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Aero Vodochody L-159B is now a training system

Aero Vodochody is showing key elements of its L-159B Advanced Training System making their international debut here at the Farnborough air show (Hall

SBAC: UK aerospace sets record orders

The UK aerospace industry has had a “phenomenal year” according to Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) president Chris Geoghegan.
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Skylark mini UAV struts its stuff for potential sales

Launched from a 14,000-foot mountain top, Elbit’s Skylark mini UAV recently climbed to an altitude exceeding 15,000 feet before landing at a designated poi

Algeria buys Yak-130 for multiple use

Celebrating its first export order–to Algeria–the Yak-130 is displayed here at Farnborough International as a multirole advanced trainer that can also be e

ITT protects F-18s with EW jammer

The AN/ALQ-214(V)2 radar homing electronic warfare (EW) system, which ITT Industries developed for the Boeing F/A-18E/F fighter’s integrated defensive elec

Elbit’s wares span warfare spectrum

A full-range of military aerospace technologies and mission solutions are on offer from Elbit (Hall 1 Stand C17), the Israeli group that also owns 70 perce

Northrop expands its sensor markets

Northrop Grumman has arrived at FI 2006 with a quiver full of new contracts and program developments that show its growing presence in the international se

Parker chills electronics with liquid cooling system

Parker Aerospace (Hall 4 Stand A16) has designed a new liquid-cooling demonstrator for embedded electronics.

Poland Completes First Fighter Engine

Pratt & Whitney WSK PZL-Rzészow has inaugurated a new facility at Rzészow, Poland to assemble and test F100-PW-229 engines powering the country’s 48 F-16 f

Snecma Services Expands in North Africa

Snecma Services (Hall 4 Stand B12) has won an engine maintenance, repair and overhaul contract from Nouvelair, a Tunisian leisure operator.

Thales UK Supplies Sea King Trainer

Thales UK, part of the Thales Group (Hall 3 Stand C5; Hall 4 Stand C16c), delivered a rear crew synthetic trainer (RCST) to the Sea King Mk 3/3A helicopter

Mexico Orders Eight AgustaWestland Helos

AgustaWestland (Outside OE2) here announced that the Mexican government has ordered five A119 Koala single-turbine and three A109S Grand twin-turbine helic

Honeywell Signs U.S. Airline Deals

Honeywell has signed several major long-term support contracts with JetBlue and US Airways.

Teething EASA confronts budget woes

The almost three-year-old European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) wants to keep on a fast growth curve, despite its acknowledged teething problems.

ParcAberporth welcomes Selex to Welsh UAV center

Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems UK has become the first major tenant at the new West Wales UAV Centre (WWUAVC) at the ParcAberporth technology park.

SR Technics shoulderscarriers’ MRO concerns

Saudi Arabia’s new low-cost carrier Sama last month became the latest operator to sign up for one of the integrated airline solutions (IAS) contracts offer
Aircraft

Black Hawk ‘lite’ for foreign sales

Sikorsky Aircraft yesterday announced plans to develop two new versions of its H-60 Black Hawk aimed at sales outside the U.S.: the International Black Haw

Fuel Bills Cut with PW, Eco Wash

Martinair has become the first European airline to sign up for Pratt & Whitney’s innovative EcoPower engine washing system.

STA Systems To Provide Transport Spares

Singapore Technologies Aerospace subsidiary STA Systems is to provide Hamilton Sundstrand spares to Airbus A300/A310 and A320, Boeing 737, 747, 757, 767, 7

Sokol Helicopter Receives EASA TC

PZL-Swidnik’s W-3A Sokol helicopter received its type certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) last month.

Nordam Takes Over Middle River CF6 Work

Nordam is to obtain Middle River Aircraft Systems’s General Electric CF6 thrust-reverser maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business.

Alteon Buying More 787 Sims From Thales

Boeing subsidiary Alteon Training has extended its agreement with Thales UK with a $30 million deal to buy three more Boeing 787 training suites, comprisin

Jade Cargowants LHT to do its MRO

Lufthansa Technik has won contracts worth more than $100 million to provide total component support (TCS) and total engine support (TES) for the six Boeing

R-R forecasts $600 billion worth of engine sales to meet demand

Rolls-Royce has released its 20-year forecast for the aero-engine business with predictions of up to $600 billion-worth of sales during the period.
Aircraft

Dassault Leads SSBJ Research Project

Dassault’s plans for a supersonic business jet are still pretty much alive.
Aircraft

ATR benefits from high fuel costs

Sales have been brisk for regional turboprop aircraft manufacturer Avions de Transport Regional, which is here at Farnborough International exhibiting an A

Vector Names RAF Veteran as Chairman

Vector Flying Training Services, a joint company founded by Bombardier, KBR and URS to compete for a UK military training contract, has named Sir Malcolm P

Eurocopter Sells More EC 225s in China

Citic Offshore Helicopter Co.

Rockwell Collins Lands Airline Customers

Two Mediterranean airlines have selected cockpit and cabin avionics from Rockwell Collins, the avionics maker announced Monday.

PZL-Swidnik Builds 500th Helicopter Frame

PZL-Swidnik last month handed over the 500th airframe–an AW139–it has produced for AgustaWestland.