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Business - briefing
EADS's first-half net income halved to €185 million ($245 million) as revenue held steady at €20.3 billion
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Thermal Engineering buyer expects further consolidation
The buyer of engine parts maker Thermal Engineering hopes to capitalise on consolidation
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Opinion
Comment: Output hikes: smart move or daft logic?
Airbus has backed up the Farnborough declaration by chief salesman John Leahy that the global recession is officially over, confirming that it will ramp...
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NewsLufthansa details engine shutdown on brand-new A380
Lufthansa has disclosed that its second Airbus A380 has undergone an in-flight engine shutdown just a couple of days after entering into service.
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HASC denies USAF UAV funding shift
The House Armed Services Committee has denied a Pentagon reprogramming request that would have cut more than $139 million from two unmanned aerial vehicle...
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Raytheon wins SDB II contract over Boeing/Lockheed team
Raytheon has won a $450 million contract to launch development of the small diameter bomb increment II (SDB II) for the US Air Force and Navy, a competitive...
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L-3 to buy Airborne Technologies, Inc.
L-3 Communications will expand its unmanned system portfolio with the acquisition of acquired Airborne Technologies, Incorporated (ATI). The acquisition...
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Brazil's light jet sector explodes
The seventh LABACE opens in Brazil this week, with the country's business aviation market continuing to grow rapidly, with the light jet sector in particular taking off
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NewsAustralia signs Heron UAV contract extension
Australia has extended its deal to operate leased Heron UAVs in Afghanistan until at least December 2011 ...
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NewsColombia requests nine more Black Hawks for counter-narcotics fight
Colombia has requested the possible purchase of nine more Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk utility helicopters worth over $160 million ...
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Malaysia Airlines to set up hub in Kota Kinabalu
Malaysia Airlines is to establish a hub operation in the eastern part of the country, located at Kota Kinabalu in the Sabah region. The carrier says...
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D-Jet certification not likely until 2012
Diamond Aircraft is completing final modifications to its D-Jet as it finally prepares to start the certification phase of the long-delayed programme.
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This Week briefings
France's air accident investigation bureau BEA is preparing to decode the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from the Airblue Airbus A321 that crashed in mountainous terrain on 28 July on approach to Islamabad, killing all 152 people on board.
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EU ETS fears slow down aviation verification process
Verification providers are urging aircraft operators to speed up preparations for EU ETS, but questions remain unanswered
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NewsEmissions quest
As pressure mounts on the aviation industry to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions, engineers are turning to nature for answers. We take an in-depth look at the science of biomimicry and how it is being used in the design and development of more fuel-efficient aircraft
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Aircraft engineers look to bird world for new and improved wing designs
Aircraft wing designers have drawn their inspiration from birds since the dawn of aviation. But engineers are still finding ways of improving design based on examples found in the ornithological world.
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Aircraft engineers turn to biomimicry for greener designs
Biomimicry is becoming more popular with engineers as they look to nature for ideas on designing greener aircraft
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NewsDesperate Mexicana starts slashing network
Mexicana has been forced immediately to withdraw several services on its network after the airline's dire financial situation worsened, IATA having suspended...