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Embraer’s Super Tucano Trainer Set for New Attack Roles

Embraer’s Super Tucano Trainer Set for New Attack Roles

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January 7, 2016

BOC Aviation Orders 30 A320-family Jets

$3.1 billion deal includes 18 A320neos

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January 7, 2016

Royal Australian Air Force To Receive Mission-Modified G550s

The U.S. Air Force awarded L-3 Mission Integration a $93 million contract to modify two Gulfstream G550s for surveillance mission.

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January 7, 2016

Boeing Breaks Commercial Delivery Record

Delivers 39 more airplanes than it shipped in 2014

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January 7, 2016

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Epic E1000 Prototype Enters Flight-test Program

The first prototype of the Epic E1000 single-engine turboprop is one of two that will fly the flight test campaign.

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January 6, 2016

Cessna Drops Citation CJ2+ from Product Lineup

Textron Aviation confims that the Cessna Citation CJ2+ is not currently in production.

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January 6, 2016

Modified Mi-24 Explores High-Speed Helicopter Technology

Russian defense ministry wants a next-generation rotorcraft that can reach 270 knots.

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January 6, 2016

Indonesia Could Trump India as Japan’s US-2 Partner

Plans to co-produce the ShinMaywa amphibian in India have stalled.

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January 6, 2016

Dassault Falcon Sales, Deliveries Drop in 2015

Orders, deliveries affected by “economic environment,” French airframer says.

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January 5, 2016

Airstrikes over Iraq and Syria Bring Some Success

Ramadi recaptured with much air support; targeted killings highlight role of SIGINT sensors on UAVs

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January 4, 2016

Boeing Enters 2016 On Heels of Late Order Surge

Highlights Close of 2015 with 737 Max Rollout

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January 4, 2016

Airbus Misses Year-end Delivery Target for A320neo

Lufthansa to take first airplane in 'a few weeks'

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December 30, 2015

Russia and India Confirm Ka-226 Helo Production Deal

No agreement meeting India’s desire to acquire the S-400 air defense system was signed.

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December 30, 2015

Embraer Hands Over First European Legacy 450

The new twinjet will arrive in Brussels in January, ready for charter service.

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December 30, 2015

AIN Blog: In Air Transport 2016 Shaping Up as Year of the Narrowbody

While the culmination of several long campaigns this year looks like progress, the path to reaching this point didn’t track as straight as some had hoped.

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December 30, 2015

Clean Sky Technology Moves Closer to Making First Flights

A natural-flow laminar wing is due to be fitted to an Airbus A340-300 flight test aircraft.

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December 29, 2015

Continued Sales Success for Mil Mi-17 Series

But the Russian helicopter could face new competition from the relaunched Airbus helicopters H215 to be built in Romania.

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December 29, 2015

Swedes Accept First NH90 for ASW after Long Delay

Troubled program will eventually comprise nine each for SAR and ASW.

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December 29, 2015

Mitsubishi MRJ Delayed for Another Year

First delivery now scheduled for second quarter of 2018

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December 24, 2015

Embraer Begins Legacy 450 Deliveries

Initial delivery comes a little less than four months after Embraer secured U.S. approval for the Legacy 450.

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December 23, 2015