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ESA's cargo spaceship achieves automatic docking
The European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) , called Jules Verne, docked successfully at the International...
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Airlines in distress: new round of bankruptcies hits US carriers
More trees are falling in the forest that is the US airline industry, chopped by the ever sharper edge of the fuel price cleaver. The latest carrier to fold...
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The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) decided this week to review in private Boeing's protest against the KC-X contract award, while all parties...
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Culture clash strains FAA/airline oversight
The US Federal Aviation Administration is being buffeted by growing pains related to its evolution from a forensic to a...
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Managing a business and livng the life
The rapidly developing aviation industry in Dubai is also creating opportunities for global companies to establish local offices where expatriate and national...
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US Army funds Bat-like micro air vehicle research
The US Army Research Laboratory has awarded the University of Michigan...
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NewsB-1B bomber catches fire on runway in Qatar
A US Air Force B-1B bomber in Qatar caught fire on the runway, becoming the third US Air Force bomber of the same type to experience an incident while landing or taxiing within one month.
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Tata joins Urban in ducted fan aircraft development
India's Tata Advanced Systems and Israel's Urban Aeronautics are to co-operate in developing and manufacturing ducted fan air unmanned air vehicles. Tata...
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Israel sets April deadline for $100 million battalion UAV contract proposals
A deadline of mid-April has been set for industry proposals for the Israeli Defence Force's battalion level unmanned air vehicle requirement that would deliver...
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Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Block 20 achieves 33h endurance
Northrop Grumman's high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) RQ-4 Global Hawk set an...
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Coaxial rotorcraft nano air vehicle to be sold from 2010
A coaxial rotorcraft nano air vehicle (NAV) with a mass of less than 20g (0.7oz), a maximum length of 100mm (3.93in) and a video camera payload capability...
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UK Ministry of Defence to tackle collision threat to helicopters
Concerned over the potential for mid-air collisions involving its rotorcraft, the UK Ministry of Defence ...
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Lockheed tests F-35 navigation system using CATBird
Lockheed Martin has flight-tested the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's navigation modes using the Co-operative...
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More RFP changes delay USAF CSAR-X again
Reselection of the CSAR-X combat search-and-rescue helicopter has been pushed back to October, as the US Air Force prepares to release yet another amendment...
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FAA challenges California reliever airport on business jet access
The US Federal Aviation Administration and the City of Santa Monica, California, are heading for a legal battle over a new city ordinance that will effectively...
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Good week - bad week
SriLankan The island flag carrier's relationship with Emirates ended with the failure to renew a management contract going back to 1998. It also lost access...
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Raytheon gets contract for jamming version of air-launched decoy
Raytheon is to begin the next stage of development for the US Air Force's first stand-in jammer platform, scheduled to enter operational service after 2013....