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How UK military, industry will showcase advances at DSEI
Taking place in London’s Docklands from 14-17 September, the biennial DSEI event marks the first opportunity for the defence industry of the UK and 30 other nations to gather since the emergence and global spread of Covid-19.
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Concerns grow over Afghan air force assets seized by Taliban
The Afghan military’s almost instant capitulation when faced with a resurgent Taliban has created a major headache for the USA and its allies, with almost 300 military aircraft potentially at risk of falling into enemy hands.
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New Chinese carrier promises blue-water airpower
Work on Beijing’s new Type 003 aircraft carrier is proceeding apace, but the composition of its air wing remains a source of considerable speculation.
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GE Aviation ‘buttoning up’ Catalyst flight approvals, eyes applications besides Beechcraft’s Denali
GE Aviation is awaiting European certifications needed to begin flight testing its Catalyst turboprop, and aims to achieve first flight – which was to have occurred last year – in the coming months.
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How NH90 operators are planning for the 2040s and beyond with future upgrades
Although the immediate upgrade path for the NH Industries (NHI) NH90 is clear thanks to a contract decision last year, officials from a majority of the rotorcraft’s customers met in late July to discuss a possible roadmap to keep the helicopter relevant into decade after next and beyond.
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Flight International Letters, August 2021
Your views about the aerospace industry and our reporting
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How pandemic pause shifted focus to safety in first half of 2021
A reduced volume of global flight activity should equate to fewer accidents being recorded, but the current slower rate of working also is providing the industry with extra thinking time aound safety.
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Commercial airliner programmes: up in the air?
As the industry emerges from the pandemic, its lead airframers face some familiar – and newer – challenges. In our special report on commercial airliners, we focus on seven key programmes or market segments, where decisions in the next few months could be crucial.
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Airbus keeps weighing its A350 freighter options
Airbus has given its strongest signal that it is looking to revisit the dedicated freighter sector, in a bid to break a run of strategic missteps that have left rival Boeing virtually unchallenged.
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How A220 programme proved sound investment for Airbus amid pandemic
One curious effect of the air transport crisis is that it has effectively pushed the sector back in time, leaving a fleet technologically shaped to address the 2020s facing levels of demand from the turn of the millennium.
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Heart swells as market for electric aircraft sparks into life
Swedish start-up grabbed headlines with triple-digit orders from United Airlines and Mesa Airlines for developmental all-electric 19-seater, but chief executive Anders Forslund believes the benefits of battery power will drive sales higher.
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Pilatus details PC-24 avionics update
Pilatus has upgraded the avionics suite in its PC-24 business jet, adding a host of safety improvements to aircraft rolling off its Stans production line this year.
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Rolls-Royce closes on first flight of Spirit of Innovation and eyes speed record attempt
Rolls-Royce will make its bid for the world speed record for an electric aircraft later this summer following minor delays to its ACCEL project.
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How NASA intends to make the next narrowbody airliners 25% more efficient
NASA’s new Sustainable Flight National Partnership aims to boost the efficiency of the next generation of single-aisle jets by up to a quarter and simultaneously enhance competitiveness of the US aerospace industry.
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Boeing sees SAF as short-term solution as sustainability drive gathers pace
Boeing believes that sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) can offer the biggest carbon-reduction benefit to the industry in the short-term while waiting for new propulsion technologies to mature.
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Flight International Letters, July 2021
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How 3D printing can transform aviation industrial production
Additive manufacturing – or 3D printing – has been around in aerospace for 30 years. But it is only now making the leap from niche technology to a process with the potential to transform industrial production
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Hailing Russia’s latest rotary revolutionaries
Owner of the Kamov and Mil design houses – more famed for military aircraft – is quietly increasing its share of the civil market too as the company seeks to establish a better balance.