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AIN Blog: The Airborne Intelligence Conundrum

When it comes to defense coverage, AIN naturally focuses on airborne systems and platforms, including some very high-tech stuff, of course.

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February 8, 2011

Pan-European Neuron UCAV Comes Together

Major subassemblies for the <a href="airshow-convention-news/farnborough-air-show/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/amid-calls-for-collaboration-uc

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February 4, 2011

Light Air Support Contenders are Tested by U.S. Air Force

Flight evaluations of the two contenders for the U.S.

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February 4, 2011

Airbus Sees Progress, and a Setback, for A330MRTT

Airbus Military has flight-tested the fuselage refueling unit (FRU) of the <link news/single-news-page/article/a330-mrtt-brings-a-boom-to-airbus-biz-22817/

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February 4, 2011

UK Chinook Upgrade Flies, More Details Emerge

Boeing announced the first flight of an upgraded <a href="news/single-news-page/article/raf-boosting-chinook-helicopter-fleet-with-new-builds-and-rebuilds-

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February 4, 2011

Marshall Pursues Its Core C-130 Hercules Business

Marshall Aerospace took steps to boost the future of its core business: C-130 Hercules maintenance and support.

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February 4, 2011

Fifth Boeing 747-8 Freighter Enters Flight-test Program

The fifth Boeing 747-8 Freighter took to the air for the first time today from Paine Field in Everett, Wash.

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February 4, 2011

Airbus To Raise A330 Rate to 10 a Month

Airbus has decided to raise the production rate for its A330 family to 10 aircraft a month starting in the second quarter of 2013, the company announced to

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February 3, 2011

Sikorsky Takes Minority Stake in Eclipse Aerospace

Sikorsky Aircraft completed a “minority equity investment” in Albuquerque, N.M.-based Eclipse Aerospace yesterday.

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February 3, 2011

Mitsubishi Closes On Big U.S. RJ Deal

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February 1, 2011

China’s Bizjet Registry Soars into Triple Digits

China’s business aviation sector took a leap forward last year when the number of private jets registered in the country went into three figures for the fi

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February 1, 2011

G650 Passes Fly-by-wire Backup Tests

Gulfstream described G650 S/N 6001’s recent tests using the electrically powered fly-by-wire (FBW) backup flight-control actuation system as “flawless.” Du

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January 31, 2011

Funding facilitates Stratos 714 tunnel tests

Stratos Aircraft has received some external funding and in April and May will conduct wind-tunnel tests of a scale model of the four- to five-place single-

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January 31, 2011

China pushes towards delayed ARJ-21 certification

China’s new ARJ21-700 regional jet appears on track to meet a revised timeline to achieve certification and first deliveries by year-end, according to t

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January 31, 2011

On Cusp of Certification, Superjet Gains Big Order

Superjet International secured a key export order for the SSJ100 in January, while SSJ manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) acknowledged that certific

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January 30, 2011

Bombardier Belfast Wins Learjet 85 Composite Work

Bombardier Aerospace’s facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has been selected to develop and produce the composite wing skin panels and spar compo

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January 30, 2011