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IndustryBoeing: projects steady growth for commercial airplanes market in Africa
Cape Town, South Africa - More than 700 aircraft, worth $80 billion, needed in region over 20 years
Boeing forecasts that air carriers in Africa will experience steady growth over the next 20 years as air travel in Africa continues to grow with the economy. The African economy is projected to grow... more
IndustryEurocopter: +35% on the market in Southern Africa
Cape Town, South Africa - The industry participates at the "AAD" show
Eurocopter, one of the world’s suppliers of civil, law enforcement, emergency response, military and utility helicopters, has experienced a 35 per cent increase in its Southern African business as countries i... more
IndustryCessna Aircraft to cut 700 jobs at HQ plant
Wichita, USA - Wichita manufacturer told employees yesterday: 11% of its work force out
As weakness in new aircraft orders continues, Cessna Aircraft announced layoffs for 700 of its employees in Wichita home-plant. The news came three days after Machinists union members at Cessna voted... more
IndustryCessna Aircraft: first strike since 1976 avoided by default
Wichita, Usa - Resolution Vs contract ratification received 49% votes
A seven-year contract proposal offered by Cessna Aircraft to the International Association of Machinists in Wichita was ratified by default, following a strike vote failing on Saturday: the resolution... more
IndustryFinmeccanica to build new helicopters factory in Russia
Sochi, Russia - A joint-venture plant in Moscow region
Finmeccanica Group and Russian Technologies State Corporation will build a plant in Tomìlino, in Moscow oblast. The news following the global forum for investments in Sochi (Sept. 16-19), on the Black... more
IndustryLM: MEADS completes CDR and is ready for flight test
Orlando, Usa - It's an AMD system developped by Germany, Italy and USA
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program has completed an extensive series of Critical Design Review (CDR) events with a Summary CDR at MEADS International in Orlando, FL. The program team’s f... more
IndustryEads renews its Group's brand and its divisions
Munich, Germany - A visual modern identity to reinforce its own image
To celebrate ten years of success since its creation, EADS is strengthening its branding; the Group logo has been modernised, and the new branding scheme better integrates and enhances the individual Division... more
IndustryBoeing: Airbus give back illegal funding for A-380 and finance A-350 on commercial terms
Chicago , USA - Response to public reports on WTO's interim decision in DS 353
Boeing released, on Sept. 15th, the following statement, responding to public reports indicating that the WTO panel examining European Union allegations of US government assistance to Boeing has issued... more
IndustryBoeing to increase B-737 airplane production rate
Seattle, Usa - Previously announced increase to 35 per month to be extended to 38 per month in second quarter 2013
Boeing announced yesterday its production rate for the Next-Generation 737 program will increase to 38 airplanes per month in the second quarter of 2013. This decision comes just months after announcing... more
IndustryBoeing projects requirement for more than one million airplane pilots and maintenance personnel over next 20 years
Singapore, Singapore - Changes needed in training methodologies to engage next generation
The commercial aviation industry will require 466,650 pilots of aircraft and 596,500 maintenance personnel over the next 20 years to accommodate the strong demand for new and replacement aircraft, according... more
IndustryTyphoon aircraft: the positive example of today's partnership between European Nations (Video)
Hallbergmoos, Germany - A short film to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
Eurofighter Typhoon commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with a short film of the Typhoon and it's classic British counterparts, the Spitfire and Hurricane. It represents the concrete... more
IndustryCathay Pacific Airways firms up order for 30 A-350 XWB airplanes
Toulouse, France - Announced last August
Cathay Pacific Airways has firmed up a previously announced commitment for 30 all-new A-350 XWB long range aircraft. The purchase agreement was finalised in Hong Kong today by Tony Tyler, Chief Executive,... more
IndustryEurofighter Typhoon: 6 Squadron in Leuchars replaces the Tornado F-3 plane
Hallbergmoos , Germany - The Squadron landed during the annual air show last week-end
Eurofighter Typhoon celebrated operating at an 11th Air Force base this week-end as 6 Squadron settled into their new home at RAF Leuchars in Fife, Scotland. The Squadron landed during the annual air show... more
IndustryF-35: Ge RR Fighter Engine Team prepares fifth F136 engine
Rome, Italy - In the test program
Building on earlier successes this year, the GE Rolls?Royce Fighter Engine Team will initiate testing on its fifth development engine in 2010, executing a test schedule that positions the F136 program... more
IndustryBoeing assembles first B-747/8 Intercontinental plane forward fuselage
Everett, Usa - Stretched version, additional seats and more cargo volume
Boeing achieved another significant milestone for the first 747/8 Intercontinental Sunday night with the assembly of the airplane's forward fuselage. The 89-foot, 2-inch (27.2 meters) fuselage section,... more
IndustryWill US aviation industry waste Obama-proposed financing?
