Airbus Sees Hybrids as Key to Market for Small Planes - WSJ.com

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Airbus Group NV for the first time is considering entering the crowded market for small jetliners and sees futuristic, electrically powered planes as its edge to sell 90-seat airliners.

Airbus is betting that emerging hybrid-electric propulsion technology will allow it to eventually prevail in a segment where market leaders Bombardier Inc. and Brazil's Embraer S.A. are already contesting with rivals from Russia, China and Japan. Airbus's hybrid regional airliner would aim to slash fuel consumption by around 75% from current technology in standard regional planes.

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Iberia relanza sus vuelos directos a Montevideo [feedly]

  

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Iberia relanza sus vuelos directos a Montevideo
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A partir del 1 de septiembre, Iberia realizará cuatro vuelos a la semana entre Madrid y Uruguay, que estarán conectados con más de 80 destinos de Iberia en España, Europa y norte de África a través de la T4 del aeropuerto de la capital de España. Para celebrar su vuelta a Uruguay, ha lanzado una oferta para volar desde 558 euros ida y vuelta, todo incluido.
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AW609 tiltrotor passes autorotation trials [feedly]

  

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AW609 tiltrotor passes autorotation trials
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AgustaWestland has overcome a key hurdle on its AW609 civil tiltrotor progamme with the completion of autorotation trials.
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Environmental groups file yet another anti-avgas petition — General Aviation News

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Unmanned Aerial Systems | UAS | Noticias y actualidad - Airbus Defence and Space anuncia el Zephyr 8, sistema entre un UAV y un satélite

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Airbus Defence and Space ha anunciado oficialmente la puesta en marcha del programa 8, un Pseudosatélite de Gran Altitud (HAPS), que desarrolla una nueva generación tras el Zephyr 7.
Se alimenta exclusivamente de energía solar y vuela a muy elevada altitud, por encima de los fenómenos meteorológicos y del tráfico aéreo convencional. Ocupa el hueco existente para una capacidad a medio camino entre los UAV y los satélites.

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Bulgaria to host European Air Transport Training 2014

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Build Your Own Mini Mars Rover With These Brilliant, NASA-Approved Blocks | Design

The littleBits Space Kit is a box of Lego-like components that allow anyone to conduct NASA-approved experiments. You can build miniature, but functioning, versions of NASA's famous machines like this satellite. Or a Mars rover, which uses a remote trigger module to control the robot fr …

http://www.wired.com/2014/04/brilliant-electric-building-blocks-teach-kids-about-outer-space

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NASA Outlines Human Path To Mars

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Cronología de una quiebra anunciada: Mexicana de Aviación. Hangar Central.

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Northrop Grumman Completes Preliminary Design Review for B-2 Bomber Software Upgrade

  

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Northrop Grumman Completes Preliminary Design Review for B-2 Bomber ... - MarketWatch
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Northrop Grumman Completes Preliminary Design Review for B-2 Bomber ...
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OKLAHOMA CITY, April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully completed a major U.S. Air Force review of a new software upgrade for the B-2 stealth bomber. The upgrade is part of the Air Force's Flexible ...

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Northrop producing next-generation mission computers for USMC helos - UPI.com [feedly]

  

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Northrop producing next-generation mission computers for USMC helos
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WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., April 24 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman is to begin low-rate initial production of its FlightPro Gen III mission computers to support U.S. Marine Corps helicopters. The systems will be produced under a $10.6 million contract from the ...
Northrop Hikes '14 Outlook as Earnings Top Views
Northrop earnings beat forecast, lifts 2014 outlook
Northrop Grumman raises earnings forecast
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Northrop Grumman Awarded U.S. Navy Contract for Next-Generation Mission computer... - MarketWatch [feedly]

  

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Northrop Grumman Awarded U.S. Navy Contract for Next-Generation Mission ...
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WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a low-rate initial production contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver FlightPro™ Gen III mission computers in support of AH-1Z and ...

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Airbus DS construirá el primer sistema satelital de observación de la Tierra de Perú ... - Defensa.com [feedly]

  

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Airbus DS construirá el primer sistema satelital de observación de la ...
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(defensa.com) Airbus Defence and Space fue elegido contratista principal exclusivo para el desarrollo, fabricación y lanzamiento del primer sistema óptico de observación de la Tierra por satélite de Perú, dentro del acuerdo que acaban de firmar el ...
El primer satélite de observación de la Tierra de Kazajistán será ...
Kazajistán lanzará su primer satélite de observación de la Tierra ...

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Uclass Competitors Waiting For Pentagon RFP [feedly]

  

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Uclass Competitors Waiting For Pentagon RFP
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Two Uclass contenders working on prototypes
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Safran Opens New Composite Fan Blade Plants [feedly]

  

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Safran Opens New Composite Fan Blade Plants
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New factories underscore company's confidence
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Lockheed Demos Enhanced Ground Control System and Software for Small Unmanned Aircraft [feedly]

  

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Lockheed Demos Enhanced Ground Control System and Software for Small Unmanned Aircraft
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Lockheed Martin's Group 1 family of unmanned aircraft systems is migrating to enhanced automation capabilities using its Kestrel "Fly Light" flight control systems and industry-leading mobile Ground Control Station (mGCS) software. The increased automation allows operators to...

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VIDEO: A UAV Too Close For Comfort - Aviation Week [feedly]

  

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VIDEO: A UAV Too Close For Comfort
Aviation Week
Canada's CTVNews reports that Transport Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are working to identify the operator of a UAV that flew close to an aircraft approaching Vancouver International Airpport and posted the video on YouTube.
IAF Jets, Choppers Train for UAV Threat

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France Sends Rafale Combat Jets to Poland

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Russian aircraft carrier still in the Mediterranean Sea. NATO planes watch closely

http://theaviationist.com/2014/04/24/kuznetsov-nato-monitor/

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El aeropuerto de Castellón se gastó más de 26 millones en patrocinios deportivos

http://www.actualidadaeroespacial.com/default.aspx?where=6&id=1&n=12855

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La Cámara de Comercio española en Gran Bretaña premia a Aena con su Annual Golden Award 2014

http://www.actualidadaeroespacial.com/default.aspx?where=6&id=1&n=12862

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North Korea's New Drones Are Chinese (Which Opens A New Mystery) | Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/eastern-arsenal/north-koreas-new-drones-are-chinese-which-opens-new-mystery?src=SOC&dom=fb

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