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The Next Big Buy: Air India?

Open Skies Agreement In Hand, Flag Carrier Is Shopping

What do you do after your very big democracy negotiates an open skies agreement with the world's OTHER very big democracy? Why, you go shopping, of course!

Protecting Against SAMs May Be Cost-Prohibitive

Rand Study Suggests Rounding Up Weapons May Be Better Bargain

To hear the Rand Corporation tell it, trying to develop an anti-missile system for commercial aircraft should take a back seat to trying to get those ubiquitous missiles off the market altogether.

ATA: Counter MANPADS Deployment

Industry Calls For Systematic Approach To Evaluating Threat Risk

The Air Transport Association and its member airlines believe that the threat of terrorism, particularly aviation terrorism, can best be defeated by close cooperation between government and industry. Such cooperation should focus primarily on the rigorous application of systematic risk management techniques. This approach permits risks to be assessed and prioritized, and available resources are deployed accordingly through a layered systems approach to security. This pragmatic approach offers the best course for the United States.

Northrop To Test Fly Airline Missile Defense

Two Aircraft To Be Equipped With Guardian

Northrop Grumman Wednesday announced it will install and flight test its commercial aircraft protection system on a Boeing 747 and MD-11 this year.

Air Sahara Inks Avionics Agreement With Rockwell Collins

To Be Installed On B-737s

Air Sahara, a private airline in India, has picked Rockwell Collins to provide avionics for three Boeing 737NG aircraft with deliveries scheduled to begin this year.

AD: Rolls Royce

AD NUMBER: 2004-26-10 MANUFACTURER: Rolls Royce (CORRECTION) SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-26-10 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for certain RRD Tay 611-8, Tay 620-15, Tay 620-15/20, Tay 650-15, Tay 650-15/10, and Tay 651-54 turbofan engines with ice-impact panels installed in the low pressure (LP) compressor case.