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    NASA's aircraft modifications make planes 70 percent quieter
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    The agency just completed a series of flights testing out new airframe components that could reduce the noise they generate when landing by more than 70 percent. That could mean quieter airports and happier communities surrounding them, and consequently fewer noise complaints to the FAA. (Engadget)
     
    #42     Jun 26, 2018
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    JetBlue Got Discount of Up to 72% on Airbus A220s, Moody's Says

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    Mary Schlangenstein
    July 13, 2018, 1:52 PM EDT
    • Sale was first since Airbus took over Bombardier C Series
    • Companies have declined to disclose aircraft purchase price
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    JetBlue Airways Corp. got a great deal on its latest aircraft purchase from Airbus SE, according to Moody’s Investors Service.
    The carrier will probably pay $1.4 billion to $1.7 billion for 60 Airbus A220-300 jets, or between $23 million and $28 million per plane, Moody’s analyst Jonathan Root said in a report Friday, citing estimates by appraisers and price breaks that are typical for large orders. That’s a discount of as much as 72 percent from the deal’s list value, he said.
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    “As with most campaigns, we believe the decision comes down to the lowest all-in cost, because the narrow-body aircraft manufactured by Airbus and Boeing have similar capabilities and operating costs for the majority of operators,” he said.
    The purchase, announced July 10, was the first since Airbus took control of Bombardier Inc.’s C series program and renamed the aircraft the A220. While significant discounts are typical for aircraft purchases, pricing details are closely guarded.
    JetBlue declined today to comment on any terms of the deal. Airbus doesn’t comment on confidential discussions with customers, a company spokesman said.
    Last year, before Airbus took over the program, Boeing Co. filed a trade complaint against Bombardier, alleging that the Canadian planemaker had sold the aircraft to Delta Air Lines Inc. at “absurdly low” prices. While the Commerce Department initially decided to impose duties of almost 300 percent on the plane, a U.S. trade panel blocked the tariffs.
    For Airbus, quickly building an order book for the A220 is a crucial challenge as the Toulouse, France-based company seeks to lower costs. To make the aircraft viable, the planemaker says it needs a “double-digit” reduction in costs in its supply chain and is in the process of negotiating with suppliers.
     
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    And even "more winning" on the eve of Farnborough.
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    Airbus Near Blockbuster $23 Billion Jet Sale to AirAsia

    By
    Benjamin D Katz
    July 14, 2018, 10:36 AM EDT
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    July 15, 2018, 9:29 PM EDT
    • Budget carrier AirAsia is said to weigh $23 billion jet order
    • Asian carriers are buying jets as economic growth fuels travel
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    Airbus SE is closing in on $29 billion of deals with Asian carriers that are expanding their fleet because of surging travel demand in the region, according to people familiar with the matter.
    The European manufacturer is working on a blockbuster agreement to sell $23 billion worth of aircraft to AirAsia Group Bhd., the continent’s biggest budget carrier, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private talks. Airbus is separately nearing an accord to sell wide-body jetliners valued at about $6 billion to Taiwanese startup StarLux Airlines, said a person familiar with the matter. The deals are based on list prices and discounts are customary for bulk orders.
    The orders are still subject to final negotiations, said the people. While no deal has been reached, the sides are close enough that at least part of the sale could be announced during the Farnborough Air Show outside London, the industry’s largest trade expo this year, the people said.
    The Malaysian airline, already the second-biggest customer for Airbus’s re-engined A320 narrowbody, is weighing an order for as many as 100 A321neo aircraft, according to people familiar with the discussions. AirAsia is simultaneously close to agreeing to order an additional 34 A330neo widebodies, which would bring its total backlog for that aircraft to 100.
    AirAsia shares jumped as much as 2.6 percent to the highest intraday level in almost two weeks in Kuala Lumpur trading.
    AirAsia Vs. IndiGo

    The purchase of the A321neos would catapult AirAsia ahead of India’s Interglobe Aviation Ltd. as the biggest customer for Airbus’s marquee narrowbody jet, extending the Malaysian carrier’s existing orders to 504 planes.
    Even more crucial for Airbus, a decision to take more of the larger A330neos would reaffirm AirAsia’s commitment to that widebody program amid heavy competition with Boeing Co.’s fast-selling 787 Dreamliner.
    The new planes would help Fernandes further his plan to build a pan-Asian budget airline. In India, he’s planning more domestic flights, while international operations are on the cards early next year. AirAsia Group also has a long-haul arm, AirAsia X Bhd., whose more than 20 destinations include Auckland, Tokyo, Sapporo, Chengdu, Shanghai, Melbourne and Honolulu.
    On StarLux, the talks cover 12 A350-1000 aircraft and five of the smaller A350-900s, said the person, who asked not to be named discussing a confidential negotiation. A final deal hasn’t been reached and a deal could still fall through, the person said.
    Farnborough Air Show

    The A350, Airbus’s most-successful new-generation wide-body, competes with Boeing’s rival 787 Dreamliner and the U.S. planemaker’s coming 777X. Flight Global reported in March that StarLux, founded by former Eva Airways Chairman Chang Kuo-wei, was in talks with both companies for up to 14 aircraft it could use to begin long-haul service to North America by 2021.
    Airbus, based in Toulouse, France, and AirAsia declined to comment. StarLux, based in Taipei, couldn’t be reached.
    Airbus and Boeing are poised to announce a slew of orders at the Farnborough air show, which starts Monday. While Airbus’s A330neo has proven less popular than the A350, sales activity is starting to pick up.
    That plane has a current backlog of 224 aircraft including 10 booked last month from an unidentified customer which is expected to be disclosed at the show as Indonesian discount carrier Lion Mentari Airlines PT.
    — With assistance by Julie Johnsson, Pooi Koon Chong, and Kyunghee Park
    (Updates with jump in AirAsia share price in fifth paragraph.)
     
