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More Eurofighters Ordered, but Cost Ceiling Now Reached

Eurofighter and Eurojet finally secured the long-delayed contract on 31 July for Tranche 3A, comprising a further 112 Typhoon aircraft and 241 EJ200 engine

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August 20, 2009

UK Yet To Confirm Nimrod SIGINT Replacement

More than a year after U.S.

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August 20, 2009

$2.5 Billion Order Launches Su-35 Production

The Russian government has finally committed to production of the <link news/single-news-page/article/su-35-bridges-gap-between-current-and-next-gen-fighte

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August 20, 2009

EADS Confirms Barracuda UAV Flight Tests in Canada

A second copy of the Barracuda combat <link ain-defense-perspective/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/eads-ucav-development-continues-in-secret/?no

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August 20, 2009

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Frax Firm Jet Republic Suspended, Orders Cancelled

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it has “terminated its firm and conditional order purchase agreement with Jet Republic.” The cancellation removes

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August 20, 2009

Boeing Charleston Workers To Vote To Decertify IAM

Production and maintenance workers at the former Vought plant in North Charleston, S.C., won approval today from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

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August 12, 2009

Airbus finishes second A350 test barrel

Airbus has finished fabricating the second all-composite test barrel for the <link ain-and-ainalerts/aviation-international-news/single-publication-story/b

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August 7, 2009

Cirrus Visionary Alan Klapmeier Leaving Company

Although Cirrus Aircraft fielded a large display at EAA AirVenture last week in Oshkosh, Wis., notably missing from the Cirrus exhibit area and Cirrus’s pr

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August 6, 2009

Epic Doors Closed as Founder Disappears

Epic Aircraft’s facility in Bend, Ore., has been locked shut and company founder, chairman and CEO Rick Schrameck seems to have disappeared.

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August 6, 2009

ATR 72-500 twin turboprop crashes in Thailand

An ATR 72-500 twin turboprop operated by Thailand’s Bangkok Airways crashed into a disused air traffic control tower on August 4, killing the captain and i

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August 4, 2009

Gulfstream, Bell Tops in AIN Product Support Survey

In the latest annual AIN Product Su

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August 4, 2009

Eclipse Aerospace in Final Push for Eclipse Assets

The trustee in the Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings for Eclipse Aviation late last week asked the bankruptcy court to approve the sale of the former very l

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August 4, 2009

NetJets Europe Cuts Pilot Duty Days

NetJets Europe has achieved its goal of reducing flight crew capacity by 60,000 pilot duty days per year in response to declining demand for its fractional

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August 4, 2009

Boeing Takes Steps Forward and Backward on 787

Boeing has given itself until the end of the third quarter to publicly outline its latest plan to get the 787 Dreamliner airborne and certified.

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July 30, 2009

Mixed Financial News Breaks at EADS and Boeing

At face value, Europe’s EADS group appeared to come off slightly worse than its U.S.

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July 30, 2009

Middle East Backer Boosts Virgin’s Spaceflight Dream

Global airlines are still suffering reduced demand for flights, but the Virgin Group’s dream of launching passenger flights into space has received a boost

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July 30, 2009

Europe Presses for Global Blacklist of Unsafe Airlines

In the weeks following the June 30 crash of one of its Airbus A310s off the coast of the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean, Yemen flag carrier Yemenia be

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July 30, 2009

IATA: Demand Decline Slowing, but Outlook ‘Bleak’

The latest traffic figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show mixed results during June 2009 for the world’s airlines, but even t

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July 30, 2009

New Adam Aircraft Owner Evaluating Options

The new owner of Adam Aircraft said this week at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., that he plans to decide whether to place a modified version of the A500 p

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July 30, 2009

Second Comac ARJ21 flies

The second ARJ21-700 jet flew for the first time on July 1.

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July 28, 2009