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IndustryAirbus. Gallois from Paris above A-380 airplane micro wing cracks
Paris , France - EUR 105 million already expected for micro-cracks in 2011 results
EADS' CEO, during the conference in Paris to show 2011 results of the Group, also announced those results include EUR 150 million destined to recently discovered micro-cracks on some exemplars of the super-jumbo... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: new orders worth about EUR 173 million
Rome, Italy - Through its companies DRS Technologies, Ansaldo Energia, Ansaldo STS and SELEX Galileo
Finmeccanica won new orders for a total value of about EUR 173 million through its companies DRS Technologies, Ansaldo Energia, Ansaldo STS and SELEX Galileo. DRS Technologies has been awarded a USD... more
IndustrySpecial in Paris (8). EADS. Headquarters and other businesses (not belonging to any Division)
Paris, France - EADS North America and ATR
Revenues of Other Businesses increased 6 percent to € 1,252 million (FY 2010: € 1,182 million). EADS North America revenues increased thanks to a ramp-up in Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) and Medium & L... more
IndustryAirbus. Gallois from Paris (7): 45 aircraft orders in danger due to ETS
Paris, France - The tax imposed by UE above aircraft emissions: China is in forefront to fight it
During this great day which sees confirmed EADS leadership, also a news about the thorny ETS (Emission Trading System) situation cannot be missed. ETS is the tax UE imposed since January 1Th 2012 on emissions... more
IndustrySpecial in Paris (6). EADS divisions: stable business at Astrium and Cassidian
Paris, France - 13 Astrium-built satellites were launched in 2011
Astrium revenues in 2011 stood stable at € 4,964 million (FY 2010: € 5,003 million) thanks to excellent programme execution, despite a challenging institutional market and increased competition. EBIT dec... more
IndustrySpecial in Paris (5): Eads 2011 result list and acquisitions
Paris, France - Data before Vector, Vizada, Satair/Metron
Official data from Paris' conference today March 8, 2012, as shown by Louis Gallois (Chief Executive Officer) and Hans Peter Ring (Chief Financial Officer). Increasing Growth Momentum Backlog: 2010/EUR... more
IndustryFrom Paris (3). EADS Divisions: new records for Airbus
Paris, France - Commercial and Military
Airbus consolidated revenues increased by 10 percent to € 33,103 million (FY 2010: € 29,978 million), mainly driven by the deliveries increase. The Airbus consolidated EBIT increased by 91 percent to... more
IndustryFrom Paris: bright 2012 forecasts for EADS
Paris, France - Challenges in store to grow up
AVIONEWS obtained new data from today's conference in Paris, March 8 2012, about the 2011 results and also on 2012 forecast. EADS declared its 2012 plan includes the delivery of 570 commercial aircraft.... more
IndustryRolls-Royce and US Air Force launch fuel savings flight tests on C-130 aircraft fleet
Indianapolis, Usa - For the T56 turboprop engine
Rolls-Royce (RR), the global power systems company, and the United States Air Force will soon begin flight tests of an engine upgrade for the T56 turboprop engine, which powers the C-130H transport aircraft.... more
IndustryBoeing delivered 1st P-8A Poseidon production aircraft to US Navy
Seattle, Usa - US Navy plans to purchase 117 airplanes
Boeing on the last days officially delivered the first production P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the US Navy in Seattle. The P-8A is the first of 13 anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence,... more
IndustryAirbus aims to hire at least 25 per cent women among its 4,000 new recruits in 2012
Toulouse, France - On the occasion of March 8, it encourages more to join the aeronautic industry
Airbus, one of the world leading aircraft manufacturers, is committed to ensuring that at least 25 per cent of its new recruits in 2012 will be women despite the low number of women studying engineering... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: statement about results for the 2011 fiscal year
Rome, Italy - They will be examined and submitted to the BoD at the end of the month
Finmeccanica informs that the results for the 2011 fiscal year, currently under evaluation, will be examined and submitted to the Board of Directors approval during the meeting scheduled on 27 March 2012. The... more
IndustryAvio-Snecma (Safran Group): signed collaboration for development Leap aircraft engine
Turin, Italy - It is expected to enter commercial service in 2016
Avio, Italy’s refernce aerospace company, and Snecma, the world-class manufacturer of aircraft and rocket engines (Safran Group), today finalised a commercial agreement to work on the new LEAP aircraft e... more
IndustryA-350XWB airplane: landing gear test bench ready for service