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    As per Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg commercial passenger numbers grow by 6% to 7% a year and only 20% of the World's population have ever taken a single flight in their lifetime....
     
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    #46     Jul 30, 2018
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    Also as per Boeing CEO, Dennis A. Muilenburg there is a worldwide shortage of commercial jetliner pilots...
     
    #47     Jul 31, 2018
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    United tests lie-flat seats for longest U.S. routes
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    United Continental Holdings is experimenting with lie-flat seats for its fleet of Boeing 737 Max 10 jets, which the airline plans to fly on its longest domestic routes. United plans to use the Max 10, the biggest version of Boeing’s upgraded 737 aircraft, to expand its luxury cabin offerings on cross-country flights beyond Los Angeles, San Francisco and Newark, New Jersey. The single-aisle jetliner will serve as a replacement for the carrier’s aging 757 planes in the trans-continental market, where business travelers are willing to pay a premium to stretch out. (Spokesman-Review)
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    Boeing Win

    Boeing scored a $9.2 billion contract to build 351 new Air Force training jets. The company bid alongside Swedish partner Saab, beating out Lockheed Martin and Italy's Leonardo. Lockheed has however brought in another big contract: a $1.1 billion deal to provide transport jets for the German military. Fox Business
     
    #49     Sep 28, 2018
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    'We are going to fly [hypersonics] sooner and more often' than people expect, says No. 2 Pentagon official

    • The Pentagon official in charge of planning for America's future wars downplayed Russian and Chinese efforts to develop hypersonic arsenals, a weapon the U.S. is currently unable to defend against.
    • "We are going to fly sooner and more often than people have ever expected," Patrick Shanahan, deputy defense secretary, told reporters Wednesday.
    • A hypersonic weapon is a missile that travels at Mach 5 or higher, which is at least five times faster than the speed of sound. That means a hypersonic weapon can travel about one mile per second.
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    Concept art of a hypersonic weapon.

    WASHINGTON — Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan on Wednesday downplayed concerns about Russian and Chinese efforts to develop hypersonic arsenals.
    "We are going to fly sooner and more often than people have ever expected," Shanahan told a small group of reporters.
    "At the end of the day it's about putting things in the air," he said, adding that the U.S. approach to the development of hypersonics would be in alignment with future defense budget requests.
    "Part of what we are doing is figuring out how many do we need, how do we make this more modular, and how do we stand up the industrial base that goes along with this," said Shanahan, who is in charge of planning for America's future wars.
    "I think we are doing the hard, smart, heavy lifting, moving out on implementation, and we are planning to scale," he added, noting that the development of hypersonics would be a joint effort between the sister service branches.

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    Boeing unveils rendering of hypersonic jet that would fly from US to Japan in 3 hours 12:42 PM ET Wed, 27 June 2018 | 00:34


    A hypersonic weapon travels at Mach 5 or higher, which is at least five times faster than the speed of sound or about one mile per second.

    In March, Russian President Vladimir Putin debuted new nuclear and hypersonic weapons, which he described as "invincible" during a state of the nation address. The weapons included a nuclear-powered cruise missile, a nuclear-powered underwater drone and a new hypersonic missile.

    What's more, in August, China announced its first successful testing of a hypersonic aircraft, a feat the U.S. has yet to accomplish.

    "We are not the people who choose to weaponize space, but if we are challenged we will respond," Michael Griffin, the Pentagon's top engineer, said earlier this year at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama. "The Defense Department is today working on a means to defend our existing capabilities, and we will be working on methods to project our national power onto our adversaries."

    Griffin, a former NASA administrator, explained that Russia's and China's pursuit of hypersonics, a kind of weapon the U.S. currently cannot defend against, has prompted the Pentagon to accelerate its development of space-based systems.

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    Russia’s Ministry of Defense releases videos showing off new hypersonic weapons 5:44 PM ET Fri, 20 July 2018 | 00:52


    When asked about China's sprint to deploy this new breed of weapon, Griffin described Beijing's efforts as "much more thoughtful" compared with Moscow's developments.
    "The Chinese have been much more thoughtful in their systems development because they are developing long-range tactical precision-guided systems that will be really influential in a conventional fight," Griffin said. "The Chinese ability to hold our forward deployed assets at risk with very high speed and very hard to intercept precision-guided systems is something to which we have to respond," he added.
     
    #50     Oct 4, 2018
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