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Guizhou orders 17 Embrear E190 jets
Embraer announced today at the 51st International Paris Air Show that it has concluded an agreement for 17 E190s with Colorful Guizhou Airlines, the first locally-owned airline in China’s Guizhou...
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Comac-Fokker to develop business jet variant of ARJ21 regional jet
Fokker has entered into a contract with Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd, COMAC, to convert the ARJ21-700 regional jet into a high end business jet.Last year COMAC announced the first...
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Predator B Completes Critical Design Review
General Atomics today announced that it reached a significant milestone in its Independent Research and Development (IRAD) program to design, develop, and produce a variant of the Predator® B RPA to be...
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GKN sign RRSP for PW1400G engine
GKN Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney have agreed a risk and revenue sharing partnership (RRSP) for the PurePower® PW1400G-JM engine, which will power the Russian Irkut MC-21 mid-range, single aisle...
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Spirit Aerosystem begin major assembly of Bell V-280 tiltrotor
Spirit Aerosystems has begun major fuselage assembly of the first Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor helicopter.The delivery of the first V-280 fuselage to the Bell Helicopter facility in Amarillo, Texas, is...
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Hammer missiles to equip Egyptian Rafale fighters
Sagem (Safran) has signed a major contract with the arms authority of the Egyptian Ministry of Defense for AASM Hammer air-to-ground missiles, to arm the 24 Dassault Rafale fighters acquired by...
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WestJet orders six Bombardier Q400 turboprop airliners
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that Calgary-based WestJet Encore Ltd. has signed a firm order for five Q400 aircraft. The airline also signed a firm order for one Q400 aircraft in March...
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CFM LEAP continue developmental milestones
The pace of the LEAP engine development is accelerating as CFM International continues to successfully check off major development milestones as the program moves toward entry into service in 2016. The...
View ArticleSagem unveil SkyNaute inertial navigation system
At the 2015 Paris Air Show, Sagem (Safran) is unveiling SkyNaute, a new-generation family of inertial navigation systems for all types of aircraft: mainline and regional jets, business aircraft,...
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Airbus A350 update from Paris Air Show
The world’s most modern commercial jetliner – the A350 XWB – kicked off the 2015 International Paris Air Show in style – “wowing” crowds at Le Bourget Airport just as it is impressing a growing number...
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Airbus Helicopters launch new X6 heavy lift helicopter program
Airbus Helicopters announced a new heavy-lift rotorcraft program designated the X6, at the Paris Air Show.The concept phase start-up for the new European helicopter, initiated a two-year definition...
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Image: Airbus Helicopters H160 complete maiden flight
Three months after its introduction to the public at the Heli-Expo air show in Orlando, Florida, and following its first ground run on May 28, the H160 has now successfully performed its first flight....
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The most advanced medium lift helicopter, the Airbus Helicopters H160 completed its maiden flight on June 14, from Bordeaux's Merignac airport in France.The all composite 5.5 to 6 ton class helicopter...
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F-16 airframe simulate 25,000 flight hours
Lockheed Martin recently completed 25,000 hours of simulated flight time on an F-16C Block 50 aircraft, demonstrating the safety and durability of the F-16 well beyond the aircraft’s original design...
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Sikorsky complete S-92 delivery to Bristow
Sikorsky has fulfilled its contract to deliver seven S-92®helicopters to Bristow Helicopters Ltd. for UK Search and Rescue.There are now 11 S-92 helicopters available for use by the Maritime and...
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Mahindra Aerospace awarded airbus component production contract
Mahindra Aerospace Airvan 10 utility aircraftIndian Mahindra Group subsidiary, Mahindra Aerospace has been awarded a large aero-components production contract by Airbus Group company, Premium AEROTEC...
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Boeing 737 MAX roll out by year end
Boeing 737 MAX 8During a briefing at the Paris Air Show, Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner also provided a progress report on the three programs still in development -- the 737...
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MBDA unveil modular missile concept: FLEXIS
Europe’s leading missile and missile systems company- MBDA, unveiled its CVW102 FLEXIS, an innovative, fully modular missile architecture concept for 2035 and beyond, at the Paris Air Show.This is a...
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LHTEC’s CTS800 to power Turkish Light Utility Helicopter
The Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company (LHTEC), a 50-50 partnership between Honeywell and Rolls-Royce, has been selected by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) to provide propulsion engines for the...
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Pratt & Whitney begin PW1900G engine testing
Pratt & Whitney has completed assembly and is initiating testing of the first PurePower PW1900G test engine at its facility in East Hartford, Connecticut.The PW1900G engine, a derivative of the...
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