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IndustryATR and Giugiaro Design unveil partnership for the /600 series cabin for airplanes
Turin, Italy - Named ARMONIA
The regional turboprop manufacturer ATR and world-renowned Italian design house Giugiaro Design today unveiled their partnership for the development of the new ATR ‘-600 series’ cabin, named ARMONIA. ATR and... more
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IndustryA-350XWB airplane. Composites & metals: the right mix for Aerolia
Méaulte, France - Important milestones are being crossed on the A350 XWB Programme
The 1st Composite Panel for the A-350 XWB At Méaulte, in the 18,000 m² Composite Unit, currently near completion, the A-350XWB nose fuselage sections will be manufactured. During building work, a t... more
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IndustryAirbus showcases the A-400M, A-380 and A-330F planes at Farnborough
Blagnac, France - Full range of civil and military aircraft on display, through interactive tools and video
Airbus, the European consortium belonging to the EADS Group, will have two industry leading edge aircraft participating in flying displays at the "2010 Farnborough International Airshow" (19-25th July). The... more
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IndustryAVIO and Bari Polytechnic set up the research laboratory on new aerospace propulsion technologies
Turin, Italy - Energy Factory Bari aims at new environmentally friendly and energical innovations
Avio, the Italian worldwide company in the sector of aerospace propulsion, and Bari Polytechnic, have set up Energy Factory Bari, a research laboratory dedicated to the development of innovative technologies... more
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IndustryBoeing: Air China finalized order for 20 B-737/800NG aircraft
Seattle, Usa - The carrier will use the planes to expand its domestic routes
Boeing has finalized an order with Air China, the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China, for 20 Next-Generation (NG) 737/800 airplanes. Air China operates international and domestic passenger... more
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IndustryFourth C-130J airplane towards Norway
Marietta, Usa - The first model in November 2008
Norway’s fourth C-130J airplane left yesterday the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta. Norway placed a contract in November 2007 for four C-130J Super Hercules through the Foreign Military Sales (... more
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IndustryBoeing completes firm configuration of B-787/9 Dreamliner plane
Washington, Usa - After years of collaboration with airline customers and partners
Boeing yesterday announced the completion of firm configuration for the B-787/9 airplane. The giant reached this milestone after years of collaboration with airline customers and partners to determine... more
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IndustryAirbus: neither aids to launch of airplanes nor other measures caused "Material injury" to US industries
Paris, France - And rebuts "We are waiting for the conclusion of the European dispute about aids received by Boeing"
Question and answer that continue from years about State aids, on concessional loans, on the funding for launch of new airplanes, that between Boeing (American) and Airbus (EADS Group), European, that... more
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IndustrySSI and RTEC announces the intention to establish a jv in Russia
Moscow, Russia - For security systems for infrastructures as airports
CJSC Russian Telecom Equipment Company (RTEC), affiliated with State Corporation Rostechnologies and SELEX Sistemi Integrati SpA, affiliated with the Italian industrial Company Finmeccanica, signed a Terms... more
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IndustryBoeing to partner with Russia on Skolkovo Innovation Center Project
Washington, Usa - The agreement signed during an official visit of the Russian President
Boeing and Innovation Center of Skolkovo, Russia, signed an agreement to formalize Boeing’s participation in the Skolkovo Innocity project. Under the agreement, Boeing, together with its Russian partners, e... more
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IndustryBoeing calls WTO ruling a landmark decision and sweeping legal victory
Chicago, Usa - It has been unveiled today
Boeing today praised the World Trade Organization's final ruling that billions of dollars in European launch aid subsidies used by Airbus to develop its commercial airplanes are illegal and must end. The... more
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IndustryBoeing identifies issue with the 787 aircraft’s horizontal stabilizers
Seattle, USA - Some airplanes have issues with improperly installed parts
Boeing has recently identified a workmanship issue with the 787’s horizontal stabilizers. Some airplanes have issues with improperly installed shims and the torque of associated fasteners. This finding r... more
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IndustrySelex Sistemi Integrati presents "SeaBilla" project
Rome, Italy - For maritime surveillance
SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, has launched the European research and development project SeaBILLA (Sea Border Surveillance). SeaBILLA, proposed to the European Union as a research... more
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IndustryFirst India C-130J airplane in full color
Marietta, Usa - Within a program that includes six models
The first Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airplane for India has completed painting at the company's Marietta, Ga., facility. The aircraft now enters flight test in preparation for delivery at... more
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IndustrySSI: the European SWIM SUIT project completed
Rome, Italy - With the realization of a prototype
After a three year study, yesterday SELEX Sistemi Integrati (SSI), a Finmeccanica company, presented a prototype demonstrator as the final result of SWIM-SUIT System Wide Information Management Supported... more
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IndustryA-320 Family aircraft tops 50 million flights
Blagnac, France - Carried in excess of 5.000.000.000 (5 billion) people
The single-aisle aircraft, the A-320 Family, has achieved over 50 million take offs and landings since the first model, the A-320, entered commercial service in 1988. Over this period, they have carried... more
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IndustryAirbus will get public funding from UK government
London, UK - The Treasury confirmed the 340 million Pounds pledged for A-350 aircraft project
Airbus will not be stripped of the £340 mln in funding promised to help it develop its newest airliner. Concerns over the future of the A-350 were raised in the Commons last week as the government... more
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IndustrySSJ airplane: training center is ready to provide the first “Type Training Course" for cabin crew
Venice, Italy - The CEET represents a further step forward in the implementation of training tools while waiting to start the SSJ-100 entry into service
Committed to be a global training provider, SuperJet International, the joint-venture between Alenia Aeronautica and Sukhoi Holding, is ready to provide the most competent support for Sukhoi Superjet 100... more
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IndustryThe C-27J JCA aircraft reaches flight-hour milestone
Waco, Usa - Training and deliveries continue
The C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) Team - led by L-3 Communications and with Alenia Aeronautica’s participation through its owned company Alenia North America - announced today that the United States’ C-2... more
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IndustryHow environmentally friendly will Boeing jets be in the future?
Seattle, USA - Updates released by Jeanne Yu, who leads the company's environmental efforts for airplanes
20 years of research on "Environmental performance" aircraft: Jeanne Yu, who heads research on the environmental impact of Boeing aircraft, marks such a record for the company in Seattle, in a recent interview... more
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IndustryRR celebrates first run of Trent XWB engine
Rome, Italy - It's the latest member of the family
Rolls-Royce (RR), the global power systems company, has celebrated the first run of the Trent XWB, the latest member of its Trent® aero engine family. With more than 1,000 ordered, the new propulsion... more
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IndustryAVIO: Genx engine makes its first flight on B-787 Dreamliner airplane
Turin, Italy - Italian company produces 12% of the technological advanced propellant
Italy has an important role in the engine for the Dreamliner airplane. Avio, the Italian Company, in aerospace propulsion, produces 12% of the GEnx engine, which carried out its first flight installed... more
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IndustryEads-Eurocopter will produce biocombustible for airplanes and helicopters in Brazil
Munich, Germany - Signed agreement between European Group, its subsidiary and an Argentine society specialized in green combustible and oils
The creation of an aviation biofuel production facility in Brazil will be evaluated by EADS, Eurocopter and BioCombustibles del Chubut under terms of a cooperative agreement signed at this month’s "ILA B... more
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IndustryBoeing completes first flight of GE-powered 787 airplane
Washington, Usa - For a 3 hour and 48 minute flight
The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner with General Electric (GE) engines, the airplane referred to as ZA005, completed its first flight at 6:29 p.m. (Pacific time) yesterday, following a 3-hour-and-48-minute... more
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IndustryEmbraer view about one-pilot commercial airplanes
San José dos Campos, Brazil - The Brazilian design turmoil is continuing
During the event "ILA Berlin" 2010, we have left Embraer, the third world aircraft builder, with the opportunity of an alliance with Airbus, the industry controlled by the European giant EADS Group, and... more
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IndustryB-737 airplane: production rate increases to 35 per month
