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Saab Adds GlobalEye to Finnish Gripen Offer

Saab has already sold a fighter/AEW package to Thailand, and is applying the same concept to Finland’s HX requirement.

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February 5, 2020

Airbus Suspends A320 Assembly in China Due to Coronavirus

Along with Boeing and Safran, Airbus has acknowledged that measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in China have disrupted work.

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February 5, 2020

Australia Trials Litening Pod on C-130J

The RAAF is following the Air National Guard in testing the Litening pod as a means of improving situational awareness for the C-130 crew and ground units.

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February 5, 2020

Navy Flies Unmanned Growlers

Boeing and the U.S. Navy successfully flew two autonomously controlled EA-18G Growlers at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

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February 5, 2020

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Bombardier’s Coleal Bullish on Bizav

Business aviation could see growth, mainly in the large cabin segment, if it enhances customer experience while fending off environment critics.

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February 4, 2020

Buyers Will Determine Used Biz Aircraft Price in 2020

A new analysis by Mente Group expects preowned business aircraft prices to be driven by buyers in 2020.

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February 4, 2020

New Zealand Ok's Cora eVTOL Passenger Flight Trials

The New Zealand government has given its support to passenger-carrying flight trials with Wisk's Cora eVTOL aircraft.

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February 4, 2020

Learjet 75 Liberty To Take On Air Ambulance Role

Warsaw, Poland-based Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe has ordered two Learjet 75 Liberty twinjets for air ambulance operations.

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February 3, 2020

Elevate Jets Inaugurates VIP Service on New ERJ

The EMB-135 is part of Elevate Jets' strategy to grow its fleet and expand its suite of services to aircraft owners and charter customers.

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February 3, 2020

Vietnam Places Order for Yak-130 Trainers

With its order for around a dozen, Vietnam becomes the seventh customer for the advanced trainer, which is also being developed for close air support.

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February 3, 2020

Ryanair Pushes Out Max 200 Deliveries to September or October

The Irish low-cost carrier group signals readiness to negotiate an order for 737 Max 10s.

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February 3, 2020

Embraer's Best-selling Jet Gets Even More Phenomenal

Embraer Executive Jets announced an upgraded Phenom 300 that can fly faster and further, offers a quieter cabin, and has more capable avionics.

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January 31, 2020

F-35As for Poland; More F-16s for Romania

Poland has committed to its long-planned acquisition of the F-35A, while Romania is adding to its inventory of used F-16s.

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January 31, 2020

Airbus Agrees To Pay $4 billion Corruption Charge Settlement

The European OEM reached agreements with French, U.K., and U.S. authorities, ending lengthy probes into bribery and corruption.

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January 31, 2020

Kaman Offers Its K-Max Unmanned Helicopter to the Commercial Market - AIN

Kaman Offers Its K-Max Unmanned Helicopter to the Commercial Market - AIN

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January 31, 2020

Spirit Signs New 737 Max Supply Deal

A new supply agreement between Spirit and Boeing anticipates fuselage deliveries reaching 52 per month in late 2022.

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January 30, 2020

Vertical Completes Winged eVTOL Design, Seeks Funding

UK start-up Vertical Aerospace has launched a fund-raising campaign to support its work on a winged eVTOL aircraft set to fly later in 2020.

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January 30, 2020

Textron Sees Mixed Deliveries, Lower Profit in Q4

Waning demand for legacy Citation jets and price inflation contributed to a 21 percent profit drop at Textron Aviation in the fourth quarter.

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January 29, 2020

Bombardier Donates Global 7500 FTV To Local College

The Global 7500 donation to Centennial College comes as the school renames its program to The Bombardier Centre for Aerospace and Aviation.

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January 29, 2020

Avionics Failures Trigger Legacy 450 Expedited Landing

The Canadian-registered aircraft suffered loss of the captain's navigational information and autopilot and pressurization controls.

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January 29, 2020