Company’s largest, fastest and most expensive aircraft is on schedule for first flight before end of the year
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from AviationWeek.com Business Aviation Channel
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The options are to replace the aircraft with the U.S. RC-135V/W Rivet Joint or to modify preproduction Nimrod MRA4s
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from AviationWeek.com Defense Channel
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on Sep 29, 2009, 12:04PM
Recast requirements designed to limit misunderstanding, strictly limiting scope for interpretation
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from AviationWeek.com Defense Channel
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on Sep 29, 2009, 3:24PM
Center will offer mods and integration services for military rotary and fixed-wing aircraft as well as for commercial fixed-wing aircraft.
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from AviationWeek.com MRO Channel
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on Sep 29, 2009, 9:10AM
Used aircraft are at all-time best prices. Are you ready to buy?
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from Business & Commercial Aviation on AviationWeek.com
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on Sep 29, 2009, 1:32PM
As the US Navy continues to build its new CVN-21 Gerald R. Ford Class carriers, few technologies are as important to their success as the next-generation EMALS catapult. The question is whether that technology will be ready in time, in order to avoid either costly delays to the program – or an even more costly redesign of the first ship of class.
Current steam catapult technology is very entertaining when it launches cars more than 100 feet off of a ship, or gives naval fighters the extra boost they need to achieve flight speed within a launch footprint of a few hundred feet. It’s also stressful for the aircraft involved, very maintenance intensive, and not really compatible with modern gas turbine propulsion systems. At present, however, steam is the only option for launching supersonic jet fighters from carrier decks. EMALS aims to leap beyond steam’s limitations, delivering significant efficiency savings, a more survivable system, and improved effectiveness. This free-to-view spotlight article covers the technology, the program, and its progress to date.
The latest developments include additional costs and continued testing, which is not yet finished…
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from Defense Industry Daily
by Joe Katzman
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on Sep 29, 2009, 5:35AM
Back in August 2006, “Britain to Privatize Battlefield Support Helicopters?!?” discussed one of the most unusual public-private proposals we’ve ever seen. The question before the Ministry of Defense was how to replace Britain’s Sea King and Puma HC1 medium helicopters, which entered service during the 1960s and 1970s. Complaints about the lack of battlefield helicopter support have become acute in Britain, resulting in temporary fixes like buying 6 operational Danish EH101 helicopters and paying the cost of future replacements.
The longer term roadmap remains uncertain – but an announcement by Eurocopter as part of the 2007 DSEi defense show turned out to be the path forward, as Britain formally abandoned its public-private partnership proposal. It would take almost 2 more years before that resulted in a contract, however…
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from Defense Industry Daily
by Joe Katzman
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on Sep 29, 2009, 12:18PM
NBAA, GAMA release report finding bizav users outperform nonusers in several financial measures
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from AviationWeek.com Business Aviation Channel
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on Sep 28, 2009, 2:14PM
U.S. C-27J No. 4 will be delivered in March. It will be the fourth and final aircraft headed to Iraq in the fall.
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from AviationWeek.com Defense Channel
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on Sep 29, 2009, 8:34AM
Approval allows PMA maker to sign supplements to approve its own replacement parts.
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from AviationWeek.com MRO Channel
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on Sep 28, 2009, 9:54AM