Singapore Airlines is in the final phases of acceptance testing for its first Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84-powered Airbus A350-900, the delivery of which will make the Asian carrier the fifth operator of the new Airbus twin.
With troops deployed in the fight against Daesh in Iraq and Syria, the JSF program ramping up, and a heavy involvement in the two-year search for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 370, Australia’s defense priorities appear self-evident.
Tianjin Airlines began taking deliveries of a USD 2.1 billion order for 40 Embraer E-Jets with the acceptance two months ago of the first of 20 E195s for the regional airline.
Addressing the growing cyber risks to civil aviation, IAI is developing a cyber protection suite for commercial airlines and their fleets, which will be able to protect passenger aircraft from such threats.
Rolls-Royce is continuing to ramp up production at its Singapore engine assembly plant as it works to develop the new Trent 7000 and new technologies for future engines.
Addressing the growing cyber risks to civil aviation, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is developing a cyber protection suite for commercial airlines and their fleets, which will be able to protect passenger aircraft from such threats.
A raft of approvals were announced in December to export U.S.-made defense products to Taiwan, while China’s sovereignty claims were highlighted in an unusual setting. Earlier this month, an iconic American figure catalyzed disagreements on social media, giving Taiwan’s status new prominence.
Singapore’s Economic Development Board, the government agency tasked with attracting foreign companies to Singapore, says there is a big push underway toward innovation.
Elbit Systems is unveiling its latest unmanned system at the Singapore Airshow: the Seagull – an autonomous, modular multi-mission unmanned surface vessel (USV).
Since Jet Aviation’s mega-expansion at Singapore’s Seletar Aerospace Park two years ago, this specialist, multi-layered, business aviation service company has seen growth in all its areas of expertise.
Pratt & Whitney is poised for its busiest year of certification and production build-up across the company’s geared turbofan product line since the program’s launch in 2008.
In August 2015, Hawker Pacific acquired Aeromil Pacific Pty. Ltd., which was one of Australia’s largest and most successful privately owned and operated organizations.
Function and reliability testing with FAA pilots aboard is slated to be complete by Nov. 21, 2015, paving the way for type certification by December, with initial entry into service coming shortly thereafter.
Atlanta-based Ascension Air is launching a new personally flown jet timeshare program featuring the new six passenger Eclipse 550 twinjet from ONE Aviation.
Gogo Business Aviation rolls into NBAA 2015 as it begins delivery of 650 Gogo inflight entertainment and connectivity systems to fractional giant NetJets.
UK-based Gama Aviation (Booth N2416) continues to increase its U.S. presence, disclosing here that it’s signed a management contract for a Falcon 2000 based at Chicago Midway, where Gama has a new maintenance facility.
Had it not been for the maiden flight on Monday of the second prototype Pilatus PC-24, Williams International would have been announcing 4,998 FJ44 engines flying and 9,999,999 airborne hours generated by them.
The new center will focus on Citation CJ models using a Level D simulator and advanced training devices, but plans call for expanding into additional Cessna and Beech models.
