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ATC

Raytheon Installs ATM System At New Al Maktoum Airport

Raytheon has completed delivery and installation of its latest generation AutoTrac III air traffic management system at Dubai’s Al Maktoum Intl Airport.
Engines

Engine Alliance Claims Majority of A380 Engine Sales

Engine Alliance, a JV between General Electric (GE) and Pratt & Whitney (P&W), claims pole position in supplying engines for the Airbus A380.
Charter & Fractional

Gama Group Expands into Saudi Arabia

Gama Group Expands into Saudi Arabia

Honeywell Inks Distribution Agreements With M.E. Suppliers

Honeywell has signed distribution agreements with Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL) of Abu Dhabi and Transworld Aviation of Dubai.
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V-22’s Dubai Show Debut Says: “Sales Pitch!”

The Bell-Boeing industry team and its main customer, the U.S. Marine Corps, have brought the tiltrotor to Dubai for the first time ever.
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Bell Helicopter Sees Promise for Armed 407AH and 429

The 407AH is Bell’s first commercially qualified armed helicopter.
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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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Jet Aviation Names Two To New Positions

Jet Aviation Names Two To New Positions
Aircraft

Jet Aviation Dubai Widens Maintenance Portfolio

Jet Aviation Dubai Widens Maintenance Portfolio
ATC

Summit: Global RNP Deployment Is Uneven

Performance-based navigation (PBN) procedures are being adopted on a worldwide basis.
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Aircraft

Embraer-Elbit Connection Grows Via KC-390 and UAVs

Elbit Systems’ Brazilian subsidiary AEL Sistemas will supply the self-protection suite and directed, infrared countermeasures for the new Embraer KC-390.
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ICAO Joins Airlines, Nations in Opposing Emissions Trading Scheme

ICAO aligned with the international airline industry and a collection of countries including Brazil, China, the U.S., India, Japan and the Russian Federati
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Regulations and Government

LAN, TAM Forge Ahead With Merger

Chile’s LAN Airlines S.A. and TAM S.A. of Brazil are forging ahead with their planned merger to create Latin America’s leading operator and one of the worl
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Aircraft

F-35 Delay Forces $3 Billion Upgrade Request for U.S. Air Force F-16s

The U.S. Air Force will proceed with a service life extension program of 300 to 350 F-16s.
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Aircraft

U.S. Navy Improves P-3C as Bridge to Poseidon

The U.S. Navy has taken delivery of the first five P-3C Orions.
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Aircraft

Stakeholders Impatient With Pace of RNP Deployment

Alaska Airlines started using precision required navigation performance (RNP) approaches into Juneau, Alaska
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UTC, Goodrich Have Large Presence in Business Aviation

Much of the discussion of the United Technologies (UTC) planned $18.4 billion acquisition of Goodrich has focused on the companies’ combined content

AIN Blog: Quotes from the Clipping Room Floor

So often in the course of covering events, things are said that never make it into published accounts.
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Regulations and Government

AIA Analysis: U.S. Defense Cuts Could Eliminate One Million Jobs

An economic impact analysis commissioned by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) predicts that more than one million jobs will be lost
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Aircraft

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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Aircraft

Growing Laser Threat Accelerates U.S. Response

The threat posed to airline and general aviation pilots by laser pointing devices is growing exponentially, a trend that is accelerating efforts to deal wi
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Regulations and Government

U.S. House of Representatives Stokes Firestorm over Emissions Scheme

The U.S. House of Representatives helped stoke a threatened trade war with Europe, passing legislation October 24 that would prohibit U.S. aircraft operato
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Aircraft

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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Aircraft

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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Aircraft

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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Regulations and Government

ATA Chief Vows Continued Fight Against ETS

The head of the Air Transport Association came out punching against the European emissions trading scheme.
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ATC

FAA’s Air Traffic Chief Pledges Execution of Capital Programs

The man assigned to head the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO) following several incidents involving sleeping air traffic controllers
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Aircraft

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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Aircraft

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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Aircraft

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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