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Monday 05 August 2024

Aerospace Digest

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Opinion: The 40,000-Lb. Question Facing Aircraft Development

Richard Aboulafia

Will engine-makers be enticed to try to meet requirements for the two new notional civil and military aircraft that need an engine that does not yet exist? Read more.

Boeing Studies Growlerizing The F-15EX

Steve Trimble

Boeing officials think the successor of the Boeing EA-18G Growler could be the F-15EX Eagle II.

Bell Expected To Find New FLRAA Fuselage Supplier After Boeing's Spirit Takeover

Brian Everstine

Bell is expected to look elsewhere for aerostructures work on its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft for the U.S. Army.

British Airways Switches To GEnx For Six Boeing 787s

Jens Flottau, Christine Boynton

British Airways has selected GE Aerospace's GEnx-1B for six incoming Boeing 787s, rather than its current engine partner on the widebody, Rolls-Royce.

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Embraer Introduces Automatic Takeoffs For E2 Family

Jens Flottau

Embraer is introducing an automatic takeoff function onto its E2 family of passenger jets, leading to much-enhanced range capabilities from short runways.

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Ex-Danish F-16s Transferred To Ukraine

Tony Osborne

Several aircraft from a batch delivered at the end of July were on display at an event and in online imagery marking Ukraine’s Air Force Day on Aug. 4.

Senate Appropriators Push More C-130s, Fewer MQ-25s

Steve Trimble

The fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill passed by Senate appropriators proposes to acquire 255 new military aircraft, or 19 more than the Pentagon requested.