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GE and its JV partners receive more than $31 billion in orders/commitments at 2017 Paris Air Show

VietJet Air and Safran sign SFCO2® service agreement

Safran has added a new customer, VietJet Air, Vietnam's leading private airline, for its SFCO2® fuel efficiency solution. The SFCO2 service contract spans five years, starting in 2017, and covers the entire fleet of the Ho Chi Minh City-based airline. It will help VietJet Air improve its...

GKN and Boeing Business Jets sign contract for completion of the 737 Boeing Business Jet for the Dutch government

Contract covers the design and completion of the interior of the 737 Boeing Business Jet for the Dutch Government Design work to take off immediately, completed aircraft to be delivered in 2019 GKN’s Fokker business and Boeing Business Jets have signed a contract for the design and c...

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department becomes Japan’s first H215 operator

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has signed a contract for one H215, making it the first operator in Japan to operate the rotorcraft when it is delivered in 2020. Currently operating a fleet of 14 helicopters, the largest police air corps in Japan plans to enhance its law enforcement activities with this new H215. The brand new H215 will be delivered ahead of the Tokyo 2020...

City of Taichung and Dassault Systèmes Sign MoU to Promote Intelligent Machines

Taichung City, the industrial heart of Taiwan's machine tools, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dassault Systèmes, a software publisher specializing in 3D design, 3D digital modeling, and life cycle management solutions. A product, to accelerate the development of the intelligent machine sector in Taichung. This Memorandum of Understanding is a significant first step in develop...

A symbolic Daher TBM 930 to honor the centennial of America’s entry into World War I

As part of its presence at this week’s Paris Air Show, Daher is honoring the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into World War I with a symbolic paint scheme on one of its new TBM 930 very fast turboprop aircraft. The stars and stripes featured on this TBM 930 are a reminder of the role of France’s Morane-Saulnier – the predecessor aircraft manufacturer to Daher...

GE Additive creating world's largest laser-powder additive machine

GE Additive is creating the world's largest laser-powder additive manufacturing machine. Tailored for the aerospace industry, the machine will be able to print in a "build envelop" of one meter cubed (1000mm x 1000mm x 1000mm). The development project, announced at The Paris Air Show, will be unveiled in November at the Formnext Show in Frankfurt, Germany. "The machin...

SIA Engineering Company and GE Aviation to form Engine Overhaul Joint Venture

SIA Engineering Company Limited (“SIAEC”) and GE Aviation (“GE”) have agreed to establish a new engine overhaul joint venture based in Singapore. The joint venture will provide a full range of engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the GE90 and GE9X engines. The GE90 engine exclusively powers the Boeing 777-300ER and 777-200LR, and the GE9X engine is the...

Bombardier Signs a Letter of Intent with SpiceJet for up to 50 Q400 Aircraft

Longtime Bombardier operator in India to increase its fleet of Q Series turboprops to support regional expansion strategy SpiceJet will become newest customer of extra-capacity, 86-seat Q400 aircraft Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today from the International Paris Air Show, that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with SpiceJet of Gurgaon, India for up to 50 Q400 turboprop...

Boeing, United Airlines Announce Order for 100 737 MAX 10s

Boeing and United Airlines today announced an agreement at the 2017 Paris Air Show to convert 100 of its current 737 MAX orders into 737 MAX 10s, becoming the largest single 737 MAX 10 customer in the world. United also announced an order for four additional 777-300ER aircraft. "The 737 MAX 10 will enable us to continue using larger and more efficient aircraft within our domes...

Airbus launches Skywise – aviation’s open data platform

Combining Airbus’ aerospace expertise with Palantir’s advanced data analytics solutions; To become the platform of reference used by the aviation industry; Enabling Airbus to harness deep in-service data and insights to improve its aircraft designs and support offerings; Already providing results with several ‘early adopter’ airlines.· A...

Dassault Systèmes and Airbus APWorks Collaborate to Advance the Use of Additive Manufacturing for Serial Production

•Additive manufacturing lets aerospace and defense companies do more with less •Leveraging the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and APWorks’ metal 3D printing expertise •Virtual validation for certified, serial additively manufactured parts Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Man...

Lockheed Martin Announces C-130J-SOF Super Hercules Dedicated to Supporting International Special Operations Forces

At the Paris Air Show today, Lockheed Martin officials introduced the C-130J-SOF, the newest Super Hercules aircraft configured for international military special operations requirements. The C-130J-SOF is the 10th production variant of the Super Hercules. This multi-mission aircraft is specifically intended to meet the unique demands associated with executing operations of strategic...

Airbus Helicopters reveals Racer high-speed demonstrator configuration

Project developed in the frame of Clean Sky 2 research programme Airbus Helicopters has unveiled today at the Paris air show the aerodynamic configuration of the high speed demonstrator it is developing as part of the Clean Sky 2 European research programme. Codenamed Racer, for Rapid And Cost-Effective Rotorcraft, this demonstrator will incorporate a host of innovative features and will be opt...

Azerbaijan Airlines announced its intention to purchase four B787-Dreamliner aircrafts

Azerbaijani Airlines (AZAL) announced its intention to purchase four Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircrafts, which are estimated at approximately $918 million, today at the air show in Paris. Information about dates of order and delivery of the aircrafts will be posted to Boeing's Orders and Deliveries website once finalized. "The decision to order additional 787 Dreamliners represents s...

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