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Australia’s Tamworth airport reopens after revamp
Australia's Tamworth regional airport has reopened its doors after a A$4.2 million ($4.43 million) facelift. This includes a terminal extension and...
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Pacific Royale appoints Tarun Trikha as new CEO
Indonesian start-up Pacific Royale Airways has appointed Tarun Trikha as its new chief executive, effective from 1 August 2012. Trikha will still remain...
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Bombardier commercial output drops 25% in Q2
Bombardier regional jet output during the second quarter dropped to a single CRJ700, but deliveries of Q400 turboprops improved year-on-year to 14. The...
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EASA mandates Trent 900 checks after oil tube fracture
A missing spacer on an oil pipe in the low-pressure turbine (LPT) of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 has prompted European regulators to order inspections of all...
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NewsBell loses 525R testbed in crash
Bell Helicopter lost the testbed aircraft for the transmission system of the company's new 525R Relentless in a crash on 7 August in Avalon, Texas. The...
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NewsBlended Wing Body flight test campaign resumes at NASA Dryden
A six-month flight test campaign has kicked off at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB in California to evaluate the latest iteration of...
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Turkish Technic expects to regain EU line maintenance approval by Q4
The partial suspension of Turkish Technic's EASA Part 145 maintenance approval was due to the absence of B2 engineers at line maintenance stations. The...
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NewsAirbus A320 family lease rates firming: AerCap
The slide on Airbus A320 family monthly lease rates has stopped and rentals are now stabilising, says AerCap's chief executive officer. "We don't...
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NewsAUVSI: Northrop Grumman gets ready for HALE air-to-air refuelling
Northrop Grumman has flown two RQ-4 Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) Global Hawks in formation under its KQ-X programme to develop the concept of air-to-air refuelling for high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) UAVs.
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NewsAUVSI: RedHawk robotic arm gets a grip on IEDs
Harris has revealed its new RedHawk system, a robotic arm that can be fitted to existing ground robots to fight against improvised explosive devices.
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NewsAUVSI: AAI's CUSVs team up against mines
AAI Corp recently completed an exercise off the coast of Camp Pendleton, California, showing that its Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV) could be effective in anti-mine operations, including by towing side-scanning sonar and deploying mine neutralization vehicles.
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AirAsia X to lease six A330s from ILFC
AirAsia's long-haul operation, AirAsia X, is planning to lease six Airbus A330-300s from US firm International Lease Finance. The carrier, which already...
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NewsAUVSI: Insitu evaluates sensor balls for ScanEagle
Insitu (booth 4046) is evaluating two new sensor balls for its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft.
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AUVSI: Las Vegas survival guide part three
Shopping Where else other than Vegas can you shop in so many different countries on the same day? Nowhere - Vegas really does have it all. For all...
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NewsAUVSI: General Atomics tests Nightlighter
General Atomic announced 7 August that it has successful flight-tested its Nightlighter airborne imaging system. A prototype Nightlighter was tested...
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AUVSI: Northrop Grumman pitches smaller STARLite radar
Northrop Grumman (booth 3639) is pitching a smaller, lighter active electronically scanned (AESA) variant of the STARLite radar to the US Army.
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AUVSI: Cassidian discusses recent Barracuda successes
Cassidian's Franz Bucher revealed more details about a recent series of tests involving the European company's Barracuda technology demonstrator.
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AUVSI: Jail time puts teeth in fake parts policing
Companies involved in the electronic parts supply chain are getting more serious about the growing problem of counterfeiting, particularly where national...
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AUVSI: Navy Seal gives pointers from a 'professional gunfighter'
Navy Seal and nascent movie actor Lt Cmdr Rorke Denver gave hard-earned advice on how to develop top performing teams to a packed AUVSI opening session yesterday.
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AUVSI: Toyon Pescadaero is designed for air and sea
Toyon Research (booth 1041) is developing a UAV capable of both flying and floating.