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NewsS-97 Raider makes debut test flight
Sikorsky has completed a first flight of the self-funded S-97 Raider at the company's flight test facility in West Palm Beach, Florida, to open a year-long test and demonstration phase for the high-speed, compound helicopter proposed for light attack, scout and special utility missions.
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NewsUSMC F-35B lands on USS Wasp for operational testing
Six US Marine Corps Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II aircraft landed on board the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship on 18 May, where they will begin the first phase of shipboard operational testing for the force’s Joint Strike Fighters.
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NewsUAVs to be deployed to South Africa against illegal poaching
A 12 month project is due to begin in coming weeks that will use unmanned air vehicles to stop poachers in South Africa killing wild rhinos and elephants for their horns and tusks.
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NewsUS Army CIRCM downselection expected in July
Downselection from the US Army for the engineering, manufacture and design phase of its future Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) programme is expected to be made in July, and could include low rate initial production (LRIP) of the aircraft protection system.
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EBACE: Satcom Direct amps up download speeds
Satcom Direct has unveiled a new version of an airborne data router that could more than treble download speeds on board business jets equipped with the Inmarsat SwiftBroadband satellite service.
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AC-130W crews to get JHMCS advance
The US Special Operations Command's Lockheed Martin AC-130W crews are to be equipped with the joint helmet-mounted cueing system (JHMCS), in the first application for the design on a transport platform.
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NewsEBACE: Aerion plans supersonic engine selection later this year
Aerion’s next move in the development of the supersonic AS2 trijet aircraft is to select a propulsion systems supplier, says chief executive Doug Nichols.
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NewsEBACE: Passport engine completes water ingestion test
GE Aviation has completed another key test examining one of the most critical technologies in development for the Passport engine selected to power the Bombardier Global 7000 and 8000 ultra-long-range business jets.
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NewsEBACE: GE Honda studies single-engine, more thrust for HF120
GE Honda Aero Engines is studying single-engine and higher-thrust versions for the HF120 turbofan as the HondaJet nears entry-into-service later this year, company officials say.
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EBACE: First flight of G500 nears
Gulfstream is on track to operate the first test flight of its new G500 clean-sheet business jet in the coming weeks, and the manufacturer has seen a “strong reaction” to the aircraft from the marketplace.
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EBACE: BBJ models could extend 747-8, 737NG run, Boeing says
Boeing could continue producing business jet versions of the 747-8 and the 737NG for several more years, says the newly-appointed head of Boeing Business Jets (BBJ).
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NewsMV-22 crash kills 1 in Hawaii
A Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey crashed during “routine sustainment training” in Hawaii on 17 May, killing one Marine and injuring 20 others and one Navy corpsman, service officials say in a news release.
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ANALYSIS: Why fighter rivals joined forces for T-X collaboration
An unlikely collaboration forged with rival fighter manufacturer Boeing in December 2013 could see Saab secure a valuable slice of the future advanced jet trainer market.
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NewsLost USMC Huey wreckage found in Nepal
The wreckage of a US Marine Corps Bell Helicopter UH-1Y Huey rotorcraft that went missing after a second earthquake hit Nepal on 12 May has been found 12km (8 miles) north of Charikot, Nepal, the Department of Defense has confirmed.
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NewsLocal heroes: all-time top 10 regional jets
As the Regional Airline Association gathers in Cleveland for its 2015 annual convention, we thought it a good time to chart the hardware that’s getting it there
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NewsUSMC continues Nepalese aid delivery as search for missing helo continues
US Marine Corps assets - including the Bell Helicopter UH-1Y Huey rotorcraft - are continuing the delivery of aid to victims of the earthquakes in Nepal, as the search continues for a Huey that went missing following a second earthquake on 12 May.
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Southwest converts 737-700 orders to -800s
Southwest Airlines has converted orders for 31 Boeing 737-700s scheduled for delivery in 2016 to larger 737-800s, chief executive Gary Kelly announces on 13 May.
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NewsNorthrop to receive $4bn worth of Global Hawk work through 2020
The US Air Force plans to award Northrop Grumman contracts valued at $4 billion to sustain and modernize the RQ-4 Global Hawk over the next five years as the high-flying unmanned aircraft emerges from the shadow of potential retirement into a normalised defence programme.
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NewsPhilippines controls aircraft from USAF AWACS
For the first time the Philippine air force (PAF) demonstrated air-to-air operations of indigenous aircraft from a US Air Force Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, during Exercise Balikatan at Clark AFB in the Philippines.
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NewsGE runs firsts tests on 3D-printed micro turbine
GE Aviation has run a 3D-printed micro jet turbine up to 33,000rpm, marking the first known test of a jet engine built using additive manufacturing.