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Boeing unveils first 787-9 Dreamliner in US 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Boeing has rolled out the first 787-9 Dreamliner at the company's manufacturing facility at Everett, Washington, US.
UTC Aerospace Systems to provide MRO services for Sunwing Airlines' Boeing 737 fleet 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
UTC Aerospace Systems has been awarded a five-year contract by Canada-based Sunwing Airlines to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for nacelle components on its fleet of 24 Boeing...
MHI pushes maiden flight of regional jet back, to 2015 23 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has again delayed the maiden test flight of its new regional passenger jet - Mitsubishi Regional jet (MRJ) - to the second quarter of 2015, citing delays in d...
Nasa researchers to test crash helicopter to study safety 23 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Researchers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) are set to conduct Transport Rotorcraft Airframe Crash Test Bed full-scale crash tests, at the agency's Langley Research Cente...
Boeing completes testing on next-generation data relay satellites 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Boeing has announced that two of its next-generation tracking and data relay satellites (TDRS), TDRS-K and TDRS-L, have completed testing in space and on earth respectively.
AIG's $4.8bn ILFC sale to Chinese consortium in doubt 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
American International's (AIG) proposed sale of its aircraft leasing unit International Lease Finance (ILFC) to a Chinese consortium for $4.8bn is likely to be terminated as key members of the consort...
Eutelsat 25B Communication Satellite 21 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Eutelsat 25B satellite is a high-power, multi-mission communication satellite, which is jointly developed by Eutelsat and Es'hailSat from Qatar and manufactured by Space Systems/Loral (SSL).
Ofcom proposes increasing in-flight broadband speeds in UK aircraft 21 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
The UK's communication industry authority, the Office of Communications (Ofcom), has outlined proposals to increase in-flight broadband speeds to an estimated ten times the speeds currently available ...
Turbulence study aims to reduce global fuel bills 21 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Researchers from the University of Southampton could be a step closer to understanding how turbulent air flows influence the performance of aircraft. A new study looks at new and improved ways of pred...
Air Canada evaluates purchase of Bombardier CSeries jetliners 21 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Air Canada is considering purchasing Bombardier's new CSeries jetliner for the replacement of its ageing fleet of about 100 narrow-body aircraft.
