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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

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Boeing sees need for 28,600 new jetliners over next 20 years

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Aircraft

June 19, 2007

UAV paraglider could replace current drones

French-based Flying Robots is here showing an unusual unmanned air vehicle (UAV) that looks like a paraglider with a powered payload.

Aircraft

June 19, 2007

Gallois claims full recovery for Airbus

Airbus chief executive Louis Gallois declared yesterday that the European consortium “is back, fully back,” from an odyssey through one of the most trying

Aircraft

June 19, 2007

Boeing ready to negotiate any 787 roadblocks

Boeing has made plans to accommodate any delays in the first-flight schedule for its new Model 787 twin-aisle twinjet now in final assembly at Everett, Was

Aircraft

June 19, 2007

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Airbus continues to roll with firm orders for 35 A330s

Airbus followed Monday’s spectacular order flourish with a strategically important pair of contracts for members of its A330 family.

Aircraft

June 19, 2007

ILFC backs booming 787 sales and finds new lessees

An International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) order for 50 Boeing 787s, plus conversion of two previously unannounced options (booked earlier this year

Aircraft

June 19, 2007

Tame Confirms Two Embraer 190 Options

Tame Línea Aérea del Ecuador has converted two options on Embraer 190 regional jets into firm orders, Embraer announced here at the Paris Air Show.

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

Rafale comes battle hardened

In the fighter aircraft business, there’s no substitute for combat experience, if you want to impress potential customers.

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

Israelis launch spy satellite

Israel launched another reconnaissance satellite last week as military tensions increase in the Middle East.

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

New turkish trainer

Turkey’s indigenous primary/basic trainer program now has a name–Huˇrkus¸.

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

Embraer increases production

Embraer is here at Le Bourget exhibiting a 170/175 regional airliner, its super-midsize Legacy 600 executive jet and scale models of its new four-seat Phen

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

Viking cuts metal on its Twin Otter

Some two months after announcing the relaunch of 19-seat Twin Otter production, Canada’s Viking Aerospace has begun cutting metal on the first unit at its

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

ITT burnishing reputation in electronic jamming

ITT, for many years a key player in the electronic warfare (EW) sector, continues to reinforce its position by continual developments.

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

Thales upgrades combat aircraft

As well as providing the avionics equipment for France’s high-profile Rafale program, Thales is active in the fighter upgrade business.

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

MBDA tests Meteor on multiple airframes

MBDA, the missile manufacturer owned by BAE Systems, EADS and Finmeccanica, has appointed Antoine Bouvier as its new chief executive.

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

Boeing Half Way with 777F Design Definition

Boeing has released half of the defined design for the 777F cargo aircraft to its factories and suppliers to begin manufacture of tools, parts and assembli

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

Rolls gets on the sales power curve

Rolls-Royce is celebrating its biggest ever civil engines order, a $5.6 billion deal for Trent XWBs to power Qatar Airways’ 80 Airbus A350 XWBs, and it is

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

All-modern MiG fighter could pack even more punch

The MiG-29M flying here with its Klimov RD-33 OVT thrust vectoring engines is a testbed for the technology, which is available as an option on the company’

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

Volga-Dnepr signs for upgraded Il-76

Volga-Dnepr (Hall 4 Stand E16) and Ilyushin Interstate Aviation signed a general agreement here Monday for three firm orders and 10 options for IL-76TD-90V

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

Lion Air Is THE Customer for Earlier 737-900 order

Jakarta-based Lion Air is the previously unnamed customer for a listed order for 40 Boeing 737-900ER airliners–nominally valued at more than $3 billion–tha

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

Aircraft

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

Latest

Boeing sees need for 28,600 new jetliners over next 20 years

Record how long it takes to read this news item.

UAV paraglider could replace current drones

French-based Flying Robots is here showing an unusual unmanned air vehicle (UAV) that looks like a paraglider with a powered payload.

Gallois claims full recovery for Airbus

Airbus chief executive Louis Gallois declared yesterday that the European consortium “is back, fully back,” from an odyssey through one of the most trying

Boeing ready to negotiate any 787 roadblocks

Boeing has made plans to accommodate any delays in the first-flight schedule for its new Model 787 twin-aisle twinjet now in final assembly at Everett, Was

Videos

More Articles

Airbus continues to roll with firm orders for 35 A330s

Airbus followed Monday’s spectacular order flourish with a strategically important pair of contracts for members of its A330 family.

ILFC backs booming 787 sales and finds new lessees

An International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) order for 50 Boeing 787s, plus conversion of two previously unannounced options (booked earlier this year

Tame Confirms Two Embraer 190 Options

Tame Línea Aérea del Ecuador has converted two options on Embraer 190 regional jets into firm orders, Embraer announced here at the Paris Air Show.

Rafale comes battle hardened

In the fighter aircraft business, there’s no substitute for combat experience, if you want to impress potential customers.

Israelis launch spy satellite

Israel launched another reconnaissance satellite last week as military tensions increase in the Middle East.

New turkish trainer

Turkey’s indigenous primary/basic trainer program now has a name–Hu&#711;rkus¸.

Embraer increases production

Embraer is here at Le Bourget exhibiting a 170/175 regional airliner, its super-midsize Legacy 600 executive jet and scale models of its new four-seat Phen

Viking cuts metal on its Twin Otter

Some two months after announcing the relaunch of 19-seat Twin Otter production, Canada’s Viking Aerospace has begun cutting metal on the first unit at its

ITT burnishing reputation in electronic jamming

ITT, for many years a key player in the electronic warfare (EW) sector, continues to reinforce its position by continual developments.

Thales upgrades combat aircraft

As well as providing the avionics equipment for France’s high-profile Rafale program, Thales is active in the fighter upgrade business.

MBDA tests Meteor on multiple airframes

MBDA, the missile manufacturer owned by BAE Systems, EADS and Finmeccanica, has appointed Antoine Bouvier as its new chief executive.

Boeing Half Way with 777F Design Definition

Boeing has released half of the defined design for the 777F cargo aircraft to its factories and suppliers to begin manufacture of tools, parts and assembli

Rolls gets on the sales power curve

Rolls-Royce is celebrating its biggest ever civil engines order, a $5.6 billion deal for Trent XWBs to power Qatar Airways’ 80 Airbus A350 XWBs, and it is

All-modern MiG fighter could pack even more punch

The MiG-29M flying here with its Klimov RD-33 OVT thrust vectoring engines is a testbed for the technology, which is available as an option on the company’

Volga-Dnepr signs for upgraded Il-76

Volga-Dnepr (Hall 4 Stand E16) and Ilyushin Interstate Aviation signed a general agreement here Monday for three firm orders and 10 options for IL-76TD-90V

Lion Air Is THE Customer for Earlier 737-900 order

Jakarta-based Lion Air is the previously unnamed customer for a listed order for 40 Boeing 737-900ER airliners–nominally valued at more than $3 billion–tha

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Turkey’s indigenous primary/basic trainer program now has a name–Huˇrkus¸.