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Unmanned jammer could replace Marine Corps Prowlers
The US Marine Corps will consider replacing its radar-jamming Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowlers primarily with a new class of unmanned aircraft systems. For...
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India and Russia aim to fly joint fifth-generation fighter by 2017
India and Russia hope to induct their joint fifth-generation stealth fighter by 2017, with officials from both countries hoping to iron out their differences...
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P&W must wait for Airbus nod before releasing full GTF flight-test results
Pratt & Whitney will not go public with the definitive data on the fuel burn and noise performance of its GTF...
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NewsLessor LCAL scraps most of its 787 order
Specialised Boeing 787 leasing company LCAL has cancelled 16 of the 21 aircraft it had on order, the second large-scale loss to the 787 backlog within a...
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Lessors’ calls for production cuts 'self-serving': Boeing
Boeing's leasing arm insists that calls by operating lessors for single-aisle production to be slashed in the wake of the economic crisis are "self-serving",...
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P&W pushes back detail design start on GTF
Pratt & Whitney has extended the preliminary design phase of its PW1000G GTF...
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AirAsia to launch Jakarta-Singapore and Bali-Singapore service
As early as next month low-cost carrier Indonesia AirAsia will be launching services from Jakarta to Singapore and Bali to Singapore, marking a major regulatory...
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P&W’s GTF demonstrator completes more than 400h of tests
Pratt & Whitney's GTF geared turbofan demonstrator programme completed a total of 406h of testing, including 250h on the ground at its Florida facility and...
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India's LCA unlikely to use Kaveri engine until late next decade
India's Tejas light combat aircraft could use a foreign powerplant until the middle of the next decade, due to ongoing problems with the development of an...
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India's Kingfisher seeks to delay delivery of A380s
Loss-making Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines is speaking to Airbus to try and defer by two years the delivery of the Airbus A380s it has on order.
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NewsPICTURES: Bird feather from Hudson A320 left engine
A feather is among the evidence found in the left engine of the US Airways A320 that crashed in the Hudson River on 15 January.
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Passenger desire for plug-and-play keeps IFE giants on their toes
Thales and Panasonic have moved aggressively to ensure their in-flight entertainment (IFE) hardware can support and enable different media applications and...
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Porter's growth plans eye US, Ontario cities, more frequencies
This airline may have a raccoon for its mascot, but Porter Airlines is very much a different animal among start-ups...
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NewsJet2 and Oxford Aviation seal five-year training deal
UK budget carrier Jet2 and Oxford Aviation Academy have signed a five-year deal covering simulator and ab initio pilot training.
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NewsNorthrop eyes new sales prospects as MP-RTIP enters flight test
Northrop Grumman has formally offered a powerful new sensor designed - and recently test-flown - for the RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle to a wide...
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ATR increases C-Check intervals by 1,000 hours
Turboprop manufacturer ATR is extending the C-Check intervals on its aircraft by an additional 1,000 hours, increasing the time between checks to 5,000 from...
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NewsP&W to begin testing 'advanced GTF' demonstrator by 2013
Pratt & Whitney aims to begin testing a demonstrator...
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BAE invests in asset management business as recession bites
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has appointed eight executives to a new business development team within its asset management unit, in a bid to take advantage...
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OAK to cease Tu-204 production ahead of starting MS-21
Russia's United Aircraft (OAK) plans to cease producing the Tupolev Tu-204 twinjet ahead of launching manufacture of the all-new MS-21 next-generation airliner...