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U.S. Tanker Acquisition Caps Pentagon’s Liability, but Risks Remain

The U.S. Air Force contract with Boeing for engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) of the KC-46A aerial refueling tanker caps

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October 28, 2011

Bombardier's C Series Still on Schedule: Dewar

Bombardier C Series is on track for first flight in 2012.

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October 25, 2011

600th TBM T-Prop Rolled Out

Daher-Socata rolled out its 600th series-production TBM turboprop single–a TBM 850–from its Tarbes, France production facility on Thursday.

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October 25, 2011

Sweden Updates Gripen Offer To Croatia

The Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency on October 14 presented details concerning a proposal to supply

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October 24, 2011

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AAI Unveils Larger, More Capable Shadow

Used at the brigade level for reconaissance, surveillance and target acquisition, the pneumatic catapult-launched RQ-7B is fitted with a

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October 24, 2011

AT-6 Scores Hits with Laser-Guided Bombs

Hawker Beechcraft completed a series of weapons delivery tests from its AT-6 light attack and reconnaissance aircraft,

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October 24, 2011

L-3 Upgrades Viking Expeditionary UAS

L-3 Unmanned Systems of Dallas has completed a series of capability enhancements to its Viking 400 unmanned aircraft system (UAS)

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October 24, 2011

France Wields IR-Guided Hammer over Libya

France’s Sagem announced that the infrared-guided version of its Armement Air-Sol Modulaire (AASM, also known as Hammer) has been fielded

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October 24, 2011

Dassault Takes FACC Winglets

FACC AG delivered the first set of winglets for a Falcon 2000LX to Dassault Aviation yesterday.

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October 20, 2011

Boeing Raises 737 Production Rate

Boeing raised production rates for 737NG

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October 19, 2011

AIN Blog: The Car of My Dreams

The latest example of flying car is set to begin production.

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October 19, 2011

China Eastern Swaps 787 Order for 737s

China Eastern cancels 787 order

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October 18, 2011

Irving To Use Phenom 100 as Flying Classroom

Barrington Irving, founder of Experience Aviation, will use a donated Embraer Phenom 100 light jet as a flying classroom to encourage students to pursue

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October 18, 2011

U.S. Army Plans Demonstration of Armed Scout Proposals

he U.S. Army wants companies vying for its armed aerial scout (AAS) requirement to demonstrate their proposals

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October 17, 2011

Boeing Plans Rollout of First Apache Block III

Boeing was awarded a $247 million contract last October to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the Apache Block III.

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October 17, 2011

Northrop Grumman Delivers on Guardrail Modernization

Northrop Grumman was awarded a five-year contract in 2007 valued at up to $462 million for

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October 17, 2011

ITT Supplies AIDEWS Pods for Pakistan F-16s

ITT will supply its AN/ALQ-211 advanced integrated defensive electronic warfare system (AIDEWS) pod to Pakistan,

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October 17, 2011

EADS North America Delivers Lakota Mission Packages

EADS North America said it has started deliveries to U.S. Army National Guard units of the

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October 17, 2011

European States Not Meeting ATM Commitments, Says Independent Body

Most European states have fallen behind in their legislated commitments to improve the operational, financial and environmental efficiency

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October 17, 2011

FAA Presses Advisory Committee for NextGen Details

The U.S. FAA has asked the committee advising it on implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) to outline

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October 17, 2011