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Paris 2011: Rostvertol’s Upgraded Mi-26T2 Looks for Sales in India

Rostvertol is at the show promoting its Mi-26T2, an upgraded version of its popular heavy-lift helicopter, in the hope of securing sales to India and other

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June 21, 2011

Paris 2011: Where Next for Russian Helicopters Following Share Flotation Flop?

Russian Helicopters has had to go back to the drawing board on plans to raise fresh capital, following last month’s failed attempt at a $500 million share

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June 21, 2011

Paris 2011: Gulfstream Selects Securaplane Lithium-ion Batteries for Its G650 Large-cabin Business Jet

Gulfstream Aerospace has chosen Securaplane’s lithium-ion battery as standard equipment on its new G650 business jet.

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June 21, 2011

Paris 2011: Boeing’s 747-8 Freighter Makes Green Entrance to Paris

The Boeing 747-8 Freighter landed here at Paris Le Bourget Airport yesterday at 5:35 p.m., after completing the first transatlantic flight of a commercial

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June 21, 2011

Paris 2011: Hypersonic Hyperbole

HyperMach Aerospace Industries unveiled plans for its SonicStar V-tailed supersonic business jet (SSBJ) at the Paris Air Show.

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June 21, 2011

Paris 2011: Embraer Sees Strong 20-year Market, but Remains Noncommital on Entry on Narrowbody Airliner Segment

Embraer yesterday bypassed an opportunity to firm up its intentions in the widening campaign to challenge the dominance of Boeing and Airbus in the single

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June 21, 2011

AgustaWestland Buys Out Bell’s BA609 Stake

AgustaWestland is purchasing full ownership of the BA609 civil tiltrotor program from Bell Helicopter, the companies announced today at the Paris Air Show.

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June 21, 2011

HyperMach Takes Wraps Off Mach 3.6 SonicStar

HyperMach Aerospace unveiled plans for its 20-seat SonicStar V-tailed, supersonic business jet yesterday at the Paris Air Show.

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June 21, 2011

Paris 2011: Rockwell Collins delivers first software-defined ARC-210 radio

When Rockwell Collins officially celebrated the first full-rate production delivery of its ARC-210 RT-1939(C) Generation 5 radio to PMA 209, the air combat

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June 21, 2011

Paris 2011: Airbus braces for struggle to keep A350XWB on track

As Airbus prepares to put together the first A350 XWB, the

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June 20, 2011

Paris 2011: Fix in Hand for Falcon 7X Trim Fault

A fix has been designed and certified for the runaway elevator trim control that was experienced by a <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-pa

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June 20, 2011

Paris 2011: Piaggio Celebrates Groundbreaking of New Avanti II Plant

Piaggio Aero (Static Display T1

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June 20, 2011

Paris 2011: Mitsubishi Lands Third Customer for MRJ

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.

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June 20, 2011

Paris 2011: Irkut Presses Ahead with MC-21 Narrowbody Challenger

With a budget of close to $7 billion, the MC-21

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June 20, 2011

Paris 2011: Boeing’s 747-8 On Track for Summer Certification

The so-called “pause” or “rebalance” of the Boeing 747-8 production li

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June 20, 2011

Paris 2011: A400M Engine Gearbox Glitch Dampens the Airbus A400M’s Paris Le Bourget Debut

An engine gearbox anomaly picked up during flight testing of an <a href="news/single-news-page/article/airbus-a400m-makes-long-awaited-first-flight-23147/"

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June 20, 2011