Magnesium alloys to be used in aircraft seats as ban is lifted [feedly]

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Magnesium alloys to be used in aircraft seats as ban is lifted
// Runway Girl

Aircraft seatmakers will soon start using lightweight, new-generation magnesium alloys in seat construction now that a long-standing ban has been lifted providing they meet strict flammability performance requirements.

On 14 August, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – which develops standards for aviation – published SAE AS8049 Revision C, in which a key paragraph has been changed from reading that 'Magnesium alloys shall not be used' to the new wording:

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Photo Release -- U.S. Navy Demonstrates Endurance on the MQ-8C Fire Scout [feedly]

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Photo Release -- U.S. Navy Demonstrates Endurance on the MQ-8C Fire Scout
// Northrop Grumman Corp. News

Unmanned helicopter providing unprecedented maritime multiple intelligence persistence
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Sukhoi Superjet 100 at MAKS-2015 - BAVIATION Business Aviation News [feedly]

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Sukhoi Superjet 100 at MAKS-2015 - BAVIATION Business Aviation News
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BAVIATION Business Aviation News

Sukhoi Superjet 100 at MAKS-2015
BAVIATION Business Aviation News
This year visitors will see two Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft at the static display: one aircraft featuring enhanced comfort passenger cabin interior and the other one with the ordinary passenger cabin, while one of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 prototype ...

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Russia, Jordan negotiating Sukhoi Superjet 100 deal - Russia Beyond the Headlines [feedly]

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Russia, Jordan negotiating Sukhoi Superjet 100 deal - Russia Beyond the Headlines
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Sputnik International

Russia, Jordan negotiating Sukhoi Superjet 100 deal
Russia Beyond the Headlines
Jordan and Russia are negotiating the procurement of several Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) passenger aircraft, Mark Voloshin, Chairman of the Jadara Equipment and Defense Company Board of Directors and King Abdullah II of Jordan's military affairs ...
OK, Boeing? Russia, Iran to Discuss Supply of Russian Sukhoi ...Sputnik International

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Russia to Unveil Naval Su-30SM Fighter Jet At MAKS 2015 Air Show [feedly]

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Russia to Unveil Naval Su-30SM Fighter Jet At MAKS 2015 Air Show
// Revista de prensa aeronáutica: Feed de feeds de Revistas Aeronáuticas | recopiladas por www.noticias-aero.info

The flight program MAKS-2015 for the first time will participate double multipurpose fighter Su-30SM naval aviation of the Russian Navy. Unique features super-maneuverable fighter demonstrate a mixed crew of naval aviation pilots and test pilots Corporation "Irkut". Su-30SM will be...

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Boeing may cut hundreds of jobs in its satellite business [feedly]

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Boeing may cut hundreds of jobs in its satellite business
// Revista de prensa aeronáutica: Feed de feeds de Revistas Aeronáuticas | recopiladas por www.noticias-aero.info

Boeing may soon announce job cuts in its satellite business due to a drop in US military spending and delays in orders for commercial satellites.
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Aerovironment to produce Raven UAVs for Spain [feedly]

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Aerovironment to produce Raven UAVs for Spain
// Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense

Monrovia, Calif. (UPI) Aug 20, 2015
Aerovironment is to produce hand-launched RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial vehicles for Spain. The contract issued by the U.S. Army is for a Foreign Military Sales program deal and is worth $3.4 million. "As the global leader in the design and manufacture of small unmanned aircraft systems, AeroVironment continues to set the standard for delivering increasingly valuable capabilities
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Russian Helicopters to Unveil Advanced High-Speed Chopper [feedly]

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Russian Helicopters to Unveil Advanced High-Speed Chopper
// Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense

Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 25, 2015
The Russian Helicopters manufacturing company will unveil a full-scale model of an advanced high-speed helicopter at the opening of the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS on Tuesday. Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of state technology corporation Rostec, said the flying lab was developed on the basis of the Mil Mi-24 (NATO reporting name Hind) attack helicopter. "The demon
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Russia's Seven 'Scariest Arms' Include Nuclear Subs, Hypersonic Missiles [feedly]

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Russia's Seven 'Scariest Arms' Include Nuclear Subs, Hypersonic Missiles
// Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense

Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 24, 2015
In the coming years Russia is expected to introduce seven cutting-edge weapons as part of its massive modernization program of the military that will scare the living daylight out of any foe, defense analyst David Nye asserted. Not surprisingly, Russia's newest nuclear submarines, including the fifth generation submersible currently in development, topped the list. The National Interest ha
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Russian E-Warriors Render Aircraft Carriers Useless [feedly]

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Russian E-Warriors Render Aircraft Carriers Useless
// Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense

Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 25, 2015
Russia has developed a "noiseless" system of neutralizing aircraft carrier battle groups without missiles or torpedoes. The notion of "unsinkable" aircraft carriers may soon become history for the simple reason that the planes they carry will be rendered totally useless. Aircraft carriers have long been considered the world's most powerful and deadliest weapons systems only a nuclear
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Camouflage Skill: Russian Armed Forces Made Airfield Disappear for Hours [feedly]

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Camouflage Skill: Russian Armed Forces Made Airfield Disappear for Hours
// Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense

Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 24, 2015
During exercises of the chemical and biological corps in the Samara region, army forces managed to make a highly critical facility invisible for a long time period. It was made invisible against visual intelligence and missile detection systems. The 'critical facility' is a term used by specialists to describe a large military airfield, army headquarters and control bases, bridges of strat
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US Navy Starts Working on Next Nuclear Super Aircraft Carrier [feedly]

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US Navy Starts Working on Next Nuclear Super Aircraft Carrier
// Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense

Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 24, 2015
Construction of a second nuclear-powered super aircraft carrier in the Gerald R Ford class will begin on Saturday, the US Navy said in a statement. The 100,000 ton ship will be the second US aircraft carrier named after former president Kennedy, who served as a naval officer during World War II. "The keel-laying for CVN-79 is an important milestone in returning a carrier named John F
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Boeing Sees Demand in China for 6,330 Airplanes Valued at Nearly $1 Trillion [feedly]

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Boeing Sees Demand in China for 6,330 Airplanes Valued at Nearly $1 Trillion
// MediaRoom

- Chinese fleet will almost triple by 2034, with need for 4,630 single-aisle airplanes
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ALMOST GREAT: Nine legendary (but cancelled) Russian aircraft [feedly]

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ALMOST GREAT: Nine legendary (but cancelled) Russian aircraft
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As Russia's aerospace industry gets ready to stretch its wings at the MAKS air show in Moscow, we take a look at Russian aircraft programmes that would surely have been world-beaters – if they hadn't been cancelled.
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Bombardier launches CSeries production ramp-up [feedly]

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Bombardier launches CSeries production ramp-up
// Aircraft news

​Bombardier has launched the CSeries production ramp-up with suppliers for the CS100 and CS300 aircraft after the former recently cleared a key milestone in certification testing, vice-president and general manager Rob Dewar confirms to Flightglobal.
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Italian Neuron testing ends as Swedish stint begins [feedly]

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Italian Neuron testing ends as Swedish stint begins
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Italy has completed its share of testing of the pan-European Neuron unmanned combat air vehicle, which saw it carry out 12 sorties from Decimomannu air base in Sardinia.
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MAKS: Best pictures of static and flying aircraft from Day 1 [feedly]

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MAKS: Best pictures of static and flying aircraft from Day 1
// Aircraft news

Russian president Vladimir Putin personally kicked off the 12th annual MAKS air show near Moscow on 25 August, attending the show for the first time since 2011.
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Drones for good: 5 UAV applications changing the world - Computer Business Review [feedly]

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Drones for good: 5 UAV applications changing the world - Computer Business Review
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Agri-View

Drones for good: 5 UAV applications changing the world
Computer Business Review
"Weed scouting, plant counting for yield forecasts and monitoring crop health, are just some of the many benefits that crop data collected by UAVs can provide. However this sector needs more people, more businesses and more professional UAV pilots to ...
Worldwide UAV market to triple over next decade, say analystsMilitary Embedded Systems
Discover the UAV industry for border security market research reportWhaTech
Technology: up, down and in handAgri-View
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VIDEO: Chinese Wing Loong UAV carries out weapon drops - Flightglobal [feedly]

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VIDEO: Chinese Wing Loong UAV carries out weapon drops - Flightglobal
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VIDEO: Chinese Wing Loong UAV carries out weapon drops
Flightglobal
The state-owned China Central Television (CCTV) news channel has released a previously unseen video of Beijing's AVIC Wing Loong unmanned air vehicle carrying out weapons testing. Conducted in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in northern ...

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Commentary: UAV use in ag being derailed by hobbyists - agprofessional.com [feedly]

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Commentary: UAV use in ag being derailed by hobbyists - agprofessional.com
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Commentary: UAV use in ag being derailed by hobbyists
agprofessional.com
How in the world are we going to receive agricultural use approval for drones/unmanned aerial vehicles with all the knuckleheads buying small UAVs over the internet or at the hobby store and flying them around like kids playing with Matchbox toy cars?

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Indian Army Wants 600 Mini-UAV Systems - Aviation International News [feedly]

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Indian Army Wants 600 Mini-UAV Systems - Aviation International News
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Aviation International News

Indian Army Wants 600 Mini-UAV Systems
Aviation International News
An Indian Army requirement for approximately 600 sets of mini-UAVs is attracting interest from various manufacturers, who must partner with Indian companies to comply with the government's "Make in India" industrial strategy. The Directorate General of ...

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HyperSolar Sees Growing Market For Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft

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British Air Display Association Provides Actual Facts To Counter Media Hysterics

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Skydivers Survive Mid-Air Collision By Bailing Out Of Airplane

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U.S. ready to deploy B-52 bombers to South Korea amid escalating crisis in the peninsula

http://theaviationist.com/2015/08/24/us-b-52s-head-to-south-korea/

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USAF to deploy F-22 fighter jets to Europe

http://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newsusaf-to-deploy-f-22-fighter-jets-to-europe-4655130

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Aerosense drones take to the skies

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Copenhagen Suborbitals dreams big with Spica rocket

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U-2 pilots wear pressurized space suits, eat liquidized food | Ares

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