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Boeing, Ryanair Celebrate Milestone Delivery of Airline's 400th Next-Generation 737-800

Turkish-Built Hurkus Passes EASA Test Flight

The Hurkus, an indigenous basic trainer built by Tusas Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), passed a critical flight test that may pave the way for its certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). TAI announced that two Hurkus prototypes, HUR01 and HUR02 were tested by EASA&rs...

Ag drone startup ready to take off

In the 21st-century version of a land rush, more than 600 companies have received permission to fly drones over farm fields and collect agricultural data. Only one of them is headed by a 27-year-old experimental physicist and headquartered in an old warehouse building in downtown St. Louis. Harri...

DARPA's reusable unmanned 'gremlin' planes are a go

Four aerospace and security corporations will attempt to make DARPA's "gremlins program" dream a reality. The Department of Defense division has joined forces with its frequent collaborator Lockheed Martin, Dynetics of Alabama, as well as Composite Engineering and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems of California. Dan Patt, the program manager, said these four contractors are &qu...

Bell-Boeing begins designing CMV-22B with $151 million contract

A $151 million contract awarded to V-22 tiltrotor manufacturer Bell-Boeing this week allows engineers to get started designing the US Navy’s future Osprey variant, the CMV-22B, which is replacing the Northrop Grumman C-2 Greyhound twin turboprop in the aircraft carrier logistics role at sea. Based on the US Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey variant, the navy’s “CMV” tiltrotor w...

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre develops connectivity solutions under Airbus standards

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC), the innovative provider of customised nose-to-tail solutions to VIP and airline customers, is developing solutions to provide high level of connectivity aboard, in compliance with Airbus standards. Thanks to its flexibility, agility and its expertise on VIP completion, that enables the company to answer the most exigent customers, ACJC addresses a panel of co...

Airbus A400M military transport plane hits more trouble

The torturous development process of the A400M transport plane has been extended yet again after Germany's Defense Ministry admitted that it had been hit more technical problems. Its latest delivery date is now in doubt. Germany's list of military equipment calamities was extended once again on Friday, when the country's biggest newspaper reported that the new European transporter p...

Saudi Arabia’s Nesma Airlines becomes new ATR operator

Nesma Airlines took delivery of their two first ATR 72-600s. These aircraft will operate in Saudi Arabia, where the airline is developing regional connectivity with the support of the national government. The two aircraft delivered today at the ATR manufacturing facilities in France are leased from Dubai Aerospace Entreprise (DAE) Ltd. On the occasion of the delivery,...

World’s most famous stealth aircraft

TASS is reviewing world's most famous stealth aircraft while Japan is about to become the fourth country in the world possessing one. Japan had plans for March 2016 to complete trials of its new-generation aircraft, the Advanced Technology Demonstrator X, developed with the use of the stealth technology. The Land of the Rising Sun will become the fourth country in the world to develop steal...

Boeing takes spare-part making from Spirit AeroSystems

Boeing Co said it is ending an agreement with one of its largest suppliers, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc , effectively taking away manufacturing of profitable spare parts used in aircraft repairs. "Spirit's contract with Boeing allowing them to make and sell spare parts using Boeing intellectual property expired February 29 and will not be renewed," Boeing said in response to q...

Warning: Boeing 767 slides may deploy spontaneously and land in your front yard

An emergency slide deployed from an airplane — while it was in the air — and landed in a front yard in Mesa, Arizona, on Wednesday afternoon. No injuries were reported and the only damage was to a tree. "It was just a loud bang and then the house actually shook," homeowner Andrea Self told local television station AZ Family. She said smelled something like "sulfur...

Daher Posts Record Revenues, Names New CEO

Daher announced record annual revenues yesterday, largely due to the growth last year of its aerospace business, which includes the TBM 900 turboprop single. Revenues last year surpassed €1 billion for the first time, at €1.17 billion. It delivered 55 TBM 900s in 2015, up from 51 in 2014. In new programs, Daher manufactures the tail section of the Airbus Helic...

Composites Facing Production Pinch

Composites material supplier Hexcel is looking for ways to overcome what it sees as a production-capacity challenge from around 2025 if the trend toward more composite materials in airframes continues on its current pace. Should next-generation narrowbodies consist of more than 50 percent carbon-fiber reinforced and other plastics, as in the most recent widebodies from Boeing and Airbus, the indus...

Bombardier and Adria Tehnika Extend Authorized Service Facility Agreement for CRJ Series Aircraft

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that it has extended its Authorized Service Facility (ASF) agreement with Adria Tehnika of Ljubljana, Slovenia, for an additional five-year term. Under the agreement, Adria Tehnika is designated as an authorized service provider for base and other maintenance on all Bombardier CRJ Series aircraft, including aircraft modifications and upgr...

Azul Brazilian Airlines selects Rockwell Collins avionics for 58 Airbus A320neos

Azul Brazilian Airlines has selected a host of Rockwell Collins avionics, including its MultiScan ThreatTrackTM weather radar and GLU-925 Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR), for 58 Airbus A320neo aircraft. Deliveries will begin in September. The announcement was made at FIDAE 2016 Chile, the International Fair of Air and Space Exhibition. “These advanced avionics will enable Azul ai...

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Daher: logistics partner to Airbus Defence and Space in Europe

Since 2020, Daher has been managing logistics operations for Airbus Defence and Space under two major A400M maintenance contracts: one in France, and the other in Germany...

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...