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Exostar helps contractors to assure identity

Exostar has come to Paris to promote the new Certipath trusted identity assurance system, a so-called commercial bridge between defense and aeronautics fir

Parker reflects its customers’ diversity

Parker Aerospace companies are supplying a wide range of systems and components to airframes that range from the Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 airliners to th
Aircraft

Cimber Aviation adds ATR 72s to cargo conversion

Denmark’s Cimber Aviation Group has won a contract with Avions de Transport Regional to perform E Class cargo conversions for the ATR 72.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s a wind turbine blade

Aviation and the environment often appear to be in conflict, sometimes in unpredictable ways.

Michelin Gets 787 Tire Nod

Boeing has just chosen Michelin as the second source of aftermarket nose and main tires for the 787.
ATC

French To Brief GNSS/Loran C Users

The French ministries of transport and defense have planned a global navigation satellite system (GNSS)/Loran C user information day on July 1 in Paris.

Lord Rotor Damper Certified

An elastomeric main rotor damper developed by Lord Corp.

MEADS Signs $3.4 Billion Contractᘥ

MEADS International has signed a contract to design and develop the medium extended air defense system.  The contract, worth more than $3.4 billion, e
Engines

Rolls-Royce goal for 2020: cut engine noise, emissions

Rolls-Royce is now exploring future engine technologies that, although challenging, are key to the ambitious Advisory Council for Aerospace Research in Eur

Eight join Nadcap audit group firms

The Performance Review Institute (PRI), a not-for-profit organization that develops performance standards and administers quality assurance and accreditati
Airports

NBAA Agrees With SEC Disclosure Proposal

NBAA’s was one of more than 170 comments filed (mostly in support) to the Securities and Exchange Commission rulemaking proposal to require more detailed r
Charter & Fractional

Feds Charge Air Ambulance Operator

Roy Horridge, owner and operator of grounded Houston-based Air Ambulance by B&C Flight Management, and William Sexton, a former officer with the company an
Airports

Redeveloped Airport Named Houston Executive

Developers converting the former Air Rice Airport (78TX) near Katy, Texas, on Houston’s west side, to a business aviation facility now plan to call the air
Regulations and Government

Proposal Aims To Improve DFDR Information

The FAA is proposing to amend the digital flight data recorder (DFDR) regulations of Parts 121 and 135 to prohibit filtering of original parameter sensor s
Regulations and Government

DOT IG Responds to ATC Outages in California

In a November 7 response to a request by Sen.

BAE Systems radar can take the pulse of your engines

Two new developments from BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre promise to markedly enhance performance of aircraft through the innovative use of new-age

Big Boeings’ cargo systems by Goodrich

A follow-on contract to supply cargo systems for the Boeing 777, 767 and 747 that could be worth more than $390 million over the next seven years is one of
Regulations and Government

Imported Fruit and Vegetable Inspections Delayed

The effective date has been delayed to March 1 for the Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Aphis) interim rule that eli
Charter & Fractional

Skyjet’s globalization fuels block chartering

Bombardier claims to have had a positive response to the expansion of the Skyjet business jet block charging program across five continents.
Regulations and Government

New Passport Requirements Start in January

Beginning January 23 all U.S.

Snecma plus Sagem equals Safran

Snecma, the leading French aerospace engine and equipment-manufacturing group is no more.

Dassault group ready to quit Thales, citing no reason to stay

The Dassault group is set to sell its 5.7- percent share in Thales, the defense electronics group.
Aircraft

Rafales continue to bolster French services

With one carrier-borne squadron already operational, deliveries to the French air force well under way, an impressive range of weapons already qualified an
Regulations and Government

Brazilian ATC Chief Replaced

In the wake of the September 29 midair in Brazil between an Embraer Legacy 600 and a Gol Airlines 737 and the subsequent disruptions in ATC services that h

BA Gets Leaner in Wales

British Airways transferred its maintenance base to Wales’ Cardiff International Airport more than a decade ago when costs got too high at its London Heath
Engines

GE Gears Up for GP7200 Support

General Electric Aircraft Engine Services’ facility at Nantgarw in south Wales is preparing to overhaul and repair the Engine Alliance’s GP7200 powerplant
Regulations and Government

NATA Warns about Fuel Pump Requirement

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) warned its members of a new requirement imposed by the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries

Skills, value attract aerospace to Wales

In the aerospace world, the West is definitely looking east these days.