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Unmanned Helos Make Rapid Progress in the U.S.

Remotely controlled helicopters could be delivering cargo to U.S.
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Aircraft

F135 Engine Progresses as F136 Alternative for F-35

Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first F135 production-standard STOVL engine to Lockheed Martin for the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter program.
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Aircraft

Ceremony Marks UK Retirement of Harriers

Sixteen Harrier GR.7/9 V/STOL (vertical and/or short take-off and landing) jets flew over the UK Midlands Wednesday to mark the type’s retirement from Brit
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Maintenance and Modifications

ATI Offers JT15D Mobile Response Team

Aviation Turbines International of O’Fallon, Mo., is offering a mobile response team to serve i
Maintenance and Modifications

Elliott Adds ANAC Approval for King Air TCAS 4000

Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) has awarded Elliott Aviation an STC for the i
Maintenance and Modifications

CRS Jet Spares Shows Sales Up for Last Quarter

“We are grateful to announce that, for the first time since the international economic downturn
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation Opens New Jeddah Facility

Jet Aviation is scheduled to move into a new FBO facility in Jeddah by the end of the month.
Maintenance and Modifications

DAE Puts StandardAero Up For Sale

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is accepting offers “for part or all of StandardAero,” accordi
Aircraft

Southwest Lays Plans for Larger 737s

Southwest Airlines expects to take delivery of its first Boeing 737-800 in March 2012, the company’s chairman, president and CEO, Gary Kelly, revealed duri
Security

Dorgan Urges Hearings on Aircraft Registration

Reacting to news reports that the FAA has missing data on nearly 120,000 of the nation’s 357,00
Regulations and Government

Carson Crash Triggers Criminal Probe

The August 2008 fatal crash of a Carson Helicopters Sikorsky S-61
Maintenance and Modifications

DAE Puts StandardAero on the Block

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is accepting offers “for part or all of StandardAero,” according to a Reuters report last Friday.

Bipartisan Tax Bill Would Benefit New Aircraft Buyers

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, which could be passed in the U.S.

Used Bizjet Inventory Still Falling, but Demand Anemic

According to the latest data from JPMorgan Research, pre-owned business jet inventories fell last month, reversing a three-month upward trend, though deman

Airbus Raises Expectations in Latest Forecast

Airbus now projects that the airline industry will need almost 26,000 new passenger and freighter aircraft valued at $3.2 trillion between 2010 and 2029, a

Search for Doomed Air France Airbus A330 to Resume

The effort to find out what happened to Air France Flight 447 on June 1, 2009 seemed all but over in France, when the government announced the launch of a
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Industry Awaits Word on Seventh 787 Delay

Boeing’s conclusion that a short circuit or electrical arc caused by foreign debris in a P100 power distribution panel led to the November 9 fire aboard th
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Cost of Qantas A380 Groundings Mounts

Some five weeks after an uncontained engine failure forced one of Qantas’s six Rolls-Royce Trent 900-powered A380s to make an emergency landing at Singapor
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French Court “Criminalizes” Concorde Accident

Unfazed by pressure from various aviation alphabet groups concerned about the “criminalization” of aircraft accidents, a French court this week found a Con
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Airbus Raises Stakes with Launch of A320neo

Airbus’s launch last week of a new engine option for its A320 single-aisle series has for the moment turned the proverbial spotlight directly on rival Boei
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Rotorcraft

Russian Medium Twin Helo Program Resumes

Russian Helicopters (RH) said its second prototype of the Mi-38 medium twin started flight test
Regulations and Government

FAA Withdraws Action Against Boston Charter Pilots

The FAA has withdrawn the two certificate actions it previously proposed against the pilots-in-command of the pair of Boston Air Charter (BAC) Citations t

Cessna Seeing Increased Bizjet Order Activity

Despite recent industry forecasts that call for 2011 to look much like 2010, “We are seeing increased activity in new and used aircraft sales,” Cessna Airc
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky S-76D Enters Production

Final assembly of the first production Sikorsky S-76D medium twin has begun in Coatesville, Pa., the helicopter manufacturer announced this week.
ATC

GAO Warns NextGen Costs Could Quadruple

A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to the House Transportation and Infrastructure

Happy Design brings innovation to interiors

ging a reputation for innovative and exciting aircraft paint schemes, highlighted by its recent win in a competition to design a new livery for the single-
Maintenance and Modifications

Boeing 747-8 Completion signed by Jet Aviation Basel

Jet Aviation Basel is the first completions center to sign a contract for a private Boeing 747-
Maintenance and Modifications

EuroAirport Site of AMAC Aerospace Widebody Hangar

Amac Aerospace Switzerland has expanded its maintenance and completion facility at EuroAirport
Maintenance and Modifications

Snecma To Provide Full CFM56-5B Support for ACJs

Snecma and Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC) have entered into an agreement for Snecma to supp