Aviation Week joined the crew of a KC-10 Extender, departing McGuire AFB, New Jersey, as it escorted three Lockheed Martin F-35As across the Atlantic to RAF Fairford in the U.K.
In the 1995 movie “Apollo 13,” an oxygen tank explodes in the spacecraft’s Service Module, forcing astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise to initiate a perilous return to Earth.
Additive-manufacturing (AM) specialist SLM Solutions is using its branch office in Moscow to tap aerospace and other AM markets in the troubled but resource-rich Russian market.
What do engine operators want from an overhaul provider? A team from Marketing, Sales, Mature Fleet and Customer Technical Programs joined forces to hear straight from African operators at a GE Aviation-hosted Engine Services Customer Symposium held in Casablanca, Morocco.
Purchasing California-based smart materials company Rolith Inc., could help Canada's MTI develop large-scale optical metamaterial products for aerospace.
When its first-generation E-Jets were launched more than a decade ago, Embraer marketed the aircraft family by associating the letter “E” with design benefits in four areas - efficiency, engineering, economics and ergonomics. Now, e-Enabled is added to that list.
See a live magnetic particle inspection of a propeller component at Aircraft Propeller Service, in Lake Zurich, Illinois. Magnetic particle inspection (MPI) is a nondestructive testing (NDT) method. An electric current is run through the magnetized component, and cracks or faults are identified by ultraviolet light.
In-flight broadband is a multi-billion dollar opportunity for airlines to boost ancillary revenues. So they need to move it up their list of priorities.
Industry events are a prime opportunity hear what is on our customers’ minds. And after three days at EBACE, it’s clear that the big topic is connectivity.
Sponsored content provided by Embraer The universal industry expressions that report an airline’s passenger numbers, load factors, available seats, and unit revenue and cost are efficient ways to gauge performance and compare carriers of different sizes. RPMs, ASMs, PRASM, CASM and yield define individual aspects of aircraft economics and the effectiveness of airlines to work their assets. But are these statistics measuring the true performance of an expensive airplane and invested capital?
Already one of the most successful commercial jet-engine programmes ever, before it has even entered service, the CFM International LEAP programme incorporates several new materials and production technologies which represent important ‘firsts’ for the civil aero engine industry.
Beckwood Press Co. will supply Ducommun’s Parsons, Kansas, facility with two new highly customized presses for hot-forming titanium, one with closed-loop monitoring.
Visual Mobile Technologies (VMT) offers a collaboration platform, the vMobile Collaborator, that could be extremely useful when widely dispersed mechanics and engineers need to cooperate in fixing an aircraft in a hurry or just work on a common challenge.
Empire Airlines has initiated an extensive electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) modernization project for its ATR freighters. Under its EFIS Screen Replacement Program, the cargo carrier plans to install a current-generation display suite on its entire ATR fleet, consisting of 11 ATR 42-300 and -320s and seven ATR 72-212s.
StandardAero has initiated engine test cell modifications and technician training at its Augusta, Georgia facility in preparation for the first heavy maintenance visits of the Honeywell HTF7000.
American Airlines' fleet transformation the past decade was largely impacted by the announced merger with US Airways in 2013. According to Aviation Week's Fleet Discovery Database, over the past 10 years the airline has increased its fleet size by 40%.
Francisco Sanchez Arrieta, VP of technical strategic sourcing and supplier management for Latam Airlines Group, would like to see a more integrated approach to working with airline suppliers.
Daniel Cohen, director of maintenance for Copa Airlines, speaks at the 2016 CCMA & Aircraft MRO Conference about where current suppliers are successful, and where improvements could be made.
Walter Ching, director of operations for Coopesa, speaks about customs as a challenge in Latin America's supply chain at the 2016 CCMA & Aircraft MRO Conference.
