Aircraft
AUVSI: Northrop reveals two new UAV concepts
The revelation of two all-new aircraft concepts from Northrop Grumman show that the manufacturer is planning an aggressive new push to expand deeper into. [Read more]
Gulf Air in talks with Airbus/Boeing about widebody orders
Gulf Air is negotiating with Airbus and Boeing about its widebody aircraft orders. [Read more]
This Week briefing
Taipei's Taoyuan International airport is reviewing air traffic control procedures and has suspended several controllers after a 15 July runway incursion in which miscommunication between the pilot of an Antonov Airlines An-124 freighter and controllers resulted in the aircraft entering the runway while a Singapore Airlines Airbus A330 was taking off. [Read more]
Kazakhstan to build crop-duster replacements for An-2
Kazakhstan is to set up a production plant to produce the new Farmer 2 and Farmer 500 multirole utility aircraft, designed as replacements for the ageing. [Read more]
Business briefs
United Aircraft's AeroKompozit subsidiary has signed an investment agreement with Tatarstan authorities to manufacture composite structures for the Irkut MS-21 and Sukhoi Superjet 100 at the KAPO plant in Kazan. [Read more]
Selex Galileo Gabbiano radar proves operational capabilities
Selex Galileo has completed a new set of flight trials of the T20 30W version of its Gabbiano X-band sea and littoral surveillance radars with mechanical scanning antenna. [Read more]
Saudi pilot killed as Eurofighter crashes in Spain
A Eurofighter aircraft has crashed at Spain's Morón air base with one fatality, the Spanish ministry of defence has confirmed. [Read more]
Henan Airlines aircraft reportedly crashes in northern China
Preliminary reports indicate that a passenger aircraft has crashed in northeastern China. The reports, from the official Chinese news agency, state. [Read more]
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