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Virgin America’s A320Neo Order Propels Airbus’ 2010 Sales Beyond Boeing’s

A late surge in new airliner orders during December took Airbus’s sales tally for 2010 to 644 aircraft (compared with 574 in 2009), just edging out rival B

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January 17, 2011

Mexico's Interjet Orders SSJ100s as Delayed Certification Approaches

SuperJet International has secured another key export order for the SSJ100 airliner, while acknowledging that certification of the type has stalled once ag

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January 17, 2011

McNerney: Boeing 787 Certification Will Include ETOPS

Boeing won’t consider submitting the 787 Dreamliner for certification in the third quarter without Etops capability, notwithstanding differences in qualifi

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January 13, 2011

ATR Banks on Resumption of Turboprop Revival

Judging by figures released at a Paris press briefing on January 20, the waning resurgence of the commercial turboprop market has, if anything, resumed at

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January 13, 2011

Air France considers 35 safety changes following independent review

Management and union representatives at Air France have started to digest 35 safety recommendations delivered to them on January 24 by the team of experts

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January 13, 2011

G650’s Fly-by-wire Electric Backup Aces Initial Test

Gulfstream G650 flight-test aircraft S/N 6001 recently flew for the first time using only an electrically powered, fly-by-wire (FBW) backup flight-control

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January 13, 2011

Qantas To Resume A380 Service to Los Angeles

Qantas announced today that it would resume Airbus A380 services between Australia and Los Angeles more than two months after an <link news/single-news-pag

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January 11, 2011

Chinese J-20 Stealth Fighter Takes Flight

The prototype of <link ain-defense-perspective/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/china-reveals-new-combat-aircraft-design-28160/?no_cache=1&tx_ttne

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January 11, 2011

Daher-Socata Turboprop Deliveries Climb in 2010

Daher-Socata delivered 38 TBM 850 turboprop singles last year, two more than it shipped in 2009, making 2010 the TBM programπs fourth-best year.

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January 11, 2011

Airbus Signs Launch Customer for A320neo

Indian discount airline Indigo will become the launch customer for the Airbus <link news/single-news-page/article/airbus-raises-stakes-with-launch-of-a320n

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January 11, 2011

F-35 Program Restructured Again as the STOVL Version Faces the Axe

Lockheed Martin has two years to fix problems with the F-35B STOVL version of the Joint Strike Fighter, or it will be cancelled.

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January 10, 2011

China Reveals New Combat Aircraft Design

Following months of speculation, fueled by tidbits gleaned during the Zhuhai airshow in November, the first images of China’s newest combat aircraft were r

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January 7, 2011

U.S. Tanker Decision Still Awaited

The Pentagon’s decision in the third round of the KC-X competition is now expected next month.

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January 7, 2011

Yet More King Airs for U.S. Recon Operations over Afghanistan

Boeing has won the enhanced medium-altitude reconnaissance and surveillance systems (EMARSS) competition to supply low/medium-altitude airborne reconnaissa

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January 7, 2011

Eurocopter Makes Progress with NH-90, Tiger and X3

Eurocopter ended 2010 with a flurry of progress announcements, some of which related to previously delayed military programs in Europe.

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January 7, 2011

Marshall Aerospace Completes Tristar Upgrade

Marshall Aerospace has completed development of an avionics upgrade for the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) fleet of nine Lockheed Tristar tanker-transports.

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January 7, 2011