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Suppliers now immersed in role as integrators

The quiet revolution that sped through the airliner supply industry over the past decade has become mainstream doctrine: no longer can subsystems suppliers
Airports

TSA expands DCA approved list

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has added Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip, N.Y., and FBO ExcelAire to its list of approved airports
Aircraft

Cirrus Jet might appear at Oshkosh

Cirrus chairman and CEO Alan Klapmeier says he would like to have the company’s new single-engine (and yet-to-be-named) jet appear at this year’s EAA AirVe
Airports

Burbank curfew plan moves ahead

The comment period for the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority’s plan to impose a 10 p.m.
ATC

Europe takes big step toward a single sky

On May 6, a long-term solution to Europe’s air traffic control congestion problems came a giant step closer with the launch of the Single European Sky (SES
ATC

Russian optics on display place focus on civil realm

Urals Optical Mechanical Plant (UOMZ) is presenting its new SON-730 optical observation system here at Farnborough International (Hall 1 Stand B13), showin
Aircraft

Messier-Bugatti readies 787’s all-electric brakes

Messier-Bugatti (Hall 4 Stand B12) is looking forward to seeing its all-electric braking system on the Boeing 787 when it makes its first flight in the fou
Charter & Fractional

A hassle-free ride to the show

This year–as in years past– Farnborough attendees can expect a frustrating trip to the show, with gridlock between the venue and the M3 a near certainty.
Airports

FAA: SMO cannot ban large-airplane operations

The FAA has concluded that the city of Santa Monica, Calif., “is currently in violation of its federal obligations,” a determination made as an initial res
Aircraft

Pilot Report: TBM 850

The TBM is a clear alternative to a pre-owned piston twin and the few high-performance piston singles left on the market.
Sustainability and Environment

Industry players commit to reducing CO2 emissions

Aircraft and engine manufacturers participating in the Aviation and Environment Summit held in Geneva this spring pledged to reduce carbon dioxide emission
Aircraft

Eclipse 500 price increases again

Albuquerque, N.M.-based Eclipse Aviation in late May increased the price of the Eclipse 500 very light jet by about a half million dollars, putting it clos
Aircraft

It's official: Eclipse launches single-engine sibling for EA-500

Eclipse Aviation in late May launched the Eclipse 400, a single-engine jet that will be a close relative of the Eclipse Concept Jet (ECJ) prototype reveale
Aircraft

Selex maps its UAV battle plans

Analysis and simulation of operations by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is not always an easy task because of the need to consider the broad C4-ISTAR pict
Engines

IAE celebrates 25 years in biz, braces for bumpy ride ahead

International Aero Engines comes to Farnborough celebrating the 25th anniversary of the landmark deal on March 11, 1983, between Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitn
Aircraft

Embraer bizjets take off while E-Jets flourish

Embraer is here at Farnborough exhibiting a Legacy 600 demonstrator and mock-ups of its new Phenom 300 and Lineage 1000 business jets.
Aircraft

Brazilian success story is deciphered

While other major manufacturers are struggling to find the right production organization or have spent years changing their minds about what product to lau
Aircraft

Saab 2000 AEW&C prepares for duty

On April 30, Saab achieved a significant milestone with the first flight of the Saab 2000 Erieye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, devel
Engines

GTF speeds toward date with the A340

Pratt & Whitney passes one of the most important milestones in its long history as the much-heralded Geared Turbofan engine takes to the skies this month.
FBOs

TAG Aviation gears up for Farnborough

Farnborough Airport may be packed with an odd assortment of aircraft for this week’s show, but ordinarily it is strictly business.
Aircraft

KnAAPO starts work on fifth-gen fighter

Sukhoi’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Industrial Association (KnAAPO) has started manufacturing the first development prototypes of an advanced fifth-genera
Aircraft

Superjet team optimistic despite delays

Sukhoi (Hall 1 Stand E9) has come to the Farnborough show elated at having begun flight trials for its Superjet 100 airliner.
Aircraft

Bombardier reacts to surging backlog

At the Finmeccanica exhibit here at Farnborough (Outside OE2) visitors once again can find Alenia Aermacchi’s M-346 lead-in fighter trainer.
Aircraft

Hamilton Sundstrand promises 787 vindication

Hamilton Sundstrand (Hall 4 Stand F13) has been on the frontline of the ongoing battle to get Boeing’s repeatedly delayed 787 airliner program back on trac
Aircraft

‘Overloaded’ Airbus promises A350XWB will hit its targets

Airbus insists the A350-800XWB will make it to market on time in 2013, despite the company’s failure to close on plant divestments that would have helped p
Aircraft

Plenty of life still left in fourth-generation Eagle

Boeing’s F-15 Eagle has racked up an enviable 104-0 combat record, as one of the world’s top-flight air-superiority and air-to-ground assault fighters.
Aircraft

Amid calls for collaboration, UCAV efforts split in three

While European governments preach greater collaboration in defense research and development, three competing programs for uninhabited combat air vehicles (
Aircraft

Skills shortage blamed for latest A380 setback

In commercial service for nearly nine months now, the Airbus A380 has proven itself perfectly capable of doing what its developers intended it to do–fly lo
Aircraft

58-Year-Old British Pilot Takes F-35B into the Air

Lockheed Martin realized there is no substitute for experience.
Aircraft

787 Horizontal Stabilizer Passes Fatigue Tests

Alenia Aeronautica has completed destructive testing on the horizontal stabilizer of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the companies announced today.