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Byline: recruitment Qatar Airways has confirmed that it is to introduce Boeing 747-8 Freighters to its fleet, after embarking on a recruitment drive for flight crew. The airline states, in [...]

Byline: inquiryDavid Kaminski-Morrowlondon 'Mishandled procedure' caused twinjet to strike runway, sustaining substantial damage Investigators have detailed how a bungled go-around resulted in a Boeing 737-300's striking the runway as its [...]

Byline: development German manufacturer Liebherr has delivered the first prototype of the actuation system for the Boeing 777X's folding wing-tip. The step will enable initial testing on a rig to [...]

Small-to-medium thrust powerplants are the focus of attention of major civil aero-engine manufacturers. Current trends call for the development of new technology engines for the latest aircrafts of McDonnell Douglas Corp. and Boeing Co. Intense competition to supply high-power engines to carriers with diminished long-range fleet requirements also prevails. Mergers and acquisitions are also becoming popular among aero-engine manufacturers.

Byline: Dan Thisdell âCould Boeing have averted the lithium-ion battery troubles that hit its 787 fleet this year? Given the complexity and technical ambition of the programme, a good answer [...]

Byline: Dan Thisdell âCould Boeing have averted the lithium-ion battery troubles that hit its 787 fleet this year? Given the complexity and technical ambition of the programme, a good answer [...]

briefing higher-thrust trent cleared for 787-9 propulsion European authorities have certificated the higher-thrust Package C version of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 powerplant designed for the Boeing 787-9. The 74,000lb (330kN) [...]

Byline: safety stephen trimble washington DC Safety regulator has completed detailed technical work for investigation into Dreamliner's problematic power systems The US Federal Aviation Administration confirms the agency is close [...]

The Royal Australian Air Force is on track to stand up the first Boeing F/A-18F operational squadron in December with two extra aircraft than planned and a new appreciation for [...]

Low-cost carrier sets year-end ultimatum for airframer to agree terms over massive 737 deal, or risk cancellations Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has set Boeing a year-end ultimatum to agree terms [...]

CFM bid to power Comac C919 may open door for Boeing propulsion scott hamilton seattle CFM International will accelerate its Leap X engine programme if selected to power China's 150- [...]

GE Aviation believes tests it has already conducted with SAS in Stockholm in optimal trajectory descent management are easily adaptable to carriers that now use its flight management system. The [...]

Two 787 flight-test aircraft will be powered by GEnx engines propulsion jon ostrower washington dc 787 trials willboost GEnx A350 prospects Boeing tests could clear way for GE to offer [...]

FedEx Express is installing a newly certificated head-up display and infra-red vision system on its Boeing MD-10s which will become standard equipment across the cargo carrier's entire 362-aircraft fleet by [...]

As well as the systems being fully interactive via its touchscreen interfaces, the mechanical controls allow the Thales fixed-base simulator to be 'flown' using a traditional Boeing control yoke, rudder [...]

HEAVY DUTY Karem Aircraft makes aggressive performance and cost promises for its Optimum Speed Tilt Rotor Graham warwick washington DC Setting the stage for a budget showdown, the US Army [...]

Raytheon has defended its claim as sole radar supplier for the US Air Force Boeing F-15 fleet, beating a rival bid by Northrop Grumman for an active array upgrade contract. [...]

It's all in the name - 1 With so many creative acronyms already out there, the UK's Ministry of Defence has clearly missed a trick with its new project to [...]

The US Navy is to deploy the Insitu Scan Eagle unmanned air vehicle aboard its Aegis-class cruisers and is looking at fielding the system on FFG7-class frigates. The initial Aegis [...]

Underperforming Lockheed Martin air-to-surface missile could be improved or replaced Boeing has raised a completely new option for the US Air Force to overcome cost and reliability issues with a [...]

Taiwan's army is leaning towards selecting the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow for its attack helicopter requirement, but the $1.5 billion deal could be held up by a fractious parliament that [...]

ROTORCRAFT STEPHEN TRIMBLE WASHINGTON DC Boeing hits back at Chinook critics Manufacturer denies claims of high downwash speeds and 'brownout' vulnerability in HH-47 chosen for CSAR-X With legal and grassroots [...]

Boeing begins preparations in anticipation of possible NATO and USAF orders and identifies further export potential Boeing has instructed its suppliers to resume the production of long-lead items for the [...]

Efficiency and range increases anticipated with improvements in production methods Improved versions of the Boeing 787 family offering significant efficiency and range increases could be available within six years thanks [...]

