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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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Fighters set apart by AESA radars
Northrop Grumman’s active electronically scanning array (AESA) radars have undoubtedly made a big impact on fighter technology.
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Chinese airlines playing catch up to competition
The Chinese government has acknowledged that although China’s airlines have improved in airline management and operations, they still lag their major Asian
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Pre-owned Update 2006
Business Jets
2006 saw a rebalancing of the jet market At the beginning of this year there was an eerie silence in the pre-owned aircrafAircraft
CAE expands south China sim center
CAE is expanding its flight training center at Zhuhai in southern China by building a satellite complex to accommodate six more full flight simulators (FFS
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Asian carriers evaluate Boeing’s new son-of-747
Three years had passed since Boeing sold any passenger-carrying 747s when the company surprised the pundits last November by launching the 747-8 on the str
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Honeywell APU going on A350s
Airbus has chosen Honeywell’s HGT1500 auxiliary power unit (APU) to provide electric and pneumatic power for the new A350 variant of the A330 twin-aisle ai
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Airbus may launch freighter version of A330-200 soon
Airbus expects to launch its long-delayed freighter version of the A330 by mid-year.
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Suppliers are queuing to support A380 fleets
With the new Airbus A380 expected to begin operations in little more than ten months’ time, service-support companies are beginning to position themselves
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Airbus thinks it has overcome A380 structural test failure
An Airbus A380 structural failure during wing static tests in France last week do not mean Asian Aerospace 2006 visitors are in any danger when the new ver
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Gulfstream finds success in Asia/Pacific markets
During 2005 Gulfstream Aerospace sold 16 business jets in the Asia/Pacific region including the first large-cabin, long-range G450 and the second large-cab
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BAE Hawk begins 6-week regional tour
The arrival on Sunday of the BAE Systems Hawk New Demonstrator Aircraft (HNDA) marks the debut of the Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) anywhere in Asia and the s
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Gripen C/D makes airshow, Middle East debuts here
The arrival of the Gripen at the Dubai airshow represents a major milestone in an expanding marketing campaign for Sweden’s multirole fighter.
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Syria to choose between Airbus and Russian jets
Airbus is competing with Russia’s Ilyushin-Finance Co.
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In Iraq, UAVs assuming ever more deadly role
With the air war in Iraq increasingly dominated by close-air support (CAS) operations and the need to engage rapidly emerging targets in heavily populated
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Armed UAVs Have Track Record
Armed UAVs are not new: back in the days when UAVs were known as RPVs (remotely piloted vehicles) Ryan Aeronautical made several proposals to arm its BQM-3
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UAVs drive growth of Mideast aerospace biz
The defense and aerospace industries in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and some neighboring countries are growing, as seems evident from the number of exhi
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Boeing 787’s appeal runs more than skin deep
Now that Boeing has settled on a firm design configuration for its 787 Dreamliner, details that until recently looked sketchy have suddenly crystallized ju
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EO systems for pods drive fighter mods
In past decades better and more accurate weapons served as the generally accepted solution to increasing the effectiveness of an attack aircraft.
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Sukhoi Fighters to get more precision
The combat potential of Sukhoi fighters will get a boost with the addition of new Russian precision-guided munitions (PGMs) such as the Region company’s LG
Charter & Fractional
Arab Wings Receives Citation XLS
Amman, Jordan-based executive charter operator Arab Wings has taken delivery of a new Cessna Citation XLS jet.
Charter & Fractional
Saudi Company, Al Kharafi Group Order VIP Airbuses聰
An undisclosed Saudi Arabian company has ordered a VIP-configured Airbus A340-200.
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Jordan’s Seabird ready to build serial Seekers
Seabird Aviation Jordan (SAJ) plans to place the two-seat, Lycoming O-360-B2L-powered Seeker SB7L-360A aerial surveillance platform into serial production
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Airbus to test medical site in A380 cabin
Airbus To Test Medical Site for Cabins Airbus is preparing to test a dedicated medical area intended to accommodate all the equipment that airlines need fo
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Hawker 4000 Type Certified
Late last month, the FAA awarded Raytheon full Part 25 type certification for the Hawker 4000, some 10 years after the super-midsize jet was announced, fiv
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Second BA609 prototype makes maiden flight
On November 9, the second Bell/Agusta BA609 tiltrotor prototype made its maiden flight in Italy.
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Boeing says 787 on schedule
Boeing 787 launch customer All Nippon Airways will take its first airplane in the second quarter of 2008, the program’s vice president of sales, marketing
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Nordam’s A380 contributions are highlights at its stand here
Nordam is featuring the wing tip fences and landing light lenses it started manufacturing for the Airbus A380 in October, plus a Singapore-made CFM56
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Asian RJ faces at least one year delay
China’s long-planned ARJ21 regional jet, which was supposed to enter commercial service in 2008, is now certain to be delayed by at least one year.
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After C-Series stall, what next for Bombardier?
Bombardier Aerospace’s decision to suspend its long beleaguered C Series has naturally raised questions about what direction the company will take now that
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Challenger 300 joins Global in north Asia
Bombardier yesterday announced the first delivery into North Asia of a new Challenger 300 super midsize business jet to Corporate Jets, Inc.
