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US Defense Department restructures Northrop Grumman's costly Global Hawk, saving programme but reducing production
Programme survives, but production rate to be held down
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NewsLaunch customers 'unhappy' with Airbus A380 delay, EADS warns of €2bn lost earnings
EADS issued a warning saying that its revision to the A380 production schedule will cost the company at least €2 billion as launch customers have expressed concern over delivery delays of up to seven months.
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Singapore Airlines to order 20 Boeing 787-9s in latest blow to Airbus's A350 campaign
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is preparing to announce a major order for Boeing 787s, Flight has exclusively learnt.
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NewsPictures: Boeing begins new round of 747-8 windtunnel testing in UK
Boeing has begun a fresh series of low-speed aerodynamic validation tests of a scale model of its 747-8 Freighter using Qinetiq’s pressurised, 5m-diameter windtunnel in Farnborough, UK.
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NewsAirbus A380 hit by new programme delay
The Airbus A380 is facing another serious programme delay, but first delivery to launch operator Singapore Airlines (SIA) is still expected by the end of the year.
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OpinionAirbus's A350 rethink splits customer opinion, with delays concerning Yemenia as Finnair takes a relaxed view
Airlines with Airbus A350s on order have given a mixed response to the proposal to relaunch the aircraft with a raft of major improvements that will delay its entry into service by several years.
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GE investigates double CF6-80 flame-out on Qatar A330-200 into Shanghai, believed to be type's first
Twinjet lands safely after engines relit ‘within about one minute’ during descent. The flame-out is believed to be the first to hit a CF6-80-powered A330-200
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US FAA studies three-category UAV classification and certification system for integration into civil airspace
The US Federal Aviation Administration is exploring potential establishment of a three-category classification and certification system for unmanned air vehicles as part of a roadmap for UAV integration into the US national airspace system planned for release in October
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New European pilot duty limits to undergo scientific tests within two years, says Parliament
A scientific review of the effect of the imminent European flight time limitations (FTL) legislation on pilot alertness will have to be completed within two years of implementation if the European Parliament’s transport committee recommendation is accepted in plenary session.
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International sanctions force Iran Air to ground its Airbus A310 fleet, but restrictions may be lifted as part of nuclear deal
Iranian flag carrier’s twinjets parked, but restrictions on spares could soon be lifted
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Power House
Innovations in engine design and materials that a few years ago were seen by some as flights of fancy are now undergoing tests in GE’s GEnx for the 787
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Back to Form
Farnborough 2006 opens on 17 July with the promise of a ‘bumper event’. Yet two years ago the show’s future was in doubt. What is behind the new-found optimism?
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One step beyond
EADS’s Barracuda demonstrator is set to resume flight tests this month, with the goal of taking European UAVs into non-segregated airspace
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BA must still face FAA court action
Airline accused of operating aircraft in an ‘unairworthy condition’ despite UK AAIB finding no evidence of risk