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Bombardier is forecasting continued growth for the business aviation industry over the next half-decade and is positioning itself to take advantage of the

The Thales Formation Systems Trainer (TFST) being demonstrated here by the French group’s UK-based Thales Training & Simulation division (Hall 3 Stand C5)

Taipei’s Mandarin Airlines is to lease three Embraer Model 190 and five Model 195 regional jets from GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS).

Lockheed Martin UK awarded Thales UK an “intention to proceed” contract to upgrade the acoustics system of in-service EH101 Merlin HM Mk1 helicopters opera

Israel’s Plasan Sasa, a supplier of ballistic armor products, has been awarded a contract as a subcontractor for Permali Gloucester, the Royal Air Force’s

Visualization specialist Barco (Belgian Aerospace, Hall 1, Stand A13 and A14), has moved assembly of its 2,000- by 2,000-pixel air traffic control main dis

Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Elta Systems division has unveiled what it describes as a new generation of airborne radar warning receivers.

The UK aerospace industry has had a “phenomenal year” according to Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) president Chris Geoghegan.

Pratt & Whitney WSK PZL-Rzészow has inaugurated a new facility at Rzészow, Poland to assemble and test F100-PW-229 engines powering the country’s 48 F-16 f

Snecma Services (Hall 4 Stand B12) has won an engine maintenance, repair and overhaul contract from Nouvelair, a Tunisian leisure operator.

Thales UK, part of the Thales Group (Hall 3 Stand C5; Hall 4 Stand C16c), delivered a rear crew synthetic trainer (RCST) to the Sea King Mk 3/3A helicopter

AgustaWestland (Outside OE2) here announced that the Mexican government has ordered five A119 Koala single-turbine and three A109S Grand twin-turbine helic

Honeywell has signed several major long-term support contracts with JetBlue and US Airways.

Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems UK has become the first major tenant at the new West Wales UAV Centre (WWUAVC) at the ParcAberporth technology park.

Sikorsky Aircraft yesterday announced plans to develop two new versions of its H-60 Black Hawk aimed at sales outside the U.S.: the International Black Haw

Martinair has become the first European airline to sign up for Pratt & Whitney’s innovative EcoPower engine washing system.

Singapore Technologies Aerospace subsidiary STA Systems is to provide Hamilton Sundstrand spares to Airbus A300/A310 and A320, Boeing 737, 747, 757, 767, 7

PZL-Swidnik’s W-3A Sokol helicopter received its type certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) last month.

Nordam is to obtain Middle River Aircraft Systems’s General Electric CF6 thrust-reverser maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business.

Boeing subsidiary Alteon Training has extended its agreement with Thales UK with a $30 million deal to buy three more Boeing 787 training suites, comprisin

Lufthansa Technik has won contracts worth more than $100 million to provide total component support (TCS) and total engine support (TES) for the six Boeing

Rolls-Royce has released its 20-year forecast for the aero-engine business with predictions of up to $600 billion-worth of sales during the period.

Vector Flying Training Services, a joint company founded by Bombardier, KBR and URS to compete for a UK military training contract, has named Sir Malcolm P

Citic Offshore Helicopter Co.

Two Mediterranean airlines have selected cockpit and cabin avionics from Rockwell Collins, the avionics maker announced Monday.

PZL-Swidnik last month handed over the 500th airframe–an AW139–it has produced for AgustaWestland.

Hamilton Sundstrand (Hall 4 Stand F13) has inked a 10-year agreement with ATA Airlines to support its components fitted to the airline’s fleet of Boeing 73

For operators of older bizliners with a maximum payload of 7,500 pounds or more, spring will bring more than warm temperatures and budding trees.

Bringing new meaning to the old line–“If you have to ask the price, you can’t afford it”–the TAG Group of Switzerland and Gianni Versace of Italy just thre

Embraer yesterday announced that it sold its first Phenom business jets in the Middle East as part of a three-aircraft deal with Kuwaiti VIP charter operat