Arlington, USA - Infrastructure assistance a possible path
Word from a top trade group official is the US aviation and aerospace industries plan on asking Congress for a portion of the $ 50 billion in infrastructure assistance funding, announced by President Barack... more
IndustryAirbus in talks with Beijing about a very large sale of planes
Paris , France - An agreement protocol could be signed during next Chinese president's visit in France
China could buy from Airbus 150 airplanes, among which 120 A-320s for medium range, and 30 A-320 type 20 A-330s and 10 A-350s- for long routes. Announcement of the USD 16 bn deal could be made in November.... more
IndustryIndia-Russia deal on military transport airplanes
New Dehli, India - They agreed for a manufacturing jv
India and Russia agreed to set up a joint venture to manufacture a military transport plane. Under the deal, each party will pay $300.35 million to the JV's charter capital. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd... more
IndustryRe-engining or an all-new airplane? Boeing/Airbus struggle goes on concepts
Rome, Italy - A-320 and B-737 renewals make Hamletic questions
Boeing and Airbus are about to roll the dice on plans to update their single-aisle planes, probably reaching different conclusions and possibly tipping the balance of sales in the narrow-body market. The... more
IndustryATR delivers airplane to Brazil's TRIP
Toulouse, France - It is its 900th aircraft
ATR has delivered yesterday its 900th aircraft, an ATR-72/500, to Brazilian airline TRIP Linhas Aéreas. This 68-seat aircraft brings to 30 the total fleet of ATRs of the airline. This new ATR-72/500... more
IndustryBoeing begins assembly of 1,000th B-767 aircraft
Everett, Usa - Destined to ANA in February 2011
Boeing has begun assembly of the 1,000th B-767 airplane at the factory in Everett, Wash. Mechanics took the first step in major assembly by loading the wing spar into the assembly tool. The spar is the... more
IndustryTatarstan, new plant for Superjet 100 aircraft components
Kazan, Tatarstan - Should produce composite materials structures for Sukhoi's
In the Republic of Tatarstan, will rise a new industrial plant from AeroComposite, Russian company of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) group. Within the first months of 2013 should begin to construct... more
IndustryAfghan feet of G-222 planes reach flight-hour milestone
Washington, Usa - Take delivery of 6th and 7th aircraft
Alenia North America, a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica (A Finmeccanica Company), announced today that the Afghan fleet of G-222s has logged over 1,000 flight hours. The G-222 is being used by the Afghanistan... more
IndustrySELEX SI wins a contract in Colombia for ATC systems upgrading
Rome, Italy - The activity will last nine months
SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, was awarded a contract by the Aeronautica Civil de Colombia, for the upgrading of the radar system set in Cerro Maco, near San Jacinto, in the region of... more
IndustryFinmeccanica obtains order to supply Eurofighter airplane protection systems
Rome, Italy - Worth EUR 490 million
Finmeccanica, via its company SELEX Galileo (SG), has been awarded a contract worth GBP 400 million (approximately EUR 490 million) by BAE Systems to supply Praetorian Defensive Aids Sub-Systems (DASS)... more
IndustryLM: C-5 airplane becomes C-5M strategic "Super Galaxy"
Marietta, Usa - The next model will be delivererd at the end of September
Another Lockheed Martin C-5 airplane is being transformed into one of the world’s most capable strategic airlifter, the C-5M Super Galaxy (SG), with more than 70 improvements. The next C-5M SG will b... more
IndustryBoeing projects $700 billion commercial airplanes market in North America
Montreal, Canada - Strong demand seen for new, more fuel efficient single-aisle aircraft
Boeing forecasts that air carriers in North America will take delivery of about 7,200 new airplanes over the next 20 years at an investment of $700 billion. New airplane deliveries in Canada and the... more
