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Dubai Sets Bizjet Conference

Dubai airshow organizer Fairs & Exhibitions has added a conference dedicated to Middle East’s surging business market to this year’s event.

ILA Shortens 2006 Airshow

Next year’s ILA show in Berlin will be shortened by one day with three days reserved for trade visitors and three days for the general public.

Boeing 20-year Forecast Up

Annual global economic growth of 2.9 percent over the coming 20 years will be the principal driver for a 4.8-percent yearly increase in the world’s passeng
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Dassault Flamingo spreads its wings

Here at the Paris air show on the static display, visitors can see a rebuilt Dassault Flamant (Flamingo) MD-312 light military transport.

FLIR’s Star Safire is able to paint targets in cities

Infrared imaging specialist FLIR Systems this week is introducing an airborne camera system designed to provide ultra-high-definition images in challenging
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MD-80s are legalized by hushkits

A new Pratt & Whitney noise-reduction kit will permit operators of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 twinjets to meet Chapter 4 International Civil Aviation Organiza
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Does the U.S. Army have a Spartan in its future?

The Alenia C-27J Spartan that features in the daily flying display here is a far better fit for the U.S.
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Groups foster use of UAVs

To prioritize and promote unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the United Kingdom, the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) and the Unmanned Aerial

Software by Avexus saves airlines money

Airplanes certainly qualify as high-value assets, and operating and maintaining a fleet of them can be a tricky exercise, especially in the airline industr
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DFS is where Falcons roost

When the Dassault Falcon 7X arrived at Le Bourget on Friday to begin its debut appearance at the Paris Air Show, pilots Yves Kerherve’ and Philippe Deleume

Despite summer, ice is on researchers’ minds

It may be nearly the first day of summer, but engineers from the National Research Council of Canada are in Paris this week with thoughts of winter on thei

Javelin joins in the hunt for military training contracts

Aviation Technology Group, the Colorado-based developer of the Javelin personal jet, and Israel Aircraft Industries have initiated detailed design work on

Secure defense perimeters are IAI’s forte

The Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) blue-and-white flying-saucer-shaped pavilion has become one of the long-standing landmarks at Le Bourget.
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C-series RJs boast comfort

Acknowledging that airlines are concerned about more than bottom-line operating costs when it comes to choosing airplanes, Bombardier unveiled the airplane

SITA expands .aero domain

Three years after its introduction by airline-owned information technology and telecommunications specialist SITA, the .aero domain name is expanding to be
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Qinetiq Enables Harrier to Land Itself

Technology developed by Qinetiq has allowed a Harrier jump jet to complete the world’s first automatic vertical landing on a ship.

GE Sells AirAsia Stake in GE Engine Services

AirAsia has taken a 19-percent stake in GE Engine Services’ engine-overhaul business in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and become the first customer for the engin

Norway Wants More Eurofighter Contracts

Norway has added another €12.5 million in funding to its €23.2 million Eurofighter industrial agreement, which provides local defense companies with access

Jeppesen Inks Class 2 EFB Pact with Kalitta

Jeppesen will provide Kalitta Air with its Class-2 electronic flight bag (EFB) software for the U.S.-based freight carrier’s fleet of 14 Boeing 747s, the c

Rohde & Schwarz To Supply Radios for Typhoon

Rohde & Schwarz–supplier of the VHF/UHF transceivers, based on its M3AR family, for the first batch of Eurofighter Typhoons–will also supply updated ve

Diesel-driven Vulcanaire ameliorates avgas shortage could be filled by JP-4begats gives Headline here Headline here Headline here

Vulcanair’s display of its P68C Jet could confuse visitors until they realize that the installation of 227-hp SMA diesel engines enables the popular twin t

India will boost itsjet training fleet

India’s lack of air force training capacity has taken its toll in high accident rates over the years but the recent selection of the BAE Systems’ Hawk adva

UAV tiltrotor to fly by fall

Bell Helicopter has a contract to supply 45 Eagle Eye unmanned tiltrotors to the U.S.

Hypoxia Awareness Training

FlightSafety International and the Mayo Clinic have teamed to develop a new training program for hypoxia awareness.

Iridium adds more satcom initiatives

The Iridium satellite network is the medium for TextLink, a new portable satellite data communications package developed by Paradigm Services that will ena

Second-tier suppliers will have more say in new OEM designs

IBM predicts a sea change in the aerospace industry over the next five to 10 years, one that will transform the prevailing business model from one dominate

Sikorsky to test coaxial helicopter rotors

United Technologies subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft announced at the American Helicopter Society annual forum earlier this month that it plans to build an exp

F-16 keeps on going and going....

During a presentation at Le Bourget on Tuesday, Lockheed Martin officials and a panel of both present and former customers extolled the virtues of the ligh

Czech Firm Is Latest Link in Honeywell’s European Chain

Honeywell Aerospace’s latest acquisition in Europe has been Mora Aerospace Industries.

Honeywell wants trade spat ended

“We want the subsidy issue to go away.