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IndustryFirst M-345 production aircraft performs its maiden flight
The Italian Air Force, the launch customer, has a requirement for up to 45 airplanes
The first M-345 HET (High Efficiency Trainer) production basic/advanced trainer aircraft successfully performed its maiden flight at Venegono Superiore airport (Varese, Italy) today with pilots Quirino... more
IndustryGreen Africa Airways: commitment for up to 100 B-737 MAX aircraft
Continent's fleet forecast to more than double over next 20 years
Boeing and Green Africa Airways announced today a commitment for up to 100 B-737 MAX 8 aircraft, evenly split into 50 firm airplanes and 50 options, as the airline gears up to begin commercial operations.... more
IndustryFAB confirms Leonardo as AMX aircraft logistic support supplier
The agreement with Brazil is valid for 58 months
The Brazilian Air Force General Command of Support (COMGAP) has confirmed Leonardo as the supplier of long-term logistic support services for the Força Aérea Brasileira’s (FAB) AMX aircraft fleet.The agr... more
IndustryLockheed Martin: the cost of the F-35 aircraft is still decreasing
Reached the 80 million dollars for aircraft
With the start of mass production and with the operational entry into the aviation fleets, the cost of the Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft is expected to decrese to 80 million dollars each for the "A" version,... more
IndustryBoeing-Embraer: new order to stop the jv
Agreement that seems to find no peace
The 5,26 billion dollar agreement for the creation of a joint venture between Boeing and Embraer continues, which would allow the US to take over 80% of the Brazilian commercial aircraft division in order... more
Aerospace"Space Force": it will be established inside the US Air Force
An act will be presented by the Pentagon in February
After the day before yesterday, President Donald Trump signed the act to establish the US Space Command as the first step towards the creation of a sixth armed force dedicated solely to space, some rumors... more
ReportUnited States: Secretary of Defense James Mattis resigns
Many divergences with President Donald Trump -ATTACHED
A bolt from the blu for the United States administration: infact the Secretary of Defense James Mattis presented his resignation yesterday, anticipating it by 3 months compared to the "retirement" that... more
IndustryFlyadeal sign commitment for up to 50 B-737 MAX airplanes
30 orders and 20 options for the growing Middle East carrier
Boeing and flyadeal today announced the Middle East carrier is growing its fleet with the 737 MAX. The airline committed to ordering 30 airplanes with options for 20 more in a deal that would be valued... more
HelicoptersTH-119 helicopter performs first flight
The training aircraft built in US, ready for US Navy
Leonardo announced it successfully completed the initial flight test of the TH-119 IFR training helicopter yesterday. It is Leonardo’s bid to replace the US Navy’s aging fleet of TH-57 Sea Ranger training hel... more
ReportGatwick Airport: partially re-open but still many flight cancelled
The Secretary of Transport announces restrictive measures for other airports
After another closing day was planned, this morning the London-Gatwick airport was partially re-opened, since the drone that remained in the airspace yesterday for almost the whole day has not been sighted... more
HelicoptersUkrainian Ministry of Interior receives its first H-225 helicopters
Another two aircraft will join the fleet in the coming weeks
Kick-starting the modernisation of Ukraine’s helicopter fleet, Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first two H-225s, out of an order for 21 aircraft, to the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior. One aircraft i... more
IndustryChina: problems for CSIC for aircraft carrier delivery times
One is undergoing modernization, the other under construction
The China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) would be doing its utmost to try to make the two naval aircraft carriers available within the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic... more
UAS-DronesPhoto. Airbus Helicopters VSR700 demonstrator flies unmanned
Performs compliance flight without safety pilot onboard
The Airbus Helicopters VSR700 demonstrator took off for a fully unmanned autonomous flight at the military airbase in Istres in the south of France. The purpose of the flight was to establish compliance... more
Finance and economyAirbus: the value of the shares on the stock market collapses
A new investigation for corruption in the US has been opened
The aerospace company Airbus today fell to the Paris Stock Exchange, reaching a peak of 9%, then rising again in the early afternoon and settling around a 5% decrease. To provoke this sharp decrease seems... more
AerospaceExpedition 57: three members back on Earth
After 197-day space mission
Three members of the International Space Station's Expedition 57 crew, including NASA astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor, returned to Earth Thursday, safely landing at 12:02 am EST (11:02 am local time)... more
Finance and economyEmbraer: if the jv will make you pay a huge dividend to shareholders
It will be paid an amount between 1.6 and 1.7 billion dollars
If the agreement with Boeing was to be approved by the Jair Bolsonaro government and by the shareholders' meeting, the Brazilian aerospace company Embraer could pay shareholders an extraordinary dividend... more
AirportsUSA: criticism continues to the Air Italy carrier
The next president of the transport commission DeFazio accuses him
The future chairman of the transportation committee of the United States House of Representatives Peter DeFazio has harshly criticized Qatar Airways, accusing the carrier of subsidizing Air Italy in order... more
ReportPutin: "The world underestimates the risk of nuclear war"
Statement by the Russian president during the traditional press conference
At the end of the year's press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin recalled how "the world is underestimating the danger of nuclear war", which could be near because of the likely collapse of... more
DefenseTurkey: for Russia the order of the S-400 will remain also with Patriot purchase
But probably Ankara will have to choose which way to stay
According to an official from the Kremlin to the "Tass" agency, the possible acquisition by Turkey of the Patriot missile system from the United States should not influence the order for the S-400 anti-aircraft... more
Civil aviationAirbus: talks with airlines for the A-321XLR aircraft
Attempt to beat to the draw the rival Boeing
The European aerospace company Airbus would be dealing with several airlines in order to test the ground on the real opportunities on the market that could have the Airbus A-321XLR, the latest version... more
ReportSyria: behind the withdrawal of US troops the sale of the Patriot to Turkey?
