Today the fifth flight model of the prospective 5th — generation fighter aircraft (PAK-FA, T-50) arrived to the M.M.Gromov Flight Research Institute's airfield in Zhukovsky near Moscow. The flight of the aircraft was performed with three intermediate stopovers from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, production location of these aircraft at the Y.A.Gagarin (KnAAZ) aviation plant. The T-50-5 was piloted by the Distinguished test pilot of the Russian Federation, […]

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(Reuters) – Indonesia’s need for more and better airports is drawing strong interest from foreign transport and construction companies, hungry for a slice of the action in one of world’s the fastest growing markets for air travel. Next month, Indonesia is expected to ease regulations to allow foreign companies, like India’s GVK Power & Infrastructure […]

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The International Space Station celebrates its birthday today, 15 years after the first module was launched in 1998. The Space Station is the largest cooperative project ever carried out in science, involving NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, the Canadian Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. On 20 November 1998 a Russian Proton rocket lifted off […]

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Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced today a signed purchase agreement with the New South Wales Police Force for the first Bell 412EPI helicopter to be operated in Australia. Based in Sydney, Australia, the New South Wales Police will take delivery of the new aircraft in late 2014 where it will be used for […]

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BAE Systems, as part of an agreement to provide the flight control system and active side sticks for Embraer's KC-390 military transport aircraft, has finalized an industrial cooperation contract with the Brazilian Air Force. This is the first agreement of its type completed as part of the KC-390 program. “This agreement is designed to create […]

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Stéphane  Israël, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Pierluigi Pirrelli, Chief  Executive of ELV (European Launch Vehicle), signed an agreement today, during  the 31st French-Italian summit in Rome,  for Arianespace to order ten Vega launch vehicles from the Italian  manufacturer. These ten  Vega rockets will be ready for launch starting at the end of 2015, […]

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Biggest Dubai Airshow ever for Airbus Airbus won a total of 160 orders and commitments at the 13th Dubai Airshow worth US$44 billion, underlining the strong appeal of its widebody aircraft. The A380 and A350 XWB in particular,  were demonstrated to be spot-on with customer requirements and expectations. The order intake includes 142 firm orders […]

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