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SINGAPORE: Lockheed eyes long future for F-16 production
Lockheed Martin is confident in its ability to maintain F-16 production in the USA pending a decision by India for a single-engined fighter, which could extend production for many years.
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SINGAPORE: Lockheed's Carvalho kiboshes SR-72 idea
The head of Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics division has dismissed recent media reports that it has developed the SR-72, a successor to the iconic SR-71 Black Bird.
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SINGAPORE: Focus on non-passenger variants for future 747 sales
Boeing’s is now focusing on the non-airliner 747-8 variants as the decline in demand for very large airliners means an end for the passenger version.
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SINGAPORE: Boeing studying three 'different’ NMA engine designs
Powerplant proposals from the three major engine makers for Boeing’s planned New Mid-market Airplane (NMA) all differ in their technologies. The manufacturer is also yet to indicate publically whether it will adopt a single-source strategy.
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SINGAPORE: Detailed design starts on 737 Max 10
Boeing is on course to deliver the first 737 Max 10 in 2020 after the programme passed the milestone of firm configuration, which clears the way for detailed design to begin.
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SINGAPORE: Lockheed favours incremental F-35 software updates
Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics head believes a new software update regime for the F-35 fighter will greatly improve update efficiency, and also says that sustainment for the type is improving.
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NewsTextron Aviation reports fall in annual revenues
Faltering demand across the business aircraft sector in the first half of 2017 contributed to a $235 million fall in annual revenues for Textron Aviation, to $4.92 billion.
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Analysis
DATA SNAPSHOT: Airbus and Boeing are head-to-head in the widebody sector
The Airbus A330neo and A350 are head-to-head with Boeing’s 787 and 777X in the widebody arena. This is how Flight Fleets Analyzer shows their sales status.
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SINGAPORE: Boeing bets big on autonomous future
Boeing is actively pursuing the development of autonomous technology, which it sees benefiting virtually all of its future commercial, defence, space, and other programmes.
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SINGAPORE: GE expects Boeing NMA decision this year
GE Aviation, whose CFM International partnership is seen as a frontrunner to power Boeing’s planned New Mid-market Airplane (NMA), expects a launch decision will be needed this year if it is to achieve its target service-entry in the mid-2020s.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Norwegian eyes sweet spot for transatlantic 737s
Norwegian launched transatlantic flights with Boeing 737s just over six months ago, service that executives say is meeting expectations as they prepare for the upcoming peak summer season.
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PICTURES: Boeing 737 Max 7 debuts in Renton
The third and smallest iteration of 737 Max has broken cover at Boeing's Renton, Washington plant with the debut of the Max 7.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Mark Wharry leads UAS training at Strat Aero
Mark Wharry is director of commercial UAS training and education for Strat Aero. Mark spent nearly 15 years in the Royal Air Force, during which time he became the UK Armed Forces' most highly-qualified unmanned aircraft instructor.
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SINGAPORE: CFM to stick with direct-drive architecture for NMA
Any bid by CFM International to power Boeing’s proposed New Mid-market Airplane (NMA) is unlikely to incorporate geared-fan technology.
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SINGAPORE: General Atomics promotes un-manned MPA mission
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) is confident of a strong market for large UAVs in Southeast Asia and East Asia despite prevailing export limitation issues.
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SINGAPORE: Harris eyes Asian F-16 market for EW sales
Harris Corporation is promoting its electronic warfare (EW) systems to the region’s air forces, with a particularly focus on the Lockheed Martin F-16 fleet.
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Airbus US outpost starts VTOL taxi flight tests
Airbus's Silicon Valley-based advanced projects unit A³ has started flight tests with an autonomous vertical take-off and landing aircraft that has been designed to serve as an air taxi for a single passenger.
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Opinion
OPINION: Is the CSeries ruling a seismic shift?
Over the past four months, the competitive landscape in the small-narrowbody jet market has been turned upside down. Bombardier has agreed to give Airbus control of the CSeries programme and open a new final assembly line in Alabama. Boeing is in discussions to construct some kind of combination with Embraer. ...
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Azul and LATAM await US-Brazil open-skies
Azul and LATAM Airlines Brazil are eagerly awaiting US-Brazil open-skies in order to move ahead with anticipated joint ventures, even as the jury is still out on when the long-anticipated accord would finally be implemented.