) conference in Long Beach, California The...
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APEX: TriaGnoSys secures EASA approvals
Mobile communications firm TriaGnoSys now has authority to design, build and certify hardware on aircraft after receiving Part 121 design and production...
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Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Centre traffic up 43% in August
Shanghai Airport Authority and Hawker Pacific joint venture, Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Service Centre (SHPBAS), reported 43% year-on-year...
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Altitude Aerospace to complete first BBJ interior
New Zealand-based Altitude Aerospace Interiors will complete the interior fitting of its first Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) aircraft.
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NewsIndia to allow 49% foreign ownership of domestic carriers
India will allow foreign carriers to own up to 49% of domestic carriers, as it seeks to support its ailing airline sector. In an announcement on 14...
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NewsPICTURES: New fighter aircraft emerges in China
Images of a new fighter aircraft resembling the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter have appeared on Chinese defence sites. The...
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NewsNTSB urges grounding for certain GEnx-powered 787 and 747-8s
US aircraft safety investigators have called for grounding certain Boeing 787s and 747-8s powered by General Electric engines until they are inspected for...
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NewsBombardier completes assembly of first CSeries fuselage
Bombardier confirms the final section for the CSeries structural test aircraft will be delivered to the Montreal factory by the end of the month, and final...
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NewsBoeing trims vacated 787 delivery slots to reduce risk
Boeing has trimmed the pace of future 787 deliveries to reduce the risk of over-burdening the production system as it executes a swift and critical ramp-up....
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Embraer to restructure Chautauqua financings
Embraer has agreed to restructure its financing agreements with Chautauqua Airlines for its Embraer 145 family aircraft, as the regional airline seeks to...
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NewsIndia requests more Hawks for aerobatic display team
India has launched a process to acquire replacements for its Surya Kiran display team's HAL-built Kiran trainers ...
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NewsILA: German Heron UAV unit nears 1,000th mission
Germany is close to completing its 1,000th operational flight in Afghanistan with Heron UAVs ...
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NewsAirbus 2050: the details are all in the future
Airbus has, for several years now, been promoting a vision of air travel in 2050. Starting with the basic structure, the "concept plane" was an attempt to imagine what might come to be if materials and aerodynamic ideas could be combined into a sort of "engineer's dream".
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GA community 'coped well' with Olympic airspace restrictions
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has praised the general aviation community for coping "successfully" with operations in the southeast of the country when large airspace areas were subject to restrictions for security reasons.
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NewsSpy satellite and hitchhiking Cubesats successfully launched
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has successfully launched an Atlas V from Vandenburg AFB, California, after several weeks' delay. The Atlas lofted a reconnaissance...
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NewsUSAF and NASA officials testify before Congress on F-22 Raptor oxygen systems
Senior US Air Force and NASA officials testified 13 May before Congress on the steps the service is taking to ensure that the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor...
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NewsSecond GEnx engine failure in six weeks prompts new investigation
An Air Bridge Cargo 747-8F landed safely after an engine shutdown on take-off on 11 September, becoming the second such major malfunction of a General Electric...
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SAS set to phase out MD-80 aircraft fleet
SAS is on the verge of phasing out its Boeing MD-80 aircraft fleet after signing an agreement to sell four MD-82/87 aircraft. The agreement also provides...