While Chinese industry is often accused of copy-catting and IP theft, its robotics research has often showed great originality. Case in point, at the Tianjin International UAV Exhibit, a Chinese manufacturer debuted an inflatable UAV. It is designed for low speed, low altitude roles, such as cond...
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Airbus puts defence and security electronics, satcoms units up for sale in latest restructuring move
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Airbus Group has put its defence and security electronics and satellite communications services businesses up for sale in the latest stage of its long-running bid to get its ailing defence business onto a sustainable footing.
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A team of researchers report that they understand a property of a liquid metal that allows them to manipulate it like the T-1000 from Terminator 2 and even build "scale models" of the violent automaton. Chemists at North Carolina State University have observed that when they apply an electric cha...
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Igor Sikorsky's VS-300 Helicopter Transformed Aviation 75 Years Ago - PR Newswire (press release)
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Igor Sikorsky's VS-300 Helicopter Transformed Aviation 75 Years Ago
PR Newswire (press release)
12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), this weekend will mark 75 years of modern helicopter flight that began September 14, 1939, when 50-year-old chief designer and chief test pilot Igor ...
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USAF, Lockheed discover permanent fix for F-16 longeron cracks
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The US Air Force (USAF) and Lockheed Martin have found a potential fix for the longeron cracks that were discovered in some of the service's F-16 fighter aircraft.
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Aerial Target QF-16 Takes to the Sky
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The Air Force's newest aerial target took a major step toward preparing warfighters downrange with a realistic fourth-generation replication of what they may face on the battlefield. The first unmanned QF-16 Viper struck down over the Gulf of Mexico Sept. […]
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L'Irkut MC-21 fera son premier vol en avril 2016 - Air-Journal
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L'Irkut MC-21 fera son premier vol en avril 2016
Air-Journal
Avec le Comac C919 chinois, le MC-21 d'une capacité de 150 à 212 places, avec une forte utilisation de matériaux composites (35 % de la structure, pour une masse totale de 15 % inférieure aux standards précédents), concurrencera les monocouloirs ...
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ACT A300's gear collapse traced to undetected fatigue
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French investigators have determined that fatigue cracking in the undercarriage of an ACT Airlines Airbus A300B4 freighter caused the left main landing-gear to collapse after touchdown in Afghanistan.
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ANALYSIS: CSeries buoyed by long-delayed fly-by-wire upgrade
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After sitting idle for 100 days, the CSeries fleet returned to the air with a 30min flight by FTV-2 on 7 September and another 3h test mission on 9 September.
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France to evaluate M-345 as possible Alpha Jet replacement
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France appears to have begun the process of seeking a replacement for its air force's fleet of aged Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet trainers, with Alenia Aermacchi's M-345 in the frame.
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Airbus planea la venta cinco filiales de su negocio de defensa - Expansión.com
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Airbus planea la venta cinco filiales de su negocio de defensa
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El grupo europeo Airbus anunció hoy su intención de ceder su negocio de comunicaciones comerciales y paraestatales, que incluyen las radiocomunicaciones móviles profesionales y los servicios comerciales vía satélite y representan una facturación de ...
Airbus Defence and Space fortalecerá las áreas de espacio ...
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Airbus establishes flight operations documentation centre in Bangkok
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Subsidiary to produce standard manuals and customisation services
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Airbus to Open Flight Training Center in Monterrey
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VivaAerobus selects Airbus as Flight Training provider
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Beluga celebrates the 20th anniversary of its first flight
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Flight hours per aircraft have since doubled and will do so again by 2017
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Airbus showcases innovations and passenger comfort at Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) 2014 Expo
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• Explore the Airbus comfort standard• High-definition video A380, A350 XWB, A330 & A320 cabin...
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Now 20 years "young," Airbus' Beluga airlifters show no signs of slowing down
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Twenty years to the day since its maiden flight, the Beluga cargo aircraft continues to play an...
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Aciturri compra el 50 por ciento de la portuguesa Caetano Aeronautic - elEconomista.es
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Aciturri compra el 50 por ciento de la portuguesa Caetano Aeronautic
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Grupo Salvador Caetano y Aciturri han alcanzado un acuerdo por el que ambas empresas tendrán una participación del 50% en la compañía Caetano Aeronautic, operación que contribuye significativamente a la generación de sinergias de mercado así ...
Aciturri compra el 50% de la lusa Caetano Aeronáutica
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Espanhola Aciturri compra 50% da portuguesa Caetano Aeronautic - Notícias ao Minuto
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Espanhola Aciturri compra 50% da portuguesa Caetano Aeronautic
Notícias ao Minuto
A espanhola Aciturri chegou a acordo para comprar metade do capital social da portuguesa Caetano Aeronautic, numa operação que segundo as duas empresas contribuirá para a geração de sinergias de mercado e novas oportunidades de negócio.
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