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Aircraft

Boeing, U.S. Air Force Confirm New Air Force One Negotiations

The manufacturer and the Air Force are negotiating the sale of two Boeing 747-8s originally ordered by bankrupt Russian carrier Transaero.
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Avionics

Boeing Creates New Organization To Develop, Build Avionics

Plans call for staffing the avionics organization with 600 employees by 2019, the manufacturer said.
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Rotorcraft

U.S. Army Awards Boeing Contract for Chinook Block II Upgrade

The manufacturer will build and test three upgraded CH-47F helicopters under the engineering and manufacturing development contract.
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Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Aims To Speed Hypersonic Weapon Development

The service has determined that five defense contractors have the capability to develop the air-launched hypersonic strike weapon.
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Aircraft

JStars Contenders Argue Merits of Business Jet Versus Airliner

A Gulfstream G550 can fly the JStars mission 'higher, faster, farther' and more affordably than an airliner, the manufacturer contends.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

UK Transport Department Proposes Drone Users Registry

Once approved by Parliament, the registration scheme would apply to owners of drones weighing 250 grams and above.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

FAA's Drone Advisory Committee Lacks Buy-In By Cities, States

Major associations representing city and state governments have passed on joining a 'roles and responsibilities' task group.
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Avionics

AEA Offers Pilot's Avionics Guide, ADS-B Incentive Awards

The Aircraft Electronics Association will distribute the 15th annual edition of its 'Pilot's Guide to Avionics' at AirVenture Oshkosh.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Airbus 'Sagitta' Unmanned Demonstrator Makes First Flight

The former EADS Cassidian business, later Airbus Defence, launched the Sagitta research project in 2010.
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Avionics

Elbit Awarded Contract To Develop F-35 Display Replacement

The new panoramic cockpit display will replace the F-35's current large-area display under the Block 4 upgrade program.
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ATC

Aireon, Saudi ATC Provider to Analyze Space-Based ADS-B

Aireon said it now has 10 firm customers and 17 memorandums of understanding to analyze its space-based aircraft surveillance service.
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Airports

AIN Blog: Flying Gulfstream's Flagship from the Nation's Capital

The Gulfstream G650ER makes this trip a treat, but accessing Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is no joy ride.
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Aircraft

Total Acquisition Estimate for F-35 Rises to $406.5 Billion

A reduction in the annual buy of F-35As by the U.S. Air Force is behind the overall cost increase, the Pentagon said.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Drones Making Inroads in Commercial Segment

Rules are evolving as the technology does.
Rotorcraft

First Marine Corps' CH-53K Arrives at Patuxent River for Testing

The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command expects to receive seven of the improved heavy-lift helicopters over the next year.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Piaggio Resumes Flight Testing of Unmanned HammerHead

A second prototype of the unmanned P.180 Avanti derivative returned to flight test status after a first prototype crashed in May 2016.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

U.S. Military Budgets More for Small Unmanned Aircraft Services

The Naval Air Systems Command and Special Operations Command have awarded IDIQ contracts of $1.7 billion and $475 million, respectively.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

FAA Offers To Delete Names, Refund Drone Hobbyists

Complying with a federal appellate court ruling, the agency will delete the information it has collected on drone hobbyists—at their request.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

General Atomics Rolls Out Improved Ground Station for Reaper

Plans call for the Block 50 Advanced Cockpit Ground Control Station to replace existing ground stations for U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reapers.
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Aircraft

F-35 Stamps Fifth-Gen Authority On Paris

JSF makes statements on the air and on the ground at the 2017 Salon du Bourget, where it was the star of the show.
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Rotorcraft

Marenco Swisshelicopter Eyes SH09 Certification, Production

The Swiss company recently started flying a third prototype helicopter as it works toward European Aviation Safety Agency certification.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

FAA Still Taking Names for Drone Registry after Court Ruling

The agency is considering legal or legislative options after a federal appellate court said its registry for drone hobbyists is unlawful.
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Rotorcraft

Kaman Extends Production of K-Max Heavy-lift Helicopter

The manufacturer restarted production of the K-Max in 2015 for 10 helicopters; now it sees production running through at least 2019.
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Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Reacts to 'Hypoxia like' Incidents Affecting F-35As

The investigation into the root cause of a series of physiological incidents at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona was ongoing.
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Rotorcraft

With CH-53K in Production, Lockheed Martin Looks to Future

Legacy CH-53 customers Germany, Japan and Israel among others are considered potential customers of the new CH-53K King Stallion.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Textron Systems, Boeing Win U.S. Special Ops Tasking Contracts

The Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems III program has a potential value of $475 million.
Engines

GE Ready for CFM Ramp-up

Airbus and Boeing have tasked the CFM International joint venture of GE and Safran with building 800 more engines over the next four years.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Elbit Systems debuts 'SkyStriker' loitering munition

Elbit will also feature a new wide-area persistent surveillance system at this year's Paris Air Show.
Aircraft

Caret Reaffirms Boeing's Goal of Delivering First KC-46 This Year

Following an annual risk assessment exercise, the U.S. Air Force raised the possibility that first delivery will be delayed to next spring.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Spanish Project To Introduce Drones at Airbus Plant

Spain’s Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies and the University of Seville lead project under European Robotics Challenges effort.
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