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Vigilant nations hungry for multirole watchdogs

The proliferation and diversification of international terrorism and crime is fueling demand for next-generation patrol aircraft for surveillance of airspa

Honeywell sells airlines its R&O expertise

As airlines seek to shed costs associated with expensive component repair and overhaul (R&O) activity, lucrative opportunities are emerging for companies w

MAKS sets stage for Russia's very own

Two months from now on August 16 to 21, Russia will stage its seventh Moscow Aviation and Space Exposition (MAKS, to use its Russian acronym).  Held o

NIIP builds upon history of innovation

Over 20 years ago the Moscow-based Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Building (NIIP) made military aviation history with the production of the Mi
Aircraft

Airbus spells out A380 training culture

“Safety is not a book, not software; it’s a culture,” said Airbus training and flight operations support and services vice president Jean-Michel Roy, descr

Lobbying groups join forces

European industry officials hope that relationships with regulators and other agencies will  improve following recent consolidation of representative

CAAs close to formulating UAV rules

To many, the notion that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will one day fly alongside passenger airliners and other aircraft, in fair weather and foul, still

Galileo adapting Mirach for reconnaissance roles

If anyone can make UAVs sexy, it must be the Italians.
Aircraft

Airbus nearing fuel glitch fix for A340-500/600

Airbus believes it is close to correcting a fuel management software glitch that contributed to a Virgin Atlantic Airways A340-600 diversion earlier this y

NASA saving its pennies for

NASA once sprinkled its research monies throughout “a field of 1,000 flowers,” some of which would blossom.

Researchers in search of a truly silent aircraft

You couldn’t be in a better place than Le Bourget during airshow week to appreciate–if that’s the right word–aircraft noise.
Engines

Engine builders take ‘Vital’ step on environment

European engine manufacturers are joining forces on Vital, a research program co-funded by the European Commission that aims to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2)
Aircraft

Western 100-seaters meet their match

Airlines around the world in the market for equipment to serve the emerging 100-seat sector have no fewer than five choices to evaluate here at the Paris A

Sky’s the limit for plastic maker’s aerospace line

Plastic thermoforming specialist Dedienne Plasturgie, a sibling of Dedienne Aerospace, manufacturer of aircraft maintenance, tooling and ground support equ

Sagging 50-seat jet market sends Gamesa into tailspin

Gamesa, the Spanish aerospace equipment manufacturer, has begun a drastic cost-reduction plan for the current financial year following a two-thirds plunge
Aircraft

Hi-tech seats help A380 fly lighter

Aircraft cushion specialist Celso says interest is rising for its Soly’t lightened cushion.
Airports

Teterboro Pilots Not Having a Merry EMAS

The EMAS arrestor bed at the end of Teterboro (New Jersey) Airport’s Runway 6 is difficult to see at night, and two jets have taxied into the bed, made of
Accidents

Learjet Lands Safely after Losing Right Elevator

On December 1 Learjet 36 N26FN with two pilots and one passenger aboard lost its right elevator while maneuvering off the coast of San Diego.
Regulations and Government

Crash Report Clarifies Canada Caravan Ops

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) released the final report on the fatal icing-related crash of a Cessna 208 Caravan on Oct.

Midair Photos Shot Down as a Hoax

Blurry photos supposedly taken from the inside of the Gol Airlines 737 after it collided with an Embraer Legacy 600 on September 29 over the Amazon jungle
Security

U.S. Pilots Home but Charged by Brazilian Police

Less than one day after a joint letter from the NBAA and several other associations was sent to Brazilian prosecutors thanking them for their part in getti
ATC

GBAS not dead, despite FAA reversal

Boeing’s delivery in May of a 737-800 airliner certified for the global navigation satellite landing system (GLS) marked the culmination of a 10-year devel

Jammers help keepRussian fighters alive

“Stealth does not make you invisible,” said the Russian designer sitting across the table at an out-of-the way institute in Moscow.  “It makes an airc

Mountain of expertise in France’s Aerospace Valley

French regions Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrénées have formed an organization called the “Aerospace Valley” to bid for government-endorsed “competitiveness area”

GA-ASI trolling for export business

“We’re getting bigger–but we’re still manageable,” said Tom Cassidy of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI).
Aircraft

UCAV Program Review

Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS): As well as its “black world” programs such as the Lockheed Martin “son of DarkStar” that was reportedly u
Aircraft

Conflicted priorities cloud UCAV picture

Companies in both the U.S.
ATC

Air traffic school provides a room with a view

Air traffic control students have had access to a broad range of simulators at the French national civil aviation school Enac for a year now.