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Paris 2011: UTair To Buy 40 Boeing 737s
Boeing and Russia’s UTair announced an “agreement” yesterday calling for the purchase of 33 new 737-800s and seven 737-900ERs.
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Elop To Play MUSIC in Italy
As the culmination of a jointly funded cooperation program between Italian electronics house Elettronica and the Elop business of Elbit Systems, the Isra
Aircraft
Paris 2011: BAE Systems Tests ‘Brownout’ Landing Aid in U.S. Army Helicopter
One of the biggest dangers facing helicopter crews around the world, and in current operational theaters in particular, is “brownout.” Rotor downwash can
Paris 2011: MBDA Has India in Its Sights for Fire-and-forget Missile
MBDA Deutschland conducted three firing trials of its PARS 3 LR fire-and-forget precision missile in late April as part of its campaign to sell the weapo
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Boeing Releases Details on USAF KC-46 Aerial Tanker
Boeing finally released significant detail on the U.S.
Paris 2011: Buying Frenzy Here Could Set the Stage for Mergers
Aerospace firms have been doing a roaring trade here at the Paris Air Show, selling record volumes of aircraft, engines and all the associate
Maintenance and Modifications
NVision Offers Product Defect Analysis
NVision, manufacturer of a non-contact measurement and scanning systems, touts its products as valuable in identifying parts variances and settling legal d
Maintenance and Modifications
Russia, China Acquire $17M in Engine Test Equipment
Hudson, Mass.-based Test Devices has sold approximately $17 million worth of jet engine test equipment to Russia and China.
Maintenance and Modifications
NRC To Explore Future Cabin Environment Technology
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has launched an initiative called Aircraft Cabin Environment Technologies (ACET) to develop, apply and evalua
Maintenance and Modifications
Eurocopter Opens Logistics Center
Eurocopter has opened a new global logistics facility in Les Florides industrial park near its production plant in Marignane in the south of France.
Maintenance and Modifications
Lufthansa Technik Building Maintenance Hangar in Berlin
Lufthansa Technik has begun construction of a new maintenance hangar at the future Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER).
Paris 2011: AFI KLM Launches Comprehensive, International Training Offering
Air France Industries KLM Engineering &
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Need for Interim Helmet for F-35 Pilots May Be Decided in August
The F-35 Joint Program Office is faced with making a decision on whether to procure an interim helmet/display to use with standard night-vision goggles.
Engines
Paris 2011: GTF Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan Consortium to be Formed
A consortium along the lines of International Aero Engines (IAE) will be created for the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbofans (GTF) later this year
Paris 2011: Marshall Bids To Fill UK Maritime Patrol Gap
Marshall Aerospace (Hall 2b
Paris 2011: Schiebel Camcopter Is Only UAV in the Paris Air Show Flying Display
Austria’s Schiebel (Hall 4 A40) is flying its Camcopter S-100 drone in the daily flying display here in Paris.
Paris 2011: Saab’s Gripen Demo Shows Off Upgrades and Modifications
The Saab Gripen Demo, a two-seat technology demonstrator, is one month into its latest phase of a trials campaign aimed at showing off technologies and mod
Paris 2011: Air France Industries KLM Awaiting Big Engine Test Cells
Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) is to set up a new $64 million engine test cell facility at Paris Roissy Charles de Ga
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Bombardier Inks Global 8000 Order with Charter Operator VistaJet
Bombardier Aerospace (Chalet A256) announced the sale of 10 of its new Global 8000 business aircraft to charter provider
Aircraft
Paris 2011: F-35 Will Be Affordable, Says USAF Program Officer
Predictions over escalating costs of the next-generation fighter will be proven wrong because of built-in reliability and maintainability aspects.
