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Dassault's FalconEye Nominated for Collier Trophy

Dassault Aviation’s FalconEye combined-vision system was named this morning by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) as one of four nominees for the 2017 Collier Trophy. It will compete for the prestigious award, which is bestowed annually “for the greatest achievement in aeronautics...

Boeing's space taxis to use more than 600 3D-printed parts

Boeing Co has hired a small company to make about 600 3D-printed parts for its Starliner space taxis, meaning key components in the United States manned space program are being built with additive manufacturing. The company, privately held Oxford Performance Materials, will announce a $10 million...

Russian Helicopters produce first Ka-52 Alligator in 2017

A Russian Helicopters subsidiary – Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company, which is part of State Corporation Rostec, has produced this year’s first Ka-52 Alligator - a reconnaissance and combat helicopter. The helicopter built at Progress has already successfully and fully completed all ground and flight tests required by the technical terms and conditions of the government contract.&n...

Bombardier and CityJet Finalize Purchase Agreement for up to 10 CRJ900 Aircraft

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that a firm purchase agreement, consistent with the conditional agreement announced on January 24, 2017, has been finalized with Dublin-based regional carrier, CityJet. The firm agreement includes six CRJ900 aircraft and options for an additional four aircraft. Upon delivery, the aircraft will operate under wet lease in the Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)...

Spirit Aero's quarterly revenue hurt by lower deliveries to Boeing

Aircraft parts maker Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc reported a lower-than-expected quarterly revenue on Wednesday as its biggest customer, Boeing Co, faces slowing demand for jetliners. Spirit's shares were down 4.59 percent to $57.30 in morning trading. Quarterly revenue was hurt by lower "pricing terms" for Boeing's 787 program and fewer production deliveries on the 747...

ATR and Sweden’s BRA perform first ATR biofuel flight

An ATR 72-600 of the Swedish carrier BRA (former Braathens Regional) took off from Stockholm-Bromma to Umeå fueled at 45% with fossil-free used cooking oil, marking the first biofuel-powered flight of an ATR aircraft. BRA provides an essential air service to link their main hub of Stockholm-Bromma to twelve Swedish regions. The ATRs of BRA provide an unrivaled performance advantage...

SES and Satcom Global sign an agreement for global Ku-band network

SES S.A. announced that Satcom Global, a leading provider of global satellite communications services to the maritime and land sectors, will become a key partner for SES. The differentiated mobility solution will form a crucial part of Satcom Global’s new Ku-band VSAT service, Aura, providing seamless, reliable and high-speed connectivity to hundreds of maritime, offshore and land customers....

Textron Aviation celebrates 45th anniversary of first Citation delivery

Textron Aviation announced it is celebrating the 45th anniversary of the first Cessna Citation delivery. The first Citation jet, a Cessna Citation 500, was delivered to American Airlines in January 1972, where it was used for the development of the company’s training program. Since then, the Citation series has become the most popular line of business jets ever produced with more...

MiG-35 warplane to become Russia’s sole light fighter jet

Russia’s United Aircraft-Building Corporation is holding an international presentation of the most advanced MiG-35 fighter. Russia’s entire light fighter aviation will soon be armed with Mikoyan MiG-35 (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-F) aircraft, Russian Aerospace Force Commander-in-Chief Viktor Bondarev said on Friday. "Some time will pass and we’ll replace the enti...

Piper receives approval of M600 from Brazilian aviation authority

Piper Aircraft, Inc. has been awarded approval from the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) in Brazil for its top-of-the-line, single-engine turbo prop product, the M600. “ANAC’s approval of the M600 is excellent news for Piper Aircraft and our Brazilian dealer, J.P. Martins Aviacao. We are eager to bring our newest product to the Brazilian market,” said Simon Caldecott, Pre...

Boeing Awarded $2.1B for Third KC-46A Tanker Production Lot

The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing $2.1 billion for 15 KC-46A tanker aircraft, spare engines and wing air refueling pod kits. This order is the third low-rate initial production lot for Boeing. The first two came in August 2016 and included seven and 12 planes, respectively, as well as spare parts. Boeing plans to build 179 of the 767-based refueling aircraft for the Air Force to replace...

Gulfstream continues to provide enhanced customer support worldwide

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. reaffirms its commitment to worldwide customer support with an extensive schedule of 2017 events that began with a pilots forum Jan. 18 in Zurich. The 2017 schedule also includes nine traditional operator forums in the U.S., Europe, Asia and South America, two Customer Advisory Board (CAB) meetings in Savannah and a virtual Operators Conference. The company’s...

Airbus Helicopters achieves delivery targets and maintains market leadership in 2016

Airbus Helicopters delivered 418 rotorcraft in 2016, a five percent increase compared with 2015, against a challenging market backdrop. The company strengthened its lead on the civil and parapublic helicopter market while maintaining its position on the military market. Airbus Helicopters logged gross orders for 388 helicopters in 2016, a stable performance compared to the 383 gross orders of 2...

Embraer Announces Pricing Of Us$750,000,000 Notes Due 2027 Offering

Embraer S.A. hereby announces that it has priced an offering of US$750,000,000 notes due 2027 with yield of 5.400% per annum, issued through its wholly-owned subsidiary Embraer Netherlands Finance B.V. The notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Embraer. The notes have been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and are expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange....

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