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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 organizers are gearing up for the 2017 edition, reinforcing existing services for a price that has become comparatively attractive, they claim
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.
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
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Boeing started the Farnborough Airshow by securing nearly £5 billion worth of contracts from the British government for P-8 Poseidon maritime patrollers, and Apache attack helicopters.
Rolls-Royce will soon get to work at RAF Marham supporting not just the lift fan the company built for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, but also the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine that powers the fifth-generation fighter jet.
The Aviation Week and Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey on middle-market aircraft strongly supports Boeing’s own assessments, says the company’s commercial president, Ray Conner.
The British Government needs to be “relatively bold” in order to attract investment from business and stabilize the uncertainty cause by the country’s decision to “Brexit” according to UK aerospace trade organization ADS.
