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FARNBOROUGH: China Southern selects Rockwell Collins for 787 dispatch
China Southern Airlines has chosen Rockwell Collins's dispatch programme to support its new fleet of 10 Boeing 787 aircraft, which will begin when the airline...
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FARNBOROUGH: Insitu to supply ScanEagle services to Singapore
Insitu (H3/D17F) will provide its ScanEagle small unmanned air vehicle to the Singapore Navy on a fee-for-service contract.
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FARNBOROUGH: Korea Aerospace Industries' T-50 rides high in UK
The Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 is the only Asian-developed aircraft at Farnborough this year. Three T-50s of the Korean air force's Black Eagles...
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FARNBOROUGH: Rockwell Collins to service Air India 787s
Air India has selected Rockwell Collins to service and support its fleet of 27 Boeing 787-8s. The contract will begin upon delivery of Air India's...
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FARNBOROUGH: Rockwell Collins to service Hainan 787s
China-based Hainan Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins to service and support its order for 10 Boeing 787-8 aircraft. The 10-year agreement will...
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FARNBOROUGH: Lighting on aircraft can prevent bird strikes
Bird strike incidents could be reduced by displaying pulsed lighting on the wings and fuselages of aircraft, according to wildlife ecologists in the USA....
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FARNBOROUGH: Paris Air Show hopes to secure JSF for 2013
The organiser of next year's Paris air show is harbouring high hopes of securing the services of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as the...
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FARNBOROUGH: UK built multi-role Speedtwin to attract global interest
A British designed and manufactured aircraft is making a show debut at Farnborough - and its performance in the daily flying display is drawing attention from international visitors.
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FARNBOROUGH: Tekever UAV falls apart upon landing, as planned
Tekever (H4/D9) has a novel way of making an impact at the show - its unmanned air vehicle is designed to fall apart on landing.
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FARNBOROUGH: Upgraded Puma HC2 to enter final flight test phase
Eurocopter (OE13) will fly its first upgraded Puma HC2 medium support helicopter to the UK "in the coming weeks" for final test and evaluation work at Qinetiq's...
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FARNBOROUGH: Noranco wins A380 landing gear components contract
Canada's Noranco has landed a contract from Goodrich to supply additional undercarriage parts for the Airbus A380. Under the deal announced at the show,...
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FARNBOROUGH: Mitsubishi AIrcraft features 8m-long MRJ mockup at show
Mitsubishi Aircraft (chalet D12-13, OE7) is showcasing an 8m (26ft) long cabin mock-up, the largest ever, of its Mitsubishi MRJ regional jet at the Farnborough...
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FARNBOROUGH: Piaggio to develop maritime patrol Avanti
Abu Dhabi Autonomous System Investments (ADASI), a subsidiary of Tawazun, has signed a deal with Piaggio Aero for the development of a new special missions...
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FARNBOROUGH: Raytheon wins $191m Reaper targeting deal
The US Air Force has awarded Raytheon a $191 million contract for a multi-spectral targeting system for the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air vehicle.
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FARNBOROUGH: Lockheed will not jump on stealth retrofit bandwagon for F-16
Lockheed Martin does not have any plans to add conformal weapons bays or podded weapons bays to its F-16 fighter to reduce its radar cross-section.
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FARNBOROUGH: Olympic torch manufacturer hopes to light up its aerospace prospects
What has 8,000 holes and spent the last few weeks travelling the length and breadth of the UK? The answer is here at Farnborough - on the stand of Coventry-based...
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FARNBOROUGH: First F-35 student set to receive qualification today
The US Air Force's 33rd Fighter Wing - the school house for the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter - is about to graduate its first non-cadre student F-35...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Airbus rolls out new sharklet wing-tips on A320
Airbus's first new-build A320 with the sharklet wing-tip modification has made its air show debut, three months after being rolled out at Toulouse. The...
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing partnership strengthens Embraer bid for USAF LAS contract
Embraer's pursuit of a 20-aircraft light air support (LAS) deal with the US Air Force has been boosted by a new agreement to team up with Boeing, signed...
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FARNBOROUGH: Saab to outfit Saab 2000 as maritime patrol aircraft demonstrator
Swedish defence company Saab will modify a Saab 2000 to become a maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) demonstrator.