Paris Air Show

The agreement, signed by CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden here June 16, aims to improve the agencies’ means and methods for orbital collision avoidance in an effort to boost the safety of satellite mission operations.

The lessor’s deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2018 for the E190-E2, and in 2019 for the E195-E2, at a rate of roughly seven units per year through 2021.

Further details about how work will be divided within the Meads International Consortium—comprising MBDA, Lockheed Martin and additional suppliers—will be part of discussions yet to come, says Thomas Homberg, managing director of MBDA.

Textron is talking with Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Exelis about an active electronically scanned array radar that can be integrated in the front of the aircraft.

A roundup of orders and announcements at the Paris air show, courtesy of SpeedNews

Airbus Helicopters has lifted the covers on its successor to the highly popular Super Puma.

United Aircraft Corporation and Comac will present detailed plans for their widebody aircraft to the Russian and Chinese governments in September.

Northrop Grumman has unveiled Block 40-standard RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned air vehicles for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance program.

The opening ceremony of the U.S. International Pavilion took place on Monday.

Israel’s UAV company Aeronautics is introducing several new versions of unmanned systems at the Paris Air Show, among them a new version of the Orbiter – the Orbiter 1K.

The first shipset designated for the initial flight-test aircraft is on its way, via the engine manufacturer, to the customer airframer this summer.

Israeli Aircraft Industries says that there is growing interest in the conversion of Boeing 767-300ER airliners into aerial refueling tankers.

ALIS is reportedly so large that if it were separated from the overall F-35 budget it would still be one of the biggest defense procurement programs of all time.

With both Boeing and Aviation Week commemorating their 100th birthdays next year, the two have agreed to create a digital, searchable, living archive of Aviation Week & Space Technology dating back to the very beginnings of human flight.

An innovative hybrid propulsion system for light aircraft – manned or unmanned – is being unveiled here at the Paris Air Show.

Earlier this year IAI reorganized its commercial aircraft activities under the newly established Civil Aviation Organization that coordinates the activities of the company’s Commercial Aircraft Group and its Engineering Group, operating in both the civilian and defense fields.

Development of revolutionary engines at GE Aviation is setting the stage for the next 50 years in military aircraft propulsion, engineers there believe.

European satellite manufacturers are capitalizing on increasing global demand for space-based remote sensing.

Satellite Internet startup OneWeb Ltd. has selected Airbus Defense and Space to serve as an industrial partner in the design and production of a fleet of 900 small Internet satellites.

In Frankfurt Airport, Lufthansa Boeing 737s are taxiing to the runways with their engines shut-down.

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with BAE Systems for upgrading the Indian Air Force’s Hawk Mk.132 advanced jet trainers

Production of GE Aviation’s F414 fighter engine could run for another decade. Although orders for the main aircraft it powers, the twin-engine F-18 Super Hornet and Growler, are winding down, it is finding success elsewhere in the world.

Data shared from aircraft used by 13 nations may include information that could provide actionable intelligence to an adversary.

The Aviation Week Network captured four awards at Sunday’s Aerospace Media Dinner at the Aero Club in Paris.

When it comes to the kind of decisions that governments and aerospace companies routinely face, the tangle of trade-offs can be so complicated that those with influence can sway the outcome. But a Virginia-based company pledges to bring more science and remove emotion from strategic decisions.