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Cobham continues US push
Acquisitions and organic growth make North America the UK supplier's top market...
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ACCA first flight breaks new ground
Lockheed Martin will work through November to expand the flight envelope of an experimental aircraft testing new composite materials that could revolutionise...
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Boeing shakes off tough year for 747-8
Despite seemingly lukewarm support earlier this year from top company executives and a lack of orders, Boeing is firmly committed to the 747-8
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PARIS AIR SHOW: ScanEagle finds 'sweet spot' as globally ubiquitous airborne sensor
Insitu's ScanEagle unmanned air system was originally designed to help tuna fisherman. It failed to find a niche on trawlers, but the miniature vehicle has been invaluable to the military community
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Perception by wire
Fly by wire is now a mature concept common to most modern aircraft. But how will the sysem architecture evolve in the future?
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NewsRAF Nimrods ready for operational return
The UK Royal Air Force's Nimrod MR2 surveillance aircraft could soon return to duty over Afghanistan, says the boss of the Kinloss-based fleet ...
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Flying car completes first round of flight testing
Light aircraft developer Terrafugia has completed flight-testing of its proof-of-concept aircraft,...
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NewsAirline losses to reach $9 billion in 2009: IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revised its airline financial forecast for 2009 to a global loss of $9 billion, almost double its...
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NewsPICTURES: Air France debris retrieved in A330 hunt
Brazil's defence ministry has released the first images of wreckage retrieved during the search operation for the lost Air France Airbus A330
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Superjet: Russia's revival or last stand?
Can Sukhoi overcome perceptions and prejudices associated with Soviet-era aircraft and land Western customers for its new regional Superjet 100?
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China Eastern, Shanghai Airlines shares suspended on merger talks
Trading in China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange were suspended on Monday amid reports of a merger between...
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Firefly to serve more Malaysian cities from Singapore
Firefly, Malaysia Airlines' turboprop operation, has confirmed plans to expand its services out of Singapore to another four Malaysian cities in 2009 and...
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Weather slows A330 search as navy locates more victims
Weather is continuing to hamper the Air France A330 recovery effort but naval vessels have discovered several more victims presumed to be from the lost aircraft. Three...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Gripping Gripen
Now used by the air forces of the Czech Republic, Hungary, South Africa and Sweden, ordered by Thailand and also flown in support of the UK's Empire Test Pilots' School, Saab's Gripen is a credible force in the fighter arena
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Tough times ahead
Will the economic downturn lead to the break-up of struggling aerospace companies and industry consolidation?
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NewsAir France ordered pitot refit on A330 fleet five weeks before crash
Air France has disclosed that it initiated a programme to change pitot probes on its Airbus A330/340 fleet five weeks before the loss of flight AF447, after...
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A330 search team retrieves Air France debris and two bodies
Brazilian naval and air command authorities searching for the missing Air France Airbus A330 have retrieved two bodies from the ocean, as well as the first...
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This Week Briefings
The US Air Force Research Laboratory and Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works claimed a breakthrough in...
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Business: Good week - Bad week
Delta Pilots - The carrier and its pilots' union agreed a voluntary early retirement programme to address overstaffing. The scheme includes a severance payment,...