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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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Russian exports soar despite some glitches
Last year, Russian defense export agency Rosoboronexport (Hall 1 Stand B13) achieved a new post-Soviet-period record for export of military hardware totali
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Antonov seeks Western partners for An-148
In an effort to expand its product line’s international customer base, Antonov is actively pursuing more Western participation in its An-148 regional jet.
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Suppliers now immersed in role as integrators
The quiet revolution that sped through the airliner supply industry over the past decade has become mainstream doctrine: no longer can subsystems suppliers
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Cirrus Jet might appear at Oshkosh
Cirrus chairman and CEO Alan Klapmeier says he would like to have the company’s new single-engine (and yet-to-be-named) jet appear at this year’s EAA AirVe
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Messier-Bugatti readies 787’s all-electric brakes
Messier-Bugatti (Hall 4 Stand B12) is looking forward to seeing its all-electric braking system on the Boeing 787 when it makes its first flight in the fou
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Pilot Report: TBM 850
The TBM is a clear alternative to a pre-owned piston twin and the few high-performance piston singles left on the market.
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Eclipse 500 price increases again
Albuquerque, N.M.-based Eclipse Aviation in late May increased the price of the Eclipse 500 very light jet by about a half million dollars, putting it clos
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It's official: Eclipse launches single-engine sibling for EA-500
Eclipse Aviation in late May launched the Eclipse 400, a single-engine jet that will be a close relative of the Eclipse Concept Jet (ECJ) prototype reveale
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Selex maps its UAV battle plans
Analysis and simulation of operations by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is not always an easy task because of the need to consider the broad C4-ISTAR pict
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Embraer bizjets take off while E-Jets flourish
Embraer is here at Farnborough exhibiting a Legacy 600 demonstrator and mock-ups of its new Phenom 300 and Lineage 1000 business jets.
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Brazilian success story is deciphered
While other major manufacturers are struggling to find the right production organization or have spent years changing their minds about what product to lau
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Saab 2000 AEW&C prepares for duty
On April 30, Saab achieved a significant milestone with the first flight of the Saab 2000 Erieye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, devel
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KnAAPO starts work on fifth-gen fighter
Sukhoi’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Industrial Association (KnAAPO) has started manufacturing the first development prototypes of an advanced fifth-genera
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Superjet team optimistic despite delays
Sukhoi (Hall 1 Stand E9) has come to the Farnborough show elated at having begun flight trials for its Superjet 100 airliner.
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Bombardier reacts to surging backlog
At the Finmeccanica exhibit here at Farnborough (Outside OE2) visitors once again can find Alenia Aermacchi’s M-346 lead-in fighter trainer.
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Hamilton Sundstrand promises 787 vindication
Hamilton Sundstrand (Hall 4 Stand F13) has been on the frontline of the ongoing battle to get Boeing’s repeatedly delayed 787 airliner program back on trac
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‘Overloaded’ Airbus promises A350XWB will hit its targets
Airbus insists the A350-800XWB will make it to market on time in 2013, despite the company’s failure to close on plant divestments that would have helped p
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Plenty of life still left in fourth-generation Eagle
Boeing’s F-15 Eagle has racked up an enviable 104-0 combat record, as one of the world’s top-flight air-superiority and air-to-ground assault fighters.
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Amid calls for collaboration, UCAV efforts split in three
While European governments preach greater collaboration in defense research and development, three competing programs for uninhabited combat air vehicles (
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Skills shortage blamed for latest A380 setback
In commercial service for nearly nine months now, the Airbus A380 has proven itself perfectly capable of doing what its developers intended it to do–fly lo
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58-Year-Old British Pilot Takes F-35B into the Air
Lockheed Martin realized there is no substitute for experience.
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787 Horizontal Stabilizer Passes Fatigue Tests
Alenia Aeronautica has completed destructive testing on the horizontal stabilizer of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the companies announced today.
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Cirrus Rolls Out ‘SJX’ Personal Jet
Duluth, Minn.-based Cirrus Design rolled out its single-engine jet prototype on Thursday, almost a year to the day after it unveiled a cabin mock-up to cus
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PiperJet Poised To Start High-speed Taxi Tests
Piper Aircraft today said that the PiperJet proof of concept’s Williams FJ44-3AP engine was started and tested on June 19, describing the first on-ship run
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Cessna betting on a ‘sure thing’ with CJ3
Cessna Aircraft is living up to its marketing tag line “Sure Thing” with the introduction yesterday afternoon of the Citation CJ3.
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Gulfstream adds a jet and refreshes it line
Gulfstream Aerospace is developing a derivative midsize business jet based on the former Astra SPX and–in a Herculean effort to transform its product line
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Bombardier renames its latest, now known as Challenger 300
Among all the factors that influence a buyer’s decision to purchase one business jet over another, brand loyalty is well recognized as one of the strongest
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Flush with fresh FAA certification, Legacy hopes for a hot U.S. market
With the ink still wet on its FAA certificate, the super-midsize Embraer Legacy flies above Florida’s intercoastal waterway en route to Orlando.
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SJ30-2 takes a break from tests for NBAA
The Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 seven-place entry-level jet is making its debut here at NBAA ’02.
