Paris Air Show

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.

Bell Helicopter expects to finish its 505 Jet Ranger X manufacturing facility in Lafayette this summer.

CFM International will keep its maintenance costs for the new LEAP narrowbody engine to levels at or similar to those of the current CFM56 engine, company senior executives said.

The launch next year of PeruSat-1 – Peru's first Earth-observation satellite – is the first of a proposed family of spacecraft built on Airbus's AstroBus-S platform.

It's already a record-breaking aircraft, but Airbus Defense and Space believes the latest iteration of its Zephyr UAV may be about to rewrite the future of air and space surveillance.

Spirit AeroSystems has come a long way in its 10-year history, continuing a pattern of steady growth while meeting production rate increases of major customers, Boeing and Airbus.

Yair Dubester, president and CEO of Uvision, told ShowNews that his company has dedicated its entire portfolio to loitering weapons. “We have developed a complete family of solutions, suited to a wide range of applications and scenarios.

Sino-U.S. partnership promotes SL100 airliner-cum-large business jet in a double European debut.

JAC, a wholly owned subsidiary of JAL Group, signed a contract for the purchase of eight firm orders of ATR42-600s, plus one option and 14 purchase rights. It is the first contract signed between ATR and a Japanese airline.

We look at the fighters on display at this year’s Paris air show, including the JF-17 Thunder, which is making its European debut.

Embraer clinched firm orders for a total of 50 E-series models, plus 35 options, at the show on day 1.

Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar al Baker used a press conference at the Paris Air Show to send a message to the CEO of Delta Air Lines after he signed firm contracts for 14 Boeing 777s.

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

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.

Airbus is looking at increasing production rates for the A350 beyond the current goal of ten aircraft per month.

Bombardier's Fred Cromer and Rob Dewar take Aviation Week on a tour of the new passenger jet and point out features they believe will give it a competitive edge.

After developing and flying the systems for the U.S. military for years during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Textron is seeing export opportunities for its tactical UAVs take off.

Thales’ new Talios targeting pod should start flight tests on a fighter-type aircraft shortly, the company says.

After years of trying to sell the space division of Avio SpA, private-equity investor Cinven Ltd. is preparing to unload a majority of its 81% stake in the company.

Airbus is confident it no longer needs a large Airbus A330 order from China to be able to sustain the new rate of six per month, according to Executive Vice President Procurement Klaus Richter.

Airbus is considering stretching the A380 as it slowly prepares a decision about the launch of the A380neo.

Pratt & Whitney plans to fire up the first PW1900G geared turbofan for the Embraer E190-E2 at its West Palm Beach, Florida test site on June 15.