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Eurofighter, Rafale or Neither for UAE?

Has the Eurofighter Typhoon really unseated Dassault’s Rafale as the UAE Air Force’s fighter-of-choice for a 60-plane order?
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Charter & Fractional

Princely Jets Buys Eurocopter EC130 B4

Princely Jets Buys Eurocopter EC130 B4
Charter & Fractional

VistaJet Commits Three Long-range Bizjets to ME Operation

VistaJet Commits Three Long-range Bizjets to ME Operation
Aircraft

L-3 Spins SPYDR's Web at Dubai Air Show

The SPYDR aircraft here is similar to the MC-12W, but Smith claims that L-3 is unique in being both sensor and platform-agnostic.
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Engines

CFM Modernizes Line To Ramp-Up Production

CFM International is ramping up the production of its CFM56 turbofan engines.
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Aircraft

Dassault Sees Changing Middle East Bizjet Market

Dassault is here at the Dubai Air Show exhibiting two of its latest models–the Falcon 2000LX and Falcon 7X
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Engines

PPG Showcases Improved Windshields, Windows

PPG Aerospace is introducing new materials for improved aircraft windshields and windows.
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Engines

Boeing Takes Minimalist Approach to 737 MAX

For many months Boeing expressed a preference to introduce an all-new airplane in the narrowbody jet segment to replace its 737NG family by 2019.
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Aircraft

Italians Test UAVs in Bid for Leadership Role

Leading Italian exhibitors at the Dubai show are demonstrating the company’s increasing capability in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Charter & Fractional

Abu Dhabi Aviation Says Global Diversification Pays Off

Abu Dhabi Aviation (ADA) is convinced that its decision to expand globally is pro
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Aircraft

CFM Steps Up Efforts to Maximize the 737’s Power

CFM International is busy developing the Boeing 737 MAX’s version of its Leap turbofan and is zeroing in on specifications.
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Engines

Rolls-Royce and Pratt&Whitney Join Forces with Mid-size Engine Venture

The joint venture between Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney on mid-sized engines secures their future in the mid-size engine market.
Aircraft

Hawker Beechcraft Delivering Factory-backed XPR Retrofits for Hawker 400 and 800

Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support will make available factory-completed Hawker 400 XPR and 800XPR business jets.
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Aircraft

Emirates Places Massive 777-300ER Order

Emirates orders 50 Boeing 777-300ERs.
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Engines

Rolls-Royce Wins Saudi A330 Deal

Rolls-Royce has won an order from Saudi Arabian Airlines to provide Trent 700 engines and TotalCare support for four Airbus A330s.
Aircraft

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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Aircraft

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.
Aircraft

Action Aviation Becomes Nextant 400XT Sales Agent

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

Jet Aviation Dubai Adds Dispatch Services

Jet Aviation’s Dubai FBO will begin offering dispatch services by the second quarter of 2012.
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Aircraft

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.
Aircraft

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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Aircraft

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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Engines

CFM International Signs Garuda Indonesia as Newest Customer for LEAP-1A Engine

Garuda Indonesia has ordered CFM International’s Leap-1A engines to power the airline’s 10 Airbus A320neo jets–a deal worth $220 million.
Aircraft

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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Aircraft

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.
Aircraft

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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Aircraft

Huge Defense Deals To Dominate Dubai Air Show

Huge Defense Deals To Dominate Dubai Air Show
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Aircraft

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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Aircraft

Rolls Helps Airbus Stretch Range and Payload

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