Magazine Issue

Paris Air Show 2019 Day 3

June 18, 2019

PARIS AIR SHOW NEWS

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Embraer, IAI Elta Partner on Praetor AEW Business Jet

Jun 18, 2019
The two companies will develop the P600 AEW platform by mounting the IAI Elta’s ELM-2096 active electronically scanned array surveillance radar in a ski-box-like pod mounted atop the fuselage of Embraer’s new Praetor 600 business jet.
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Daher, Airbus, Safran Unveil the EcoPulse

Jun 18, 2019
Daher, Airbus and Safran on Monday unveiled a distributed propulsion demonstrator planned to fly by the summer of 2022 and prefiguring a future Daher product.
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Collins Trumpets $1.5 Billion in Aftermarket Wins

Jun 18, 2019
​Collins Aerospace, broadening its aftermarket services reach and boosting its backlog, unveiled $1.5 billion in newly signed multiyear deals.
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Gomes Neto Outlines Future Embraer Strategy

Jun 18, 2019
Embraer remains “committed to the defense and executive jets business,” the company’s new CEO Francisco Gomes Neto told Aviation Week.
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Safran’s Helicopter Engine R&D Looks Beyond Helicopters

Jun 18, 2019
Safran Helicopter Engines has achieved European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification of the Arrano turboshaft for Airbus’ new H160 twin-engine medium helicopter.
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Safran Moving to Electric Motor Production

Jun 18, 2019
Safran is entering an early manufacturing phase for electric motors.
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Collins Signs for More NP2000 Propellers

Jun 18, 2019
Under a new contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency, Collins Aerospace will upgrade an additional 24 Lockheed Martin C-130Hs for ANG, the U.S. Air National Guard.
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Lockheed Offers C-130 Option for Maritime Patrol

Jun 18, 2019
Lockheed Martin has revamped a seven-year-old concept for a maritime patrol variant of the C-130 to refocus it as a mission kit that can be retrofitted on existing or new-build aircraft.
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Raytheon, Northrop Partner To Co-develop Scramjet Missile

Jun 18, 2019
The effort draws on nearly two decades of hypersonic propulsion and missile development work between the two companies.
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Third Time Lucky for Civil Herky-Bird

Jun 18, 2019
While the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules airlifter is writing history, its civil counterpart, the LM-100J, is busy rewriting it.
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Raytheon’s Broad Counter-UAS Arsenal

Jun 18, 2019
Raytheon’s approach to the C-UAS mission set is broad, with a range of different radar and other detectors available in a variety of different configurations.
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Japanese Government Extends Partnership With French Aerospace

Jun 18, 2019
An extension to a memorandum of understanding between the government of Japan and France's aviation regulator, will help pave the way for greater collaboration between Japanese and French business. But, according to Hiroyuki Hatada, director of the aerospace and defense industry division of the Japanese government's ministry of economy, trade and industry, it is also part of an ambitious and wide-ranging strategy by the Japanese government to help its aerospace sector grow.
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Airbus Collects More A321XLR, A330neo Orders

Jun 18, 2019
Airbus is making further progress in placing its two models addressing the middle-of-the-market segment. Cebu Pacific placed an order for 16 A330-900s and 10 A321XLRs, the longest-range version of the A321neo.
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Diehl, Safran Partner on Small Lightweight Weapon

Jun 18, 2019
France’s Safran, and Germany’s Diehl have signed up to work together on the development of a small, lightweight tactical air-to-ground weapon.
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GE Aviation Supplies 20,000th Flight-Management Computer

Jun 18, 2019
GE Aviation is celebrating passing a major production milestone for its flight-management systems. The company has just delivered its 20,000th flight-management computer, some 35 years after developing its first.
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Elbit Systems' CEO on The Company's Growth and Future

Jun 18, 2019
In an interview for Show News Elbit Systems’ president and CEO Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis provides an overview of Elbit Systems’ growth and future.
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Embraer Brings the KC-390 To Paris

Jun 18, 2019
Having brought the second KC-390 tanker-transport to the 2017 Paris Air Show, Embraer returns this year with number 004, fully configured to operate with FAB, the Brazilian Air Force.
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Lockheed Looks to Europe for Growth

Jun 18, 2019
Johnathan Hoyle, CBE, vice president for Europe in LM International, discusses the firm’s European plans.
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Boeing 737 MAX Gets Confidence Boost With 200-Aircraft IAG Deal

Jun 18, 2019
The Paris Air Show’s muted aircraft-order expectations and preoccupation with the Boeing 737 MAX’s struggles took unexpected turns late June 18.
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P&W Celebrates GTF Order Bonanza

Jun 18, 2019
Pratt & Whitney has made a raft of announcements during the Air Show, involving sales of geared turbofan engines for Airbus A320neo series aircraft.
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Rolls Shocks With Siemens Electrics Acquisition

Jun 18, 2019
As aerospace accelerates toward a more electric future, Rolls-Royce has secured a head start on its strategic goals in this sector with the surprise…
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Avio Aero CEO Looks To Build On A Year Of Innovation

Jun 18, 2019
The GE veteran has been running Avio Aero since the American-headquartered conglomerate acquired the aerospace portions the Italian propulsion-system specialist in 2013, and assumed the role of CEO the following year.
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CFMI Orders Top $50 Billion in Two Days

Jun 18, 2019
CFM International followed mid-Monday’s $20 billion record IndiGo order with a plethora of orders late Monday and Tuesday, including yet another record deal, this one with AirAsia for $23.1 billion.
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CFM Aftermarket Shifting to Long-Term Agreements, Safran Says

Jun 18, 2019
Airlines are opting for more long-term agreements to maintain their CFM International Leap engines
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Boom Supersonic Demonstrator Slides Into 2020

Jun 18, 2019
Supersonic airliner developer Boom has slipped first flight of the XB-1 high-speed demonstrator to 2020 but despite the latest schedule change says the follow-on full-size airliner is still on track to make its service debut in the 2025-27 time frame.