Coincidence that seems almost hides a barter
Strange coincidence yesterday in the United States where after the Department of State gave its "green light" to the sale of the anti-aircraft missile defense system Patriot to Turkey, President Donald... more
AerospaceSpaceX: possible new postponement of the launch of the Falcon 9 carrier rocket
After the two cancelled due to technical failure, now the bad weather
After two launches of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carrier were cancelled due to last-minute technical problems, today it should "take off" from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, although... more
HelicoptersSakhalin Energy signs AW-189 helicopter contract
For modern long range transport supporting Oil&Gas industry in Russia
The agreement includes the supply of three aircraft with deliveries expected to start in the 1Q2020; over 60 units in service worldwide, 11 in Russia, with more than 45,000 flight hours logged to date more
AerospaceTAS-ESA: contract signed for the Galileo program
New tranche for operational phase of its ground segment and security facility
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced that it has signed a new tranche of the framework contract originally signed on October 18 with the European... more
Civil aviation"Brexit". Contingency measures for a ‘No Deal’ will halt air connectivity growth
The note issued today by Aci Europe
Aci Europe communicates today that:As part of its "Brexit" contingency planning for a no-deal scenario, the European Commission yesterday (AVIONEWS) tabled a series of legislative proposals aimed at mitigating... more
IndustryEmbraer and Republic Airways: order for 100 E-175 airplanes
Deliveries will start in 2020
Embraer and Republic Airways, one of the world’s largest E-Jet operators, have signed a contract for a firm order of 100 E-175 jets. It was announced as a Letter of Intent (LoI) at the "Farnborough Airshow", i... more
Civil aviationLufthansa and Fraport extend partnership
For ground handling at Frankfurt Airport; effective from January
Deutsche Lufthansa is entrusting Fraport Ground Services with the provision of ground handling services to all Lufthansa aircraft at Frankfurt Airport for another seven years. On Thursday (December 20),... more
IndustryEmbraer and Azul: firm up order for E-195E2 jet aircraft
This agreement was revealed as a LoI at Farnborough last July
Embraer and Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras SA have signed a contract for a firm order for a previously announced 21 E-195E2 jet aircraft. This agreement was revealed as a Letter of Intent (LoI) at the... more
AerospaceFrance’s CSO-1 military observation satellite in orbit
TAS is prime contractor for instruments on it and Europe’s other main satellite systems
The CSO-1 military observation satellite was successfully launched today by Arianespace, using a Soyuz rocket from the Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Developed for the French Ministry for the Armed F... more
Press release"Brexit". EC implements "no-deal" contingency action plan
In specific sectors; the UK will leave the EU in 100 days' time
Given the continued uncertainty in the UK surrounding the ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, as agreed between the EU and the UK on 25 November 2018 –and last week's call by the European Council (... more
AerospaceSoyuz: samples taken by astronauts will be analyzed
To understand when the hole on the spacecraft has been created
After a decrease in atmospheric pressure in the International Space Station due to a tiny hole (about 2 millimeters in diameter) opened in the Soyuz spacecraft on August 30th, which was probably damaged... more
UAS-DronesRussia: 5 new attack and reconnaissance drones in 2019
It should complete the operational capabilities of the Armed Forces
At the last meeting of the Ministerial Council in Russia, the Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu declared that by 2019 drones (UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Medium Altitude and Long Endurance (MALE) for... more
HelicoptersCanada’s first H-145 helicopter delivered to the RCMP
For multi-faceted law enforcement missions, the new aircraft can be reconfigured quickly and easily
Airbus has delivered Canada’s first H-145 helicopter to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The versatile twin-engine model is the latest variant of the H-145 family of aircraft. RCMP’s Air Support Uni... more
ReportChaos at the "Charles De Gaulle" airport in Paris for the police strike
Protests against requests from the French government for more checks
A complicated day for passengers who have to take a plane today or who have arrived at the Paris-Charles De Gaulle Airport, where long waiting lines to check documents have formed due to the policemen'... more
AerospaceUSA: Trump signs the act to reconstitute the Space Command
It will also have the task to defend satellites from physical or cyber attacks
The President of the United States Donald Trump signed yesterday the act that create, or re-create, the Space Command that will be directly dependent on the Pentagon and USAF (US Air Force); a first step... more
DefenseUS Navy: new ships, airplanes and armaments in the future
But in the meantime next year there may be the first budget cuts
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral John Richardson sent a letter -reported by the American press- in which he will establish the priorities for the close future in order to maintain the naval... more
IndustryUSAF: next year the tender for the light attack aircraft?
