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| Embraer's new multi-mission transport aircraft, the KC-390, has made its maiden stop at the Farnborough Airshow. |
| Two new narrowbody competitors to Airbus and Boeing are at this year’s Farnborough Airshow. |
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A CENTURY OF AEROSPACE ACHIEVEMENTS |
| This week at the Farnborough Airshow, Boeing, Dassault and Aviation Week are celebrating their milestones and looking to the future. |
| From Marcel Bloch the propeller designer to Marcel Dassault the fighter developer, the man and the company he created has hewn a unique, independent and successful course through the past 100 years of aviation history. |
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| Embraer is touting the “optimized” design of the E-Jet E2s 80–120-passenger aircraft as a response to arch rival Bombardier, which is celebrating the entry into service of the competing C Series. |
| As part of an effort to market its new tiltrotor technology to potential foreign customers, Bell Helicopter unveiled a full-size mockup of its V-280 Valor on the first day of the Farnborough International Airshow July 11. |
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| Airbus plans to make a decision before the end the year whether or not to launch a further stretch of the Airbus A350-1000. |
| Boeing has confirmed plans to revamp the slow-selling 737-7, the smallest of its new re-engined MAX family, by adding extra seats. |
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| Virgin Atlantic placed an order for eight Airbus A350-1000s on the opening day of the Farnborough Airshow. |
| Boeing started the Farnborough Airshow by securing nearly £5 billion worth of contracts from the British government for P-8 Poseidon maritime patrollers, and Apache attack helicopters. |
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| The aircraft has been in service for four years, but one of the most important parts of the Boeing P-8A program is only just beginning. |
| The aerospace industry is poised for tremendous growth and, with parts on 70,000 aircraft and new ones being added every day, United Technologies Aerospace Systems is going to be right at the heart of it. |
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| Rolls-Royce will soon get to work at RAF Marham supporting not just the lift fan the company built for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, but also the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine that powers the fifth-generation fighter jet. |
| The Tier One supplier is being urged to increase production rates and product capability, while charging less for its goods. |
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| Textron has entered the live flight-training market in a bid to grab what could become a multibillion-dollar market over the coming decade. |
| One telling data point from Britain's combat mission to Afghanistan has stuck with Andrew Naismith, a former commander of RAF Chinook forces in the country. |
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| Russia’s United Engine Corporation prepares for the second stage of the flight trials of PD-14 – the newest turbofan engine that will power the country’s MC-21 narrowbody airline |
| Satair Group has confirmed a first customer for its innovative IMS Integrated Material Services contracting construct. |
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| British prime minister David Cameron has described the country’s aerospace industry as one of its greatest strengths and one that that needs to be played up following the country’s decision to leave the European Union. |
| Reaction Engines, the U.K.-based developer of the Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine for hypersonic aircraft and multi-stage space launch vehicles, is establishing a U.S.-based subsidiary to enable closer engagement with potential American gov... |
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| A collapse in oil and gas prices that has choked off demand for commercial helicopters has been harsher than anticipated, says Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, but she stands behind the company’s $9-billion acquisition of Sikorsky last year fr... |
| The Swedish air force has declared an initial operating capability with the MBDA Meteor air-breathing air-to-air missile on its Gripen fighters, making it the first air arm to introduce the weapon. |
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