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.
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.
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
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.
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.
FARNBOROUGH—Lockheed Martin is marketing its LM-100J civil Hercules variant in tandem with the newly unveiled LMH-1 cargo carrying hybrid airship as part of the company’s broader strategic initiative to grow its commercial aerospace business.
A collapse in oil and gas prices that has choked off demand for commercial helicopters has been harsher than anticipated, says Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, but she stands behind the company’s $9 billion acquisition of Sikorsky last year from United Technologies Corp.
Bombardier used the first day of the Farnborough air show to announce a string of good news for the C Series, in a bid to shed favorable light on a program that had earlier been known for problems and delays.
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 Defense Department’s top acquisitions official is cautiously optimistic after his latest review of Raytheon’s next-generation GPS ground-control system, even as the Pentagon considers terminating the program in the face of a critical cost breach.
Reaction Engines, the U.K.-based developer of the Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (Sabre) for hypersonic aircraft and multi-stage space launch vehicles, is establishing a U.S.-based subsidiary to enable closer engagement with potential American government and industry partners.
The Swedish air force has declared an initial operating capability with the MBDA Meteor air-breathing air-to-air missile on its Gripen fighters, making it the first air arm to introduce the weapon.
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.
From the first biplane flights of the early 20th century, to the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, to the cutting-edge development currently taking place on unmanned aircraft systems, American aerospace companies have consistently proven their ability to push the bounds of innovation.
Together with Pratt & Whitney Canada, the company expects to have 100,000 engines in service by 2020 by when revenues will have grown to roughly US$22 billion
The State of New York released an additional US$4 million in planning funds for Norsk Titanium to build the world’s first factory to make aerospace parts with its patented Rapid Plasma Deposition process.