IndustryBombardier: 27% fall in profits in the second quarter of 2010
Ottawa, Canada - Canadian manufacturer's other fugures falling, too
Net income for the Bombardier declined to $ 148 million in the second quarter, equivalent to 8 cents per share. The figure is equivalent, in percentage terms, a fall of 27% and is linked - as the Canadian... more
IndustrySuperJet International signs agreement up to USD 300 million
Rome, Italy - For the purchase of 6 aircraft plus 4 options
SuperJet International -a joint-venture between Alenia Aeronautica (a Finmeccanica company) and Sukhoi Holding- and the US leasing company Willis Lease Finance Corporation signed today a Memorandum of... more
IndustryBoeing receives 3 satellite contract from Inmarsat
Rome, Italy - To add to its current mobile satellite services fleet
Boeing announced that it has received a contract from Inmarsat to build three Ka-band satellites to add to Inmarsat's current mobile satellite services fleet. Financial details were not disclosed.... more
IndustryGermany A-350 XWB plane production commences
Stade, Germany - Through the building of the upper wing shell, the largest integrated component ever to be built by Airbus from weight-saving CFRP
Airbus has commenced production of the latest Airbus product, the A-350 XWB aircraft, in Germany. The green light was jointly given at the company’s production plant in Stade by Airbus President and C... more
IndustryGaddafi in Italy the debate on important defense agreement
Rome, Italy - About 20 Italian companies partner Libya, in the front row Finmeccanica
800 guests at the traditional meal that ends Ramadan, offered yesterday by Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi to the Libyan leader Gaddafi. Among them the number one of Finmeccanica, Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini.... more
IndustryRR: Air Lease Corporation orders V2500 engines for 30 A-320 aircraft
Rome, Italy - The Rolls-Royce share is $ 175 m
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a $175m share of an order from new leasing company Air Lease Corporation (ALC) for V2500 engines to power 30 Airbus A-320 aircraft. Deliveries... more
IndustryBoeing: further delays for 787 Dreamliner airplane delivery
Seattle, USA - Training devices under certification by FAA
Boeing Training and Flight Services has started 787 Dreamliner flight certification training after the provisional approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Boeing's Seattle-based... more
IndustrySukhoi Superjet 100 airplane: first appearance in Italy
Turin, Italy - At the Turin-Caselle airport
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 airplane landed in Italy for the first time at Turin-Caselle Airport. The aircraft (prototype SN 950004) took off from the Flight Test Center in Zhukovsky (Moscow) to continue the... more
IndustryAE 3007A2 engine by Rolls-Royce certified
Rome, Italy - By Brazilian and European agencies, after US FAA
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has received type certification from the Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the latest member of the AE... more
IndustryEurofighter Typhoon "Nurtures the minds of tomorrow"
Hallbergmoos, Germany - The consortium supported for the fifth year the IASS
Over the past four years, the Eurofighter Typhoon consortium has supported the International Aerospace Summer School (IASS) and this summer is no exception. For the fifth year of the Summer School, the... more
IndustrySELEX Sistemi Integrati wins a contract for the Panama coasts surveillance
Rome, Italy - To provide a maritime surveillance system
SELEX Sistemi Integrati (SSI), a Finmeccanica company, signed a contract with the Ministerio delle Seguridad Publica of Panama to provide a maritime surveillance system for the Panama coasts. The coastal... more
IndustryThai Airways confirms order for seven A-330 airplanes
Toulouse, France - After commitment announced last July during "Farnborough"
Thai Airways International (THAI) has finalised a purchase agreement with Airbus for the firm order of seven A-330/300 airplanes, confirming a commitment announced at last month's "Farnborough Air Show"... more
