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Magazine Issue

Paris Air Show - Day 3

VOL. 1 NO. 1 June 21, 2017

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Airbus Obtains State Loans for X6 Development

Jun 21, 2017
The European Commission (EC) has given the green light to the German and French governments to provide Airbus with loans worth €377 million ($420 million) to develop the X6 helicopter.
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U.S. Air Force Works To Rebuild Confidence in F-35 Oxygen System

Jun 21, 2017
The Air Force initially surveyed the pilots at Luke AFB to understand their concerns; it then began educating them on the details of the F-35’s onboard oxygen generation system in order to begin rebuilding confidence at the wing.
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Boeing Still Finalizing Qatar F-15 Negotiations

Jun 21, 2017
Boeing Defense Space & Security President/CEO Leanne Caret noted that finalizing Foreign Military Sales can take time: “This is a long game that we’re playing here,” she told reporters in Paris for the air show.
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Leonardo M-345 Trainer Wins Two Customers

Jun 21, 2017
Leonardo’s development of the M-345 low-cost jet trainer may already be paying dividends after it was selected by two foreign air arms.
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Lockheed Reveals C-130J-SOF for International Partners

Jun 21, 2017
Lockheed Martin introduced a new variant of the C-130J Super Hercules configured for international military special operations missions, called the C-130J-SOF.
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Stratobus Gathers Momentum With Airstar Deal

Jun 21, 2017
Thales Alenia Space is to take a “minority stake” in Airstar Aerospace, a company with know-how in balloon envelopes, in a bid to advance its Stratobus telecommunications airship project.
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ALC Inks Order for 12 More Airbus A321neos

Jun 21, 2017
Air Lease Corporation has today has signed a firm order for 12 additional Airbus A321neos.
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Engine, Planform Begin Shaping Anglo-French UCAV

Jun 21, 2017
​Britain and France have quietly selected Safran’s M88 engine to power the joint unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrators the two countries plan to fly in 2025, officials close to the program have said.
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Rosoboronexport’s Backlog Reaches 106 Helicopters

Jun 21, 2017
The backlog of export helicopters at Rosoboronexport has reached 106 rotorcraft worth US$4.7 billion, the company’s director general and CEO, Alexander Mikheev, said at the Paris Air Show.
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Avic Confirms P&WC for MA700 Turboprop

Jun 21, 2017
Pratt & Whitney Canada has signed a definitive agreement to supply its latest PW150 engine family powerplant—the PW150C—for the Avic Aircraft MA700 aircraft.
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Inmarsat Launches Satellite Communications for UAS

Jun 21, 2017
Inmarsat has launched a satellite communications service for unmanned aircraft using a small terminal developed by Cobham Satcom.
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Mitsubishi Extra MRJs for Testing

Jun 21, 2017
Mitsubishi is considering building one, or perhaps two, extra flight-test aircraft to help it through its certification process for the heavily delayed Mitsubishi Regional Jet.
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Piaggio Steps Up Its Comeback

Jun 21, 2017
The plan to relaunch Italy’s Piaggio Aero Industries as a civil and defense aircraft manufacturer is gaining momentum some 20 months after moving production from an aging plant in Genoa to a clean-sheet-design factory in Villanova d’Albenga, about 56 mi. southwest.
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Hammerhead To Return To The Air

Jun 21, 2017
Piaggio is preparing to restart flight trials of its P.1HH Hammerhead medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system, just over a year since the prototype was lost after crashing in the Mediterranean.
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Safran Has Products, Ideas and Job Opportunities

Jun 21, 2017
Safran’s exhibit includes a fuel cell, a solution for solid hydrogen storage and hybrid propulsion systems.
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Silvercrest on Track for 2018

Jun 21, 2017
​The Safran Silvercrest turbofan is on track for spring 2018 certification.
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Safran Gets EASA Nod for Ardiden 3G Turboshaft

Jun 21, 2017
Safran Helicopter Engines has received EASA certification for its Ardiden 3G helicopter engine, which powers Russian Helicopters’ Ka-62 medium twin.
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Safran’s Arriel 2L2 Makes Ground Run

Jun 21, 2017
Safran Helicopter Engines’ Arriel 2L2 turboshaft performed its first ground run at the company’s Bordes, France, facility early this month.
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Philippine Airlines Firms Up Q400 Options to Compete With LCCs

Jun 21, 2017
Philippine Airlines has exercised an option on seven Bombardier Q400 aircraft, bringing its total firm order to 12 of the turboprops, in a bid to win back market share it has lost to low-cost carriers.
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Militaries and Industry Seek to Solve Cybersecurity Conundrum

Jun 21, 2017
For at least the whole of the current century, militaries have understood the critical role cyberdefense plays in every aspect of operations. Yet most military organizations appear reluctant to train for network defense outside of specialist cyber units.
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Bird’s DIRCMs Offer VIP Treatment

