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New buyer signs for hybrid airship, but Lockheed waits on launch
Straightline Aviation has announced a new agreement with a Canadian mining company to deploy the Lockheed Martin LMH-1 hybrid airship to northern Quebec, shuttling 21t of rare earth ore concentrate more than 200nm from a remote lakeside mine to a railway stop in Schefferville, where the precious cargo can be ...
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K-Max and SARA team up for unmanned firefighting demo
In their first collaborative demonstration since Lockheed Martin acquired Sikorsky helicopter last year, the two companies completed a fire suppression and search and rescue mission with Lockheed’s K-MAX helicopter and Sikorsky’s Autonomy Research Aircraft (SARA).
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Boeing Space and Defense continues consolidation
As part of its long term-cost cutting plan, Boeing Space and Defense is shuttering some facilities and reshuffling jobs to its St. Louis, Missouri and Huntsville, Alabama facilities.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Tony Balestracci - servicing Textron's customers
Tony Balestracci is vice-president, global customer service with Textron Aviation, owner of the venerable Cessna and Beechcraft brands
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CFM quietly confident on Leap production ramp-up
CFM International is “staying very humble” as it gears up to achieve 2,000 Leap deliveries a year from 2020 but is confident it has put the infrastructure in place to achieve its target.
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Aeromexico and Delta to fight DOT on slot divestitures
Aeromexico and Delta Air Lines plan to fight conditions imposed by US regulators on the carriers' proposed joint venture, which would have required the airlines to divest 30 slot pairs at two key airports.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Why Basel IV could lead to lack of liquidity
Basel IV regulations have aviation lenders reconsidering how they will participate in the market in future.
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Business aircraft shipments continue to slide
Worldwide shipments of fixed-wing business and general aviation aircraft fell across all segments during the first nine months of 2016, as economic and political instability continued to squeeze demand for new platforms.
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WORLD AIRLINER DIRECTORY - Mainliners: Battle for the middle ground
The collapse in the market for very large types has intensified Airbus and Boeing’s race to fill the niche for a new midsize airliner in an eventful year for both airframers
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Trump an unknown for aircraft finance
The impact of the election of Donald Trump as president of the USA has raised a big question mark for aircraft finance markets.
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NewsGeneral Atomics flies extended-range Avenger
On 27 October, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems demonstrated its first successful flight of its extended range jet-powered Avenger, which the company fitted with 76-foot wings.
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Pratt needs a year to catch up on A320neo engine deliveries
Pratt & Whitney (P&W) does not anticipate catching up with its PW1100G engine delivery commitments until the end of 2017, says its vice-president of marketing Paul Finklestein.
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GAMA records third quarter delivery slide
Worldwide shipments for fixed-wing business and general aviation aircraft fell by 3.5% during the first nine months of 2016, triggered by the continued slump in demand for new and used models across the sector.
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NewsPICTURE: JetBlue unveils special livery retrojet
New York-based JetBlue Airways has unveiled a special livery on an Airbus A320, in an imagination of what its paint scheme would have looked like in the 1960s.
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FLIGHT TEST: We put Bombardier's CSeries through its paces
In the 1960s, established manufacturers Boeing and Douglas dominated the lower end of the single-aisle mainline commercial aircraft market. Their original offerings – the 737-100 and DC-9-10 – seated fewer than 100 passengers. With the fielding of the 737-200 and DC-9-40, capacity increased to more than 120 passengers. This trend ...
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Aurora Flight Sciences to develop unmanned Huey
After demonstrating its autonomous aerial cargo/utility system (AACUS) on two other rotorcraft, Aurora Flight Sciences will develop an unmanned UH-1H Huey with its Tactical Autonomous Aerial Logistics System (TALOS).
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: Conversions dominate soft cargo market
Chris Seymour, head of market analysis at Flight Ascend Consultancy, examines cargo’s mixed fortunes as yields fall, and looks ahead in a 20-year aircraft delivery forecast
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: Flight Fleet Forecast's single-aisle outlook 2016-2035
The 2016 Flight Fleet Forecast predicts the delivery of 42,800 new passenger and freight commercial aircraft over the next 20 years, worth almost $3 trillion in 2016 delivery values. About 63% of those deliveries – some 26,860 units – are expected to be single-aisle passenger aircraft, representing 46% of the ...
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INSIGHT FROM INMARSAT: Going Global with GX for Aviation
10 cities visited across four continents and 80,128km travelled – how the GX Aviation Tour showcased aviation’s connected future
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Trump win likely to fuel simmering airline disputes
US opponents of three Gulf carriers and Norwegian are hoping to find a sympathetic audience in President-elect Donald Trump, casting uncertainty over how a new administration will treat several hot button issues that have divided the airline industry.