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EU selects more than €400 million in research projects for 2008 start
Meeting environmental targets, preparing for the next generation of single-aisle airliners and increasing co-operation with central Europe are the goals...
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Daydream believer: How different is the Boeing 787?
dayDREAM believer STEPHEN TRIMBLE WASHINGTON DC The 787 is different - not least because Boeing decided to rewrite the rules of aircraft exterior...
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India and Russia sign fifth-generation fighter deal
India has finally talked Russia into giving it equal funding and engineering shares in the next-generation fighter to be developed jointly by the two nations. A...
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Jet maker sues US authority over 2006 proof-of-concept jet crash
Excel-Jet is suing the US Federal Aviation Administration for the 22 June 2006...
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Airbus optimistic of All Nippon order
Airbus expects to see a request for proposals from All Nippon Airways in the large-aircraft class "within a year". Speaking at last week's handover...
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Airbus to offer A350 self-darkening windows
Airbus is to follow the lead of the Boeing 787 and offer electronic self-darkening windows on its A350...
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Air India eyes big aircraft order by mid-2008
Air India's board is to consider proposals for the purchase of dozens of new aircraft in the coming weeks and expects...
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Two EU projects spearhead next generation single aisle airliner research
Two European Union Seventh Framework aeronautics research projects have a direct bearing on the planned Airbus A320 replacement, which is expected around...
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Airbus A330/A340 mystery cracking forces emergency airworthiness directive extension
Airbus's inability to explain cracking in an undercarriage support beam of an A330 that could lead to a gear collapse has resulted an emergency airworthiness...
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NewsBoeing replaces head of delayed 787 programme
Boeing has appointed a new head of the 787 programme, barely a week after it announced it was delaying first deliveries of its new widebody airliner by six months.
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BAE Systems starts search for new chief executive
BAE Systems is to recruit a new chief executive officer, following the confirmation that Mike Turner will retire from the UK defence contractor next August...
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Boeing delays 787 final assembly by five months
Boeing has delayed final assembly for the first 787 by five months, extended the flight-test period...
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Mitsubishi formally offers new MRJ regional jet to airlines
Having signed up Pratt & Whitney to supply its geared turbofan (GTF), Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to establish a new company to develop, manufacture...