Toulouse, France - At Airbus's site in Filton, UK
The A-350 XWB’s main and nose landing gear test bench is ready for service at Airbus’ site in Filton, UK. This latest step in the A-350 XWB’s progress is achieved more than one year before the aircraft’s first f... more
IndustrySuperJet International: A-320 family Full Flight Simulator is ready for training
Venice, Italy - Courses will be managed by a wide selected and highly experienced team of SJI
The Full Flight Simulator (FFS) for training on Airbus 320 family aircraft, available at the SuperJet International’s (SJI) Training Center in Venice (Italy), has received the FSTD Certification by the I... more
IndustryBAE Systems: no hope for 900 employees
Brough, United Kingdom - Despite recent news, the job cuts have been confirmed
It's official. Despite of Cameron and BAE Systems executive's declarations (about it you can also read the recent AVIONEWS), the English and international massive corporation which produces any kind of... more
IndustryItalian CIRA inaugurates tomorrow new Space Qualification Laboratory
Capua, Italy - Entirely funded by Campania Region
"Supply services to societies engaged into the project and realization of devices and apparatus for aerospace applications, allowing activities of integrated qualification in an unique website: this is... more
IndustryFinmeccanica with Northrop Grumman awarded contract to provide NATO’s Cyber Security requirement
Rome, Italy - Worth around EUR 50 million
Finmeccanica, through SELEX Elsag and VEGA, together with its partner Northrop Grumman Corporation, has been awarded a contract by the NATO Consultation, Command and Control (NATO C3) Agency to develop,... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: the agreement with India never changed
Rome, Italy - The contract details and the confutation
AgustaWestland released more evidences of its innocence, since yesterday in the middle of many polemics after press published some articles above a potential involvement in irregularities against Indian... more
IndustryCassidian to support medical evacuation missions in Afghanistan
Berlin, Germany - Standardized operations support of all German helicopter types
Cassidian will support the Forward Air Medical Evacuation (FwdAirMedEvac) mission carried out with NH-90 helicopters of the German Army in the evacuation of ill and injured persons. For this purpose, the... more
IndustryRecord Finmeccanica: 8th place in armament vendors top 100
Stockholm, Sweden - Lockheed and BAE Systems on the top of the list
Italian Finmeccanica is at the 8th place in the top 100 of biggest armament vendors of the entire planet. The industry, in fact, operated international contracts for 14,4 billion dollars in 2010 (the year... more
IndustryLM, F-35 plane flight test and production progress report
Fort Worth, Usa - For 2012, the plan calls for the accumulation of 1,001 test flights
Lockheed Martin’s (LM) F-35 airplane program continues to build on its 2011 flight test success. For 2012, the baseline F-35 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) flight test plan calls for the a... more
IndustryEASA Type Certificate for SSJ-100 airplane is handed over to SCAC
Moscow, Russia - The European Aviation Safety Agency issued it on February 3
Patrick Goudou, Executive Director of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) handed over today the EASA Type Certificate for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (RRJ-95B) to the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC)... more
IndustryLM expands facility for F-35 airplane component manufacturing
Pinellas Park, Usa - Situated in Pinellas Park, in Florida
Lockheed Martin’s operation in Pinellas Park officially opened a new 57,000 square foot manufacturing facility yesterday to produce aircraft canopy components for the F-35 Lighting II fighter. The n... more
IndustryBoeing Edge sets new standard for aviation services and support
Washington, Usa - Industry's largest portfolio in such ambit gives customers advantages
Boeing launched the Boeing Edge (BE), a new initiative focused on the advantages of services and support offered by Boeing Commercial Aviation Services to its customers, a society organized around four... more
IndustryKorea won a tender of four ships for refuelling of English helicopters, aircraft carriers and destroyers
Seoul, South Korea - "A consortium would have allowed to build them in UK"
An agreement has been sealed with South Korea. This will cost to UK 452 million pounds for project MARS (Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability) which will supply its fleet of four new support ships... more
IndustryBoeing: agreement for USD 300 million for maintenance of Korean F-15 aircraft (VIDEO)
Seoul, South Korea - Also preparing ground for the new Silent Eagle...
