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Changes Abound for Jet Aviation

Jet Aviation comes to the Paris Air Show complete with a newly appointed CEO, Peter Edwards (former president of Bombardier Business Aircraft); a new North

Greece and Irkut Sign MOU on Be-200

Hellenic Aerospace Industry and Irkut have signed a memo of understanding paving the way for future cooperation in the event that Greece buys the Beriev Be

SBAC is here to outline UK aerospace successes

The UK aerospace industry is well represented at Paris once more, and it continues to thrive as the second largest in the world after the U.S., directly em

727 blown-up in the name of security

The National Research Council of Canada Institute for Aerospace Research (Hall 3, C7, D7, D7B, E7 and E7B) has successfully completed a three-day controlle
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Small DGEN 380 engine completes first test phase

French-based startup company Price Induction, here on Stand A7 in Hall 3, on the eve of the show announced that its small engine, the DGEN 380, has complet
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Collins taps India for 300 comm gear engineers

Faced with a shortage of qualified engineers, U.S.
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Russia and Sweden agree on ground stations for ADS-B

After spending a decade studying automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technologies, Russia and Sweden have signed an accord to bring to their
Aircraft

EADS eager to enter the space tourism market

EADS Astrium’s plans to move into the space tourism market, revealed last week to a VIP audience and represented here by a full-scale mockup of a hybrid sp
Aircraft

Dassault picks Rolls-Royce to power new bizjet

Rolls-Royce is the surprise winner of the all-out competition to power Dassault’s projected super-midsize business jet, securing the UK company’s long-term

Troubled BAE Systems fends off charges with outside investigation

As the Paris Air Show opens, UK-based BAE Systems, amidst ongoing allegations of corruption regarding its dealings with Saudi Arabia, has taken steps to op

Bell/Agusta BA 609 Tiltrotor is demonstrating its prowess

The BA 609 Tiltrotor is making its flying debut here at Le Bourget.
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Airbus struggles to right itself

The next 30 days or so will be critical to the future of Airbus and its EADS parent company as top executives struggle to push through the core elements of
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Irkut sends first two Flankers to Malaysia

The Irkut aviation plant on Sunday delivered the first two Su-30MKM multirole fighters to Malaysia, where they will be reassembled.
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Airbus offers frax ownership of A400M airlifter to NATO

Airbus Military is offering to supply some A400M tactical airlifters to NATO on a “fractional ownership” basis.

Turbomeca pockets three support-by-the-hour pacts

Here at the Paris Air Show, helicopter engine manufacturer Turbomeca announced three contracts for its support-by-the-hour (SBH) scheme.Austral

Esterline buys into integration

Esterline Corporation’s $335 million acquisition of Canada’s CMC Aerospace three months ago has in no small part played a role in the company’s record stoc
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French Tigers to get Hellfire II

France is buying the Lockheed Martin Hellfire II missile system to give its 40 Tiger HAD (Hélicoptère d’Appui Destruction) helicopters a versatile precisio
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EADS elbows into tanker fray

EADS Military Transport Aircraft (MTA) has set its sights on half of the aerial-refueling-tanker market estimated at 600 aircraft for 30 countries over the
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Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace is a treasure chest of aerial jewels

For many, the name Le Bourget is forever linked to one event, celebrating its 80th anniversary this year.
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Embraer studies medium-size military airlifter

Embraer, the world’s fourth-ranking aircraft maker, which started largely as a defense company, is seeking to enhance its defense business by studying the
Aircraft

JCA win boosts C-27J team’s fortunes

The L-3 Communications Integrated Systems-led C-27J team, including partners Alenia Aeronautica, GMAS (a joint L-3/Alenia company) and Boeing Integrated De
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Iridium expanding services to compete with Inmarsat

Satellite communications provider Iridium is inching closer to obtaining ICAO and FAA approvals permitting airlines use of its service for transmitting saf

30th Anniversary: TAG and Bombardier celebrate their partnership

In a world where many marriages barely last a year and political alliances often don’t survive the night, a successful business relationship of 30 years is

CRM runs biofuel engine

In a nod to increasing concerns about the environmental impact of aircraft, CFM International has successfully tested one of its engines fueled by a mix of

CAE logs $45M in sim orders

Canadian simulator maker CAE notched sales of three of the company’s 7000 Series full-flight simulators in deals valued at around $45 million.
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Boeing: one engine will cut costs on new 747-8

A 16-percent operating cost improvement sounds like a formidable hurdle for any aircraft program, but even more so for one at its outset seen as a low-risk