Air Arabia, based in Sharjah (UAE), has selected Thales to supply an avionics package including Flight Management Systems (FMS), and Traffic, Terrain and Transponder Collision Avoidance System (T3CAS) for its 44 new Airbus A320 aircraft.

For UK engineering giant, Rolls-Royce, the Middle East has come to represent a classic example of the company's core strategies at work – based in the commercial aviation sector on the success of its modern large engines business and associated services agreements, plus a willingness to engage in technology projects with regional partners. Martin Jonhson reviews the success story.

CFM International's advanced CFM56-7BE engine for the Boeing Next-Generation 737 family has been jointly certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and European Aviation Safety Agency. The agencies issued the official engine Type Certificate on 30 July

Etihad Airways has finalised the purchase of 78 GEnx-1B engines to power its 35 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft order announced during the Paris Airshow in 2009.

Rockwell Collins and Bombardier Aerospace has announced the release of “V7” Cabin Electronics System (CES) software for operators of Bombardier's Global 5000* and Global Express* XRS* business aircraft. The new software includes dozens of improvements to enhance the look and feel of the system.

Hawker Beechcraft has made its Max-Viz EVS-1500 Infrared Enhanced Vision Systems available for its King Air 200 and 300 series aircraft.

The Engine Alliance – the provider for engines for the Emirates fleet of Airbus A380 aircraft has completed its 100th GP7200 engine.

Visitors to Farnborough Airshow next week will get the chance to see into the future - as far as airliners are concerned.