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NewsUS safety body demands unmanned air vehicle changes following Predator crash
After investigating an unmanned air vehicle accident in the USA in 2006, the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that transponders in UAVs...
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South Korea studies Western proposals for fighter programme
South Korea is studying proposals from Western manufacturers for its KFX fighter programme, with the details of a feasibility study into an indigenously...
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Israel moves to expand unmanned air vehicle force
The Israeli air force is set to invest "big sums" in acquiring unmanned air vehicles in a bid to build a three-tier force. A senior air force officer...
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UK flying wing project to adopt canards
A scale-model flying wing using a canard foreplane to improve take-off performance could be flight tested by next June if students at the UK's Salford...
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Defence news in brief
APACHE RESTRICTIONS Israel has imposed operating restrictions on its Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters, after a joint investigation into...
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MDBA studies US low-cost cruise missile
European missile house MBDA's US arm is looking at the possibility of using technology from a UK loitering munition in a low-cost cruise missile it is studying...
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Boeing begins F-15C AESA radar upgrade
Boeing is talking to overseas operators of the F-15 about radar upgrades, after receiving a $70 million contract to start retrofitting US Air Force and Air...
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Veteran troubleshooter takes his place in 787 hot seat
Boeing has installed a veteran crisis manager with a problem-solving style described by former subordinates as "relentless" to fix a 787...
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Lockheed Martin success clears path for shorter en-route separation
The success of Lockheed Martin's en-route modernisation (ERAM) ...
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New generation Cosmo SkyMed planned as first satellite starts operations
EARTH OBSERVATION PINO MODOLA GENOA Italy plans second-generation Cosmo SkyMed constellation As they presented the first images from Italy's...
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NASA initiates Lunar Lander ascent main engine development
NASA is to specify an expendable, liquid oxygen (LOX)- and liquid methane (LCH4)-powered ascent main propulsion engine for its Constellation...
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Singapore Airlines reveals A380 route plans
Singapore Airlines has revealed that the flying programme for its A380 fleet will be expanded to include services to Hong Kong, London, San Francisco and...
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Singapore Airlines unveils A380 cabin and lays out service plans
Singapore Airlines is using the introduction of its A380 fleet to set a new benchmark in premium cabins in the form of fully enclosed first-class suites. The...
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Spain’s Marsans to use Airbus order to build hub network over the South Atlantic
Spanish airline group Marsans will use the order it placed earlier this month for 61 Airbuses - including four A380s - to build a transatlantic multi-carrier...
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Boeing executive shake-up over, up and out
Pat Shanahan, vice-president for missile defence systems at Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, succeeds Mike Bair as vice-president and general manager of...
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This week briefing
ERA DEVELOPS EMERGENCY PLANNING INITIATIVE STRATEGY The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) has teamed with crisis management specialist Kenyon...
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Technotes - 23 October 2007
Shape-changing UAV morphs autonomously NextGen Aeronautics has completed the first autonomous flights of...
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Shuttle and ISS in perfect Harmony
The International Space Station's 7m (22.9ft)-long pressurised cylindrical Node 2 module "Harmony" is pictured being loaded into the payload bay of NASA's...
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EU selects more than €400 million in research projects for 2008 start
Meeting environmental targets, preparing for the next generation of single-aisle airliners and increasing co-operation with central Europe are the goals...