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Supplier Spirit Looks To Become Digital Factory

The Spirit AeroSystems initiative aims to make the supplier to Boeing and Airbus more efficient and cost competitive.
Aircraft

Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator Makes Airshow Debut

The ex-Air China 777-200 flies final test mission from Seattle to Changi via Osaka.
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Aircraft

Israel Boutique Firms Punching Above Their Own Weight

Steadicopter and UVision are at Singapore looking to make inroads in the Asia-Pacific market.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Sabena Technics Spotlights Local MRO JV in Singapore

French maintenance provider Sabena Technics focuses on its Singapore Component Solutions joint venture at the island state’s biennial airshow.
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Aircraft

Piper Touts Updated Flagship, New Trainers in Singapore

Piper’s M600/SLS is first aircraft with Garmin Autoland as standard, while Pilot 100 training aircraft are “value priced.”
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FutureFlight

New Flirtey Patent Covers Error Detection Capability to Trigger Drone Safety Mechanism

Drone delivery specialist Flirtey now has 25 granted and pending patents covering technology for unmanned aerial systems.
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FutureFlight

Bell Teams With Japan Airlines and Sumitomo Corporation on Air Mobility Project

Japan Airlines and conglomerate Sumitomo are to jointly explore so-called Mobility-as-a-Service concepts.
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FutureFlight

Bell Unveils Redesigned Nexus 4EX eVTOL Design As Part of Revamped Urban Air Mobility Program

The new Nexus design is for an all-electric aircraft with four tilting ducted fans.
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Aircraft

PPG Showcases Products and Services in Singapore

New industry offerings from PPG include lightweight, sustainable aircraft products.
FutureFlight

Drones Enlisted to Support Medical Teams in China's Battle Against the Coronavirus

The use of unmanned aircraft could boost public's perception of their value to society.
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FutureFlight

New European Trade Show Embraces eVTOL Aircraft

The new European Rotors show will focus on eVTOL aircraft and urban air mobility in addition to the existing helicopter industry.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

ST Engineering Displays Expandable Lavatory

Singapore’s engineering giant designed its expandable lav for retrofit or factory line-fit on Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies.
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FBOs

Million Air To Add El Paso FBO

The new Million Air FBO under construction at El Paso International Airport will be the chain's fifth in Texas, and the 32nd location in its network.
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Airlines

Ryanair Suffers Second Top Executive Departure

The Irish low-cost carrier’s chief marketing officer Kenny Jacobs resigned and will leave his post in April.
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Airlines

Airline Bankruptcies and Max Grounding Depress European Traffic Growth

The number of flights across Europe recorded their lowest growth rate last year since 2013.
Regulations and Government

Obitts Takes the Helm at NATA

NATA COO Timothy Obitts has succeeded Gary Dempsey as president of the National Air Transportation Association
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Rotorcraft

Airbus Protests Leonardo's U.S. Navy Training Helo Deal

Airbus claims Navy had "technical misunderstandings" in awarding Leonardo $680 million training helicopter deal.

AviationManuals Expands Following 'Strong Year'

The provider of aviation manual services and safety management system software has added employees and relocated to larger office space.

Bizav Analyst Surveys Merits of Bombardier-Textron Deal

Analyst Brian Foley thinks Textron would only be interested in Bombardier's Global business jet line because of overlap with Learjet and Challenger.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

U.S. Navy Deploys Unmanned Patrol Planes

The Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton UAV is finally entering service

Malaysia’s ‘Flanker’ Flaunts Missile Capability

When it entered service in the late 1980s the high-speed Kh-31 caused a stir in the West, and it remains a powerful anti-ship/anti-radar weapon today.
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Rotorcraft

Bell 412EPX Makes Asia Debut

Subaru and Bell continue to develop the Bell 412, in part driven by a Japanese military requirement for a new utility helicopter.
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Aircraft

ST Engineering Celebrates A321P2F Milestones

The first test flight of the A321 passenger-to-freighter conversion took place on January 22.
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Charter & Fractional

Asia Jet Plans Growth in Malaysia with AOC, ASP in Hand

The AOC and ASP make Asia Jet Partners the only commercially registered private jet operator in Malaysia, the company said.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Boeing Completes Loyal Wingman Fuselage

Finishing the fuselage structure is a major milestone on the path to the Loyal Wingman’s first flight, which is expected later this year.
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Singapore Becoming Growth Hub for Advanced Technologies

The total output from the aerospace sector soared from more than $7 billion to $11.3 billion between 2015 to 2018, according to the Singapore EDB.
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Aircraft

Britain’s Poseidon Adventure Begins

With the delivery of the first Boeing P-8 to its base in Scotland the RAF has a maritime patrol aircraft on its books for the first time in over a decade.
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Aircraft

IAI To Continue Supplying T-38 Wings

IAI's contract to supply wing sets for the T-38 helps keep the U.S. Air Force’s trainer fleet flying until the T-7A Red Hawk enters service.
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Scaled-back Singapore Airshow 2020 Opens

Leading up to Singapore Airshow 2020, 70 exhibitors pulled out, and plans are to reduce public attendance, but more than 90 percent of exhibitors remain.
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Aircraft

Deharde Revolutionizes Sheet Metal Forming

The German sheet metal specialist offers a lower-cost alternative to roll forming.