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NewsFARNBOROUGH: A400M arrives after first photo-call with RAF peers
Airbus Military's second A400M is at the show, after first visiting its future home at RAF Brize Norton ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Turkey's first 737-based AEW aircraft makes UK debut
Boeing's 737-based airborne early warning and control system aircraft is making its UK debut this week, with the company having brought the Turkish air force's first example to the show.
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FARNBOROUGH: Lynx Wildcat makes show debut
AgustaWestland is giving a show debut of its Lynx Wildcat multi-role helicopter, with the type now in production for the British Army and UK Royal Navy, and also being offered to export customers.
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FARNBOROUGH: Flightglobal and FLIR team up to offer live show display footage
Flightglobal and FLIR Systems have teamed up to provide exclusive live video streaming of this year's Farnborough air show aerial displays. For the...
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FARNBOROUGH: ATR to show Giugiaro cabin mockup
When ATR -600s make their first revenue flights during the second half of 2011, passengers might not notice the aircraft's enhanced take-off weight payload...
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FARNBOROUGH: Commentator still gets excited about the show
Farnborough air show commentator Richey still gets a surge of excitement when he approaches the site and has no plans to hand in his microphone any time soon, despite this being his 35th year as the voice of Farnborough.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing boosts forecast but remains downbeat on very large aircraft demand
Boeing has significantly increased its long-term airliner delivery forecast on the back of a big jump in expected demand for single-aisle aircraft. However,...
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FARNBOROUGH: Parker receives design-and-make contract from Messier-Dowty
Parker Aerospace, a business segment of Parker Hannifin, has won a design-and-make contract for the main landing gear hydraulic fluid conveyance system for the Airbus A350 XWB airliner from landing gear supplier Messier-Dowty, part of the Safran group.
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FARNBOROUGH: Why Boeing 'won’t play' Airbus’s air show orders game
As the show begins, Boeing has reiterated its position that it will not be playing the "orders race" game and announcing a raft of stored-up deals at Farnborough...
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FARNBOROUGH: Northrop steps up efforts to secure UK Global Hawk sale
Northrop Grumman aims to hold further discussions at the show with the UK Ministry of Defence over the potential use of the Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle to meet the country's surveillance requirements.
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FARNBOROUGH: Pakistan and China eye export JF-17 customers
China and Pakistan are eyeing international customers for their Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) JF-17 fighter, which is making its Western air show debut at Farnborough.
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FARNBOROUGH: Thomson Airways welcomes 787
The Boeing 787's first touchdown on UK soil was a landmark moment for Chris Browne, managing director at UK launch operator Thomson Airways.
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FARNBOROUGH: Piedmont promotes new-wave UAS technology ahead of Mars mission
Torino Piemonte Aerospace (hall 1, stand D16) is at Farnborough to represent small to medium-sized enterprises based in Italy's Piedmont region, which has...
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FARNBOROUGH: P&WC starts work on advanced turboprop for regional airliners
Pratt & Whitney Canada has begun developing an advanced turboprop engine for the regional airline sector, aiming for double-digit reductions in fuel burn...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Qinetiq Zephyr claims unmanned endurance record
Qinetiq is claiming a world record for unmanned flight endurance as its solar-powered high-altitude long-endurance Zephyr surveillance system doubled its...
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FARNBOROUGH: Elbit reveals CockpitNG avionics concept
Elbit Systems is offering its CockpitNG to at least three platform manufacturers. The CockpitNG for fighter aircraft, helicopters, trainers and airlifters...
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FARNBOROUGH: UK's Taranis UCAV breaks cover
The possible future direction of the UK's defence aerospace industry was highlighted on the eve of the show, when the nation's Taranis unmanned combat air...
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FARNBOROUGH: Vince Cable comments on strength of UK aerospace
When the England football team flew home almost two weeks before the end of the World Cup they touched down at Heathrow in an Airbus A340-600.
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FARNBOROUGH: C919 is biggest threat since MDC disappeared: Boeing
Boeing's marketing chief says that China's planned drive into the mainline airliner market with the Comac C919 twinjet represents the most significant "third" competitor the airframer has faced since the market became a duopoly in 1997 when McDonnell Douglas was taken over.
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FARNBOROUGH: Leahy predicts Airbus will double year-to-date orders tally
Airbus super salesman John Leahy has hinted that the airframer could secure more than 130 orders at the show.