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Robert W. Moorman
The mid-April decision by one union to drop plans to organize 2,400 eligible workers at Boeing’s North Charleston plant could be the best advertisement for attracting additional aerospace business to the State of South Carolina.
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Similar to other members of the 331 APU family, the HGT1700 is a single-shaft design with a single load compressor, dual engine compressors and three turbine stages
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UAC will expand its share of a global civil aircraft market that is highly competitive.
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The launch next year of PeruSat-1 – Peru's first Earth-observation satellite – is the first of a proposed family of spacecraft built on Airbus's AstroBus-S platform.

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It's already a record-breaking aircraft, but Airbus Defense and Space believes the latest iteration of its Zephyr UAV may be about to rewrite the future of air and space surveillance.

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Spirit AeroSystems has come a long way in its 10-year history, continuing a pattern of steady growth while meeting production rate increases of major customers, Boeing and Airbus.

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Yair Dubester, president and CEO of Uvision, told ShowNews that his company has dedicated its entire portfolio to loitering weapons. “We have developed a complete family of solutions, suited to a wide range of applications and scenarios.

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Sino-U.S. partnership promotes SL100 airliner-cum-large business jet in a double European debut.
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Embraer clinched firm orders for a total of 50 E-series models, plus 35 options, at the show on day 1.

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Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar al Baker used a press conference at the Paris Air Show to send a message to the CEO of Delta Air Lines after he signed firm contracts for 14 Boeing 777s.

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A roundup of orders and announcements at the Paris air show, courtesy of SpeedNews

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After developing and flying the systems for the U.S. military for years during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Textron is seeing export opportunities for its tactical UAVs take off.

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After years of trying to sell the space division of Avio SpA, private-equity investor Cinven Ltd. is preparing to unload a majority of its 81% stake in the company.

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Airbus is confident it no longer needs a large Airbus A330 order from China to be able to sustain the new rate of six per month, according to Executive Vice President Procurement Klaus Richter.

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Airbus is considering stretching the A380 as it slowly prepares a decision about the launch of the A380neo.

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Pratt & Whitney plans to fire up the first PW1900G geared turbofan for the Embraer E190-E2 at its West Palm Beach, Florida test site on June 15.

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By Fred George
Dassault Aviation’s 6,450-nm-range tri-jet flagship shows off its maneuverability during a flying display with project test pilots Eric Gérard and Hervé Laverne at the controls.
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The Bell Helicopter 525 simulation cabin for the 525, the world's first fly-by-wire commercial helicopter, is on display at the Paris air show.
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The U.S. aerospace industry sports a larger presence at this year’s Paris Air Show, although it is unlikely that any U.S. military aircraft will fly.

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UTC's board has decided to move forward with dropping Sikorsky from its portfolio.

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By Paul Jackson
Ukrainian manufacturer Antonov is expected to announce a new military freighter at the Paris Air Show this week – albeit one which is probably related to an existing and popular design.
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A trainer doesn’t have to be the fastest, biggest or stealthiest aircraft ever, just predictable, reliable and economical. Air forces nevertheless have a long history of getting trainer programs wrong.

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By John Morris
GE Aviation has built seven new factories in the last seven years, and is contemplating an eighth as it heads toward record production of the CFM56 next year.
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By Angus Batey
The rivalry between Airbus and Boeing slipped the surly bonds of Earth in March when the American company launched its first two all-electric satellites.
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The manufacturer is also working to improve the aircraft’s operational capability.

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