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US claims win in subsidies row
/The US and Boeing have claimed victory in its battle over subsidies given by European governments to Airbus after the WTO handed down its final ruling on the long running dispute. Boeing issued a statement on March 23 lauding the decision as “good news” for the US aerospace industry, while also attacking its rival. “Government
Read more787 wing load test set for March 28
Boeing has nominated March 28 as the date for it to conduct ultimate load testing on the 787’s wing, which will see it flexed to 150 per cent of its load limit. The test will be conducted on the company’s static test airframe ZY997, and will see the load gradually brought up to 150 per
Read moreFirst Super Hornets to arrive Friday
The RAAF’s first five of 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets are due to arrive at Amberley on Friday March 26 after their trans-Pacific delivery flight. The jets, A44-202 to -206, are being flown from NAS Lemoore near Fresno in California via Hawaii, Samoa and New Zealand by crews from 1SQN, and are being accompanied by an
Read moreGAO predicts more trouble for JSF program
The JSF program has been on the end of another scathing report, this time from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) which has been reviewing the program on an annual basis since 2005. The GAO’s latest report, submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on March 19, points out a number of cost increases
Read moreHawker Pacific delivers six Diamonds to UNSW
/Hawker Pacific has delivered six Diamond DA40 CS aircraft to UNSW Aviation, fulfilling most of an order placed earlier this year. The four seat, single engine DA40 CSs are equipped with a Garmin G1000 avionics suite and powered by a Lycoming IO-360-M1A avgas engine. A twin engine DA42 L360 will also be delivered to UNSW
Read moreSuccessful test for JSOW-C1
The US Navy completed the first captive carriage test of the AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 on an F/A-18F Super Hornet NAS China Lake on March 4. The JSOW C-1 combines the proven GPS guided JSOW glide weapon with a new datalink allowing updated targeting information to be relayed to the weapon in flight
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