IndustryBoeing: first week in August brings 26 aircraft orders cancelled
Seattle, USA - Still unknown the airlines resigning from Seattle manufacturer's contract
It seems in the first seven days of August significant cancellations of orders for Boeing airplanes. The news was spread by some international agencies. Reactions of this kind were long overdue by those... more
IndustryFinmeccanica will guarantee security in Panama with systems and helicopters
Rome, Italy - Contracts worth EUR 180 million
Finmeccanica has been awarded contracts worth approximately EUR 180 million through its companies SELEX Sistemi Integrati, AgustaWestland and Telespazio. Under the agreement, Finmeccanica companies... more
IndustryKaad presents first prototype cargo door for Airbus A-350 XWB aircraft to Eurocopter
Donauwörth, Germany - Two European industries signed a major contract on all airplane doors last July 13
This week Korean Air, the aerospace manufacturing division of the Korean Air Group, presented its first prototype of a cargo door to Eurocopter. Korean Air Aerospace Division acts as program partner and... more
IndustryWest Air becomes a new Airbus operator: the first flight next Sunday
Toulouse, France - The aircraft is powered by IAE V2500 engines
Chongqing-based West Air, a private airline under HNA group, took delivery of its first Airbus aircraft, an A-319, at the Airbus Tianjin Delivery Centre (ATDC), the first Airbus delivery centre outside... more
IndustrySelex Galileo completes Gabbiano radar flight trails campaign on board AW-139 helicopter
Milan, Italy - The T20N has equipped also ATR-42MP and Beechcraft B-350
A new set of flight trials for the Gabbiano radar recently came to a successful conclusion, with the medium power (20W) version of the radar with solid state amplifier and nose mounted antenna proving... more
IndustryPiaggio Aero: workers stop strike, company reaches out to employees
Finale Ligure, Italy - Strategic plan will be shown sept.15, but first discussion on production bonus ...
Stops the agitation of employees of Piaggio Aero Industries, after meeting yesterday morning with the mayor of Finale Ligure: the company has partly accepted the demands of workers, setting the date of... more
IndustryRolls-Royce wins $ 420 million contract from Garuda Indonesia Airlines
Rome, Italy - To power its six A-330 airplanes
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, announces that Garuda Indonesia has signed an additional contract for Rolls-Royce TotalCare® to support four leased Trent 700-powered six A-330/200 aircraft,... more
IndustrySELEX Sistemi Integrati has been awarded a contract in Ukraine for civil systems
Rome, Italy - On the occasion of the European Football Championship in 2012
On the occasion of the European Football Championship which will take place in Ukraine in 2012, SELEX Sistemi Integrati (SSI), a Finmeccanica company, signed two contracts for a total value of 15 million... more
IndustryAA, AVIO and LM: contract to support Italian Air Force's C-130J airplane fleet
Rome, Italy - For five years and EUR 155 million as worth
Alenia Aeronautica (AA), a Finmeccanica company, the leader of an industrial team with Avio and Lockheed Martin (LM), signed a five-year contract with the Italian Air Force to provide technical and logistical... more
IndustrySG: contract with SSTL to provide PHM atomic clocks for Galileo system
Milan, Italy - They will be installed on 14 satellites
SELEX Galileo (SG), a Finmeccanica Company, has signed a contract for more than € 30M with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), Galileo Full Operating Capability (FOC) Payload Contractor, to provide t... more
IndustrySelex Galileo: tenth DHC-8 aircraft fitted with SIM system delivered to Australia
Turin, Italy - Modified for a civil maritime surveillance role
SELEX Galileo (SG), a Finmeccanica Company, announced the delivery by COBHAM Australia of the tenth and last Project Sentinel DHC-8 aircraft, modified for a civil maritime surveillance role, to the Australian... more