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Middle Market Aircraft Survey

 

Analysis: What Airlines Want in a Middle-Market Aircraft

An Aviation Week/Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey of airlines reveals how technologically challenging it would be for a manufacturer to launch a new middle-market aircraft.

 

Engines Could Pace Boeing Middle-Market Aircraft Design

The Aviation Week and Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey on middle-market aircraft strongly supports Boeing’s own assessments, says the company’s commercial president, Ray Conner.

 
 
 

New Aircraft At The Farnborough Airshow

Several new aircraft are making their Farnborough Airshow debut this year, including a flypast by the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter.

 

Boeing Centennial Celebrations Showcased At Farnborough Airshow

Boeing is celebrating its 100th anniversary here this week with an interactive exhibit showcasing the company’s past, present and future.

 

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GE Sees An Electrifying Future

It’s been a remarkable decade for aerospace, says GE Aviation president and CEO David Joyce. Unprecedented investment and transformational advances in technology have resulted in new aircraft, new engines and a new supply chain.

 

F-35 Will Be Post-Brexit Britain’s Iron Fist

Two years later than planned, the F-35 has made its UK debut and appears to have brightened a mood dimmed by Britain’s decision to exit the European Union.

 

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Experts to UK: Nine P-8s Will Not Be Enough

While the news that Britain would be buying a fleet of nine Boeing P-8A Poseidons plugged a considerable hole in the nation's defenses, the announcement raised a number of questions.

 

Russia To Focus On Civil Products At Farnborough

Russia has seriously limited its participation at the Farnborough Airshow due to the deteriorated political relations with the West.

 

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Airbus Wins RAF Crypto Contracts For Voyager, C-130J And F-35

The UK’s defense ministry and Airbus Defence & Space will confirm that the company has been awarded deals to supply cryptographic key management solutions to three British military aircraft.

 

‘Pratt is Back’ as Business Booms

Together with Pratt & Whitney Canada, the company expects to have 100,000 engines in service by 2020 by when revenues will have grown to roughly US$22 billion.

 

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New-Look Typhoon Storms into Farnborough

If the Typhoon BAE Systems test pilot Nat Makepeace is flying at the Airshow this week seems a little different than before, there's good reason. The aircraft's weapons fit represents the latest evolution of the Eurofighter capability set.

 
 

ATR Projects Need For 2,800 Regional Turboprops By 2035

Regional airliner manufacturer, ATR is projecting a need for as many as 2,800 regional turboprops as the aircraft are used to open more routes across the globe.

 

Display Rule Changes Prudent, Says Farnborough Airshow Organiser

Changes to airshow flying display rules will not affect Farnborough's ability to stage an "exciting, enthralling, entertaining air display" in 2016.

 

Defense

 

Israel Seeks Changes To Its F-35 Version

The F-35I will come with its own unique maintenance hub, weapons, communications systems and even cyberdefenses.

 

Final Software Load Plagues F-35 Test Jets

The U.S. Air Force is on the verge of declaring its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters operational after resolving a software bug that caused the jets’ systems to stall out mid-flight and have to be rebooted.

 
 

Photos: Royal International Air Tattoo

Aviation Week's Tony Osborne visited RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire to see a range of aircraft at the Royal International Air Tattoo, the U.K.'s prominent military airshow held on July 8-10. These images were taken on the arrivals day on July 6.

 

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