September’s top news stories
Airbus unveiled plans for the safe and efficient integration of drones or autonomous aircraft into airspace, and ST Engineering's US subsidiary signed an agreement to buy General Electric’s nacelle manufacturing...
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August’s top news stories
Ducommun has secured an over $200m long term contract from an unnamed engine original equipment manufacturer to build nacelle components, and a team of Chinese researchers is developing a spacecraft...
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July’s top news stories
Air Lease (ALC) is to purchase up to 78 Boeing aircraft in a $9.6bn deal at current list prices, and Facebook is reportedly planning to launch a satellite into space...
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June’s top news stories
FedEx Express has placed an order with Boeing to purchase 24 freighter aircraft worth $6.6bn at list prices, and researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has upgraded the...
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October’s top stories: Rockwell Collins to buy B/E Aerospace, Thales opens UK-based electric propulsion facility
Rockwell Collins signed a definitive agreement to acquire aircraft cabin interior manufacturer B/E Aerospace for $8.3bn and Thales Alenia Space opened a new facility that will manufacture electric propulsion systems...
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September’s top stories: ISRO launches eight satellites, UAE to implement new law for drones
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched eight satellites into space, and the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority is planning to enforce a new law to restrict the import and...
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August’s top stories: Airlander 10 crash-lands, FAA’s new commercial drone rules take effect
Airlander 10 has crash-landed at the end of its second test flight and the US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) new small drone regulation becomes effective and ISRO is planning to...
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July’s top stories: Virgin Atlantic’s $4.4bn order, EPA findings on aircraft emission
Virgin Atlantic Airways finalised a $4.4bn deal with Airbus to buy 12 A350-1000 aircraft, and US' EPA confirmed a final endangerment and contribution findings that reveal carbon emissions from certain...
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June’s top stories: Québec-Bombardier deal, FAA releases drones rules
Canada's Québec Government entered an agreement with Bombardier to make a previously announced $1bn investment in the C Series aircraft, and FAA released the first operational rules for routine commercial...
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May’s top stories: China Eastern orders 20 Airbus, TransDigm Group to buy ILC Holdings
China Eastern ordered 20 Airbus A350 XWB and TransDigm Group agreed to buy ILC Holdings for $1bn. Aerospace-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from May 2016.
