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Saudi Arabia Prepares for $60 Billion Spending Spree

On October 20 the Defense Security Cooperation Agency lodged four separate notifications with the U.S.

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November 5, 2010

Europeans Struggle To Match American Defense Clout in the Middle East

European manufacturers of major defense equipment face a struggle to secure new contracts in the Middle East against American competition, as evidenced by

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November 5, 2010

India’s SpiceJet To Fly Q400s Starting in June

Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet plans to buy as many as 30 Q400 turboprops from Bombardier in a deal worth up to $900 million. The airline’s

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November 5, 2010

Engine Failure Prompts A380 Groundings

A Qantas Airbus A380 on its way to Sydney from Singapore this morning experienced an uncontained engine failure soon after takeoff, forcing the airplane to

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November 4, 2010

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First Production Superjet Flies

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) flew the first production Sukhoi Superjet 100–S/N 95007–for the first time today from the site of the company’s final assembly

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November 4, 2010

Boeing Projects Solid Cargo Market

Global air cargo traffic will expand at an annual rate of 5.9 percent over the next two decades, according to Boeing’s World Air Cargo Forecast for 2010/20

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November 2, 2010

Mexican Learjet 85 Facility Opens

Bombardier Aerospace officially inaugurated its new Learjet 85 component manufacturing facility at the Queretaro Aerospace Park in Mexico.

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November 2, 2010

British Airways Retires Its Last Boeing 757

British Airways bid farewell to its three remaining Boeing 757s on Saturday, October 30, with a special farewell tour around the UK.

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November 1, 2010

Cessna rates its new X a Ten

When Cessna canceled the large-cabin Citation Columbus last year, many wondered what the company would do next.

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October 27, 2010

Reborn Dornier Do-228 fills versatile roles in airline livery

Ruag Aviation has delivered its first modernized 228NG twin turboprop to launch customer New Central Airservice.

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October 27, 2010

Mitsubishi cuts first metal for MRJ

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) project officially entered its manufacturing phase on September 30, when Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Mitsubishi

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October 27, 2010

Nextant on course for 400XT ticket next year

The flight-test program is continuing apace for Nextant Aerospace’s Beechjet 400 conversion as it moves closer to certification.

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October 27, 2010

Cessna Chooses Elliptical Winglets for Citation Ten

Cessna has selected Winglet Technology’s elliptical winglet for the new Citation Ten.

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October 27, 2010

VLJ evolution takes first steps in Europe

Whether it’s entirely the fault of the economic crisis we may never know, but we can be sure the anticipated very-light-jet (VLJ) revolution never happened

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October 27, 2010

PiperJet now Altaire, new and improved

Taking advantage of the big stage at the NBAA Convention last month, Piper Aircraft introduced its evolved and renamed PiperJet Altaire, showing a mockup o

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October 27, 2010

Premier morphs into Hawker 200

Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) announced the rebranding of its Premier light jet as the Hawker 200 and introduced the King Air 250, a replacement for the King Air

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October 27, 2010

UK To Cut F-35s, Drop Nimrod and Sentinel

The UK is to cut its planned acquisition of the F-35 Joint by up to two-thirds, switch versions and delay introduction of the aircraft.

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October 26, 2010

SJ30 Maker Emivest Files for Ch. 11 Reorganization

A Delaware bankruptcy court could decide as early as today whether to allow Emivest Aerospace to continue operations after the company filed for creditor p

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October 26, 2010

Bombardier’s new Globals will shrink the globe again

In the weeks before last month’s NBAA Convention, industry speculation about whether and how it would compete with the G650 forced Bombardier to partially

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October 26, 2010

Sierra Nevada King Air shows odd mods at static

We spend all week walking around the NBAA Convention thinking about business aviation, and at times it feels like there’s more King Airs here than scantily

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October 21, 2010