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NewsBoeing tweaks 777X wingspan, preserves folded length
Boeing has slightly increased the in-flight wingspan and the length of the wing-fold on the 777X.
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NewsThree F-35B Lightning IIs to fly at RIAT 2014
More than 150 military and civil aircraft from all over the world are confirmed as participants in the 2014 Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, UK, the stars of the show being three Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs.
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American to add Gogo wi-fi to CRJ900s
American Airlines plans to install Gogo wi-fi to its new Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft from June.
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NewsLiebherr to test electric-powered air pack for next-generation narrowbody
Liebherr will soon use a demonstration aircraft to test a power-generation system capable of replacing bleed-air-driven systems in the air-conditioning units of narrowbodies.
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Russian firms developing Superjet electric-taxi drive
Russian aerospace firms United Aircraft and Aviation Equipment are jointly developing an electric-drive system for the Sukhoi Superjet 100, designed to reduce fuel-burn while taxiing.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Change in the air for NASA’s aeronautics research arm
NASA’s aeronautics research programme has seen a long period of decline since its glory days. Since 2000, a $1 billion annual budget for atmospheric flight research has been chopped roughly in half, and its share of overall NASA appropriation has declined from 7% to 3%.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: New ATR chief to focus on legal framework
The appointment of the Airbus’s head of contract negotiations, Patrick de Castelbajac, as ATR’s new chief executive comes as the Franco-Italian manufacturer works to transform its legal status from “groupement d’intérêt économique” (GIE) to “société anonyme” (SA) to pursue new objectives: managing suppliers, and launching a new turboprop.
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NewsIATA: CSeries engine incident will not derail service entry
Bombardier is confident last week’s engine-related incident with one of the CSeries test aircraft will not derail its plan to see the regional airliner entering service as scheduled in the second half of 2015.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: What is the future for 3D printing in aerospace?
Making parts for a jet engine using a 3D printer is – despite what you may hear –– not cheap. The powder used by the printer to build up the part – layer by microscopic layer – is expensive. The 3D printer itself is a machine with a seven-figure price ...
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NewsPICTURES: A350 subjected to extreme hot and cold
An Airbus A350-900 test aircraft has undergone two and half weeks of extreme weather tests at a laboratory in Florida.
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Airbus details weight variants for A320neo family
Airbus has detailed eight weight variants for the A320neo in the first update to its airport planning documentation to feature the re-engined type.
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NewsThree 'miracles' required for mainstream electric-powered aircraft, says P&W
Though electric aircraft technology continues to improve, an engineer at Pratt & Whitney says the technology must make revolutionary leaps before being applicable to commercial or military aircraft.
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ILA: Lufthansa Technik boosts R&D efforts
Lufthansa Technik is quadrupling its investment in research and development of new product and services.
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ILA: Diehl sees no need for further acquisitions
Diehl Aerosystems is planning no further acquisitions after the takeover of interior equipment specialist AOA later this year.
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NewsIAE ships first KC-390 engines to Embraer
International Aero Engines has shipped to Embraer the first six prototypes of its V2500-E5 engines, which will power Embraer's KC-390 multi-role tanker and transport.
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ILA: Airbus pushes for radical propulsion leap
Airbus is literally powering ahead with its vision of a hybrid-electric regional transport aircraft – by preparing to begin serious development of the radical propulsion system on a Munich testbed that will be fully functioning within two years.
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NewsEBACE: GE prepares to take on PT6A with new engines
GE Aviation plans to take on rival Pratt & Whitney’s market-leading PT6A with new engines in the 1,100-1,200 shaft horsepower and 1,800-2,000shp class, by developing a turboprop “centre of excellence” in Prague – the former Walter Aircraft Engines business it acquired in 2008.
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NewsPratt & Whitney increases thrust on PurePower geared turbofan
Pratt & Whitney is developing a PurePower geared turbofan engine with a higher thrust of up to 35,000lb, the company announced.
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Russia and China to submit joint long-haul jet plan
Russia’s United Aircraft and China’s Comac are to submit a feasibility study on a jointly-developed long-haul passenger aircraft to their respective governments this summer.
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ILA: Product launch lifts Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins marked the first day of the ILA Berlin air show by launching its FMC-4000 series of flight and mission computers.