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USAF Tanker Competition Deferred until 2009

U.S.

September 16, 2008

Testbed Problems Add To A400M Delay

The Europrop TP400 engine that has been fitted to a C-130 testbed at Cambridge, UK, by Marshall Aerospace ran at full power for the first time last week.

September 16, 2008

Northern Europeans Seeking Alternatives to the F-35

Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway are all formally investigating alternatives to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to replace their F-16s.

September 16, 2008

Rafale in Red Flag, and in Switzerland

Four Rafale fighters from the French Air Force have completed a month-long deployment to the U.S., where they conducted a squadron exchange at Luke AFB and

September 16, 2008

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Report Scores Civilian Deaths, Shortcomings in U.S./NATO Afghan Air Ops

A report by the international Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization has put further pressure on U.S.

September 16, 2008

Airbus, GKN Close Filton Deal

Britain’s GKN has agreed to buy the wing component and assemblies manufacturing unit at Airbus’s Filton, UK plant, the companies announced today.

September 15, 2008

FAA Awards ATC Training Contract to Raytheon

The FAA on Tuesday awarded a $437 million contract to Raytheon to support the agency in training air traffic controllers.

September 11, 2008

Spirit AeroSystems Responds To Boeing Strike

Spirit AeroSystems said yesterday that it would take “immediate action” to cut production volumes on Boeing products in response to the strike by 27,000 me

September 9, 2008

Airbus Unveils Power8 Plus

Airbus presented to its unions today a plan for new cost-cutting measures designed to add €650 million ($928 million) in savings to the €2.1 billion ($3 bi

September 9, 2008

NavCanada Retroactively Billing Operators for GST

Several U.S.

September 9, 2008

Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Introduces Jetflex Interior Coating

Sherwin-Williams has introduced its JetFlex interior aircraft finish, a solvent-based polyurethane enamel and water-reducible polyurethane dispersion coati

September 5, 2008

Senators Step into Controller Pay Dispute

New Jersey Sen.

September 5, 2008

Boeing To Consult on MRJ Project

Mitsubishi Aircraft has signed a support contract with Boeing under which the Chicago-based company will serve as a consultant on the 70- to 90-seat Mitsub

September 4, 2008

SkyWest to Take Stake in Brazilian Airline

SkyWest Airlines has agreed to buy a 6-percent stake in Brazilian regional airline Trip Linhas Aereas, SkyWest vice president of finan ce Mike Kraupp confi

September 4, 2008

Republic 170s To Spell Midwest 717s

Midwest Airlines will replace all but nine of its Boeing 717s with 12 Embraer 170s flown by Indianapolis-based Republic Airways as part of an effort to res

September 4, 2008

SPEEA Calls on Boeing to Give Up 787 “Outsourcing”

The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) has publicly called on Boeing to “face the fact that the global network is a failure

September 3, 2008

CRJ1000 Takes Flight

Bombardier’s sole CRJ1000 prototype took to the air for the first time today, marking the successful start of a flight-test regime expected to last until t

September 3, 2008

Clear skies for bizjet and turboprop deliveries

Despite a softening U.S.

September 2, 2008

Jet Connection Shuts its Doors

German charter operator Jet Connection stopped flying early last month and appears to have ceased trading.

September 2, 2008

Dramatic Evacuation of Air Dolomiti ATR 72 Captured on Video

An amateur video broadcast by the BBC shows a fierce fire burning near the main lan

August 29, 2008

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