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Raytheon Special Mission Aircraft Skills Ideal For MENA Region

Raytheon has come to Dubai to press the case for its special-mission aircraft expertise in the Middle East region.

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November 13, 2011

Cessna Expects Latitude, Ten To Appeal to Middle East Customers

There is still plenty of growth potential in the Middle East business aviation market, according to Cessna.

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November 13, 2011

Action Aviation Becomes Nextant 400XT Sales Agent

UK-based Action Aviation is now a sales agent for the Nextant 400XT.

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November 13, 2011

Lockheed Martin Extends Apache Helicopter's Capabilities

Lockheed Martin is continuing to expand the capabilities of the Boeing AH-64D Block III helicopter with sensor upgrades.

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November 13, 2011

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Gulfstream Strong In The Middle East As Product Portfolio Grows

Larry Flynn, president of Gulfstream Aerospace, said at a press briefing here yesterday that the Middle East remains a growing market for its business jets

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November 13, 2011

Adcom Unveils Innovative UAV at Dubai Air Show

Arguably the most impressive new design on display at Dubai is Adcom Systems’ latest unmanned air vehicle, the United 40.

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November 13, 2011

Bombardier 'Very Happy' with Embraer Decision Not To Launch New Jet

Bombardier Aerospace unveiled its new CSeries flightdeck demonstrator Sunday at the Dubai Air Show.

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November 13, 2011

Fly-by-wire Software Issue Delays Embraer’s Midsize Jets

Software problems with the Embraer Legacy 500's fly-by-wire system is delaying the aircraft program by some nine months.

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November 13, 2011

Tip-jet UAV Unveiled by Unmanned Systems

Swiss company Unmanned Systems is showing a model of its Orca rotary-wing unmanned air vehicle for the first time at the Dubai Air Show.

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November 13, 2011

Huge Defense Deals To Dominate Dubai Air Show

Huge Defense Deals To Dominate Dubai Air Show

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November 12, 2011

Airbus Takes Its Time To Get A350 Right the First Time

Since the Boeing 787 entered service last month, Airbus is working hard on the competing A350XWB.

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November 12, 2011

Rolls Helps Airbus Stretch Range and Payload

Airbus is developing an enhanced A350-1000 variant with “outstanding [increased] payload and long[er] range.

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November 12, 2011

CSeries ‘On Track’ for First Flight in Second-Half of 2012

Bombardier expects to complete all the so-called data sets for the CSeries airliner by year-end.

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November 12, 2011

Training Underlines Afghan Air Force Rebirth

Training is just getting under way of the first military fixed-wing pilots to be taught to fly in Afghanistan since the early 1990s.

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November 12, 2011

King Air Spies Like an Eagle

Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (HBC) has brought a special-missions-equipped King Air 350ER to the Dubai Air Show.

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November 12, 2011

Jet Aviation Dubai Widens Maintenance Portfolio

Jet Aviation Dubai Widens Maintenance Portfolio

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November 12, 2011

CIT Taking ‘Cair’ Of The ACJ

CIT Taking ‘Cair’ Of The ACJ

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November 12, 2011

Boeing 787 Arrives in Dubai for Its First Middle East Appearance

The third Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrived this morning at Dubai International Airport.

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November 12, 2011

Sagem's Smart Weapons, Threat-Detection Business Thriving

Sagem's defense and security businesses are thriving, especially in smart weapons and threat detection at airports.

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November 12, 2011

Bombardier Showcases CSeries Flight Deck at Dubai 2011

Bombardier Aerospace is unveiling a new flight-deck demonstrator at the Dubai Air Show.

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November 12, 2011