Airbus hopes to secure “several hundred" additional orders for the newly renamed A220—formerly the Bombardier CSeries—this year, according to Eric Schulz, Airbus’ chief commercial officer.
JetBlue Airways, providing a major boost to the newly rebranded Airbus A220 line and delivering a notable blow to Embraer, has placed an order for 60 A220-300s and earmarked them as E190 replacements. Deliveries are planned to start in 2020.
Liebherr Aerospace & Transportation has partnered with automotive giant General Motors to develop an APU for future single-aisle aircraft, based on a hydrogen fuel cell.
Foxconn Technology—aka Hon Hai Precision Industry Company—has broken ground on a US$10 billion facility in Wisconsin, bringing the manufacture of critical liquid crystal displays to an ex-Asia location for the first time.
Airbus and the government of Côte d’Ivoire signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a framework of collaboration to support the development of the country’s aerospace industry. The MoU was signed on June 15 by Amadou Koné, minister of transport of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, and Mikail Houari, president of Airbus Africa Middle East, in the presence of Daniel Kablan Duncan, vice president of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, and Guillaume Faury, president of Airbus Commercial Aircraft.
Tactical Air Support Inc. is outfitting its F-5 supersonic fighter aircraft with a Garmin integrated flight deck and anticipates first flight with the new technology will be later this year.
From the aerobatic displays of the Blades to an expanded presence on the static line and in the trade show, 2Excel Aviation is harder than ever to miss at Farnborough this year.
Tactical Air Support Inc. is outfitting its F-5 supersonic fighter aircraft with a Garmin integrated flight deck and anticipates first flight with the new technology will be later this year.
Airbus has made no secret of its concerns about Britain’s leaving the European Union without a deal that permits continued tariff-free trade. But there is one part of the Airbus family’s UK empire where new investment is proceeding regardless of the outcome of the Brexit negotiations.
The prototype General Atomics’ MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted air system has touched down on at RAF Fairford on the eve of the Royal International Air Tattoo after a milestone transatlantic crossing.
The flight of a General Atomics MQ-9B from North Dakota to Fairford last week is being hailed as a breakthrough. But ShowNews has learned that a similar feat nearly took place over a decade ago.
NATS – the UK’s air-navigation service provider (ANSP) – may not be the first name to leap to mind when thinking of unmanned-aircraft operations. But the company has announced a number of strategic investments and partnerships in recent months that show it is seeking to occupy a pivotal position in the UK’s UAS ecosystem.
If ways can be found to better harness the innovation and speed-of-movement of small and medium-size enterprises, the benefits to UK defense will be considerable.
by Daniel K. Elwell, Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
Flying once seemed impossible, until the earliest pioneers made it happen. More than a century later, commercial aviation is now the safest it has ever been. Here at Farnborough, the world is here to see the next level of flying innovation – things like drones, rockets, and other new vehicles.
ATR,the regional turboprop manufacturer has inked the first firm order for ClearVision, a combined vision system that merges synthetic terrain with images from optical sensors for situational awareness in low visibility.
Daher has announced a new configuration of its TBM 910 and TBM 930 high-speed single-turboprop aircraft as platforms for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.
L3 Technologies has acquired Applied Defense Solutions, an aerospace engineering, software development and space situational awareness company for about $50 million. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with offices in Herndon, Virginia, and Colorado Springs, Colorado, the business will be renamed L3 ADS. It provides space systems mission planning for the intelligence community, Pentagon, NASA and other customers.
Inzpire, a defense-training provider, has launched its training academy – not a physical location, but a concept that allows Inzpire to industrialize their expertise and experience.
Globally, the aerospace industry is worth an estimated US$838 billion, according to an analysis conducted by the AeroDynamic Advisory and Teal Group Corp.
