http://www.airbusgroup.com/int/en/story-overview/designing-the-future.html
Optimised shapes, components 3D-printed overnight and virtual environments for more efficient engineering; Autodesk's futurist Jordan Brandt decodes the design processes behind the aircraft of tomorrow. How will humans and computers continue to interact?
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Third AW609 Tiltrotor To Fly This Summer
// Aviation Week
Kevin Michaels
LONDON—The third prototype of the AgustaWestland AW609 commercial tiltrotor is set to fly in May, paving the way for deicing tests of the aircraft at the end of this year.
Engineers are currently assembling the aircraft in Italy, where shakedown flights will be conducted before it is dismantled and sent to Philadelphia in preparation for testing of the aircraft's deicing system in Minnesota toward year's end.
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French defence exports rose 17% in 2014 - IHS Jane's 360
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French defence exports rose 17% in 2014
IHS Jane's 360
2014 was also the year where orders were placed for the Airbus A330 MRTT refuelling and strategic transport aircraft, the updated M51.3 submarine launched nuclear ballistic missile (SLBM), and a fourth Barracuda SSN. Having told the good news, ...
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Brussels Airlines launches "Africa is not Ebola" campaign and maintains a proud airline tradition
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Brussels Airlines, the 'little airline that could' with an heroic effort during the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, has launched a campaign it hopes will help the continent recover from the lingering and devastating economic impact of the epidemic.
ATW Editor's Blog
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Military bomber contract could push Northrop into Boeing's arms - The Columbian
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Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
Military bomber contract could push Northrop into Boeing's arms
The Columbian
Boeing has teamed with Lockheed Martin, the top defense contractor, in bidding against Northrop to build up to 100 new-generation, long-range strike bombers that will replace the Air Force's B-1 and B-52 bombers. The currently projected cost, not ...
Could Boeing buy defense aerospace company Northrop?
Bomber contract could push Northrop into Boeing's arms
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Boeing, Transavia Announce Order for Up to 20 Next-Generation 737-800s
// MediaRoom
Order for 17 737s with options for three additional airplanes
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UAVs awaiting take-off in US agriculture - Farmers Guardian
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UAVs awaiting take-off in US agriculture
Farmers Guardian
Like their counterparts in Europe, farmers in the United States see potential for the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in their businesses. However, a ban on the use of drones for commercial purposes is preventing any further development of the ...
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Vol inaugural du Comac C919 prévu en 2015 - Centre d'Informations Internet de Chine
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Centre d'Informations Internet de Chine
Vol inaugural du Comac C919 prévu en 2015
Centre d'Informations Internet de Chine
La Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac), fabricant public d'aéronefs, a prévu d'effectuer le premier vol de l'avion de ligne C919 en 2015, selon un communiqué publié mercredi. Avec le déploiement réussi du fuselage, le premier C919 devrait ...
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Egypt picks Rafale for fighter deal
// Aircraft news
Dassault has announced the selection of its Rafale multirole fighter to meet the operational needs of Egypt.
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Air Force considering A-10 replacement for future close air support
// Aircraft news
Even as the US Air Force is still banking on saving billions by retiring the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, the service is considering building a brand new aircraft to take over the close air support (CAS) role.
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USAF's T-X trainer requirements will be final by March
// Aircraft news
The US Air Force will use the T-X jet trainer replacement as the guinea pig for an upcoming wave of cost-cutting experiments that will search for places where platform capability can be reasonably sacrificed in exchange for acquisition cost reduction.
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