All articles by NAME MISSING – Page 64
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Opinion
Comment: Trade tussle's big winner?The lawyers
If a successful compromise is one that leaves everyone equally dissatisfied, the World Trade Organisation must be delighted with its handling of the US-brought case on Airbus subsidies.
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AUVSI: Marines continue robotic mule research
The US Marines' amphibious branch takes upa concept abandoned by the Army that was intendedto help ground troops slog through rough terrain
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Hummingbird crash mystery
The cause of the crash of a US Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate-owned Boeing A160T Hummingbird in July is unknown pending the outcome of the investigation, says Boeing.
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Etihad seals extensive tie-up with Australia's Virgin Blue
Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways is tying up with Virgin Blue Group in order to offer a combined network centred on services between Abu Dhabi and Australia. The...
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USAF extends F-22 sustainment contract
The US Air Force has extended its Follow-On Agile Sustainment for the Raptor contract with Lockheed Martin by $111.4 million, taking the arrangement, originally agreed in 2008 and extended in 2009, to $709 million.
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AUVSI: Transformers: Robots in disguise
AAI seeks to overcome the US military's stance of keeping casualties attended to, with an unmanned casualty evacuation system intended to keep losses down
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Business briefs
United Aircraft's AeroKompozit subsidiary has signed an investment agreement with Tatarstan authorities to manufacture composite structures for the Irkut MS-21 and Sukhoi Superjet 100 at the KAPO plant in Kazan
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Opinion
Comment: Pilot licences should be invalid unless accompanied by full training performance records
The Colgan Air accident at Buffalo has certainly shaken up US thinking about what makes - and keeps - an airline pilot competent.
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This Week briefing
Taipei's Taoyuan International airport is reviewing air traffic control procedures and has suspended several controllers after a 15 July runway incursion in which miscommunication between the pilot of an Antonov Airlines An-124 freighter and controllers resulted in the aircraft entering the runway while a Singapore Airlines Airbus A330 was taking ...
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Kazakhstan to build crop-duster replacements for An-2
Kazakhstan is to set up a production plant to produce the new Farmer 2 and Farmer 500 multirole utility aircraft, designed as replacements for the ageing...
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Russia considers criminal sanctions against rule-breaking GA flyers
Russia may be preparing for a new era of relatively free skies, but air crews who fall foul of an air code designed to promote light aircraft and helicopter use have been warned.
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AUVSI: JAUS Tool Set aims to make developing unmanned systems easier
The JAUS Tool Set team has released version 1.0 of the Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS) Tool Set, an open-source software toolkit to make it...
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Opinion
Comment: Time to pay for safety
As last week's fatal crash in Colombia sadly highlights, fast-growing Latin America needs to recognise that failing to invest in airport infrastructure and staff training costs lives
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Brazilian navy buys Traders
The Brazilian navy has acquired eight Grumman C-1A Traders for extensive modification to perform carrier on-board delivery and air refuelling roles. The...
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Evektor looks to Russian production of EV-55
Czech light aircraft maker Evektor has set in motion a plan to produce its new twin turboprop EV-55 Outback near Ulyanovsk.
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Air Moldova selects Turkish Technic for A320 check
Air Moldova has contracted with Turkish Technic to carry out a maintenance checks on an Airbus A320. The airline operates three of the type. The agreement...
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NTSB team dispatched to San Andres in Aires crash investigation
Staff from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have been dispatched to the island of San Andres to investigate the crash of a Boeing 737-700...
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Opinion
Comment: Gently does it
Following another incident of an Airbus vertical stabiliser overload, maybe it's not enough just to warn the pilots to be careful. The NTSB wants EASA to consider a design modification