Pratt & whitney Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's hydrocarbon-fuelled X-1 scramjet has been tested at Mach 5 in NASA Langley Research Center's high-temperature tunnel, ahead of flight tests in the Boeing [...]

Supplier also focuses on next-generation narrowbodies Alcoa is offering Boeing new aluminium-lithium alloys to help with the 787's weight problem. Developed within the last 18 months to two years, the [...]

Boeing 787's first powerplant set to begin airborne trials on modified 747 this month Rolls-Royce's Trent 1000 turbofan for the Boeing 787 has successfully passed the crucial blade-off test milestone [...]

When Appius Claudius Caecus began building Rome's Appian Way to connect the empire in 312BC, he could never have guessed that, more than 2,000 years later, an Italian company near [...]

Boeing is intensifying its efforts to secure a launch customer for the passenger version of the 747-8, following the manufacturer? decision to standardise on the freighter version? longer stretch. Boeing [...]

Boeing? 787 will be the first aircraft equipped with enhanced airborne flight recorders (EAFR), combined ?black-box? cockpit voice and flight data recorders (CVR/FDR) with crash-protected memory and the capability to [...]

co-operation Graham Warwick / Washington DC Having decided against buying its own missile defence system, NATO is to create an integration testbed to ensure the anti-missile radars and interceptors owned [...]

Boeing has revealed the 747-8 could be the first commercial aircraft to fly with variable-area, or 'smart' engine chevrons, following lessons learned from the recently completed Boeing Quiet Technology Demonstrator [...]

US Air National Guard (ANG) Boeing F-15A/C Eagles flying homeland defence missions could receive an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar upgrade, says Raytheon. US lawmakers are considering a guard [...]

Boeing and US Navy officials are pushing to secure foreign sales of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet by exploiting projected delays to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The first [...]

B-52 flies past Farnborough ERROR A US Air Force Boeing B-52 crew staged their Farnborough International flypast on time last week, but inadvertently missed the airfield by about 15km (8nm). [...]

The war of words is heating up between Airbus and Boeing over the US manufacturer's 7E7 challenge to the A330's mid-market supremacy Max Kingsley-Jones / Toulouse Airbus wrong-footed Boeing by [...]

Tokyo-based Toray Industries, a key supplier of composite structures for the 777, has been selected by Boeing to provide prepreg composites for the primary structure of the 7E7. Composites will [...]

As part of efforts to clarify its stalled US Air Force KC-767A tanker proposal, Boeing has ruled out a 7E7-based alternative. It is also seeking to set the record straight [...]

n Messier-Dowty will produce the integrated landing gear system for Airbus Military's A400M transport. The company will deliver its first shipset to EADS Casa's Seville final assembly line in 2006. [...]

Airbus, Boeing and Rolls-Royce are studying a web-based part-quality inspection system that could offer major cost reductions by quickly identifying problem parts and trends. Initial trials with aerospace component makers [...]

Flight tests of the third and final planned upgrade of the Honeywell versatile integrated avionics (VIA) system on the Boeing 717 have been completed in preparation for a series of [...]

Boeing has named the suppliers to its 7E7 systems technology team. The 21 firms, from five countries, are potential risk-sharing partners. The companies will work with Boeing on definition of [...]

Investigators probing the May 2002 break-up of a China Airlines (CAL) Boeing 747-200 at nearly 35,000ft (10,675m) are focusing on whether a sudden decompression was caused by the failure of [...]

Luxair has ordered two Boeing 737-700s and taken two options on the type to replace older aircraft, as it reports a small passenger number increase for 2002. Association of European [...]

Boeing is expanding its engine noise reduction programme to test scarfed inlets and treated lips following 777 Quiet Technology Demonstrator (QTD) flight tests last year, which have resulted in design [...]

Boeing has selected General Electric's F404 fighter engine to power the X-45B unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) under development for the USAir Force. The F404 is the leading candidate to [...]

Recent Boeing MH-47E Chinook losses in Afghanistan and the Philippines are putting a strain on the US Special Operations Command's (SOCOM) small and increasingly overstretched transport fleet. This is prompting [...]

Rolls-Royce is promoting its AE1107 turboshaft as a candidate to re-engine the Boeing CH-47 Chinook and as the powerplant for Bell's proposed Quad Tiltrotor (QTR). The AE1107 is entering US [...]

nEDISPLAY STC Spirent Systems has been awarded a supplemental type certificate by the US Federal Aviation Administration to fit its engine instrument display to the Boeing 747-300. The displays produced [...]

Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Indian Airlines has issued invitations to tender to Airbus Industrie and Boeing in a move towards a long-awaited fleet renewal programme. Tender documents were issued to the manufacturers [...]