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European private equity firm Bridgepoint has acquired Global Design Technologies from Stirling Square Capital Partners in a transaction worth $343 million.

U.S.-based TGV Rockets has completed test firings of a 30,000-pound-class throttleable rocket engine that uses JP-8 kerosene fuel.

Abu Dhabi Systems Integration, the United Arab Emirates joint venture of Selex Systemi Integrati (a Finmeccanica company), and Abu Dhabi Ship Building have

Open sharing of data between and among airworthiness authorities was top of the agenda at a Euro-U.S.

Some 40 of the 400 companies belonging to Farnborough Aerospace Consortium (FAC), a trade association providing support to 1,200 aerospace- and defense-rel

MBDA, the missile manufacturer owned by BAE Systems, EADS and Finmeccanica, has appointed Antoine Bouvier as its new chief executive.

As well as providing the avionics equipment for France’s high-profile Rafale program, Thales is active in the fighter upgrade business.

ITT, for many years a key player in the electronic warfare (EW) sector, continues to reinforce its position by continual developments.

 Aircraft leasing company General Electric Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) has converted options held on six GE90-110B1L-powered Boeing 777F carg

Despite a successful outing at the EBACE business aviation trade show a mere three weeks ago in Geneva, Cessna and other business jet makers view the Paris

The new Eurocopter AS 355 NP Ecureuil on display here at Le Bourget will shortly be delivered to the first customer, Scandinavian Helicopter Group.

After five years of hard work and great change, airlines expect a projected profit in 2007, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Some two months after announcing the relaunch of 19-seat Twin Otter production, Canada’s Viking Aerospace has begun cutting metal on the first unit at its

Embraer is here at Le Bourget exhibiting a 170/175 regional airliner, its super-midsize Legacy 600 executive jet and scale models of its new four-seat Phen

Sikorsky is readying its X2 compound helicopter demonstrator for first flight in late 2007 or early 2008, the U.S.

Turkey’s indigenous primary/basic trainer program now has a name–Huˇrkus¸.

Israel launched another reconnaissance satellite last week as military tensions increase in the Middle East.

CMC Electronics (Hall 3, Stand D7) is introducing a so-called “portable mission display” for military aircraft called TacView that will do for armed-forces

The retiring president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association of America, John Douglass, said modifying the U.S export control system could double

In the fighter aircraft business, there’s no substitute for combat experience, if you want to impress potential customers.

Since the appointment at the beginning of 2006 of Itzhak Nissan as president and CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the company’s finances have unde

In one of his first appearances as new chief executive of ATR, a somewhat hesitant Stéphane Mayer announced new orders from Berjana Airlines of Malaysia (f

Following two years of record orders for new jetliners, a principal consideration for the manufacturers is how best to manage assembly and provision of sup

Mixed results for Safran’s subsidiaries last year and an internal investigation into accounting irregularities last December that resulted in top executive

Regional turboprop maker ATR has picked CMC Electronics’ class-2 electronic flight bags (EFBs).

Pratt & Whitney has installed the first JT8D-200 series QuietEagle noise reduction system on a VIP McDonnell Douglas MD-87.

Tame Línea Aérea del Ecuador has converted two options on Embraer 190 regional jets into firm orders, Embraer announced here at the Paris Air Show.

AirCell’s Axxess satellite communications system has gained European certification aboard a Cessna Citation 650.

Boeing’s Alteon Training subsidiary has signed an agreement with Northwest Airlines (NWA) to provide flight training on seven aircraft types at the carrier

Nordam Group has elected Industry veteran Jonathan “Jack” Schofield to its board of directors.