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Rockwell Collins to feature latest cabin, avionics and aircraft service offerings at LABACE 2017

Rockwell Collins will showcase business aviation solutions for the Latin American market, including flight deck, connectivity, cabin and service solutions at the 15th Annual Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Expo, from Aug. 15-17. “This year we are showcasing even...

ATR and Stobart Air renew their Global Maintenance Agreement

After ten years of cooperation, ATR, the world’s leading turboprop manufacturer, and the Irish regional airline Stobart Air announce the extension of their Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA). This new six-year contract covers the repair, overhaul and pooling services of Line Replaceable Units,...

Piaggio Aerospace participates with Avanti EVO at Air Charter Expo 2017 in London

Piaggio Aerospace, a leading Italian aircraft manufacturer active in the business and defense and security sectors, announced it will participate with its Avanti EVO in the Air Charter Expo 2017 held at the London Biggin Hill Airport, on September 12, 2017. Organized by BACA (the Air Charter Association), ACE is the international exhibition dedicated to the air charter industry and addressed to gl...

Lockheed Martin Will Build New Space Instrument Focused on Vegetation Health and Carbon Monitoring

Scientists will get a better understanding of our planet’s carbon cycle and vegetation health through a first-of-a-kind NASA instrument built by Lockheed Martin. The Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory (GeoCARB) mission will use an advanced infrared spectrograph hosted on a commercial geosynchronous satellite. The project is led by Principal Investigator Dr. Berrien Moore at the Universit...

Boeing, Air Lease Corporation Finalize Order for 12 737 MAXs

Boeing and Air Lease Corporation have finalized an order for 12 737 MAXs first announced at the 2017 Paris Air Show. The agreement also includes two new orders for the 787-9 Dreamliner. "These additional orders reflect ALC's highly successful placements to date of our MAX and 787 order book and the need to fulfill the incremental demand we are experiencing for these aircraft...

Dassault Systèmes and No Magic Establish Partnership to Boost Systems Engineering Solutions

Dassault Systèmes and No Magic, Incorporated have entered into a partnership to join their expertise in the Model-based systems engineering field. The two companies will integrate their industry solutions based on Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform addressing, among others, the need for competitiveness in the development of connected and autonomous experie...

Ryanair Selects Zodiac Seats U.S.' Z110 Seat for B737max Aircraft

Zodiac Seats U.S. is pleased to announce that Ryanair has selected Zodiac Seats' Z110 high-density economy class seat for their Boeing 737MAX aircraft. Zodiac Seats U.S. CEO Jeff Barger notes, "We are pleased with Ryanair's continued confidence in Zodiac Seats U.S. and the Z110. The Z110 was originally developed specifically for Ryanair to meet their exacting requirements and the l...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017: A good year for Daher at the world’s leading aviation event

Daher recognized the TBM community’s strong presence at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, with the participation of 60 TBM very fast turboprop airplanes – once again representing the largest number of turbine-powered aircraft at the annual fly-in. Several TBMs made long flights to join the world-leading aviation gathering at Wittman Regional Airport, with eight coming...

Piper's Deliveries and Revenue Continue Upward Trend in Q2 2017

Piper Aircraft Inc. announced its aircraft sales and delivery results for the second quarter of 2017, ending June 30. The company continued to grow its new aircraft deliveries and revenue with sales of turbine, M-Class products leading the company's performance success. Additionally, Piper trainer sales growth is being led by the proven Archer platform with sales backlog into Q3 2018....

Lockheed Martin Closes In On Shrinking the Telescope

Lockheed Martin revealed the first images from an experimental, ultra-thin optical instrument, showing it could be possible to shrink space telescopes to a sliver of the size of today's systems while maintaining equivalent resolution. Weighing 90 percent less than a typical telescope, the Segmented Planar Imaging Detector for Electro-Optical Reconnaissance (SPIDER) opens a path for extremel...

Russian Helicopters signed agreement on supply 3 helicopters to China to be used for Beijing Olympic Games 2022

United Helicopters International Group, the authorized distributor of Russian Helicopters holding in China has signed an agreement to supply 3 medical helicopters to Beijing 999 Emergency Rescue Center. Due to agreement signed on 17 July in Beijing, the Emergency Rescue Center, that is a subsidiary of Beijing Red Cross Foundation, will receive two Ansat helicopters and one MI-171 helicopter in...

Denali momentum continues as build of first full test aircraft begins

One year after unveiling a cabin mockup of its all-new high-performance single-engine turboprop at Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh, Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, has made significant progress in bringing to market the Cessna Denali. Manufacturing of the first full airframe test article has begun and the team has started building tooling fo...

Airbus Foundation brings youth development programme to Africa

Programme aims to reach 3,000 participants in the first year and will grow to cover several countries in the continent The Airbus Foundation together with its partner The Little Engineer is rolling out the Airbus Little Engineer (ALE) robotics programme in Africa. The initiative aims at training thousands of students between 10 and 16 years old in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineeri...

Embraer Executive Jets retains top ranking in customer support

Embraer Executive Jets has once again placed first in customer support, according to Aviation International News’ 2017 Product Support Survey. The company retained its leadership position, receiving a score of 8.4 out of a possible 10, for new and preflown business jets. Last year Embraer achieved this same rating, the highest-ever combined overall average in the industry. "With...

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Airbus delivered the first H135 helicopter for Canada’s Future Aircrew Training program, achieving a key milestone in the modernisation of pilot training for the Royal Canadian Air Force. T...

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Airbus inaugurates a second final assembly line for the A320 family in Toulouse

Airbus inaugurated a second modernized final assembly line for the A320 family at the Jean-Luc Lagardère site in Toulouse. The official opening ceremony was presided over by Guillaume Faury, Ex...

Daher: logistics partner to Airbus Defence and Space in Europe

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Avincis signs contract for up to 15 Airbus H145 helicopters

Avincis, Europe’s largest emergency aerial services operator, and Airbus Helicopters have signed a contract for up to 15 H145 helicopters. The new aircraft will be deployed across Avincis’...

Air bp marks 100 years of aviation refuelling

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Do228 NXT launch customer announced - NGO acquires versatile turboprop aircraft for humanitarian and special mission operations

Following the successful first flight and Roll-Out of the demonstrator aircraft of the Do228 NXT series, German aircraft manufacturer General Atomics AeroTec Systems announced the sale of the first Do...