Paris Air Show

Sukhoi Superjet 100 celebrates its 10th anniversary since rollout this year, but the Russian manufacturer already is already planning a new generation of this regional jet.
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Sweden’s jack-of-all-trades and master of many, Saab Group, arrives at the Paris Air Show with a lineup of new airborne weaponry, from fighter jets to trainers and early-warning and submarine-hunting aircraft.
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By Noam Eshel
With increasing demand for electro-optical equipment for surveillance and security, Israel’s EO specialist Controp Precision Technologies is set on a growth path.
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By Graham Warwick
Electric-drive truck manufacturer Workhorse will unveil a hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft at the Paris Air Show
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Lockheed Martin has begun flight tests of its LM-100J commercial freighter version of the C-130J Hercules military airlifter, with FAA certification planned for 2018. The aircraft made its first flight from Marietta, Georgia, on May 25.
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IAI MLM will supply the Israel Air Force the latest generation of EHUD air combat maneuvering instrumentation pods, to be carried on conventional fighter jets.
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By John Morris
Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies in a wide range of diversified industrial and aerospace markets, with revenues last year of US$11.4 billion. Getting there wasn’t an easy road.
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The secretary of the U.S. Air Force has stressed that the OA-X light attack initiative “is not a procurement, it's an experiment” as participants such as Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and Textron wish for a return on investment.
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By Jens Flottau
ATR is ready to offer a package enhancing short takeoff and landing capabilities of the ATR 42. What CEO Christian Scherer describes as “a substantial piece of work” will allow the STOL version to land on and take off from runways as short as 2,625 ft.
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By Michael Bruno
The airline sector is 17% over-ordered when it comes to the commercial aircraft they need from OEMs Airbus and Boeing, according to a new UBS analysis.
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By Guy Norris
Start-up supersonic airliner developer Boom Technology has completed the preliminary design review for the XB-1 “Baby Boom” demonstrator, clearing a key hurdle on the path to flight tests of the Mach 2-plus aircraft late next year.
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By John Morris
​Imagine the calm in the center of a whirlwind. There sits David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation and vice-chair of GE, as future technologies, new materials and the developing world of digital flash by at blurring speed.
Optimizing Engines Through the Lifecycle

By Angus Batey
The increased security measures in place at Le Bourget reflect some bleak realities. The terrorist attacks on the Bataclan concert venue and the Stade de France in Paris, and the massacre in Nice, all took place since the last Air Show.
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By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney President Bob Leduc is bullish about the engine maker’s future and says the company and its Canada sister unit are on track for the busiest growth period since the 1960s.
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Bell’s Model 505 JetRanger X has been awarded its long-awaited certification by the U.S. FAA.
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By Guy Norris
CFM International is confident of winning certification for 180-min. ETOPS for both the Leap-1A and -1B engines later this month.
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By Graham Warwick
Unveiled by Textron Systems at the Paris Air Show, the NightWarden is a new Group 3 tactical unmanned aircraft system designed to offer capabilities found in larger, more expensive Group 4 medium-altitude, long-endurance UAS.
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By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russian Helicopters has not brought any of its rotorcraft to Le Bourget this year. But a few weeks before the Paris Air Show, the Russian manufacturer reported the first horizontal flight of its newest Kamov Ka-62 medium twin.
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By Jen DiMascio
In an effort to boost the exports of aerospace companies, the U.S.-based Aerospace Industries Association is talking numbers of something the American president would love—jobs.
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By John Morris
Six years ago, Gaël Méheust landed the second launch order for CFM International’s Leap engine, with an order to power 30 Airbus A320 neo aircraft for Scandinavian airline SAS.
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By Sean Broderick
The supplier is combining existing datasets to deliver actionable results.
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By Jens Flottau
Airlines not only want the aircraft, they want it fast—around two-thirds would ideally like to take delivery by 2021, years before the earliest realistic entry-into-service dates the manufacturers can offer.
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By Jens Flottau
Airlines not only want the aircraft, they want it fast .
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The XQ-222 and UTAP-22 combat drones, derived from aerial target technology, have already captured the imagination of the U.S. military services stateside but are more obscure concepts on the world stage.
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By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
There is a lot of intriguing activity in the aerospace industry than is not be apparent at first look.
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