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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.
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AeroVironment Unveils Shrike, a Small Vertical-lift UAS
AeroVironment, manufacturer of a line of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) used by the U.S.
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Third Trans States Landing Accident in Ottawa Raises Questions
Authorities in Canada continued their investigation this week into a September 4 runway excursion at Ottawa International Airport involving a Trans States
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ILFC Files IPO Papers
Insurance giant AIG appeared closer to proceeding with plans to wind down its exposure to the aircraft leasing business when on September 2 its ILFC unit f
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Diamond D-Jet Returns to the Sky
Diamond Aircraft has secured an agreement for a fresh capital infusion that allowed the restart of its D-Jet program and restored the test aircraft to flig
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Air France-KLM Board Approves Orders for A350s, 787s
The Air France KLM Board of Directors approved the group’s planned firm order for 50 long-haul aircraft, consisting of 25 A350 XWBs and 25 Boeing 787s.
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Predator UAVs Opening Up to Foreign Sensors and Control
A cooperation between General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Selex Galileo will enable the integration and control of non-U.S.
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Turkey’s Own Cruise Missile Makes First Flight
Turkey has designed and test-flown an air-launched cruise missile.
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Raytheon Pitches SM-3 to European Countries for Ballistic Missile Defense
Raytheon has proposed that 10 European warships be equipped with the company’s standard SM-3 missile, so that the burden of providing a missile defense shi
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Scan Eagle Proved Worth Over Libya, Maker Insitu Says
The use of another UAV over Libya during NATO Operation Unified protector was revealed, when Insitu stated that the Scan Eagle system was employed.
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Freighter Conversion Demand Tilts IAI over to the Civil Side
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is achieving faster growth on the civil side of its business than on the military side, for which it is arguably better k
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Piper Meridan Approved for Unpaved Runway Ops
Piper Aircraft used the Malibu/Meridian Owners & Pilots Association (MMOPA) Fly-in Convention, held last week in Hot Springs, Va., to officially announ
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Atlas Shaves 747-8F Order by Three Airplanes
Atlas Air has cancelled delivery of three “early build” Boeing 747-8 Freighters, lowering the total number of the airplanes covered under its firm order to
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Piaggio Short Lists Partners for Jet Program
Piaggio Aero Industries apparently will enter the business-jet market only if it can line up an existing major aircraft manufacturer as a risk-sharing part
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Big Sales Success for Diamond DA42 Surveillance Version
Diamond Aircraft has revealed a surge of orders for the DA42 Multi-Purpose Platform (MPP), also known as the Guardian.
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BAE Partners With Northrop Grumman To Offer USAF Trainer
BAE Systems named Northrop Grumman its manufacturing partner to offer the Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer System (AJTS) for the 
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Rockwell Collins Provides KC-46A Cockpit Details
Rockwell Collins has provided more details of the flight deck displays, mission systems backbone and other key systems that it is providing for the new
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U.S. Air Force Leaders Defend F-35, ISR, Bomber Programs
Civilian and military leaders of the U.S.
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Saab Upgrades the RBS-70 Air Defense Missile–Again
Saab is marketing a “new generation” version of the RBS 70 short-range surface-to-air missile, which has been in continuous production for nearly 40 years.
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Boeing Presses Hard on Production Rates and Weight as It Delivers the First 787 Dreamliner to ANA
Boeing didn’t have to contrive any sense of jubilation today in rain-soaked Everett, Wash., as it delivered the first 787 Dreamliner to Japan’s All Ni
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Mature Fleet Replacement and New Markets Drive Airbus Forecast Higher
Airliner fleet replacement in mature markets, along with dynamic growth in emerging economies and strong continued business in established North American a
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China’s Airliner Fleet Set To More Than Triple by 2030
China’s airliner fleet is set to grow more than three-fold over the next two decades, rising from 1,506 in 2010 to 5,118 in 2030, according to the latest “
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Russian Banks See Big Business in Replacement of Soviet-era Airliners
The crash of a chartered Yak-42 regional airliner on September 7 in Yaroslavl, Russia, that left 44 professional hockey players dead has prompted calls fro
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New Cessna Citation M2 Relights CJ1+ Torch
Cessna announced a new twinjet derivative yesterday to serve as a step-up for Mustang owners or as a higher entry-level Citation between the Mustang and CJ
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Colgan Grounds Wayward Pilots
Colgan Air grounded the pilots who landed a Saab 340B at the wrong Louisiana airport on September 7, pending the outcome of an internal investigation.
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Bombardier Breaks Into Indian Market with Q400s
Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet took delivery of its fourth Q400 NextGen on September 7 and planned to deploy it late last month along with three others i
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Moscow’s Jet Expo Show Reveals Russian Bizav Recovery
After being dented by the financial crisis, Russian business aviation is back in growth mode.
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Kenya Ratifies Order for 10 E190s
Kenya Airways has finalized the contract for the acquisition of 10 Embraer E190s, the airline announced last month.
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Third Trans States Landing Accident in Ottawa Raises Questions About Runway Design
Authorities in Canada are investigating a September 4 runway excursion at Ottawa International Airport involving a Trans States Airlines Embraer ERJ 145–th
