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Lufthansa To Add to World’s Largest Airbus Fleet

Lufthansa’s supervisory board has approved the purchase of two more Airbus A380s, four A320s and one A330-300, the manufacturer announced today.

September 29, 2011

Next-gen Iridium Satellites Might Carry ADS-B Payloads

Satellite communications provider Iridium is in discussions with other aerospace companies and air navigation service providers to equip its next generatio

September 27, 2011

AIN Blog: Iridium Declares Goal To ‘Own’ the Cockpit

With a narrower pipe but greater reach for voice and data than its rival Inmarsat, the Iridium satellite network is becoming increasingly relevant for airc

September 27, 2011

Big Sales Success for Diamond DA42 Surveillance Version

Diamond Aircraft has revealed a surge of orders for the DA42 Multi-Purpose Platform (MPP), also known as the Guardian.

September 26, 2011

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BAE Partners With Northrop Grumman To Offer USAF Trainer

BAE Systems named Northrop Grumman its manufacturing partner to offer the Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer System (AJTS) for the <a href="airshow-convention-news/

September 26, 2011

Rockwell Collins Provides KC-46A Cockpit Details

Rockwell Collins has provided more details of the flight deck displays, mission systems backbone and other key systems that it is providing for the new <a

September 26, 2011

U.S. Air Force Leaders Defend F-35, ISR, Bomber Programs

Civilian and military leaders of the U.S.

September 26, 2011

Saab Upgrades the RBS-70 Air Defense Missile–Again

Saab is marketing a “new generation” version of the RBS 70 short-range surface-to-air missile, which has been in continuous production for nearly 40 years.

September 26, 2011

Boeing Presses Hard on Production Rates and Weight as It Delivers the First 787 Dreamliner to ANA

Boeing didn’t have to contrive any sense of jubilation today in rain-soaked Everett, Wash., as it delivered the first 787 Dreamliner to Japan’s All Ni

September 26, 2011

Mature Fleet Replacement and New Markets Drive Airbus Forecast Higher

Airliner fleet replacement in mature markets, along with dynamic growth in emerging economies and strong continued business in established North American a

September 26, 2011

China’s Airliner Fleet Set To More Than Triple by 2030

China’s airliner fleet is set to grow more than three-fold over the next two decades, rising from 1,506 in 2010 to 5,118 in 2030, according to the latest “

September 26, 2011

Russian Banks See Big Business in Replacement of Soviet-era Airliners

The crash of a chartered Yak-42 regional airliner on September 7 in Yaroslavl, Russia, that left 44 professional hockey players dead has prompted calls fro

September 26, 2011

U.S. Commerce Department Forms NextGen Vendors Group

The U.S.

September 26, 2011

Atlas Shaves 747-8F Order by Three Airplanes

Atlas Air has cancelled delivery of three “early build” Boeing 747-8 Freighters, lowering the total number of the airplanes covered under its firm order to

September 22, 2011

UK Plans Dedicated Airspace for Bizav at 2012 Olympics

The UK’s National Air Traffic Services proposed a new airspace structure specifically to accommodate business aviation during the 2012 Olympic Games in Lon

September 20, 2011

Defense Companies Say ‘No More’ To Budget Cuts

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September 19, 2011

Predator UAVs Opening Up to Foreign Sensors and Control

A cooperation between General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Selex Galileo will enable the integration and control of non-U.S.

September 19, 2011

Turkey’s Own Cruise Missile Makes First Flight

Turkey has designed and test-flown an air-launched cruise missile.

September 19, 2011

Raytheon Pitches SM-3 to European Countries for Ballistic Missile Defense

Raytheon has proposed that 10 European warships be equipped with the company’s standard SM-3 missile, so that the burden of providing a missile defense shi

September 19, 2011

Scan Eagle Proved Worth Over Libya, Maker Insitu Says

The use of another UAV over Libya during NATO Operation Unified protector was revealed, when Insitu stated that the Scan Eagle system was employed.

September 19, 2011

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