A KC-46 equipped with a reworked boom has successfully refueled a C-17 heavy cargo aircraft, a sign that Boeing’s tanker troubles may finally be coming to an end.
Saab CEO Håkan Buskhe is betting on reactivity at development and production levels to keep its Gripen C/D and Gripen E fighters attractive to foreign buyers.
Boeing’s 737-8 MAX is making its Airshow debut at Farnborough this week. The re-engined airframe, with CFM Leap 1B engines, has undergone 800 hours in its flight-test program and Boeing expects to deliver the first airplane in the first half of 2017.
To make up for a capacity shortfall caused by delays in the Airbus A350 delivery stream, Qatar Airways is considering an additional order for Boeing 777-300ERs, CEO Akbar Al Baker told Aviation Week.
European low-cost carrier Wizz Air has placed orders and options for up to 432 Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofans worth US$2.5 billion for its future fleet of Airbus A321neos, representing a significant confidence booster for the U.S. engine maker.
Eight years after launching the Leap engine to succeed the CFM56, CFM is poised for service entry of the first Leap-1A-powered Airbus A320neo, with six operators expected to take the new engine-airframe combination in the first 100 days.
The RAF’s senior intelligence and surveillance officer launched a passionate defense of the Sentinel program yesterday, as the perennially overworked yet permanently under-threat system faces yet another period of uncertainty about its future.
Embraer's new multi-mission transport aircraft, the KC-390, has made its maiden stop at the Farnborough Airshow. Still in the thick of flight testing, the aircraft is flying internationally for the first time on a summer tour of Europe and the Middle East.
In March Norsk Titanium AS broke ground on a new 9,843-sq.-ft. European final assembly and test center near Oslo, Norway, that is due to be completed in October.
Northern Ireland Department for the Economy Minister Simon Hamilton has welcomed the launch of Causeway Aero, a new local collaboration in aerospace, during a visit to FIA 2016.
Getting the F-35 flying in Britain is vitally important to the public image of a program that has endured more than its fair share of negative coverage. Just as critical is the progress of the Autonomic Logistic Information System, the jet’s next-generation support network.
GE Aviation’s win of a US$1 billion contract to develop a sixth-generation variable-cycle fighter engine is seen as a crucial next step in the future of its $3.7 billion military engines business.
As well as the current and soon-to-enter-service technologies on view all over the air show site, there are a few glimpses of possible futures to be found. One of the most intriguing is buried deep in a sub-menu on a touchscreen installation on the future unmanned systems stand in BAE Systems’ exhibition hall.
An agreement announced at the show Monday commits Norwegian airline to a GoldCare support package for its 737 MAX fleet and an extension to the coverage it earlier purchased for its 787 Dreamliner fleet.
Qatar Executive on the first day of the Farnborough Airshow announced a firm order for a further three Gulfstream G650ERs, as part of a 2015 memorandum of understanding with the airframer.
Both Airbus and Boeing released bullish forecasts for the global commercial aircraft market on the opening day of the Farnborough Airshow, with Boeing projecting slightly stronger demand.
Boeing will source composite materials for its 777X aircraft from a new joint venture formed by United Arab Emirates-based Mubadala Development and Belgian composite materials and adhesives manufacturer Solvay, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Ray Conner said at Farnborough.
GE Aviation unveiled one of the first digital customer solutions built on its Predix software platform, an application developed through a collaboration with Flydubai.
In an effort to overcome different approaches of the company’s shareholders, ATR CEO Patrick de Castelbajac is proposing a sequence of initiatives that includes re-engining of the ATR 72 and ultimately a new 100-seater.
Esterline CMC Electronics has been awarded two key contracts to provide its high-performance avionics systems for the AN124 transport aircraft operated by Antonov Airlines, and for the AN148/158/178 series.
