Emerging Technologies

Rolls-Royce has been awarded European certification for its BR725 engine, allowing Gulfstream to begin flight-testing the G650 ultra-long-range business jet later this year
Emerging Technologies

ARINC Direct and Rockwell Collins have today announced the successful integration of their broadband solution for business jets on a customer's Bombardier Challenger 604.
Interiors & Connectivity

Emirates has become the launch customer for a new avionics system that could revolutionise landings safety.
Emerging Technologies

Aerolia has identified four partners for a new factory the company is establishing in Tunisia to produce metal and composite parts.
MRO

Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first F117 engines for installation in Qatar's first C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft.
Defense

Air France-KLM's engineering division and Safran Group firm Aircelle are establishing joint venture for nacelle repair, to be stationed at Dubai.
Emerging Technologies

Mubadala Development says it has formed a new company called Strata that will manufacture advanced composite aerostructures including fairings, ailerons, spoilers and assemblies for Airbus and ATR regional aircraft from 2010 onwards.
Emerging Technologies

ACSS, an L-3 Communications & Thales company, announced at Paris Air Show today that its TCAS 3000SP system has been selected as standard equipment for the Embraer Lineage and the rest of the E-Jet family.
Emerging Technologies

Goodrich Corporation launched its new Cockpit Data Management Solution (CDMS) portfolio at Le Bourget today.
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Airways will announce tomorrow the engine selection for the large aircraft order that the Abu Dhabi airline placed at the Farnborough Air Show in 2008.
Emerging Technologies

Avionics display provider Barco has won a sizable order from Highland Integrated Surveillance Systems Inc. (HISS), Toronto, Canada, for the supply of MDU-268 avionics-grade mission display units. The units will be installed aboard thirty helicopters for an undisclosed customer in the Middle East.
Emerging Technologies

French business jet manufacturer Dassault has gone back to the drawing board with plans for its super mid-size (SMS) Falcon business jet and has shaken up the propulsion manufacturers by going back on its decision to appoint British company Rolls-Royce as the provider of a new class of engine for the Falcon 50 replacement.
Emerging Technologies

The world of tourism and the growth of air transport is inextricably linked. Marcelle Nethersole meets the people with the responsibility of putting Abu Dhabi on the map and finding ways to attract the discerning travellers who have already written off vacations in the emirate's neighbouring states.
Airports & Networks

Rockwell Collins has today introduced a next-generation simulation architecture that leverages advanced technologies and a modular design to maximize life cycle value and enhance training effectiveness across military and civil training platforms.
Maintenance & Training

Bahrain and the UAE have selected the Star SAFIRE III for their Black Hawk fleets, manufacturers FLIR announced today
Emerging Technologies

Jazeera Airways announced that it has signed a multi-year deal with Navitaire, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture, to use its New Skies 3.0 next generation reservation system. The system will allow the airline to provide customers with a more efficient reservation system and to bolster value creation for the airline, it said.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways is reinforcing its green credentials and as part of its support of World Environment Day, the airline is sponsoring a photographic exhibition portraying the State of Qatar's unseen natural beauty. The three-day exhibition will be held at the Hyatt Plaza Shopping Mall in Doha between 5-7 June.
Aerospace

Those hoping that Virgin Galactic will be utilising the Abu Dhabi spaceport for future space tourism were celebrating today as Virgin Galactic announced the successful completion of the first phase of tests of the rocket motor that will propel space tourists, scientists and payloads into space.
Emerging Technologies

The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines which are to power the first Boeing 787 were fired up for the first time today at the Boeing Everett plant in Washington, USA.
Emerging Technologies

Engine giant GE is using a series of short films to widen knowledge about its engines and the technology used.
Emerging Technologies

The second half of 2009 will be filled with significant certification testing milestones for the GE Honda Aero Engines' HF120 engine which will launch on the Hondajet.
Business Aviation

Italy is stepping up its chances of commercial penetration in international markets, with a new cooperation agreement between two leading companies that extends over the whole line of Air Traffic Management and control systems.
Airports & Networks

ARINC Direct has added a convenient new local dialing option to its ground-to-air telephone service for operators of business aircraft based outside the United States.
Business Aviation

Gulf Air has placed a $270 million U.S order for CFM56-5B engines to power 15 new Airbus A320 family aircraft scheduled for delivery between late 2009 and 2013.
Emerging Technologies

Steve Nichols reports on the potential of the Middle East's ever expanding Space industry.
Emerging Technologies