The American industry, always on top, continues to confirm its international success in any sector, the military one in this case. Main character of the contract, sealed for USD 300 million that is... more
IndustryAirbus in Italy to hire engineers and technicians for A-350XWB airplane
Milan, Italy - "Recruitment day" in Turin next March 1st in the ambit of the program
Airbus organizes an event for next March 1st in Turin finalized to the hiring of engineers and technicians to add into the team that works for A-350XWB program, the new Airbus' long range aircraft family... more
IndustryPiaggio Aero sells the first two italian airplains in China
Singapore, Singapore - Delivery in July, they have been certified by the Chinese Civil Aviation Authority
Piaggio Aero sold two P-180 Avanti II planes to Caea Beijing Aviation Investment, the first Chinese customer and operator for the italian aircraft. The signing of the two contracts has been announced by... more
IndustryKorean aerospace industry boosted
Seul, South Korea - Spare parts and finished products for the international market from 70 small industries
GESCA (Gyeognam Export Support Corps for Aero-Parts) is a society that operate on aerospace foreign exports. Kyutae Chun, GESCA's MD, affirmed that the 85% of specialized Korean industry is sited in... more
IndustryBAE Systems reassure about job cuts
Smalesbury, United Kingdom - The corporation will not cut more workers if the agreement with India for the Eurofighter will have a bad end
Mark Menzies, a conservatory MP in Lancashire, UK, released to press the last BAE Systems declarations about MMRCA (the Indian competitive tender for the purchase of 126 aircraft fighter which seems to... more
IndustryF-35A plane: first external weapons test
Fort Worth, Usa - That further expanding the program’s flight test envelope
On Feb. 16, the first external weapons test mission was flown by an F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., further expanding the program’s flight test e... more
IndustrySELEX Sistemi Integrati: the fourth Baynunah class corvette launched, able to embark an helicopter
Rome, Italy - The ceremony took place into the UAE last days
SELEX Sistemi Integrati (SSI), a Finmeccanica company took part in the launching of the fourth Baynunah class corvette, named Mezyad, which took place on February 15th at the Abu Dhabi Ship Building shipyard... more
IndustryRolls-Royce Trent XWB completes first test flight, powering an A-380 aircraft
London, UK - The engine has replaced Trent 900
The Rolls-Royce (RR) Trent XWB engine has taken to the skies for the first time, powering an A-380 test aircraft in Toulouse, France. The aircraft flew with one of its four 900 engines replaced by a XWB. "The... more
IndustryRussian UAC will build 200 airplanes per year from 2014, decreasing military to civilian
Moscow, Russia - Its President Mikhail Pogosyan declared it
UAC (United Aircraft Corporation), society with State participation engaged in design, construction and sale of civil and military airplanes will bring its production to 200 aircraft per year in 2014. Mikhail... more
IndustryRolls-Royce signs innovative fuel management contract with RAAF
London, UK - RR delivers milestone Typhoon engine
Rolls-Royce (RR), the global power systems company, has signed an agreement with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to help improve the fuel efficiency of its C-130 transport fleet. RR will use proven... more
IndustryALAFCO orders additional 35 A-320neo aircraft
Toulouse, France - Lessor strengthens portfolio with world’s fastest selling aircraft
ALAFCO (Aviation Lease And Finance Company), the Kuwait-based international aircraft leasing company, has finalised a purchase order for 35 A320neo Family aircraft bringing its total backlog for the type... more
IndustryAlenia Aermacchi: second T-346A aircraft delivered to the Italian Air Force
Varese, Italy - It has taken off in the last days to reach Pratica di Mare air base
The second aircraft in the M-346 series, manufactured by Alenia Aermacchi (a Finmeccanica company), the T-346A, was delivered to the Italian Air Force a few days ago. The delivery of the aircraft,... more
