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DARPA algae-to-fuel programme stalled
A Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency programme to create technologies that could produce 50 million barrels a year...
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Canada acquires new round of helicopters, UAVs for Afghanistan
Canada will acquire three new types of unmanned air systems and two types of helicopters to meet demands of a recently prolonged peacekeeping deployment...
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NTSB: no obvious malfunctions in Eclipse 500 crash
US National Transportation Safety Board investigators say the Eclipse 500 that overran a runway when landing at a Pennsylvania general aviation airport on 30 July showed no signs of pre-impact issues with the airframe, mechanical subsystems, engine or braking controls.
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Economic flotsam
Global business slowdown has prompted a traditionally panicky airline reaction as strategy is abandoned and survival becomes the aim. But there is a human price to pay
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Serbian air force targets fleet modernisation
The Serbian air force intends to modernise up to 15 Soko G-4 Super Galeb trainers, and is making plans for the purchase of a new multirole helicopter type. The...
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Comment - US military should embrace imports
An unbroken cycle of consolidation in the US defence industry has created an industrial oligopoly of five "super primes" that are increasingly guilty of...
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New Zealand to start advanced trainer competition by October
New Zealand is preparing to release a long-planned request for proposals covering new fixed-wing air force training aircraft and simulators. Assistant...
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Japan to delay fighter RFP once again
Japan is likely to delay a request for proposals for its F-X competition to 2009, with the ministry of defence instead seeking funds to accelerate an upgrade...
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NewsDual Phenom 300s in Embraer flight test stable
Embraer completed first flight of its second of Phenom 300 light business jet flight test aircraft on 5 August in Brazil,...
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Boeing ready to begin assembly of 787 number four
Assembly of the delayed fourth flight-test Boeing 787 is poised to start following delivery to the Everett line near Seattle of the final two outstanding...
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Stage collision ends SpaceX's third Falcon flight hopes
Space Exploration Technologies' third Falcon 1 rocket flight failed on 2 August when the first-stage...
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Earmark to jumpstart Aviation Partners spiroid wingtip flight tests
Aviation Partners plans to begin testing its patented spiroid wingtip technology this autumn on the company's...
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Ryanair open to Airbus as need for single-type fleet lessens
Ryanair open to Airbus as need for single-type fleet lessens
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Four execs charged in BA price-fixing case
One current and three former British Airways executives have been charged with cartel offences in connection with the UK...
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F-117’s final formation fling
What was possibly the final formation flight of Lockheed Martin F-117 Nighthawks took place on 6 August from Palmdale's US Air Force Plant 42 in California....