Content Archive: January 2011

Regulations and Government

Rep. Costello Again Pans Aviation User Fees

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Aircraft

Airbus Signs Launch Customer for A320neo

Indian discount airline Indigo will become the launch customer for the Airbus
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Aircraft

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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Iranian Airliner Crashes, Killing at Least 77

An IranAir Boeing 727 crashed last night in the suburbs of the city of Orumiyeh in northwestern Iran, killing at least 77 people and injuring 27, according

Rockwell Collins Offers UAV ebook

Like it or not, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a growing feature in skies around the world, and ­avionics scientists and engineers are busy designing

Aspen Targeting Larger Platforms for Autopilot Adapter

For aircraft with Aspen Avionics' EFD1000 ­Evolution flight display system in the panel and an autopilot that needs analog attitude information, Aspen now

Elliott Adds ANAC Approval for King Air TCAS 4000

Brazil's Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) has awarded Elliott Aviation an STC for the installation of Rockwell Collins's traffic alert and collisio
Aircraft

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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Aircraft

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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