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AUVSI: BKS makes show debut with Fox training system
Britannica Knowledge Systems (BKS, booth 2335) is at the show for the first time, offering its Fox web-based training and readiness management solution tailored...
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AUVSI: Wireless system allows through-ground robotic communication
WFS Defense (booth 2332) has adapted its through-water wireless communication technology to allow high-bandwidth communication through soil and rock as well,...
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AUVSI: Pentagon budget crunch coming to UAVs, too
The unmanned community is not immune to the Pentagon's current budgetary pressures, Dyke Weatherington, deputy director of unmanned warfare in the office...
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AUVSI: Aurora readies Centaur for flight
Aurora Flight Sciences will begin manned tested flights of its Centaur optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) out of the company's Virginia base in September. The...
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AUVSI: Health monitoring for Shadow
Rockwell Collins has demonstrated a real-time condition-based monitoring (CBM) system for the Shadow unmanned air vehicle. The CBM application, implemented...
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United and Continental agree to transfer 18 Newark slot pairs to Southwest
Stymied in expanding at New York LaGuardia airport, Southwest Airlines has secured another chance to broaden its New York scope through an agreement to lease...
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Mexicana’s new owners have not yet put forward any capital: Unions
Mexicana's new owners are apparently waiting to see if they can complete agreements with the carrier's unions before deciding whether to invest in the bankrupt...
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Mexicana pilots detail agreement with Tenedora K
Mexicana's pilots have agreed to cut their monthly wages to $1,500 for 100 days as they work with the bankrupt carrier's new owners in a potential restructuring.
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Mexicana flight attendants propose new contract
Mexicana's flight attendants union ASSA plans to submit a new contract proposal to the bankrupt carrier's new owners by early next week in hopes of resolving...
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NewsLufthansa eyes in-flight Internet for short-haul fleet
Lufthansa is looking closely at bringing in-flight communications to its short-haul fleet to address what it believes is a growing need for passengers to...
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Air France A380 to trial emission-reduction procedures
Air France is to contribute its A380 operations to a programme aimed at reducing emissions on transatlantic services.
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AUVSI: Marines continue robotic mule research
The US Marines' amphibious branch takes upa concept abandoned by the Army that was intendedto help ground troops slog through rough terrain
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Virgin Blue details rationale behind Etihad tie-up
Virgin Blue Group has detailed the rationale behind its new partnership with Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways, explaining that it will allow the Australian company to benefit more from hub-and-spoke operations.
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Business aviation in brief
Embraer CAE Training Services' first Phenom 300 full-flight simulator, at CAE's centre in Dallas, Texas, has been certificated.
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ANA targets first 787 commercial flight in March after fresh delay
Boeing 787 launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) now aims to operate its first commercial flight with the 787-8 in March, following Boeing's announcement...
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Swiss delay decision on Tiger replacements
Switzerland's bid to at least partially replace its 54 Northrop F-5s has returned to square one after the government postponed any fighter acquisitions until the second half of the decade, and charged the defence and finance ministries with generating a new jet procurement proposal next year.
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Ameco Beijing extends MRO services to Air China-Cathay cargo JV
Maintenance, repair and overhaul firm Ameco Beijing has expanded a maintenance contract with Air China to cover services for the carrier's Shanghai-based...
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More Rossiya An-148s to undergo enhancement
St Petersburg-based Rossiya is to modify other Antonov An-148 regional jets in its fleet as the airline continues to introduce the type to its operation.
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News787 first delivery delayed to mid-Q1 2011
Boeing has confirmed a fresh delay to its 787 programme, citing compounded issues with workmanship problems with the aircraft's Alenia Aeronautica-built...
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Tianjin Airlines' E190 reportedly overshoots runway
A Tianjin Airlines Embraer 190 reportedly overshot the runway while landing in southern China on 25 August, a day after a deadly air crash involving the...