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SELEX BUYS SMALL UAV MAKER UNMANNED SYSTEMS Selex Galileo is to acquire Rome-based Unmanned Technologies Research Institute (UTRI) as part of its strategy...
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Business people
PEOPLE moves Aerosur, ILFC, Qinetiq, Ruag, Signature, ThyssenKrupp Signature Drew: Signature sales Sergio Sanzetenea is now interim...
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Rivals unite for Israeli jets
Elbit-IAI joint venture may sell bonds in unusual concept to fund advanced trainers
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Business bad week
PET AIRWAYS Despite a 49% jump in revenue to $392,000, the US airline which caters exclusively for pet transportation saw first quarter pre-tax losses grow...
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Business good week
summer travel The Air Transport Association of America expects a 1.5% increase in summer travel aboard US carriers over 2010 levels in spite of near-record...
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Canada special: David takes on Goliaths
The third-biggest player in the simulator market has managed to compete with its two larger rivals by targeting emerging markets
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Simulating success
CAE calls itself a "pure play", a vertically integrated, multisector simulator maker and training provider with global reach
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Canada special: Pioneer spirits
Canadian aerospace has long benefited from its proximity to the world's largest defence market, making up for Canada's own modest military budget. Yet the country is very much a force in its own right, with Bombardier and CAE leading companies in regional and business aircraft as well as simulation and ...
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NewsThe ultimate jet set - 10 business aircraft that changed the world
In the past half century or more, business aviation has grown from a US-dominated, corporate travel club into a global financial and technological force. Along the way it has produced some of the aviation industry's most innovative products, and contributed more than its fair share of flops. We list the ...
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Canada special: Bombardier's great gamble
Despite its history of successful innovation, the CSeries is the riskiest venture yet from Canada's aerospace champion
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Business aircraft that changed the world - Best of the rest
Assembling a list of the 10 greatest business aircraft means leaving out some extremely influential and commercially successful types. Here is our best of the rest.
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Presagis takes the off-the-shelf route to creating virtual reality
TECHNOLOGY murdo morrison montreal Presagis OFFERS off-the-shelf virtual reality From an unassuming building on the edge of Montreal, Presagis...
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Canada special: Canada's avionics leader CMC looks to potential of retrofit and emerging markets
Long-established avionics specialist CMC sees potential to grow its business in niche sectors and emerging aviation markets
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The business aircraft that changed the world - heroic failures
Many promises have been made for business aircraft, but not all have succeeded. Here is our list of the most memorable flops - although, for some, their time may come.
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The business aircraft that changed the world: No. 10
Designed in the heyday of the famed Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, the JetStar inadvertently invented the market for the dedicated business jet when it appeared...
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The business aircraft that changed the world: No. 9
It claimed a whole collection of "firsts" in business aviation - first all-composite aircraft, first glass cockpit, first certificated tandem-wing, including...
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The business aircraft that changed the world: No. 8
It says something extraordinary about an aircraft's longevity in the aviation business when at least five companies have owned production rights, and derivatives...
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The business aircraft that changed the world: No. 7
Launched at perhaps the darkest moment in Canadair's history, the Challenger 600 proved much more than a lifeline for a struggling company in the late 1970s....
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The business aircraft that changed the world: No. 6
Would the very light jet revolution have happened without the Eclipse 500? We think not. True, it was not the first of its type. That distinction...
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The business aircraft that changed the world: No. 5
An opening had appeared in the business aviation market by the late 1960s. Between the ranks of high-end turboprops flying at 260kt (480km/h) and low-end...