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The sky's the limit for modern women
Women in Aviation, International has been encouraging women to seek opportunities in the aviation sector since 1990. Working Week talks to the Arizona-based organisation's president and founder Dr Peggy Chabrian
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UK begins research to speed CFD design
Funded by government and industry, university hardware resources could boost computational fluid dynamics process
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Taiwan ups defence budget to boost air force
Taiwan's cabinet has approved a 16.4% increase in defence spending for 2008, with the bulk of the additional $10.3 billion to going towards air force projects....
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NewsBlackwater seeks Super Tucano acquisition for trainer role
Security and training company Blackwater USA confirmed that it has applied for a license to acquire one Embraer Super Tucano light attack trainer.
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Lockheed tackles JSF power deficit
A shortage of electrical power on board the carrier variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has forced Lockheed Martin...
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Australia to compete Caribou replacement
Australia's National Security Committee is expected to give initial project approvals by year-end to launch an open competition for a new light tactical...
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RAF seeks improved airdrop system for C-130J, A400M
The UK Ministry of Defence is investigating the possibility of averting additional transport aircraft hull losses through the acquisition of a new heavy...
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USAF outlines shift in Predator mishaps
The blame for most crashes involving the General Atomics Predator unmanned aircraft system...
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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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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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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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NewsPICTURES: RAF Typhoon intercepts Russian Tupolev Tu-95 bomber
In a scene reminiscent of the Cold War, a Russian air force Tupolev Tu-95 bomber is pictured being intercepted...
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PICTURE: First flight for Dutch NH90 helicopter
The first of 20 Royal Netherlands Navy NH Industries NH90...
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NewsWeyerhaeuser finishing tests of Boeing's firefighting container system
US forest-products company Weyerhaeuser is completing development of a Boeing-conceived firefighting system that...
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Brazil's bottleneck to change
The fatal crash of a TAM Airbus A320 in mid-July has become the catalyst for Brazil to address its growing backlog of air transport ills, even though the...
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India's Tejas fighter suffers new setback
India's Tejas light combat aircraft programme has suffered a new setback, with sea-level fight tests...
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Boeing promotes growth version of Chinook helicopter
Boeing is pushing forward to launch a growth version of the 49-year-old CH-47 Chinook airframe in fiscal year 2010, despite...
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US aircraft carrier deadline gives JPALS new focus
With the US Navy's first CVN-21-class aircraft carrier scheduled to enter service in 2014, the long-delayed...