GE’s McAllister Replaces Conner as Boeing Commercial CEO
Boeing has recruited GE Aviation Services chief executive Kevin McAllister to replace Ray Conner as CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Conner, 61, has agreed to continue to serve as Boeing vice...
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First Global 7000 Migrates To Wichita Test Center
Approximately two weeks after the first flight of the Global 7000 flight-test vehicle, and ahead of schedule, Bombardier transferred the aircraft yesterday from Toronto, where it was assembled, to...
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Mitsubishi's Third MRJ Flight Test Aircraft Takes Off
The third Mitsubishi MRJ flight test airplane (FTA-3) flew for the first time on Tuesday, meaning four flying prototypes now participate in the model’s certification program. FTA-3 took off from Nagoya...
View ArticleZodiac Boosts Delivery Rates as Recovery Continues
Aircraft equipment group Zodiac Aerospace expects to take another three years to return to “historical profitability levels” as it continues its efforts to reverse serious problems with cost overruns...
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UK Will Pay $1 Billion To Bolster Reaper UAV Fleet
The cost to the UK of buying a new fleet of armed Reaper UAVs from General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) appears to have increased from earlier estimates. As notified to the U.S. Congress...
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New Zealand Outlines Airlift, Maritime Patrol Aircraft Needs
New Zealand has outlined its defense acquisition priorities for the next decade, with new airlifters and maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) high on the agenda. There are various potential airlift...
View ArticleU.S. Grants Airbus Second License for Iran Sales
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a second license to Airbus for the sale of airliners to Iran, the company confirmed Tuesday. The approval covers a...
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China Carefully Controls the Zhuhai Show Displays
The recent Air Show China at Zhuhai again demonstrated the Chinese style of news management for defense technology. Two J-20 stealth fighters made the type’s public debut as expected, but only in a...
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HondaJet To Make Middle East Debut at MEBAA 2016
Honda Aircraft’s new light jet, the HA-420 HondaJet, is making its Middle East debut in two weeks at MEBAA 2016 in Dubai, according to an announcement yesterday from the Greensboro, South...
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Gulfstream Continues Sonic-boom Mitigation Research
Gulfstream Aerospace continues to pursue technologies that would enable building a supersonic business jet (SSBJ). The company has logged two new patents for sonic-boom mitigation technologies in the...
View ArticleCanada, Europe Grant Same Type Rating For CSeries Airliners
Transport Canada and the European Aviation Safety Agency today granted Bombardier’s CSeries CS100 and CS300 airliners Same Type Rating (STR) status. According to the manufacturer, the approval will...
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Airbus A350-1000 Completes First Flight
The Airbus A350-1000 flew for the first time Thursday, taking off from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport at 10:42 am local time for a four hour, 18-minute mission over southwestern France. The event marked the...
View ArticleWTO Finds Certain Boeing 777X Tax Breaks Illegal
In the latest chapter of a 12-year-old trade dispute over allegedly anti-competitive government funding of civil aircraft, the World Trade Organization on Monday ruled that tax breaks given to Boeing...
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Bombardier Delivers First CS300 Airliner to Air Baltic
Bombardier celebrated the delivery of the first CS300 narrowbody to Latvian flag carrier Air Baltic during a ceremony held in Montreal on November 28. The larger of the two C Series models developed by...
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Lufthansa Delivers Second Outfitted BBJ to Royal Jet
Hamburg, Germany-based Lufthansa Technik (LHT) announced today that its VIP and special mission aircraft services division has delivered the second completed BBJ to Middle East VIP charter operator...
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Lockheed Martin Lands Upgrade Contract for South Korea F-16s
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.2 billion foreign military sale (FMS) contract to upgrade 134 South Korean F-16C/D fighters to a “V” configuration. The contract calls for the...
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Airbus Announces Job Cuts Tied to Integration
Airbus Group will progressively cut 1,164 jobs as part of its planned integration scheduled for January 1, the company announced on Tuesday. The reductions will mainly affect support and “integrated...
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Poland Orders Pair of Gulfstream G550s for VIP Transport
The Polish Ministry of National Defense recently signed an agreement with Gulfstream Aerospace to purchase a pair of G550s for VIP transport. The ultra-long-range twinjets will be delivered next year,...
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Raytheon Pushes Tri-missile A2/AD Concept
Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS) is promoting the combination of three airborne weapons systems, as a means to ensure that fourth-generation, non-stealthy aircraft can penetrate advanced air defense...
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Airbus Outlines A350-1000 Flight Test Plans
Airbus plans a 1,600-hour flight-test schedule for the three A350-1000s that it will use to certify the new stretched variant of the widebody twinjet, the first of which flew on November 24. The...
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