Two-way challenge between the A-29 Super Tucano and the AT-6 Wolverine
The improvements of the ballistic capabilities, especially for the range, of air-to-ground missiles is making more and more superfluous Close Air Support aircraft as the Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt... more
DefenseUSA: authorized sale of Patriot missile systems to Turkey
Will it lead to cancellation of the order for the Russian S-400s?
Despite the order for the S-400 anti-aircraft defense systems from Russia, Turkey also obtained permission from the US State Department to purchase the Patriot MIM-104E and PAC-3 missiles, as well as associated... more
IndustryAgreement for up to 4 E-190E2 airplanes
Signed between Embraer and Air Kiribati
Embraer has announced the signing of a contract with the Government of Kiribati, in partnership with their national airline, Air Kiribati, for two firm orders for the E-190E2 E-Jets and two purchase rights... more
AirlinesAlitalia launches new partnership
Its customers can now access 29 million listings to find stay via a special integration
Alitalia, the Italian airline, announced today a new partnership with Booking.com, one of the world’s digital travel platforms. The commercial collaboration between the two companies is aimed at offering A... more
IndustrySalini Impregilo and Fincantieri to rebuild Genoa bridge
With new “PerGenova” company
Salini Impregilo and Fincantieri, through its subsidiary Fincantieri Infrastructure, are awarded the contract for the reconstruction of the bridge over the Polcevera river in Genoa, which will be built... more
IndustryPhoto. Embraer delivers its 1,500th E-Jet to Horizon Air
It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alaska Air Group
Embraer celebrates the delivery of its 1,500th E-Jet, an E-175, to Seattle-based Horizon Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, Inc. Horizon Air’s E-175 is configured with 12 seats in first cl... more
Civil aviationIran Air hopes that Airbus can deliver ordered planes
Tehran has asked to the EU to put pressure on the United States
The government of Iran would have asked the representatives of the European Union to pressure the United States to give the green light to the delivery of the Airbus aircraft purchased by Iranian airlines.... more
AirlinesHong Kong Airlines: dismissed part of the airline's management
Measure in protest of the cuts of the HNA Group?
The leaders of Hong Kong Airlines, controlled by the HNA Group, resigned en bloc, leaving the orphan carrier of the president, its deputy and the Chief Financial Officer. The motivations would be "personal",... more
HelicoptersIndia: new helicopter flight produced by itself
Could it be a competitor for European, US and Russian?
The prototype of the light transport helicopter built by the HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) has carried out its third flight in the past few days, but this time the aircraft was in the version that... more
IndustryBoeing-Embraer: will the Brazilian company be penalized by taxes?
Analysis report that the figure of the new agreement will be the same as the previous one
The costs of the transactions for the creation of the joint-venture between Embraer and Boeing will penalize the Brazilian company that will receive the same proceeds as the previous one, when 80% of the... more
AirlinesAlitalia: expiring miles date extended for 5 million members
Agreement with GLC, “MilleMiglia” is 100% owned by the Italian carrier again
The "MilleMiglia" programme is 100% owned by Alitalia again. Alitalia and Global Loyalty Company –a subsidiary of Etihad Aviation Group– have signed an agreement according to which Global Loyalty Company has... more
DefenseJapan: Abe announces defense investment plan
New F-35 and two defense aircraft carriers from China and Russia
As it was widely expected, Japan will increase its military spending decisively over the next few years, so that it will be able to equip itself with new fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft,... more
Weather forecastse-Geos: center for managing weather emergencies in the Caribbean island
For implementation of an Early Warning System
e-GEOS, a reference in the geo-information services sector and a joint-venture between Telespazio and the Italian Space Agency (ASI), has signed a contract with the Government of Saint Lucia for setting... more
Science and technologyBoeing completes NATO Awacs aircraft upgrades
Its fleet fully equipped with digital cockpits
Boeing delivered the final Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft modernized with avionics and a digital cockpit to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Manching, Germany. This... more