Jun 21, 2017
The proliferation of MANPADS – man-portable air defense systems – increased dramatically in recent years, leaking from collapsed nations (Libya, for example) and from radicals sponsored by rough nations (Iran and North Korea, to mention few of the most obvious). As MANPADS are available for sale on the black market, they appear in conflict zones throughout the world, as well as in the hands of criminal organizations. The growing threat drives military and government agencies to turn to proven countermeasures to protect their air.
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UAS Countermeasures from Israel

Jun 21, 2017
Two counter-UAS systems developed in Israel are shown here at Le Bourget, designed to deal with different aspects of drone threats.
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Raytheon Invests in Technology to Meet Hypersonic Threats

Jun 21, 2017
​As China and Russia continue to demonstrate rapid progress in development of hypersonic strike weapons, the U.S.’s largest guided-missile company says technology to counter the threat is already achievable but that fielding a system requires sustained funding and a national sense of urgency.
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IAI Cybersecurity for Aviation

Jun 21, 2017
One of Israel Aerospace Industries’ areas of cyber expertise is the development and provision of cybersecurity solutions tailored to the needs of the aviation sector.
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Ni Cybersecurity Starts Cyber Center in Tokyo

Jun 21, 2017
Cyberbit, whose cybersecurity solutions protect the world’s most sensitive networks, and Ni Cybersecurity, the Japanese cybersecurity service provider, this week inaugurated their new Cyber Range training facility in Toranomon, Tokyo.
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ALC Orders More Airbus A321neos

Jun 21, 2017
Air Lease Corp. has signed a firm order for 12 additional Airbus A321neos.
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CFM Does Not ‘Rule Out’ Geared Engine Bid for NMA

Jun 21, 2017
As engine makers jostle for position on Boeing’s potential New Midsize Airplane, CFM International hints that a new engine architecture with a gear-driven fan is among the various concepts under consideration.
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Paris Air Show News Briefs, June 21, 2017

Jun 21, 2017
Philippines Wildcats to Be Armed With Spike Missiles
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SIA and GE Team on Engine MRO

Jun 21, 2017
SIA Engineering and GE Aviation have agreed to establish a new engine overhaul joint venture to be based in Singapore, the companies said at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday.
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Arianespace Sees Weak Market for Commercial Geostationary Satellites

Jun 21, 2017
A very small number of geostationary satellites have been ordered this year so far because the industry is devising strategies to meet an upcoming surge in demand for connectivity, launch service provider Arianespace says.
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CDB Aviation Takes More Neos, Aims to Expand Internationally

Jun 21, 2017
Chinese lessor CDB Aviation gave notice of its plans to become a major force in the leasing market at the Paris Air Show June 20.
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West Atlantic to Lease Four 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters From GECAS

Jun 21, 2017
European cargo airline West Atlantic has signed a deal to lease four 737-800 Boeing converted freighters from GE Capital Aviation Services.
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Viva Air Eyes Regional Growth With Order of 50 Airbus A320-Family Aircraft

Jun 21, 2017
Latin American low-cost airline group Viva Air is buying 50 new Airbus A320-family aircraft to help fuel its expansion.
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Domes on the Range: F-35 Training Takes Off

Jun 21, 2017
Everything about the F-35 program requires new ways of thinking for the air forces that will operate the aircraft, and the industrial entities that are supplying them. Training and simulation are no exception.
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GKN Aerospace Pivots to Asia

Jun 21, 2017
Aerospace and structures manufacturer GKN (Chalet 355) is setting its sights on expansion in Asia as it seeks out new acquisitions.
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GA Reaper Drone ‘Flies’ au Bourget

Jun 21, 2017
General Atomics showed off its next-generation ground control station at the Paris Air Show this week, letting attendees simulate flying an MQ-9 Reaper from a new, advanced cockpit configuration.
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Airbus Launched Skywise Data Platform

Jun 21, 2017
Airbus at the Paris Air Show launched Skywise, a broad initiative to use a lot more data in a much more structured way to make its own and airline operations more efficient.
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Boeing Outlines Notional NMA Timetable

Jun 21, 2017
Boeing has outlined the design of its projected new midsize airplane (NMA), but is keeping the details close to its chest as it waits for the expected response from Airbus.
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Raytheon Sees Robust Defense Marketplace

Jun 21, 2017
After 34 years at Raytheon and more than 40 years in the defense world, Raytheon CEO Tom Kennedy has never seen a defense environment as strong as it has been.
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Size Matters to GE As it Creates a Monster Additive Machine

Jun 21, 2017
The world’s largest laser-powder additive manufacturing machine is being created behind locked doors by GE Additive, the business formed by parent company GE to capitalize on that fast-moving technology.