GE Aviation has unveiled one of the first digital customer solutions built on its Predix software platform, an application developed through a collaboration with Flydubai.
The tide may be turning for Boeing’s KC-46 tanker program, with Pentagon and industry leaders showing signs they are encouraged by early testing of the company’s fix to a major hardware problem.
Regional airliner manufacturer, ATR is projecting a need for as many as 2,800 regional turboprops as the aircraft are used to open more routes across the globe.
Kallman’s purpose is to maximize the value of time spent at the show and to trumpet the U.S.’s global advantages in international trade, technical innovation and possession of a capable workforce.
Still in the thick of flight tests, Embraer’s KC-390 multi-mission transport aircraft is flying internationally for the first time on a summer tour of Europe and the Middle East, and making its maiden stop at the Farnborough Airshow.
The importance of the F-35 to Britain's aerospace industry is unarguable. The UK is the program's only Tier One partner, granting some British companies sole-source/OEM status on the program.
Narrowbodies will be in the spotlight at this year’s Farnborough Airshow. But strategy, not orders will be at the top of the agenda for airframe manufacturers.
By Jens Flottau, Michael Bruno, Graham Warwick, Guy Norris, Bradley Perrett
The industry has known it was coming for years, but now it is getting real: the much-described end of the duopoly in the narrowbody segment is near. The most concrete near-term consequence is likely to be another bitter trade dispute over government funding.
The importance of combat aircraft within European air arms has increased in light of Russia’s aggressive stance in Ukraine and elsewhere. Over the next decade, the majority of Europe’s air arms will be reequipped or be beginning the process.
Due to safety concerns about nearby urban areas—as well as increased public awareness following last year's Shoreham Airshow crash—the Red Arrows team will be limited to flypasts only.
China's 9 Air has ordered CFM International's LEAP1B to power 30 Boeing 737 MAXs, and CFM567B engines to power 20 737 NGs. The order is valued at $3.7 billion, and includes spare engines and a service agreement.
Airbus Military & Space expects its Zephyr high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) remotely piloted airplane to break the world record the type set four years ago. The Zephyr flew for 336 hours, 22 min. – over two weeks – at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona in July 2010.
Forty years since it first flew, the F-16 fighter is poised to enjoy a new lease on life. Upgrades to the aircraft’s avionics, coupled with structural work to extend flying hours, are set to enter service as customers refresh their jets ahead of the arrival of the F-35.
Recent wins for avionics on the Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan and the Airbus Helicopters EC645 T2 underscore an increasing focus on rotorcraft and military aircraft at Esterline CMC Electronics.
