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• Qinetiq’s Zephyr Solar Powered Unmanned Aircraft Soars To New World Records

  

  QinetiQ successfully landed Zephyr, its solar powered high-altitude long endurance (HALE) Unmanned Air System (UAS) after 14 days (336 hours) and 21 minutes flying over Arizona, and is now awaiting official confirmation of its world record status.

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• Goodrich, Lockheed Martin, and Fokker to Develop F-35 Composite Landing Gear

  

  Goodrich Corporation signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to design and develop polymer matrix composite (PMC) landing gear drag braces for the F-35 Lightning II.

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• Airbus Concept Plane Offers Glimpse into the Future of Flight

  

  Air passengers gained a glimpse into the future of flight as aircraft manufacturer Airbus unveiled its Concept Plane at the Farnborough International Airshow.

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• Boeing 787 Dreamliner Makes International Debut

  

  The Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its international debut in support of the Farnborough International Airshow.

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• Goodrich Begins Qualification Testing of C-130 Carbon Brakes

  

  Goodrich has begun qualification activities for the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the service's C-130 transport fleet with new boltless wheels and carbon brakes.

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• Alafco Opts for the A350-900

  Alafco, the Kuwait-based international Aviation Lease and Finance Company, has converted its existing firm order for 12 Airbus A350-800s placed in 2007, into the higher capacity A350 -900 model.

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• Alcan Global Aerospace launches Airware

  Alcan Global Aerospace, Transportation and Industry (Alcan Global ATI), has launched Airware high-performance low density aluminium alloys for aircraft primary structures, in response to the recent increased use of carbon fibre.

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• VSS Enterprise Makes First Crewed Flight

  

  15th July was a significant milestone for Scaled Composites as the team march towards the first solo flights of VSS Enterprise (SpaceShipTwo).

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• ATK Delivers First Shipments of Composite Components for A350 XWB

  Alliant Techsystems ( ATK) has shipped the first deliverables on the A350 XWB (Xtra Wide Body) program, including stringers for three different sections of the aircraft fuselage.

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• Pultruded SuperStructural Profiles to Support Solar Panels

  

  Creative Pultrusions has worked closely with Flexera and Imco Reinforced Plastics to produce a pultruded structure to support solar panels on the roof of the Go fish Restaurant located in downtown Rehoboth, Delaware.

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