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Boeing completes South Carolina 787 interior fitting site selection
Boeing has completed site selection for its South Carolina 787 interior parts fabrication facility. The facility will be located roughly 16km (10 miles)... [Read more]
Boeing outsizes rivals in bid to replace HH-60
Boeing has submitted data on the CH-47 and V-22 to the US Air Force as potential replacements for the HH-60G Pave Hawk fleet of combat search and rescue... [Read more]
China establishes aviation industry fund
China has established its first aviation industry fund, providing a major boost for local aircraft manufacturers trying to market aircraft to Chinese carriers. China... [Read more]
Replacement demand and low-cost carriers drive Boeing’s higher 20-year delivery outlook
Boeing attributes the 6.6% rise in its long-term airliner delivery outlook to three key factors, having reversed last year's forecast reduction after under-estimating... [Read more]
Airbus and Boeing see orders rise, output fall during first half of 2010
The "big two" have enjoyed a much-improved sales performance during the first six months, as the momentum that Airbus and Boeing picked up in the second half of 2009 carried on into 2010. [Read more]
ATK seeks to harm Raytheon in new anti-radar missile bid
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has submitted a bid to upgrade a worrisome control unit on the AGM-88 high-speed anti-radiation missile (HARM), challenging a rival... [Read more]
Lufthansa takes second A380, while 747s ply short-haul
German flag-carrier Lufthansa has taken delivery of its second Airbus A380 as it prepares to transfer some of its Boeing 747-400s temporarily to domestic trunk services. [Read more]
Destroy to protect
Early-summer haze hangs over a little-known airfield in the English midlands. In the midday stillness a small gathering waits, gazes and fixes lenses intently on a white Boeing 747 about 400m (1,300ft) away across the grass. Suddenly, the aircraft shudders and, just as the soundwave from the destructive explosion reaches the crowd, the massive fuselage bursts open, ejecting debris, then crumples and sags. Silence falls as the dust descends around the broken hull. The surreal aura is enhanced when a scientist declares the experiment a success. It is the climax of a research programme to enable aircraft to survive terrorist bombs, and this scene of devastation is, he says, what his research team had been expecting. Meanwhile, there is a car parked near the airfield gathering, and stickers in its windows pronounce: "Lockerbie. Let the truth be known." If technology tested on that May day had been applied to the Pan American Boeing 747 blown up by a terrorist bomb over L [Read more]
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