BROMONT, QC – GE Canada announced today that its GE Aviation business is planning to invest $63.5 million dollars over the next six years to diversify its product line at the GE Aviation manufacturing plant in Bromont, Quebec.

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EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing announced today that all test requirements were successfully met during the 787 Dreamliner’s ultimate load wing and fuselage bending test. This follows a thorough analysis of the results from a test on the 787 static test airframe.

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FORT WORTH, Texas – The first mission systems-equipped Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter flew for the first time today, ushering in what will be the most powerful and comprehensive sensor package ever to fly in a fighter.

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OTTAWA — Canada’s Transport Minister John Baird today announced that effective Thursday, April 8, airline passengers who are traveling to the United States from Canada will be permitted to bring two carry-on bags and personal items.

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ITASCA, Ill. – Aircell, the world’s leading provider of airborne communications, has introduced the Gogo Monthly Subscription, a new pricing option that can be used across the entire fleet of more than 800 Gogo equipped aircraft.

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EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing today announced that it has completed the first maintenance training class for the 787 Dreamliner. The class consisted of 10 mechanics from 787 launch customer All Nippon Airways and two regulators from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau.

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EDWARDS, Calif. – A team led by NASA and The Boeing Company has completed the first phase of flight tests on the subscale X-48B blended wing body aircraft at the agency’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif.

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WASHINGTON, DC – A chartered business jet crashed at a South Carolina airport 18 months ago because of the operator’s inadequate maintenance of the airplane’s tires and the decision by the captain to attempt a high-speed rejected takeoff, which went against standard operating procedures and training, the NTSB determined today.

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SAINT-CLOUD, France – On March 24, Dassault Falcon delivered the first Falcon business jet (Falcon 7X, s/n 85) with Honeywell’s new MCS 7120 Swift Broadband Communications Gateway.

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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – Boeing took another visible step toward full 787 Dreamliner production Monday by placing the first steel column for its Charleston 787 Final Assembly and Delivery facility.

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