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Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet production line busy until 2025
Boeing said its F/A-18 Super Hornet production line has work until 2025 thanks to purchases of dozens of aircraft by the US Navy and the Kuwaiti Air Force – a change in fortunes for a platform that was supposed to be obsolete by now.
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Boeing receives first Super Hornet for service life modification
The first F/A-18 Super Hornet scheduled to undergo service life modification arrived at Boeing’s St. Louis, Missouri facilities on 5 April.
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Phantom Works selects Rolls-Royce turbofan to power MQ-25 bid
Boeing’s MQ-25 unmanned aerial vehicle prototype is powered by a Rolls-Royce AE 3007N turbofan, Boeing disclosed on 5 April.
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Boeing tankers refuel each other in KC-46 milestone test
Boeing announced that its KC-46 Pegasus aerial tanker programme completed its fuel on-load testing, part of its overall Supplemental Type Certificate, by successfully transferring 146,000 pounds of fuel from one KC-46 to another KC-46 during flight.
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Trump unveils tariff plan on Chinese aircraft imports
Aircraft, jet engines and helicopters made in China are among 1,300 product categories that will face a 25% tariff if imported into the USA, the Trump Administration proposed on 3 April.
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UPDATED: Airbus to resume Pratt-powered A320neo deliveries in April
Update: On 4 April Airbus corrected previous information given to FlightGlobal. The company now says deliveries of PW-powered A320neos will resume in April, as the company's CEO Tom Enders said in February.
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Boeing awarded contract to deliver 28 Super Hornets to Kuwait
Boeing was awarded a contract worth up to $1.17 billion to produce and deliver 22 F/A-18E and 6 F/A-18F Super Hornets for the government of Kuwait by 2022, the US Defence Department announced on 30 March.
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US Navy remotely lands F/A-18 Super Hornet on carrier deck
Naval officers aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln demonstrated for the first time the ability to remotely take control of an aircraft and land it on an aircraft carrier’s deck.
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Boeing Defense reorganizes by adding two new divisions and eliminating another
Boeing plans to launch two new divisions within its Defense, Space & Security business starting next week – a Commercial Derivative Aircraft division, and a Missile and Weapon Systems division – as part of an ongoing reorganization effort by the business unit’s chief executive, Leanne Caret.
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Boeing suffers "limited" malware intrusion
A malware attack struck Boeing computers on 28 March, but the company insists the impact is contained.
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South Korean delegation presses for F-35 MRO&U contracts
A member of a South Korean governmental delegation pressed the US Department of Defense to grant maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade contracts for the F-35A Lighting II to Korean companies during a speech at a rollout ceremony for the jet fighter in Fort Worth, Texas on 28 March.
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Great Lakes lays off staff and puts aircraft up for sale
Great Lakes Airlines has started laying off staff and is seeking to sell assets including Beechcraft and Embraer turboprops, moves that follow the company’s decision to halt operations several days ago.
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ANALYSIS: Boeing 787-10 technical description and cutaway
Boeing has closed the 15-year-long development phase of the 787 family of aircraft with the delivery of the third and – for at least another decade – final major variant of the Dreamliner to launch customer Singapore Airlines.
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US Navy plans to modify 45 more Super Hornets
The US Navy plans modify 45 more Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets in the next two years to increase the aircraft’s service life and capabilities, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced on 27 March.
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NASA partners with Thales in push for drone airspace management
NASA has formally brought Thales on board in its effort to develop an unmanned air systems traffic management (UTM) system that can be handed over to the US Federal Aviation Administration in 2019. Under this Space Act Agreement, Thales will collaborate with NASA to research, develop, test and evaluate low-altitude ...
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China Eastern signs broad data analytics deal with GE
GE Aviation and China Eastern Airlines have signed a deal under which the US engine maker will provide China Eastern with digital analytics covering some 700 aircraft.
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Great Lakes Airlines ceases flights after pilot shortage warnings
Great Lakes Airlines, a turboprop operator with a network that connected cities in the western USA, suspended all scheduled flights on 26 March.
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US Navy completes fleet carrier qualifications for F-35C
The US Navy said it completed fleet carrier qualifications for the Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on the Atlantic Ocean 17 March to 21 March.
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Raytheon wins deal to develop software controls for UAV swarms
Raytheon BBN is developing technology to direct and control swarms of small, autonomous air and ground vehicles, as part of DARPA’s Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics, or OFFSET, programme, the company announced on 26 March.
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Lockheed's Skunk Works reveals missing link in secret UAV history
In 2001, Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works secretly flew a flying wing unmanned air vehicle (UAV) with a roughly 9m (30ft) wingspan with modular wings and a bulbous fuselage as a technology demonstrator for a family of aircraft.