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INTERNATIONAL

VOLUME 187 NUMBER 5480 17-23 MARCH 2015

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17-23 MARCH 2015

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CHASING THE SUNSolar Impulse stresses ‘everyday technology’

behind its round-the-world adventure 18

SO LONG SIKORSKY UTC confirms helicopter division may be offloaded

after 86 years to ease shareholder pressure 7

FACE THE FUTUREEQUIPPING TO MEET THE NEW

GLOBAL THREATS UK DEFENCE P

PRODUCTIONKEEP ON

BOEINGThe push to sell 777s as successor waits in wings

AirTeamImages

COVER IMAGE

A shot of a Thai Airways

Boeing 777-300ER at Oslo

airport by AirTeamImages’

Jorgen Syversen illustrates

our news analysis on 777

production targets P

BEHIND THE HEADLINES

Operations and safety editor

David Learmount was with

Airbus in Toulouse to look at

emerging pilot technology,

like an eye-tracking headset

being used during research

by the Institut Supérieur de

l’Aéronautique et de

l’Espace P

NEXT WEEK CANADA

For our country special, we

visit Vancouver Island, where

Viking is taking the reborn

Twin Otter to new heights Rex Features, Solar Impulse

Viking Air

Trans Capital Air snaps up Air Greenland Dash 7s P12. Solar Impulse 2 raises clean energy awareness P

AgustaWestland

Japan receives first counter-mine MCH-101 P

COVER STORY

10 Boeing bids to keep 777 line rolling The new

777X model is selling well, but the challenge is

finding enough orders for current large widebody

to bridge production gap

FEATURES

24 UK DEFENCE Fresh fronts BAE Systems is

looking farther afield to ensure business is

sustainable – while not abandoning its sovereign

duty

28 Weighty matters Delivery by a Royal Air Force

A400M of an unidentified payload to support

forces in Cyprus marks an important milestone

after four turbulent months

30 Equipping for new threats The UK’s forthcoming

defence review must answer key questions about

assets

REGULARS

5 Comment

33 Straight & Level

34 Letters

36 Classified

39 Jobs

43 Working Week

NEWS

THIS WEEK

6 Saab bullish over Gripen prospects

7 UTC looks to spin off poor fit Sikorsky.

Udvar-Hazy angles for a bigger 757 replacement

8 UK studying future rotorcraft needs.

ISAE tests focus on pilot stress due to workload

9 Jakarta urged to up game on safety.

Second Flaris LAR-1 begins taxi tests

AIR TRANSPORT

11 Average dispatch reliability for 787 rises ‘above

98%’.

‘Braking difficulties’ contributed to MD-88 overrun

12 CFM set to make Leap to higher rates.

Dash 7s make way for Dash 8s at Air Greenland

13 CSeries past half-way mark as flight test targets

are hit.

Rockwell Collins maps out global tracking system

DEFENCE

14 Croatian display pilots will break formation for Qatar.

AW101 ready for counter-mine trials

15 USAF broadens horizons in hunt for JSTARS

successor.

Neuron heads for Italy as Dassault completes tests

17 RAAF tanker fleet set for boom time.

Singapore reveals Super Puma replacement plan

NEWS FOCUS

18 Solar Impulse 2: flight to energise the aviation

world

22 Lack of evidence clouds MH370 report

BUSINESS AVIATION

20 GE puts Passport in Kansas.

Big jets boost traffic for TAG Farnborough airport.

First Brazilian G280 ready for delivery

GENERAL AVIATION

21 Support offer was key to H175 order, says Bristow

chief.

US start-up takes radical approach for VTOL flyer

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