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Maintenance and Modifications

Pentagon Assigns First F-35 Component Repair Facilities

The initial assignments cover 8 percent of the repairable work the Department of Defense plans to make available outside of the U.S.
Aircraft

GAO: Air Force Was 'Reasonable' in Awarding B-21 Contract

The government watchdog agency released a declassified version of its February decison denying Boeing's protest of the B-21 contract award.
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Regulations and Government

A4A Applauds ICAO's Carbon Emissions Offsetting Scheme

The cost of complying with the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation is considered 'manageable,' association says.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

U.S. Services Outline Future Plans for Unmanned Aircraft

The U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Air Force each have plans to acquire new unmanned aircraft systems in the future.
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Aircraft

United Airlines Describes Effort To Introduce Aviation Biofuels

The carrier made history in March when it started using 'commercial-scale' volumes of biofuel at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Avionics

Prepare For Coming Mandates, Rockwell Collins Advises

Prepare for coming mandates, Rockwell Collins advises
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myDuncan Customer Portal Turns 10, Adds Features

Duncan Aviation’s web-based aircraft project management system—myDuncan—recently marked its 10th birthday.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Corporate Aviation Ponders the Drone Tidal Wave

Flight departments are sources of expertise that will be needed to help companies launch drone operations.
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ATC

The Weather Company Draws From a Richer Set of Forecasting Information

IBM’s new unit, The Weather Company, is leveraging the Internet of Things to improve weather forecasting.
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Training and Workforce

Unmanned Safety Institute, Florida Police Sponsor Workshop

Unmanned Safety Institute, Florida police sponsor workshop
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Vision Systems Forms New ‘Smart Lite’ Division

The new division enables Vision Systems to serve other industry segments more efficiently.
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Safety

Containment Kits Protect Against Lithium Battery Fires

Containment Kits Protect Against Lithium Battery Fires
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Aircraft

Cobham Develops MV-22B Aerial Refueling Capability

The company said it will begin delivering the palletized V-22 Aerial Refueling System to the U.S. Marine Corps in 2018.
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Avionics

Lightspeed Enhances Tango Interface to Charge Spare Battery

The LEMO version of the wireless Lightspeed Tango headset can now charge a spare battery from ship’s power.
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ATC

Passur, AirMap Enter Drone Alert Partnership

The partnership integrates Passur’s live flight data with AirMap’s drone traffic alert system.
ATC

Airbus Subsidiary Updates Military ATC at German Airfields

Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security is replacing 30-year-old radars at 20 airfields with the ASR aerodrome surveillance radar.
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Aircraft

Raytheon Names U.S. Site for Assembling T-100 Trainers

The manufacturer would assemble the M-346 Master variant in Meridian, Miss., if it wins the U.S. Air Force's T-X competition.
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ATC

FAA Declares Steady Progress on NextGen ATC Modernization

The agency says the U.S. national airspace system is becoming more efficient as a result of the long-running NextGen ATC modernization effort.
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ATC

Raytheon Advances JPALS Landing System for F-35B/Cs

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps plan to reach early operational capability of the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System in 2018.
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Aircraft

BAE Plans To Ramp Up Production of Laser Guidance Sections

With a new order from the Navy, the company has enlarged production capacity in New Hampshire of its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Company Wins Contract from U.S. Customer for Tethered Drone

Drone Aviation Corp. said a Department of Defense customer has ordered its WATT multi-rotor tethered drone.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

French Drone Service Provider Acquires Trimble Business

Trimble is divesting its Gatewing engineering and manufacturing business in Belgium to focus on aerial data collection software over platforms.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Lockheed Martin Deploys 'Vector Hawk' from Undersea Drone

The Marlin MK2 autonomous underwater vehicle launced the collapsible fixed-wing Vector Hawk during a U.S. Navy technology exercise.
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Aircraft

Qatar Airways Places $18 Billion Order For Boeing Airliners

The Gulf carrier signed a letter of intent for 60 Boeing 737 Max 8s, but says it remains committed to buying Airbus A320neos.
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Regulations and Government

ICAO Approves Carbon-Offsetting Scheme for Global Aviation

In an 'historic and momentous' action, the ICAO Assembly meeting in Montreal adopted a global market-based measures scheme to reduce emissions.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

U.S., Other Nations Sign Declaration on Armed Drone Exports

Major drone producers Israel, Russia, China and India are not among 45 signatories to the joint declaration on the export of weaponized UAVs.
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Engines

Manufacturers Announce Army Engine Program Developments

Advanced Turbine Engine Company and GE Aviation reported developments in separate U.S. Army engine development efforts.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Textron Systems Touts Hybrid 'Aerosonde HQ' Small Drone

The Aerosonde HQ adds four rotors to what is an otherwise catapult-launched small unmanned aircraft system.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

U.S. Navy Orders First Three Production MQ-4C Tritons

The service plans to deploy the RQ-4B Global Hawk maritime derivative unmanned aircraft system in late 2017.
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ATC

FAA Accelerates Data Communications Roll Out to ATC Towers

The FAA says its Data Comm program to implement text messaging between pilots and controllers is two years ahead of schedule.
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