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MDA completes ‘first of a kind’ ICBM missile defence test
FTM-44 was arranged to show how Missile Defense Agency can use the USN Aegis Combat System (equipped with the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA) to intercept intercontinental threats
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PODCAST: US presidential transition, countering cyber risks and Surface Navy Symposium
Welcome to Episode 2 of the third series of The Weekly Defence Podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. Sign up to an early email alert ...
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IBCS programme passes Milestone C
Major air and missile defence capability for the US Army to move into LRIP.
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PREMIUM OPINION: Taiwan is piggy in the middle amidst Sino-US competition
A strategic 'Great Game' is going on between China and the US, with Taiwan unfortunately stuck in the middle and under pressure.
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PREMIUM: Hundreds of UK defence export applications held up over Saudi backlog
Despite the UK's Export Control Joint Unit attempting to clear a licence application backlog, hundreds have been held up.
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PREMIUM: Space Force sticks with Rocket Lab despite curse of unlucky 13
Space payloads usually cost tens or hundreds of millions of dollars and their loss can be a huge setback for their operators. Launcher reliability is ...
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Flybe to help travellers affected by the credit crunch
5th January 2009
Flybe customers affected by the economic downturn no longer need to worry about losing money when cancelling their flights. The regional airline's 'Book With Confidence' ...
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RP Aero Systems A330 door trainer for AirAsia Academy
5th January 2009
RP Aero Systems has been awarded a contract by Airbus to manufacture an A330 door trainer and slide for installation at the AirAsia Training Academy ...
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CES to highlight wireless world
5th January 2009
The march of wireless in consumer electronics is one of the top themes of this week’s CES International show in Las Vegas, where Inflight Online ...
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Inflight Canada tops 200 iCACHE installs
4th January 2009
Montreal-based Inflight Canada reports that it has just exceeded 200 implementations of its revolutionary iCACHE underfloor IFE installation scheme. iCACHE is designed to increase serviceability ...
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Lumexis set for US Airways trial installation
3rd January 2009
Installation of the potentially revolutionary Lumexis fibreoptic-based audio/video-on-demand system for a three-month in-service trial on an US Airways Airbus A320 is due to begin on ...
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WIMAX WATCH: Samsung handsets to pair WiMAX and LTE
2nd January 2009
Mobile phone giant Samsung continues to throw itself behind Mobile WiMAX, working to combine the long-range wireless technology with the ultra-broadband LTE (Long Term Evolution) ...
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TECHNOLOGY TRACKER: New handheld is fast and fully connected
1st January 2009
With ten days to go before Inflight Online attends the Consumer Electronics Show to look at the latest wireless Internet devices and their place in ...
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It?s a happy old year for Airbus and the A380
31st December 2008
Airbus squeezed in under the A380 delivery wire yesterday, handing over Emirates’ fourth aircraft to reach its target of 12 for the year overall. Thirteen ...
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Al Jaber poised for February launch
31st December 2008
Al Jaber Aviation has received a United Arab Emirates air operator’s licence and is set to launch operations following delivery of its first aircraft in ...
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Incheon Tiger Airways plans dropped
30th December 2008
Tiger Aviation has confirmed that, following consultations with Incheon Metropolitan City, plans for the establishment of Incheon Tiger Airways have been brought to a close. ...
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TRAVELLERS? TECHNOLOGY: Free WiFi comes to Heathrow coaches
29th December 2008
British bus operator FirstGroup has introduced free WiFi Internet access on the coaches it operates between Heathrow Airport and the high-tech town of Reading. The ...
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Alitalia selling off regional aircraft
28th December 2008
Alitalia Express's ATR 72s and Embraer ERJ-145s are set to be sold by the flag-carrier's administrator. The eight ATRs and 14 Embraers are among 46 ...
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Free Internet access on Delta: four days to Gogo
28th December 2008
Passengers travelling with Delta Air Lines in the USA have four days to look out for the “WiFi hotspot” decal applied to five of its ...
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Can connectivity come good in 2009?
27th December 2008
Impetus, critical mass, a workable business model - can the airline connectivity providers attain these long sought holy grails in the year to come? The ...
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Second Superjet 100 joins flight test programme
27th December 2008
The second of four Sukhoi Superjet 100 flying prototypes, SN95003, took to the skies on 24 December. The aircraft took off from the factory runway ...
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LiveTV ready to pick up MagnaStar baton
26th December 2008
US general-aviation operators are due for a New Year present in the form of a seamless handover of the MagnaStar terrestrial air-to-ground (ATG) passenger communications ...
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TECHNOLOGY TRACKER: Santa calls on S-band hopeful
25th December 2008
Solaris Mobile, a joint venture by terrestrial satcoms operators Eutelsat and SES Astra, has been granted preliminary approval to offer S-band satellite-delivered mobile TV services ...
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Cabin networks for all reasons
24th December 2008
Something’s stirring in the world of airline cabin networking. While industry leaders Panasonic and Thales are successfully marketing powerful Ethernet-based networks dedicated to inflight entertainment, ...
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CES: Intel to major on MIDs
23rd December 2008
Mobile Internet devices (MIDs) will be one of the main themes of the presence on processor giant Intel at next month’s Consumer Electronics Show in ...
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