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Hybrid Airship Floats New Funding

The Airlander hybrid airship program received new funding but needs far more money to achieve first flight.

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August 18, 2020

British Airways Bids Adieu to First of 31 Retired 747s

Boeing 747-400 registration G-CIVD departs London Heathrow for the last time on Tuesday.

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August 17, 2020

Embraer Delivers First Bossa Nova Edition Phenom 300E

Embraer delivered the Phenom 300E with Bossa Nova interior last week at its customer center in Florida.

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August 17, 2020

Icarus Launches Optionally-Piloted Multi-Role Aircraft

The TAV/Wasp can be tailored to a wide variety of roles, offering turboprop efficiency for many combat and surveillance tasks.

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August 14, 2020

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Bombardier Donates 2,800 Face Shields to HCA in Florida

From flight test vehicle to medical transport, Bombardier's Global 7500 FTV 5 was assigned to carry face shields from Toronto To Fort Lauderdale.

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August 14, 2020

Airbus Corporate Jets Takes First A321LR Orders

The two Airbus A321LRs will be configured by Lufthansa Technik for troop transport and medevac operations with the German air force.

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August 14, 2020

MTU Teams with DLR To Advance Hydrogen Fuel Cells

MTU Aero Engines and Germany's DLR aerospace research center intend to flight test a hydrogen-powered version of a Dornier Do228 aircraft.

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August 13, 2020

How a Flight Simulator Gives Us an Early Glimpse of EmbraerX’s new eVTOL Aircraft

How a Flight Simulator Gives Us an Early Glimpse of EmbraerX’s new eVTOL Aircraft

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August 12, 2020

How Textron Has Improved the King Air Aircraft Family for Passengers and Pilots

How Textron Has Improved the King Air Aircraft Family for Passengers and Pilots

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August 11, 2020

Rwanda To Receive Special-mission Cessna Caravans

The sale of two Cessna Grand Caravan EXs to the Rwanda Defense Force is made possible through U.S. government grant aid funding.

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August 11, 2020

Second Cessna SkyCourier Completes First Flight

The first conforming production flight test Cessna SkyCourier flew for one hour 35 minutes on its inaugural flight.

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August 11, 2020

Boeing Registers 43 Max Cancellations in July

The commercial aircraft order backlog at Boeing fell by 56 airplanes as the company collected no orders during the month of July.

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August 11, 2020

Final Captive Test for U.S. Air Force’s Hypersonic Weapon

The Lockheed Martin AGM-183A "Arrow" hypersonic missile could be fielded as early as 2022 if development proceeds successfully.

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August 10, 2020

MagniX Sees Regional Operators as Electric Aviation Pioneers

Electric propulsion specialist MagniX is stepping up flight testing of electric versions of the Cessna Caravan and DHC-2 Beaver.

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August 10, 2020

Daher Taps Elliott Aviation for HomeSafe Retrofits

Daher has selected Elliott Aviation to perform retrofit installs of HomeSafe emergency autoland systems on TBM 940s eligible for the upgrade.

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August 10, 2020

Vertical Aerospace Set To Unveil Fixed-wing eVTOL Design

Vertical Aerospace this week teased eVTOL watchers with a short animation of what appears to be a new tiltwing eVTOL with four propellors.

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August 10, 2020

Challenger 350 Performance that is nothing short of extraordinary

Challenger 350 Performance that is nothing short of extraordinary

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August 10, 2020

France Takes Delivery of First ISR King Air 350

The Armée de l’Air is expected to receive eight special-mission King Air 350s for a range of reconnaissance duties.

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August 8, 2020

AINdebrief Episode 20 | August 8, 2020

Covid Lowers Aircraft Emissions, WingX Bizav Data, Beechcraft King Air 360, Aspen Avionics Joins Airo, Bombardier 2Q, FAA Releases 737 Max Recert Road Map

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August 7, 2020

U.S. Air Force Begins F-16 AESA Multi-ship Trials

The U.S. Air Force plans to equip around 350 of its F-16s with SABR radar to see them through into the 2040s.

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August 7, 2020