L-3 Aviation Products is at the Paris Air Show with fresh stamps of approval for its XS-950 Mode S Transponder and T³CAS surveillance system from Airbus.
With Russian military aircraft operating over the Baltic Sea close to Swedish airspace, Sweden’s Gripen fighters and airborne and ground radars are being more heavily utilized.
Airbus Helicopters, Vector Aerospace and Rockwell Collins have announced an agreement to equip vintage Airbus AS332 Mk1 Puma helicopters with Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics kits.
Gulfstream records the sale of a G600 to Giza-based Cleopatra Group. Cleopatra already operates a G650, and the G600 will be delivered in the second quarter of 2019.
Shanghai Avionics Corporation has signed a contract with Elbit Systems of America, LLC, to provide Kollsman enhanced vision system-superior performance infrared cameras for the new COMAC C919 jetliner.
Sichuan Province, China secures a biennial place Farnborough International Ltd. . The Deyang city fathers signed a framework agreement to manage the show in a chalet ceremony at the Paris Air Show.
Airbus Safran Launchers reached an agreement with the French government and CNES to give the new Airbus-Safran joint venture 74% ownership in the European launch consortium.
Some exhibitors are giving away pens on their booths, but Satair Group has a more novel form of aide memoire of your visit: a miniature, future Airbus airliner produced by 3-D printer.
The airline plans to discontinue services to Stavanger, Norway; Vigo, Spain; Verona, Italy; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and has decided to fly smaller aircraft less frequently to destinations in Japan, Russia and Brazil.
The five largest European airline groups are in the process of defining the details of a new industry-lobbying body that would supersede current organizations, industry sources tell Aviation Daily.
It’s an exciting time for engine makers with the Bombardier CSeries, Airbus A320neo and Mitsubishi MRJ all undergoing flight tests with new powerplants. Larger engines are also being built for the the Airbus A350-1000 and Boeing 777X.
Development of revolutionary engines at GE Aviation is setting the stage for the next 50 years in military aircraft propulsion, engineers there believe.
As developer and producer of the Antares core stage, Yuzhnoye is working toward a March 2016 Antares launch, which is expected to carry Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo vessel to the International Space Station (ISS) under a $1.9 billion fixed-price agreement with NASA to haul 20,000 kg (44,000 lb.) to the orbiting outpost by the end of 2017.