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US Air Force Laboratory plans 2010 refuelling robot demonstration
An automated aircraft ground refuelling robot, under development by the US Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and...
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Opinion
Comment: Defying logic? maybe
Logic seems to have deserted the airframers as airliner production rates head for record levels this year, while the world looks set for a global meltdown....
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NASA analyses synthetic fuel emissions
In a bid to understand synthetic fuels' emissions, NASA has fitted its McDonnell...
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December Italian all-fuel cell flight planned
A modified Alpi Aviation Pioneer 300 ultralight is expected to fly in June using only batteries....
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Can India's aerospace manufacturers step up?
Hindustan Aeronautics is India's heaviest hitter, but can it make a global impact, and can the private sector match it?
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Head-up – or head-down?
Though the US and European safety regulators require operators to equip with head-up displays (HUDs) to gain lower approach minimums (aka operational credit)...
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Gloom casts pall over Aero India 2009
The global economic crisis has soured the optimism that has buoyed India's burgeoning aerospace industry, but a successful Aero India 2009 show could bring hope
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NewsSweeping SAS reform to slash operations and raise capital
SAS Group is to shed thousands of jobs in a sweeping restructuring that involves divesting airline shareholdings, outsourcing operations, cutting the fleet, and raising SKr6 billion ($720 million) through a rights issue.
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China to complete A320-family wings
Airbus has decided that Xian Aircraft will complete the wings to be installed on Airbus A320-family aircraft assembled at Airbus Tianjin.
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India torn between East and West in multi-role combat aircraft contest
India has resolved to maintain military spending, but will it keep faith with Russia for its next multi-role combat fighter?
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India's airlines facing difficult times
Indian air transport climbed quickly in the past decade - now the country is at the epicentre of global gloom enveloping aviation
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KAL orders two more A380s
Korean Air (KAL) has ordered two more Airbus A380s, increasing its commitment to the type to ten.
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New Southwest pilots deal to limit codeshares
Southwest Airlines has agreed as part of a new tentative contract with its pilots union to not pursue any codeshare agreements with domestic carriers and...
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NewsSikorsky twirls X2 pusher prop
Sikorsky has successfully ground tested the six-bladed pusher propeller behind its high-speed X2 advancing blade concept (ABC) technology demonstrator.
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See-and-avoid lapse cited by NTSB in helicopter mid-air collision
Pilots of two electronic news gathering helicopters that collided in July 2007 while reporting a real-time police chase in suburban Phoenix, Arizona failed...
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Indian aircraft struggle for global acceptance
India's indigenous aircraft have yet to make a global impact. Will its underperforming products ever be acceped abroad?
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Airliner output heads for record levels in 2009 despite downturn
Civil aircraft manufacturing is forecast to break all production records this year in the face of deteriorating trading conditions and financing shortages...
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Business: Good week - Bad Week
Textron's rotorcraft segment hit much turbulence in 2008 when soaring costs forced the US Army to cancel its Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter....
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UK could extend Harrier's Afghan tour of duty
The UK Ministry of Defence could delay the planned replacement of its Afghanistan-based BAE Systems Harrier GR9A strike aircraft with Royal Air Force Panavia...
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Ryanair firms another 13 options for 737-800s
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has firmed another 13 Boeing 737-800 options, which will take the carrier's firm orders for the type to 172. The airline...