IndustryAgustaWestland (Finmeccanica): new orders for more than 100 helicopters
Dallas, Usa - Worth about EUR 730 million
Finmeccanica, through its company AgustaWestland (AW), has won orders with a total value of about EUR 730 million for more than 100 civil helicopters. Among the principal agreements signed during "Heli-Expo... more
IndustryThe mega-wages of BAE Systems
London, UK - An 8000% rise up in thirty five years
An investigation made by "BBC" about the origins of the delicate English workers situation in aeronautic area of BAE Systems revealed, thanks to many interviews and testimonies on various level, some interesting... more
IndustryAir Namibia expands fleet with order for two A-319 airplanes
Toulouse, France - Airbus aircraft to replace B-737/500s
Air Namibia, the Windhoek based national airline of the Republic of Namibia, has ordered two new A-319 aircraft. Seating 112 passengers in a two class layout, the aircraft will bring new levels of comfort... more
IndustryAirplanes: Sukhoi Superjet 100 gets Type Certificate from EASA (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - Currently six in service
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued today its Type Certificate A-176 for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (model RRJ-95B). This certificate recognizes that the SSJ100 aircraft demonstrated compliance... more
IndustrySikorsky Innovations announces corporate sponsorship in Stamford Innovation Center
Statford, Usa - It launches entrepreneurial competition to attract companies to center
Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, announced its founding corporate sponsorship in the new Stamford Innovation Center. Sikorsky Innovations... more
IndustrySNECMA trained staff to operate with new turbofan engine CFM56-5B (VIDEO)
Casablanca, Morocco - Alexander Brun shows Smes
SMES (Snecma Morocco Engine Services), civil company operating in Morocco and Europe, released to press an interview to its executive chief Alexander Brun about the improvements of company MRO capabilities... more
IndustrySpirit Airlines firms up 75 A-320 family order including 45 "NEO" aircraft
Toulouse, France - Huge response for eco-efficient single-aisle aircraft expands in the US
Spirit Airlines has finalised its firm order for 75 Airbus single-aisles including 45 A-320neo aircraft (new engine option). The original Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was announced at the 2011 Dubai... more
IndustryNew Airbus aircraft list prices for 2012
Toulouse, France - Increased the average by 3.9 per cent, except for the A-320neo Family
Airbus has increased the average list prices of its aircraft by 3.9 per cent, except for the A-320neo Family price which rises by an average of 6.1 per cent. The new pricing is effective from January 1st... more
IndustryAerospace. Avio prepares for the launch of Vega
Turin, Italy - After a significant growth in 2011
On the eve of the launch of Vega from the space centre in Kourou, French Guyana, aerospace technology industry Avio Group has announced record revenues of more than €2 billion for 2011. The maiden flight o... more
IndustryCessna Citation Mustang reaches 400 aircraft
Wichita, Usa - This milestone was accomplished in a little more than five years since its first delivery in November 2006
Cessna Aircraft Company rolled its 400th Citation Mustang aircraft off the assembly line at its Independence, Kan., facility. This milestone was accomplished in a little more than five years since the... more
IndustryAlenia Aermacchi: the 1000th ATR fuselage completed in Pomigliano d’Arco
Naples, Italy - Delivered today
Alenia Aermacchi delivered today the fuselage to the ATR consortium, to be assembled in Toulouse to build the 1000th aircraft. The ceremony was attended by the company’s top management and the employees w... more
IndustryAviancaTaca firms up order for 51 eco-efficient A-320 aircraft
Blagnac, France - Purchase agreement is biggest for a single customer in Latin America history
AviancaTaca, which includes subsidiary AeroGal of Ecuador, has signed a purchase agreement for 33 eco-efficient A-320neo and 18 A-320 Family aircraft. The order, which is the largest from a single airline... more