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Flight testing is very necessary in any aircraft production program, there are prototype airplanes that are designed specifically for flight testing to ensure everything on the aircraft is functioning and responding properly. For example, testing how much weight an airplane can take on board is a very important because most importantly people want to transport goods with them when traveling and knowing how much is safe is very important. Also maximum speed is another test that needs to be conducted to ensure that the airplane can reach its maximum speed without any risks.

Traveling in an aircraft is something that every person needs to experience. The great technological advancements and technology that allows people to fly thousands of miles in the air can truly make a first-timer feel either fearful or in awe.

The Raytheon AIM-9X is the primary weapon for the F-35. However, there is a bit of a setback with these new weapons. During the test flights with the new weapons, the F-35 pilots experienced increased turbulence. The needs for stronger wings to carry the AIM-9Xs were expressed and the existing wings were too weak to support the new dog-fighting weapon. Engineers have already developed a new outer wing that is tougher, but it must pass the flight test before the wings are officially manufactured.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has put its Vegetation and Environment Monitoring New Micro-Satellite currently known as (Venus) to undergo rigorous test for max efficiency. The developers of this latest micro satellite have been a dual job between IAI and the National Center for Space Studies, a French space agency.

Kazakhstan is planning to receive four Mi-35M combat helicopters in the next year. These Mi-35M helicopters will be bought by Kazakhstan from A Russian state owned Rostec subsidiary.

President-elect Donald Trump met with Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg to discuss the Air Force One replacement programme. Muilenburg expressed that Boeing plans to leverage commercial certification practices in order to drive down production costs which is a similar commercial practice Boeing applied in regards to the US Air Force’s KC-46 tanker programme. The KC-46 tanker programme’s cost was increased as a result of that promise. Frank Kendall revealed to Flight Global in his final speech as the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics that the government could get a lower price for Air Force One by lowering the requirements.

Airbus has announced that the company was able to secure 731 net orders for aircraft's in 2016 while delivering 688 aircraft's which is a net positive of 8% for the fiscal year. Boeing in comparison delivered 728 and logged only 668 net orders. Airbus Commercial Aircraft president and Airbus COO Fabrice Brégier expressed great pleasure while discussing his the company exceeding expectations on delivers and orders citing that he believe Airbus could also lead Boeing in deliveries. However Brégier believes that with Airbus having the biggest backlog that the deliveries will ultimately catch up. Brégier notes that the important takeaway from this achievement is that Airbus is growing and growing quickly. 650 aircraft's was the 2016 delivery target for Airbus initially however that increased to 670 as recently as November and with a healthy backlog of 6,874 aircraft valued at over a billion dollars list, Airbus is ending the year with a book-to-bill ratio of above one.

Lufthansa is the largest German airline and the largest airline in Europe. All in regards to the passengers size and flee size. It has over 197 international destination across Africa, Americas, Asia, and Europe. They have been around for a long time. they have been around since 1950s. they always try to be the best and to offer great service to their customers. They have expanded so much since they started in the early years and are always looking for opportunities to expand. They recently announced that they are thinking of the option to buy off Brussels airlines for 2.6 million euros which is around 2.7 million. If this happens and they take the 55 percent that is left of Brussels airline they are looking to grow a lot.

Airbus has become one of the most popular airplanes used worldwide because of the efficiency and top technological advances that are very likable by pilots and airlines around the world, such as the Airbus CC-150. Airbus has been a major competitor in aircraft sales, development and innovation. This popularity has belt up the reputation worldwide and top of all this popularity has reached the air forces around the world. Multiple air forces have favored airbus many times over other airplanes for their durability, reliability and advanced technological inventions. The latest update was that the Canadian air force has ordered 16 Airbus C295W, they want to utilize them in missions such as the search and rescue missions. Those airplanes will be modified as such for these purposes by Airbus Defense and Space and PAL Aerospace.

The Russian air force has used their newly upgraded Tu-95MSM bomber to forcefully attack and bombard Syrian Terrorist. Using the Kh-101 Conventional Cruise missiles that were equipped upon the Tu-95MSM the missile was released on November 17. Video footage has been released by the Russian Military they successfully destroy “strongholds” of their enemy.