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First An-148 Enters Service

Ukrainian airline AeroSvit launched passenger service with the first Antonov An-148-100 regional jet on a June 2 flight between Borispol International Airp

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June 30, 2009

Mitsubishi hitting its stride in march toward first flight

Development of Mitsubishi Aircraft’s MRJ regional jet continues on schedule, as some 800 engineers, designers and subcontractors in Nagoya, Japan, work to

Aircraft

June 30, 2009

Will retired satellites be revived to fill GPS gap?

Testifying before Congress in May, Stanford University professor Brad Parkinson–the chief architect of GPS and the original GPS program manager before his

ATC

June 30, 2009

Patience with 787 Delays Running Thin

The wellspring of goodwill among customers for the chronically delayed Boeing 787 drained a bit more this past week, when the company <link news/single-new

June 29, 2009

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NTSB Chases New Leads in Air France Flight 447 Crash Probe

The National Transportation Safety Board has launched investigations into two recent incidents in which airspeed and altitude indications in Airbus A330s m

June 29, 2009

Airbus Inks Financing Deal with Chinese Bank

Airbus hopes to help loosen the grip of tight-fisted credit outlets with an MoU it signed this month with the world’s largest bank, China’s ICBC, to collab

June 29, 2009

Boeing in Studies to Re-Wing 777

Boeing Commercial Airplanes has begun to study the possibility of fitting the <link news/single-news-page/article/new-777-wing-is-boeing-move-against-a350/

June 29, 2009

Paris Air Show Stages Industry Sales Rally

For one week at least, the gloom of the global recession seemed to lift along with the storm clouds gathered over the grounds of the Paris Air Show in Le B

June 29, 2009

Boeing Joins 747-8 Wing Box to Center Section

Boeing announced today that it has joined the first 747-8’s wing box to the airplane’s 40-foot-long center fuselage section in the final assembly bay at it

June 29, 2009

Request for BARR Data Ends Up in Court

Investigative journalism organization ProPublica filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in December, asking the FAA to release the list of reque

June 29, 2009

Qantas Slashes 787-9 Order, Delays Deliveries

The Qantas Group has reduced its firm order for 65 Boeing 787-9s by 15 airplanes, delayed first delivery of the type by three years and suspended delivery

Aircraft

June 26, 2009

Captain, Flight Attendant from Air France Flight 447 Identified

Search teams have found the bodies of the captain and a flight attendant among the victims of the crash of Air France Flight 447, the company confirmed tod

June 25, 2009

DOT IG: FAA Data Muddles Controller Training Failures

A report to Congress by the Transportation Department inspector general found that the FAA’s reported rate of training failures among newly hired air traff

ATC

June 25, 2009

Airbus Delivers First A320 Assembled in China

Airbus today delivered the first A320 aircraft assembled at its Final Assembly Line China (FALC) in Tianjin.

June 23, 2009

More Delays for Boeing 787

Boeing announced today that it has postponed first flight of the 787 Dreamliner once again, this time due to a need to reinforce areas within the side-of-b

June 23, 2009

New York Airspace Redesign Moving Forward

The New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign, which is intended to reduce delays in this heavy air traffic area, cleared a “key

ATC

June 23, 2009

Virgin Atlantic Airways Commits to 10 New Airbus A330s

Virgin Atlantic Airways announced today that it signed a $2.1 billion firm contract to buy six Airbus A330-300s and lease another four from Netherlands-bas

June 22, 2009

UAE Rafale Order on Final

Technical negotiations with the United Arab Emirates for what will be the <link ain-defense-perspective/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/uae-negot

June 19, 2009

EADS UCAV Development Continues in Secret

EADS hopes to persuade France, Germany and Spain to launch development of its Advanced UAV, now named Talarion, a medium/high-altitude surveillance drone.

June 18, 2009

KC-45 Conundrum for Airbus

Airbus and Northrop Grumman are reluctant to discuss the <link airshow-convention-news/farnborough-air-show/single-publication-story/article/northrop-grumm

June 18, 2009

Aerospace & Defense

Latest

First An-148 Enters Service

Ukrainian airline AeroSvit launched passenger service with the first Antonov An-148-100 regional jet on a June 2 flight between Borispol International Airp

Mitsubishi hitting its stride in march toward first flight

Development of Mitsubishi Aircraft’s MRJ regional jet continues on schedule, as some 800 engineers, designers and subcontractors in Nagoya, Japan, work to

Will retired satellites be revived to fill GPS gap?

Testifying before Congress in May, Stanford University professor Brad Parkinson–the chief architect of GPS and the original GPS program manager before his

Patience with 787 Delays Running Thin

The wellspring of goodwill among customers for the chronically delayed Boeing 787 drained a bit more this past week, when the company <link news/single-new

Videos

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NTSB Chases New Leads in Air France Flight 447 Crash Probe

The National Transportation Safety Board has launched investigations into two recent incidents in which airspeed and altitude indications in Airbus A330s m

Airbus Inks Financing Deal with Chinese Bank

Airbus hopes to help loosen the grip of tight-fisted credit outlets with an MoU it signed this month with the world’s largest bank, China’s ICBC, to collab

Boeing in Studies to Re-Wing 777

Boeing Commercial Airplanes has begun to study the possibility of fitting the <link news/single-news-page/article/new-777-wing-is-boeing-move-against-a350/

Paris Air Show Stages Industry Sales Rally

For one week at least, the gloom of the global recession seemed to lift along with the storm clouds gathered over the grounds of the Paris Air Show in Le B

Boeing Joins 747-8 Wing Box to Center Section

Boeing announced today that it has joined the first 747-8’s wing box to the airplane’s 40-foot-long center fuselage section in the final assembly bay at it

Request for BARR Data Ends Up in Court

Investigative journalism organization ProPublica filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in December, asking the FAA to release the list of reque

Qantas Slashes 787-9 Order, Delays Deliveries

The Qantas Group has reduced its firm order for 65 Boeing 787-9s by 15 airplanes, delayed first delivery of the type by three years and suspended delivery

Captain, Flight Attendant from Air France Flight 447 Identified

Search teams have found the bodies of the captain and a flight attendant among the victims of the crash of Air France Flight 447, the company confirmed tod

DOT IG: FAA Data Muddles Controller Training Failures

A report to Congress by the Transportation Department inspector general found that the FAA’s reported rate of training failures among newly hired air traff

Airbus Delivers First A320 Assembled in China

Airbus today delivered the first A320 aircraft assembled at its Final Assembly Line China (FALC) in Tianjin.

More Delays for Boeing 787

Boeing announced today that it has postponed first flight of the 787 Dreamliner once again, this time due to a need to reinforce areas within the side-of-b

New York Airspace Redesign Moving Forward

The New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign, which is intended to reduce delays in this heavy air traffic area, cleared a “key

Virgin Atlantic Airways Commits to 10 New Airbus A330s

Virgin Atlantic Airways announced today that it signed a $2.1 billion firm contract to buy six Airbus A330-300s and lease another four from Netherlands-bas

UAE Rafale Order on Final

Technical negotiations with the United Arab Emirates for what will be the <link ain-defense-perspective/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/uae-negot

EADS UCAV Development Continues in Secret

EADS hopes to persuade France, Germany and Spain to launch development of its Advanced UAV, now named Talarion, a medium/high-altitude surveillance drone.

KC-45 Conundrum for Airbus

Airbus and Northrop Grumman are reluctant to discuss the <link airshow-convention-news/farnborough-air-show/single-publication-story/article/northrop-grumm

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