jueves, 18 de junio de 2015

Airborne Concept offers air-droppable, electric UAV - Aviation International News [feedly]

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Airborne Concept offers air-droppable, electric UAV - Aviation International News
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Aviation International News

Airborne Concept offers air-droppable, electric UAV
Aviation International News
Airborne Concept (Hall 4 A108) is here exhibiting the Drop n' Drone, an air-droppable, electrically powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can carry a two-pound payload. "The idea is to relieve a surveillance aircraft, such as a special-mission ...

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Northrop Grumman Successfully Flies Open Mission Systems Architecture on Unmanned Aircraft [feedly]

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Northrop Grumman Successfully Flies Open Mission Systems Architecture on Unmanned Aircraft
// Northrop Grumman Corp. News

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- June 17, 2015 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) successfully flew a new Open Mission Systems (OMS) architecture on a NASA Global Hawk, demonstrating the ability to rapidly and affordably adapt new capabilities onto unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The new architecture implementation flight took place at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base.
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Russia's Superjet sees new, bigger plane by 2020 - Reuters [feedly]

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Russia's Superjet sees new, bigger plane by 2020 - Reuters
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Reuters

Russia's Superjet sees new, bigger plane by 2020
Reuters
PARIS Superjet International, an aircraft made by Russia's Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company and Finmeccanica (SIFI.MI) unit Alenia Aermacchi, could be operating a new, stretched version of its SSJ100 regional jet by 2020, an executive told Reuters ...
Superjet Is Positive On SSJ100 SalesAviation Week

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Europe’s five largest airline groups lobby EU on aviation policy [feedly]

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Europe's five largest airline groups lobby EU on aviation policy
// Revista de prensa aeronáutica: Feed de feeds de Revistas Aeronáuticas | recopiladas por www.noticias-aero.info

European carriers Air France-KLM, easyJet, International Airlines Group (IAG), Lufthansa Group and Ryanair have joined forces to lobby on European aviation policy, signaling a further shift in the evolving European airline association landscape.

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Engine Alliance ponders GP7200 upgrade for A380neo [feedly]

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Engine Alliance ponders GP7200 upgrade for A380neo
// Revista de prensa aeronáutica: Feed de feeds de Revistas Aeronáuticas | recopiladas por www.noticias-aero.info

The GE Aviation/Pratt & Whitney joint venture Engine Alliance said it remains in contention to power the potential re-engined Airbus A380neo with a comprehensive upgrade to the GP7200, but it noted the timing of such a move is dependent on Airbus.

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Paris Air Show 2015 - Day Three [feedly]

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Paris Air Show 2015 - Day Three
// Royal Aeronautical News

TIM ROBINSON and BILL READ report from the third trade day of the 2015 Paris Air Show.

The third trade day on the Wednesday and visitors still enjoyed the fine sunny weather – a far cry from the thunderstorms remembered by some two years ago. In the chalets and halls, there was still no shortage of deals, announcements and intriguing projects to catch up with. What were the highlights on Day 3?

Airbus & Boeing both claim Paris Air Show wins [feedly]

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Airbus & Boeing both claim Paris Air Show wins
// Revista de prensa aeronáutica: Feed de feeds de Revistas Aeronáuticas | recopiladas por www.noticias-aero.info

Airbus claimed victory over rival Boeing at the Paris Air Show with orders and commitments totaling 421 aircraft announced through the week, but Boeing's 331 commercial airplane sales included a far larger number of higher value widebodies.

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Lockheed, Raytheon, Bombardier team for JSTARS contract bid [feedly]

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Lockheed, Raytheon, Bombardier team for JSTARS contract bid
// Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense

Palmdale, Calif. (UPI) Jun 17, 2015
Lockheed Martin has announced it is teaming with Raytheon and Bombardier for the U.S. Air Force's JSTARS Recapitalization program contract. Under the teaming, Lockheed Martin will serve as the lead systems integrator for the program, while Raytheon will bring to the team their experience with ground surveillance, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, mission systems int
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Maneuvering mini drone quickly destroyed in laser test [feedly]

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Maneuvering mini drone quickly destroyed in laser test
// Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense

Schrobenhausen, Germany (UPI) Jun 17, 2015
A laser system from MBDA Deutschland successfully acquired, tracked and defeated a free-flying mini drone maneuvering in a target area 1,640 feet away. The test was conducted last month at a company site in Schrobenhausen, the company said, and the laser effector destroyed the drone in just a matter of seconds after the test began. "At the heart of MBDA Deutschland's technologica
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Antonov To Establish Plant In Saudi Arabia For AN-132 Aircraft - Defenseworld.net [feedly]

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Antonov To Establish Plant In Saudi Arabia For AN-132 Aircraft - Defenseworld.net
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Antonov To Establish Plant In Saudi Arabia For AN-132 Aircraft
Defenseworld.net
Ukraine's state-owned Antonov aircraft company has signed a contract at Paris air show to construct an airplane factory in Saudi Arabia for producing the new AN-132 light transport aircraft, RT News reported Wednesday. Antonov will participate in the ...

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PARIS: Mitsubishi prepares for MRJ production ramp-up [feedly]

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PARIS: Mitsubishi prepares for MRJ production ramp-up
// Aircraft news

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is building a final assembly factory which will have capacity to produce up to 10 MRJ regional jets per month, as the Japanese manufacturer gears up for first flight and continues its push for more aircraft sales.
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PARIS: Hamburg first choice for new A320 assembly line [feedly]

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PARIS: Hamburg first choice for new A320 assembly line
// Aircraft news

​Hamburg's Finkenwerder plant is the most likely location for a new Airbus A320 final assembly line if the airframer opts to raise monthly production rates beyond its commitment of 50.
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