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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.

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

Rolls Helps Airbus Stretch Range and Payload

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

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

CSeries ‘On Track’ for First Flight in Second-Half of 2012

Bombardier expects to complete all the so-called data sets for the CSeries airliner by year-end.

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

Training Underlines Afghan Air Force Rebirth

Training is just getting under way of the first military fixed-wing pilots to be taught to fly in Afghanistan since the early 1990s.

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

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King Air Spies Like an Eagle

Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (HBC) has brought a special-missions-equipped King Air 350ER to the Dubai Air Show.

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

Jet Aviation Dubai Widens Maintenance Portfolio

Jet Aviation Dubai Widens Maintenance Portfolio

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

CIT Taking ‘Cair’ Of The ACJ

CIT Taking ‘Cair’ Of The ACJ

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

Boeing 787 Arrives in Dubai for Its First Middle East Appearance

The third Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrived this morning at Dubai International Airport.

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

Sagem's Smart Weapons, Threat-Detection Business Thriving

Sagem's defense and security businesses are thriving, especially in smart weapons and threat detection at airports.

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

Bombardier Showcases CSeries Flight Deck at Dubai 2011

Bombardier Aerospace is unveiling a new flight-deck demonstrator at the Dubai Air Show.

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

Boeing Touts 'Evolution' of Its Upgraded Fighters

Boeing Military Aircraft (BMA) has stepped up its campaign to sell more F-15 and F-18 fighters.

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

Fighter Jet Competitions Still Up in the Air at Dubai 2011

Defense contractors vie for Middle Eastern fghter aircraft deals at the 2011 Dubai Air Show.

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

Rolls-Royce Trent XWB Engine Prepped for Flight Tests

Rolls-Royce's Trent XWB engine for the Airbus A350XWB has logged 1,200 hours of ground testing. Soon the engine will begin flight testing.

Engines

November 12, 2011

New Boeing 'Silent Eagle' F-15 Variant Could Rekindle F-15 Production

Production of the F-15 is currently due to end next year, after the last of 60 F-15K models for Korea and 24 F-15SG models for Singapore are completed.

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

HyperMach Now Shooting For Mach 4.0 Bizjet

HyperMach’s planned 20-seat supersonic business jet (SSBJ)–SonicStar–will be able to fly at speeds up to Mach 4.0.

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

Middle East Embraces Airbus ACJ Models for Their Range and Space

the Middle East has long been considered good sales territory for Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJs).

Aircraft

November 12, 2011

F-16 To Spearhead Reborn Iraqi Air Force

The U.S. Pentagon announced that the first payment had been made concerning the supply of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters to Iraq

Aircraft

November 11, 2011

Oman Air Could Announce 787 Decision at Dubai Air Show

This could be the week that Oman Air confirms definitively whether or not it will still take the six Boeing 787s.

Aircraft

November 11, 2011

Vital Role for British Airpower over Libya

British commanders are counting the cost of a major and successful contribution to NATO’s Operation Unified Protector.

Aircraft

November 11, 2011

NATO’s Role in Ghaddafi’s Downfall: Operation Unified Protector

British, French and U.S. aircraft began the action in mid-March, in a “coalition of the willing” named Operation Odyssey Dawn.

Aircraft

November 11, 2011