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Boeing plans fourth 747-8 rate cut
Boeing has announced a fourth rate cut for the 747-8 programme over a two-year period, lowering monthly output to only one per month beginning in March 2016.
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NewsBoeing 757 ecoDemonstrator embarks on final test run
Energy-harvesting windows, green diesel biofuel and a 3D-printed flightdeck monument are three technologies that will be tested on the last series of flights of a TUI Group-branded Boeing 757 ecoDemonstrator destined to be dismantled by the end of July.
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NewsNASA tests advanced Ikhana and Global Hawk technology
Under an effort to aid the integration of unmanned air vehicles into national airspace, a NASA-led team has begun the testing of an advanced sense-and-avoid system using a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Ikhana UAV.
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NewsF-35B demonstrates short take-off capability
The UK and USA have carried out the first short take-off test of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II during a ground-based test at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, USA on 19 June.
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NewsState permit reveals Boeing plan to hike 777X output 25%
Boeing has submitted detailed plans to possibly increase 777X deliveries by 25% to 125 aircraft per year after 2021 using one production line in Everett, Washington, with only minor investment required to reach that target at the final assembly stage, according to documents filed as part of a permit application ...
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NewsGulfstream boosts connectivity for G450 and G550
Gulfstream has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval of a modification that allows operators of G450 and G550 aircraft to benefit from enhanced connectivity.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: No moonshots for Boeing's middle-of-the-market concept
Boeing's corporate ban on "moonshot" commercial projects still leaves plenty of room for its aircraft designers to innovate – but not too much room.
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PARIS: Boeing finds software fix for 787-10 commonality issue
Boeing is on track to release design drawings to the supply chain for the 787-10 later this year, with a goal of achieving commonality with the 787-9, a top executive at the airframer confirms.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Renton factory evolves to meet 737 production rate
Boeing’s factory complex on the south shore of Lake Washington has seen busy times before. In July 1945 alone, the Renton workforce built 160 B-29 bombers, representing about 5.4 million kg (11.9 million lb) of combined empty weight. Seventy years later, an expanded factory with 112 square metres (1.2 million ...
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NewsPARIS: P&W signs long-term deal with component supplier EDAC
Connecticut-based EDAC Technologies is to continue providing components used in P&W's geared turbofans and its F135 powerplant, under the terms of a new deal confirmed at the Paris air show.
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NewsPARIS: Is it too early to write the 747-8 obituary?
Analysts were writing the obituary for the 747-8 programme last January. When the US Air Force committed to buy the aircraft for an Air Force One replacement, Boeing was expected to cease production after delivering the two VC-25A replacements to the US government in 2017, concluding a proud, 48-year production ...
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NewsPARIS: CAE to provide tailored sim for Italian Predators
The Italian air force is to receive a mission-specific simulator for its fleet of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-1 and MQ-9 Predator unmanned air vehicles, a contract for which was signed between the aircraft prime and simulator developer CAE at the show on 16 June.
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NewsPARIS: Lockheed introduces new hybrid airship design
Lockheed Martin has introduced the new LMH1 hybrid airship, a commercialised variant of its half-sized P-791 demonstrator that it first flew in 2006.
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NewsPARIS: US firms team for F-16 component repair offering
Four US defence firms have joined forces to provide a web-based component MRO offering for operators of the Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
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NewsPARIS: Boeing, Saab test ground-launched small diameter bomb
Boeing and Saab have extended their cooperation agreement – which already includes working on a clean-sheet jet trainer design for the US Air Force’s T-X contest – to trial a novel new application for the former’s SDB I small diameter bomb.
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PARIS: Accenture predicts defence growth at show
Defence exposure at the show is expected to increase this year, as stretched budgets undergo a gradual upturn and spending is on the rise, according to consultancy firm Accenture.
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PARIS: Woodward ready with new GE joint venture
For actuation and fuel systems supplier Woodward, a talking point of the Paris air show will be its evolving relationship with key customer GE Aviation, in the form of a joint venture the companies announced in May, that will design, develop, source, supply and service the fuel system for GE’s ...
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NewsPARIS: US firm lomax reveals armed variant of turboprop aircraft
US firm Iomax is displaying an armed variant of the Thrush S2R-T660 turboprop aircraft in the static park.
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NewsPARIS: Airbus and Textron to carry out UAV testing for French requirement
An Airbus Defence & Space and Textron Systems team is due to travel to Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, USA this week, to carry out testing of its offering for France’s tactical unmanned air vehicle requirement for the French DGA defence procurement agency.
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NewsPARIS: Embraer lands deals for 50 E-Jets
Embraer has secured firm orders from three airlines and one aircraft lessor for a total of 50 E-Jets, evenly split between the current generation and the E2 variants, the Brazilian airframer disclosed today at the Paris air show.