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Boeing To Buy Parts Supplier KLX for $4.25 billion

Deal to effect annual cost savings of $70 million by 2021

ARJ21 Completes Crosswind Testing in Iceland

Five weeks of trials culminate in expansion of regional jet’s operational envelope

Airbus To Cut A330 Output, Lags on A320 Deliveries

Weak demand for widebody airplanes prompts rate adjustment while the company struggles to meet its narrowbody commitments due to engine shortfalls

S7 Group Agrees To Launch SSJ75 with LOI for up to 100 Jets

Latest planned Superjet variant to fly in 2021

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Airbus To Raise Monthly Narrowbody Production to 63

Pulls trigger despite stiff resistance from already stretched suppliers

Quest Taps Clay Lacy as U.S. Northeast Kodiak Dealer

This move builds on the companies’ relationship in the Pacific Northwest, where Clay Lacy has been a Quest-authorized dealer since 2015.

Aerion Remains on Pace for AS2 First Flight by 2023

The aircraft could fly at about Mach 1.5 over water and nearly Mach 1.2 over land without a sonic boom reaching the ground.

Publicity Boost in Berlin for the Euro-MALE Drone

The key industrial partners talked up their plans for the European medium-altitude long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft system

Iran Aseman and Iran Airtour Sign for Superjets at Eurasia Show

Sukhoi collects first commitments from Iranian airlines for version of SSJ100 with increased Russian content

Aero Vodochody Partners With IAI To Equip and Sell Czech Jets

The L-159 and the L-39NG are now being offered with Israeli radar and avionics.

Airbus and Dassault Launch a New FCAS—without BAE

The Future Air Combat System (FCAS) is now a Franco-German project to eventually replace Eurofighters and Rafales.

Boeing To Raise 767 Rate Amid Firming Freighter Demand

Production to increase from 2.5 to three per month starting in 2020

Airbus A350-900 ULR Flies for First Time

9,700-nm-range widebody scheduled to enter service with Singapore Airlines by year-end

HondaJet Debuts in Central Europe

Polish vodka distiller Chopin Vodka took delivery of the first Central Europe-based HondaJet.

F-35 Program Completes Last Developmental Test Flight

There have been no serious mishaps—except for the cost.

Rockwell Collins Demystifies Connectivity

Company display showcases full range of products and services, complemented by support staff that can explain all available options.

Aircraft Registries Line Up at ABACE

Small offshore registries offer a bespoke service for the niche that is business aviation, where operators are not second best to airlines.

Dassault Reports Rafale Progress in India

But the French company’s local partner is in legal and financial trouble.

Flight-test C-130 Will Have Multiple Gremlins

But these are small UAVs designed by Dynetics for DARPA, that the C-130 will launch and recover.

Embraer Offering Retrofit Divan for Phenom 300s

The divan is positioned at the front of the cabin facing the entrance and the refreshment center.

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