Designed by an Oklahoma State University graduate student, the Unmanned Cowboys Atlas UAV cages its propeller inside a sphere for safe flight indoors and outdoors.
Speculation that Finmeccanica might pull out of the joint venture with Superjet Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company have not dented the enthusiasm of Superjet International's CEO.
AFI KLM E&M will be able to further expand its international footprint with new facilities and joint ventures despite the Perform 2020 restructuring program, its executives said.
Captains Mark Elliott and Estaban Arias flew the new 108-pax Bombardier CS100 regional jet in Swiss Airlines livery from Montreal-Mirabel to Paris last Friday so that it could be displayed at this week’s Paris Air Show.
Alan Jones, CEO and president of Aviage Systems, believes that joint ventures, such as that of the three-year-old collaboration between GE and Aviation Industry Corporation of China, are key to earning credibility in the international market.
Dassault Aviation’s versatile large cabin twin will be Beijing Red Cross Emergency Medical Center’s first fixed wing aircraft dedicated to medevac services.
A China Airlines Boeing 777-300ER parked in the Paris Air Show static display is generating a buzz for its cabin, which was designed by a top Taiwanese architect.
MBDA will be the lead contractor developing the Medium Extended Air Defense System for Germany, which recently selected Meads over the Raytheon Patriot missile defense system.
Turkish Aerospace Industries has chosen the Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company’s (LHTEC) CTS800 turboshaft as the powerplant for Turkey’s twin-engine indigenous utility helicopter program.
Having only last month been formed to build the U.S.-designed Alliance StarLiner 100 50-seat regional jet airliner in China, Chongqing Commercial Aircraft Corp. has come to its first Paris Air Show with two major sales – together worth $3 billion – under its belt. A third contract is in the works.
Pratt & Whitney says retrofits of the F135 engine to enable unlimited operations in the F-35 are happening faster than originally planned and are on track for completion by early 2016.
Eduardo Munhos de Campos, who was vice president for sales at Embraer until last October, is heading efforts to establish a single, unified worldwide com- mercial structure for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100).
Aviation Week marked the retirement of a long-standing ally with presentation of a montage of historic front covers marking his tenure to Patrick Guerin, Director of the Paris Air Show.
