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USAF looks to develop near-space unmanned systems
The US Air Force wants to continue exploring opportunities for very high altitude unmanned air systems, but major technical challenges need to be overcome...
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Dates set for inaugural French Guiana Soyuz launch and ESA/Russia manned spacecraft project start
Dates for the highest-profile collaborations between the European Space Agency and Russia's Federal Space Agency (FSA) were announced at the Moscow air show. FSA...
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Australian industry targets Boeing link-up
Australia could give priority to domestic firms already working on Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme while competing industrial opportunities...
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Five-Tupolev deal underscores Russia-Iran link
Iran AirTour looks set to be the first operator to fly the A2 version of the Perm PS-90 turbofan, with a firm order through Ilyushin Finance for five Tupolev...
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Alenia and Sukhoi detail Superjet support venture
Italy's Alenia Aeronautica and Russia's Sukhoi formally unveiled their joint venture, named Superjet International, which will have sole responsibility for...
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Moscow air show in brief
AVIALINII-400 SIGNS FOR SIX NEW TU-204-100 DELIVERY Avialinii-400 will next year take delivery of three new Tupolev Tu-204-100 passenger airliners...
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EADS expects Russian deal by year-end
EADS hopes to define the scope and level of co-operation with the Russian aerospace industry before the end of this year. The European company's president...
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NewsCAL 737-800 that caught fire had punctured fuel tank
Investigators in Japan find that the China Airlines Boeing 737-800 destroyed by fire on 20 August had a bolt on the right wing slat that pierced the fuel tank
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Building a future: The AVIC I ARJ21-700 programme
The ARJ21 is spearheading China's ambitions to be a global player in the commercial aerospace industry - but can the regional jet achieve credibility outside Asia?
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Trunkliner techniques return for ARJ21
The making of the ARJ21 regional jet is a joint effort between several AVIC I factories in China that are each producing major subassemblies and sending...
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Engine commonality may help aftersales
The engine that will power the ARJ21-700 is the same type powering the Embraer 190, another 90-seat regional jet that will operate in China - and could help...
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Watch this space
WATCH THIS SPACE ROB COPPINGER BEIJING China has demonstrated its military capability in orbit, but its space ambitions are directed more towards...
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Avionika aims to lead MS-21 avionics
Russia's largest avionics and electronic equipment supplier, Kontsern Avionika (Avionics Concern), says it intends to become the lead firm in developing...
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General aviation in brief
INDIAN APPEAL India's civil aviation authority the DGCA has issued a notice to the Gujarat government, a state in the west of the country, for allegedly...
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NewsPICTURE: Boeing flies first Emirates 777-200LR
Boeing has flown the first of 10 ultra-long-range 777-200LR widebody twinjets ordered by Dubai-based Emirates Airline in 2005
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Boeing's Alteon restructures training network
Boeing subsidiary Alteon Training has launched a restructuring that will see four centres closed, simulators...
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China and Taiwan: who can fly and when
Direct flights between China and Taiwan have been banned since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, when the Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan, which...
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Taiwan's major aerospace company mulls over foray into corporate aviation
Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation, Taiwan's largest aviation company, could expand...
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Fuel leak focus of investigation into China Airlines Boeing 737 fire
Investigators in Japan are trying to determine if there was fuel leak that caused the fire that destroyed a Taiwanese China...