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Farnborough Air Show: Day 2

July 12, 2016

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ATR Projects Strong Demand

Jul 12, 2016

Regional airliner manufacturer ATR is projecting a need for as many as 2,800 regional turboprops as the aircraft are used to open more routes across the globe.

Russia’s MC-21 Airliner Prepares For First Flight

Jul 12, 2016

A month before the opening of Farnborough Airshow 2016 Russia made a significant effort to return to the narrowbody market with the rollout on June 8 at Irkutsk, East Siberia, of its new MC-21 airliner prototype.

Spectro-XR: Harnessing The Power Of Fusion

Jul 12, 2016

Elbit Systems debuts the Spectro-XR multi-spectral sensor electro-optical at Farnborough, which features advanced image fusion and augmented reality to deliver unprecedented intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance.

ALIS's Children: Networked Prognostics For The V-22

Jul 12, 2016

Lockheed Martin's globally networked sustainment solution for the F-35, Autonomic Logistics Information System, is having an impact well beyond the program.

Raytheon Sees Growth Despite U.S. Budget

Jul 12, 2016

Raytheon is finally showing growth in its business since the start of budget reductions in the U.S. in 2011, says Taylor Lawrence, president of Raytheon Missile Systems.

USAF Wants Cyber-Hard Supply Chain For B-21

Jul 12, 2016

The U.S. Air Force’s chief of information dominance says contractors and their suppliers are being held to a “higher standard” when it comes to defending against cyber espionage than in years past, as modern, digitally dependent weapons such as the Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber enter development.

Satair, Cathay Partner On New Spares Supply Solution

Jul 12, 2016

Satair Group has confirmed a first customer for its innovative IMS Integrated Material Services contracting construct.

LORD Says Tier 1s Are Feeling The Pinch

Jul 12, 2016

When the former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband coined the neologism "squeezed middle," he was thinking about middle-income families. But the term might yet come to refer to certain parts of the aerospace industry.

Spirit AeroSystems Aims For Steady Savings And Growth

Jul 12, 2016

Tom Gentile, the incoming CEO of aerostructures and engine parts giant Spirit AeroSystems, is so unassuming that a stranger can literally bump into him alone in the halls of the company’s Wichita headquarters and receive an unnecessary apology.

MI5 Warns of Transport Security Threat

Jul 13, 2016

Technologies designed to reduce costs of major public building programs may offer terrorists an unprecedented reconnaissance capability, the Security Service has warned.

Greater Realism Boosts RAF’s CAE Helo Sims

Jul 12, 2016

One telling data point from Britain's combat mission to Afghanistan has stuck with Andrew Naismith, a former commander of RAF Chinook forces in the country.

Hawk Soars As Sales Top 1,000

Jul 12, 2016

The venerable Hawk continues to evolve, with the latest T2 aircraft coming off the final assembly line in Warton bound for Saudi Arabia and Oman representing the platform's most advanced configuration.

U.S. Opens P-8 Maintenance Training Center

Jul 12, 2016

The aircraft has been in service for four years, but one of the most important parts of the Boeing P-8A program is only just beginning.

Leonardo Sees Brite Future For Countermeasures

Jul 12, 2016

As Nick Jankunas, production manager and principal industrial engineer on the Leonardo-Selex ES Britecloud expendable active decoy ushers ShowNews through the double bank vault-style doors of his team's small, sealed aluminum manufacturing and test center, deep in the bowels of the company's Luton facility, he explains the name staff have given it.

Cessna Introduces Underwing Hard Points For Grand Caravan EX

Jul 12, 2016

Cessna has announced here availability of underwing hard points for the Grand Caravan EX. “These hard points expand the aircraft’s versatility by allowing operators additional mission capabilities such as extended range with additional fuel tanks, increased cargo space, agricultural operations and the ability to configure the aircraft for missions that require armament,” the company says.

Aero Vodochody Reviewing Aerostructures Work, Progressing L-39NG Program

Jul 12, 2016

Czech aerospace firm Aero Vodochody is reviewing its portfolio of aerostructures work to focus on risk-sharing programs and engineering capabilities.

Seven German Machine Tool Ranges From UK Supplier

Jul 12, 2016

Visitors to the Farnborough Airshow will be able to discuss on a single stand the merits of using top-quality CNC turning and prismatic metal cutting equipment from seven different machine tool builders in southern Germany, thanks to Geo Kingsbury, which is the sole sales and service agent for them in the UK and Ireland.

Paris Air Show Open For 2017 Space Booking

Jul 12, 2016

Paris Air Show organizers are gearing up for the 2017 edition, reinforcing existing services for a price that has become comparatively attractive, they claim

Viking Air Buys Rights To Bombardier Water Bombers

Jul 12, 2016

Viking Air Limited is to acquire from Bombardier rights to the CL-415 amphibious water bomber and its variants, along with those for the earlier CL-215 and CL-215T piston-engined versions.

PD-14 To Resume Flight Trials

Jul 12, 2016

Russia’s United Engine Corporation prepares for the second stage of the flight trials of PD-14 – the newest turbofan engine that will power the country’s MC-21 narrowbody airline

Textron, ATAC To Offer Live Flight Training

Jul 12, 2016

Textron has entered the live flight-training market in a bid to grab what could become a multibillion-dollar market over the coming decade.

Leonardo Osprey Is Second-Generation AESA

Jul 12, 2016

Leonardo-Finmeccanica has unveiled a second-generation of active electronically scanned-array search radars.

Liebherr-Aerospace Air Management System For An-132 Prototypes

Jul 12, 2016

Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS will design, supply and service the air management system, including the bleed air system, cabin pressure control and anti-ice system, for the Antonov An-132D light transport aircraft.

Bell’s Snyder Rings In New Changes

Jul 12, 2016

Bell Helicopter’s new CEO, Mitch Snyder, has declared innovation as his top priority, as the company works to reposition itself in the challenging rotary-wing market.

UTAS - Greater Than The Sum

Jul 12, 2016

The aerospace industry is poised for tremendous growth and, with parts on 70,000 aircraft and new ones being added every day, United Technologies Aerospace Systems is going to be right at the heart of it.

Lockheed CEO: “No Regrets” On Sikorsky, Confident On T-X

Jul 11, 2016

A collapse in oil and gas prices that has choked off demand for commercial helicopters has been harsher than anticipated, says Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, but she stands behind the company’s $9-billion acquisition of Sikorsky last year from United Technologies.

Cameron Hails U.K. Aerospace’s Strength

Jul 12, 2016

British prime minister David Cameron has described the country’s aerospace industry as one of its greatest strengths and one that that needs to be played up following the country’s decision to leave the European Union.

Thirsty? Hungry? TAG Along To The Swan

Jul 12, 2016

The Farnborough Airshow’s favorite watering hole, The Swan public house, reopened its doors in December after major refurbishment by owners TAG Farnborough Airport, who bought it in 2013.

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