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France’s beleaguered President Jacques Chirac opened the 46th Paris Air Show here at Le Bourget yesterday.

International Aero Engines (IAE) is talking with Airbus and Boeing about a prospective powerplant for a next-generation 150-seat airliner to follow on from

Avions de Transport Regional yesterday landed the first pair of three orders it plans to announce this week at the show, when Finnish regional airline Finn

Sweden’s Ericsson yesterday launched an airborne GSM base station intended to enable passengers to use their cellphones on board aircraft.

Gulfstream officials yesterday got a chuckle out of claims by rival Bombardier that the Canadian manufacturer’s Global 5000 business jet beat their own Sav

The dream of solar-powered, long-distance flight is taking shape.

Boeing does not yet know what size its 787-9 will be.

Bloodied and bruised by the U.S.

A huge commitment for Airbus A350s and Boeing 777s by Qatar Airways took top billing yesterday here in Paris.

European Commission vice president Jacques Barrot and Eurocontrol director general Victor Aguado came to the show yesterday to announce the go-ahead for a

Gulfstream Aerospace President Bryan Moss made his company’s position on supersonic business jets clear at a Paris press conference yesterday when he said,

Jeppesen and Arinc yesterday announced an alliance that will integrate “best of class” EFB components from each company’s portfolios to produce what offici

Bombardier Aerospace announced yesterday that Exeter, UK-based FlyBe has converted four options on the Bombardier Q400 turboprop airliners to firm orders.

Korean Air has ordered $300 million worth of GP7200s from the Engine Alliance to power its Airbus A380s.

Here at the Paris Air Show yesterday, Stork and Northrop Grumman signed a framework contract worth $150 million for Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fight

Grob is developing a new high-altitude long-endurance aircraft based on the new SPn Utility Jet.

Major helicopter manufacturers here in Paris are eagerly awaiting the expected release next month of a U.S.

Piaggio Aero Industries yesterday sold a Piaggio P.180 Avanti II to an undisclosed French customer.

The Nordam Group and 3M’s Aerospace and Aircraft Maintenance Division announced they will begin collaborating on projects to serve customers around the wor

Qinetiq (Hall 2B in the UK Pavilion, Stand J13/4) announced it had received a contract from Belgian space systems company Verheart to build a solar-powered

During a press conference here at the Paris Air show on Tuesday, MiG announced it has been selected by the Slovak Air Force to upgrade its MiG-29s.

Selected by Grob to design and engineer the cabins for both the new SPn Utility Jet and the G-160 Ranger, Germany’s Rücker Aerospace could draw on the expe

The maxim that attack is the best form of defense implies that the two modes are effectively two sides of the same combat coin.

The Pilatus Porter never won any beauty contests and may look as if a committee designed it.

Qinetiq is here at the Paris Air Show with a new sunscreen for heat-sensitive aircraft.

Xi’an Aircraft Industry is showing a model here at Le Bourget of a proposed cargo version of its MA60 regional turboprop.

Bombardier is redoubling efforts to improve customer service through a series of initiatives designed to address customer complaints.

The largest multinational industrial consortium yet assembled for a defense program will gather this morning to brief on progress on the e4-billion-plus Al

Everything is going very well with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900, which has logged more than 400 engine hours aboard the Airbus A380 since the very large airli

Orders for as many as 250 new General Electric (GE) GEnx engines are expected here at the Paris Air Show this week as the Boeing 787 program gathers pace a