Seattle, Usa - Over the next 18 months and then in early 2012
Boeing yesterday announced a second production rate increase on the Next-Generation 737 program, taking the rate from the previously announced 34 airplanes per month to 35 in early 2012. In May, Boeing... more
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IndustryLM: F-35B (BF-2) aircraft flies supersonic
Patuxent River, Usa - The aircraft will enter service for the Marines, UK RAF and Royal Navy and the Italian Air Force and Navy
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time in the last days, achieving a significant milestone.... more
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IndustryTwo CN-235 aircraft for the Navy of Mexico ferried to their Mexican base
Madrid, Spain - They will join the fleet of seven C-212 MPA
The two CN-235 airplanes aircraft ordered by the Mexican Navy departed Airbus Military’s facility of San Pablo (Seville) with destination to the Navy’s air base of Tapachula, on Friday 11th June, the ind... more
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IndustrySuccessfully completed the initial flight-worthiness phase for the the newest B-747 airplaen
Palmdale, USA - The general manager for the tests program was satisfied
Boeing announced yesterday, Monday 14th, that its newest 747 jumbo jet has successfully completed the initial flight-worthiness phase of flight testing. On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration... more
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IndustryItalian ENAV-SSI. Coflight Programme: version 1 of the European FDP accepted
Rome, Italy - By Frenche DSNA and by Swiss Skyguide
"The Industrial Consortium Thales/SELEX Sistemi Integrati has recently delivered Version 1 of the new generation FDP (Flight Data Processing) software after successful acceptance by the three Air Navigation... more
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IndustryBoeing begins fuselage assembly for first B-747/8 Intercontinental airplane
Washington, Usa - The industry has 109 orders for the model
Boeing began fuselage assembly of the first 747/8 Intercontinental aircraft at the factory in Everett, Wash. Mechanics loaded panels for the 31-foot, 8-inch (9.6 m) long front section of the new airplane... more
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IndustryEADS and Embraer together for a new medium range airplane?
Berlin, Germany - With China and Canada that go forward, "The duopoly has ended" Airbus-Boeing, Gallois said, and new alliances are necessary
New technological and market strategies, EADS has announced during the first days of the "ILA" event in Berlin (from June 8-13). But also new alliances on the horizon to fight a fierce market. The declarations... more
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IndustryThe F-35 airplane completes ground-tests five months ahead of schedule
Fort Worth, Usa - Conducted on AG-1, an F-35A dedicated to validating the strength of the jet's airframe
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program successfully completed F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) full-scale static testing – with zero structural failures –five months ahead of schedule and... more
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IndustryHalf a million of hours UAS onboard for the Athena flight control
New York, USA - Primarly bused in Iraq's and Afganistan's misisons
Rockwell Collins’ Athena flight control and navigation systems recently exceeded the half-million flight hours mark flying Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) in operations primarily in I... more
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Industry"ILA 2010": Rockwell technology for Turkish's aircraft
Berlin, Germany - In Berlin the agreement between two companies is celebrating. Highlight the hazardous detecting system MultiScan
Inside the Berlin's aircraft, helicopters and airspace show "ILA 2010", ongoing these days, the agreement reached between Rockwell Collins industry e la Turkish Airlines air company. This one has selected... more
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IndustryCloser collaboration between Finmeccanica and the Italian Air Force
Rome, Italy - The first in a series of meetings next Wednesday
As part of the collaboration between Finmeccanica and the Italian Air Force, the first in a series of meetings aimed at optimising the flow of information between the two organisations will be held at... more
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IndustryLM: F-35C airplane made its inaugural flight (video)
Fort Worth, Usa - Lasted almost an hour
The most advanced aircraft in the history of the United States Navy made its inaugural flight assuring a future of long-range' first-day-of-the-war stealth striking capability from the Navy's big-deck... more
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IndustrySELEX Sistemi Integrati wins Forza NEC contract
Rome, Italy - Worth EUR 238 million
Finmeccanica, through its subsidiary SSI, has signed a contract worth EUR 238 million with the Land Armaments General Directorate of the Italian Ministry of Defence to supply the Italian armed forces with... more
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IndustryFinmeccanica statement: Guarguaglini has never met Mr. Mokbel
