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ATR Lands Pair of Deals for EVS-equipped -600s

ClearVision enhanced vision system featured on ATR 600 Series' Standard 3 avionics suite.

Honeywell: Airlines Planning Big Connectivity Spends

New survey reports more than half of airline respondents plan to spend up to $1 million per aircraft in the next five years

GE Wins $437M Adaptive Cycle Engine Contract

Modification of prior U.S. Air Force agreement lets GE continue work on Next Gen powerplants for air superiority applications

Oerlikon Inks Additive Manufacturing Deal with RUAG Space

Oerlikon continues its push into 3D printing and additive manufacturing with deal with RUAG to develop parts for use in space.

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Raytheon's StormBreaker Bomb Being Integrated into F/A-18

Integration of the Stormbreaker has started on the F-35, F/A-18E/F and F-15E.

Garmin Demos New Fighter Cockpit 'Experience'

Sim features integrated flight deck configuration selected for Textron's Scorpion, Diamond's new Dart 550, and TacAir's F-5 retrofits

CargoLogicAir and Volga-Dnepr Pursue 'Premium' Cargo

CargoLogicAir and Volga-Dnepr Airlines have a three-pronged strategy: Fly frequently, fly full and fly premium freight.

Aerospace Revenues Climb On Higher Defense Spending

While aerospace and defense growth is lagging world economic growth, U.S. defense industry revenue has increased to 2.5 times that of Europe.

Lessor Jackson Square Buys 30 Boeing Max 8s

Jackson Square Aviation placed its first new airplane order with a $5.5 billion book-value deal for 30 Boeing 737 Max 8s

Boeing, Embraer Talk Benefits of Combination

Top executives participate in first joint air show appearance

Segregated Avionics Speed Gripen E Development

Saab is soon to fly the next two Gripen E prototypes, which are being equipped with new systems thanks to a segregated avionics architecture.

Airliner Orders Hit $44B on Farnborough Airshow Opening Day

Airbus and Boeing were the main beneficiaries of some $40 billion in new business announced on the first day of the 2018 Farnborough show.

Digitalization, Big Data Driving Advances at Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney and parent United Technologies are embracing new technologies to keep pace with airplane makers' plans to speed up production.

Gulfstream's G500 Bizjet Completes Worldwide Dash

Gulfstream's G500 is preparing to enter service later in 2018, after completing a 130,000-nm world tour.

Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander Looks To China

Britten-Norman's Islander has become a legend of the UK aircraft industry. Now it is being pitched into the lucrative Chinese regional market

New Look for an Old Warrior

UTC Aerospace Systems has begun installing modern eight-bladed propellers on the Air National Guard's "legacy" Hercules fleet

Peach Picks Airbus A321LR for Medium-haul Ops

Japan's pioneering low-cost carrier will become Asia's launch customer for the long range platform in 2020

Boeing, Air Lease Ink Major Max, Dreamliner Deal

$9.6 billion contract for 737s and 787s calls for first deliveries to lessor in 2020.

F-35 Program Partners Focus On Upgrades and Sustainment

Program officials briefed various initiatives at Farnborough

An ATR On a Mission

A Leonardo heavily modified ATR72 airliner outfitted for maritime patrol duties with the Italian air force designation P-72A at Farnborough.

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