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Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc 2015 Full Year Results

Warren East, Chief Executive, said: “In the context of challenging trading conditions our overall performance for the year was in line with the expectations we set out in July 2015. It was a year of considerable change for Rolls-Royce: in our management, in some market conditions and in our ne...

Foreign investors may participate in Russian Helicopters privatization in 2016

The blocking stake of Russian Helicopters may be privatized in 2016, the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said on Friday, adding that foreign investors may participate in privatization. "As far as Russian Helicopters are concerned we’re always searching for strategic, port...

Confirmed: Indonesia Will Buy 10 Russian Su-35S Fighter Jets

Indonesia has agreed to purchase 10 Russian Sukhoi Su-35S multirole fighter jets, according to Indonesian media reports. Indonesia’s Minister of Defense, General Ryamizard Ryacudu, will visit Moscow in March to sign the final agreement. Already in September 2015, Gen. Ryamizard announced that a decision to purchase Russian jets had been made. “A decision was mad...

Airbus Has a Sweet Home for U.S. A320 Production

Airbus’s U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama, opened last September, could augur well for increased production in Southeast Asia. A320-family airliners are already assembled in Tianjin, China. The U.S. facility rounds out the manufacturer’s production strategy for its high-selling A320 family of aircraft:“building close to its custome...

Boeing is plunging after a report that the feds are investigating its accounting

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating Boeing Commercial Airplanes' accounting practices with respect to the company's 787 Dreamliner and 747 jumbo jet programs. According to Bloomberg's Robert Schmidt, Julie Johnsson, and Matt Robinson, people with knowledge of the matter said the SEC was looking into Boeing's projections for the long-term profita...

An inside look at America's iconic B-2 Spirit Bomber

Air Force pilots of the 1980s-era stealthy B-2 Spirit bomber plan to upgrade and fly the aircraft on attack missions against enemy air defenses well into the 2050s, service officials said. “It is a dream to fly. It is so smooth,” Maj. Kent Mickelson, director of operations for 394th combat training squadron, told Scout Warrior in an interview. In a special interview design...

Thales Eying Launch for Head-worn Aircraft Display

Thales is nearing the end of the proof-of-concept phase for its TopMax head-worn aircraft display and hopes to launch product development later this year. Thus far, a prototype display has logged about 40 hours of flight-testing aboard turboprop aircraft, as well as 10 hours in a simulator. The trials have shown that the right eye can be used, regardless of the pilot's dominant eye, said Thale...

A major milestone for multi-tasking

It’s “full speed ahead” for Airbus’ A350 XWB with final assembly start-up for the new-generation jetliner family’s longest-fuselage member, the A350-1000 – which was kicked off this week, as per planning, in parallel with the baseline A350-900 version’s continued production ramp-up to meet market demand. The no. 1 A350-1000 is one of three test ai...

Cirrus Aircraft delivers strong 2015 performance as Vision Jet accelerates towards first customer delivery

Cirrus Aircraft announced that new aircraft shipments in 2015 exceeded 300 for the second year in a row as the Cirrus SR22 maintained its position as the best-selling airplane in its segment for the thirteenth consecutive year. New unit deliveries for 2015 totaled 301 while the global Cirrus fleet surpassed 6,200 total SR aircraft and amassed over seven million flight hours. In addition...

First AGUSTAWESTLAND AW169 for the UK market lands at its base

Delivery of the first of six AW169 helicopters ordered by leading EMS-service operator Specialist Aviation Services Over 150 AW169 helicopters ordered by almost 60 customers in over 20 countries around the world, including framework contracts and options The AW169 is the only new generation helicopter in its weight class in more than 30 years Finmeccanica, through its Helicopter D...

Boeing To Cut Jobs To Reduce Costs

Boeing will cut jobs at its commercial aircraft unit, a move that comes as the company is under intense pressure to lower costs to compete with Airbus. The decision was announced by Boeing commercial planes chief executive Ray Conner in an employee webcast after the company saw sales fall and profit margins narrow last year. Airbus won 57 percent of new aircraft orders booked by the two plan...

Airbus Helicopters selects Thales and Helisim for its H160 full flight simulator deployment

Airbus Helicopters has partnered with Thales and Helisim to develop and deploy the full flight simulator (FFS) for the H160. In line with the “born ready” strategy implemented by the H160. since the beginning of its development, the FFS will be available to support the H160’s entry into service. This partnership between experienced and recognized companies will offer to fu...

Airbus starts A350-1000 final assembly

Largest member of A350 XWB Family becomes reality. Airbus has started final assembly of the first A350-1000 on schedule at the A350 XWB Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. This A350-1000, one of three flight test aircraft to be built, will take to the skies for its maiden flight before the end of 2016. A350-1000 deliveries will start in mid-2017. To ensure the smooth integration o...

Mitsubishi Regional Jet to resume flight test program

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation says says its Regional Jet program has resumed flight tests. The test flight conducted on Wednesday afternoon is the fourth test flight of the MRJ. The first flight took place on November 12. “Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation today resumed flight tests of the FTA-1 for the MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet),” the company said in a statement on Wedne...

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