Rome, Italy - In reference to articles published today in some press organs
"In reference to articles published today in some press organs, Finmeccanica reiterates statements made in recent days: the Chairman and CEO, Pier Francesco Guarguaglini has never met and does not know... more
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IndustryDRS Technologies receives follow-on orders worth $140 million
Rome, Italy - Orders are to supply Thermal Sights to US army and US marine corps
Another success in America for DRS Technologies, Inc., a Finmeccanica company, wich has received orders worth $140 million to supply thermal sights to the US Army PEO Soldier, Project Manager Soldier Sensors... more
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IndustrySSJ-100 aircraft completes engine water protection test program
Moscow, Russia - Now the airplane is able to carry out safe take-off and landing on wet runways
Sukhoi Superjet 100 SN95003 has successfully completed the test program aimed at evaluation of engine protection against water airplanes from the runway. The tests confirmed that APU and propulsion system... more
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IndustryDRS Technologies and the Boeing company sign teaming agreement for the NewGen Tanker
Rome, Italy - The contract between two industries has been announced today
A teaming agreement between DRS Technologies and the Boeing Company regarding the NewGen Tanker program has been announced today. DRS will collaborate with Boeing on the console design and then manufacture... more
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IndustryEADS celebrates its first ten years in the airspace firmament
Hamburg, Germany - Planned a range of celebrations for a remarkably growth
In just 10 years, it has become an European and indeed global leader in the aeronautics, space, defence and associated services sector. Since 2000, EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company)... more
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IndustryBoeing vs Airbus: the American lawmakers intervenes in the competition on the refuelling taker bid
Washington, Usa - Boeing welcomes the proposed legislation to factor in "Illegal subsidies" to Airbus
At the end of last week Boeing on Friday welcomed proposed US legislation that would force the Pentagon to factor in subsidies to Airbus when it makes a decision on a 35-billion-dollar tanker contract. The... more
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IndustryTomorrow the prestigious Berlin's aerospace show "ILA 2010" will start
Berlin , Germany - During the happening lasting from 8th to 13th of June, EADS is presenting its latest technology
The aerospace industry's show "ILA 2010", will be held at Berlin's Schoenefeld Airport from tomorrow 8th to Sunday 13th of June. One of the oldest sector's happening with its one hundred years, and surely... more
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IndustryFinmeccanica: order for 8 more C-27J aircraft for the US Air Force
Rome, Italy - US Administration included USD 319 million into the budget 2011
Finmeccanica, through Alenia North America (a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica) received an additional order for 8 C-27J airplanes JCA (Joint Cargo Aircraft) for the U.S. Air Force, valued at $319 million. These... more
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IndustryAir transport. Airbus-Boeing: challenge about bio-fuel for the future technology
Berlin, Germany - The first one will present at Berlin's "ILA 2010" an aircraft fuelled by algae-made kerosene, the second one experimented a supersonic flight with 50% of bio-fuel
The challenge between the two biggest world aeronautic industries continues on the level of eco-sustainability of their products as regarding emissions. Both Airbus and Boeing announced the state-of-art... more
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IndustryFinmeccanica: Guarguaglini participates in "Foreign Investors Council" and "Investment Summit" in Kazakhstan
Rome, Italy - Transport, helicopters and security issues were discussed
Chairman and CEO of Finmeccanica, Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, took part in the Foreign Investors Council and the Kazakhstan Investment Summit held in Almaty on 3-4 June 2010 at the invitation of the President... more
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IndustryLuxembourg's Luxair expands fleet with B-737/800NG aircraft
Seattle, Usa - The plane will be equipped with Blended Winglets and of Sky Interior
Luxair Luxembourg Airlines, the national airline of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, has signed an agreement with Boeing to purchase one Next-Generation 737/800 jetliner. The airplane will join Luxair's... more
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Industry"CANSEC 2010": new cockpit display for F/A-18 Super Hornet airplane simulator
Ottawa, Canada - Other products exposed at the event
Boeing has demonstrated a new, larger cockpit display as part of its F/A-18 Super Hornet simulator at the "CANSEC 2010" defense and security trade show. The exhibition took place on June 2-3 in Ottawa.... more