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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

U.S. Air Force Eyes Small UAS; Services Favor VTOL Capability

The Air Force will release a strategic plan for using smaller unmanned aircraft systems than it has traditionally operated.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Amazon Principal Argues Case for 'Federated' ATC System

Amazon Prime Air's ambition is to deliver packages by small drones in an airspace system with multiple, overlapping controllers.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

For Now, FAA Is Not Considering Airspace Changes for Drones

The low-altitude system NASA is developing through the UAS traffic management project will inform any airspace restructuring, the FAA says.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Textron Systems Progresses With RQ-7B Shadow V2 Upgrade

Nearly all of the 117 Shadow systems operated by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps are under contract for the V2 upgrade, Textron Systems says.
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Airlines

Delta Renews Fleet With Major CSeries Order and A321 Top-up

The order is the largest in Bombardier Commercial Aircraft history and represents a 'major endorsement' of the challenged CSeries program.
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Airlines

Study: Finnair Has Lowest Carbon 'Footprint' But Industry Lags

Airlines have not made a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions over the past several years, University of Warwick study finds.
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Aircraft

Fourth and Final Aircraft Joins KC-46A Flight Test Program

The 767-2C baseline tanker will be used for environmental control system and smoke penetration testing, Boeing said.
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Engines

FAA Orders Fixes on GEnx-Equipped Boeing 787 Dreamliners

The airworthiness directive requires that airplanes with two GEnx-1B PIP2 engines have one fixed or replaced in 150 days.
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Aircraft

Airbus Delivers First A321 Airliner Assembled at U.S. Facility

The delivery to JetBlue came three years after the European manufacturer broke ground on the $600 million plant in Mobile, Alabama.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

NASA, FAA Test Sites Conduct Largest Drone Management Test

All six FAA-sponsored unmanned aircraft system test ranges participated in the demonstration of NASA's UAS Traffic Management system.
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Aircraft

GAO Questions Deployability, Redundancy of F-35 ALIS System

The Autonomic Logistics Information System may not be fully ready as the F-35 reaches key milestones, says the Government Accountability Office.
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Airlines

U.S. Transportation Agency Favors Norwegian Air Carrier Permit

The Department of Transportation issued a show-cause finding that approves Norwegian Air International's application to fly to the U.S.
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Airlines

Eighty Percent of Airline Passengers are Satisfied, A4A Says

Price ranked highest in importance to 86 percent of the respondents to A4A's first 'Status of Air Travel' survey in nearly two decades.
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Avionics

U.S. Navy Awards Raytheon $1 Billion To Build Jammer Models

Raytheon will build 15 engineering development models and 14 mechanical test pods of the Next Generation Jammer, its new electronic warfare pod.
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Regulations and Government

U.S. Investments in Afghanistan Present a Muddled Picture

The Pentagon and the Drug Enforcement Administration spent $86 million over seven years to modify a counternarcotics plane that hasn't flown.
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Aircraft

Boeing Faces 'Challenging Road' to Delivering KC-46A Tanker

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have revised the KC-46A program schedule to extend developmental flight testing, compress deliveries.
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Aircraft

Horizon Air To Acquire 30 Embraer E175s in Largest Fleet Order

The 76-seat jet and Horizon's current fleet of Bombardier Q400 turboprops will operate alongside each other 'for the foreseeable future.'
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Engines

GE Begins Ground Testing First Full GE9X Development Engine

Compared to other engine programs, the GE9X first engine to test milestone happened earlier in the development process, GE Aviation said.
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Aircraft

B-52 Arrives in Qatar; Supports Campaign Against Islamic State

The heavy bomber will be based in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility for the first time since 1991.
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Regulations and Government

World Military Spending Inches Up; Top Spenders Trade Places

Saudi Arabia overtook Russia as the third largest spender on military activities and equipment in 2015, following the U.S. and China.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

France Settles on Sagem Patroller as its New Tactical Drone

Following a competition that also involved the Thales Watchkeeper system, the Patroller will replace the French army's current Sperwer drone.
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Aircraft

Eurofighter Concludes Deal To Supply 28 Typhoons to Kuwait

The estimated €8 billion transaction follows an intergovernmental agreement reached between Italy and Kuwait in September.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Darpa Awards First-Phase Contracts for 'Gremlins' UAS Project

The program envisions launching "volleys" of small unmanned aircraft systems from a host aircraft, then retrieving them in mid-air.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

U.S. Air Force, UAS Park Sign Joint-Use Agreement for Runway

The Grand Sky unmanned aircraft business park in North Dakota expects tenant General Atomics will begin training UAS pilots this summer.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Leading Drone Maker DJI Takes Aim at Competitor Over Patents

The dominant provider of small multi-rotor drones alleges patent infringement by Hong Kong-based Yuneec International, an upstart competitor.
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Rotorcraft

Philippines Navy Places Order for AgustaWestland AW159s

With the order, the Philippines becomes the third customer for the improved Lynx helicopter, joining the UK and Korea.
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Aircraft

U.S., European Firms Tout Defense Products at Chilean Airshow

U.S. Air Force F-22s are part of the flight program at the Fidae 2016 International Air & Space Fair outside of Santiago, Chile.
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Aircraft

UK Contracts Support BAE Hawk Advanced Trainer Until 2020

The Ministry of Defence has committed $536 million across four contracts for maintenance of the BAE Systems' training jet, supporting 700 jobs.
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Aircraft

Sale of Nine Boeing P-8A Poseidons to Britain Clears Hurdle

With approval by the State Department, the U.S. and UK governments can conclude the transaction, which is valued at $3.2 billion.
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Aircraft

'Dragon Web' Modem Will Enhance U-2 as Communications Relay

The Lockheed Martin surveillance aircraft will be equipped with a next-generation L-3 modem that enables beyond line-of-sight communications.
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