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IndustryATR-42/600 airplane starts its flight test campaign
Toulouse, France - The aircraft is powered with Pratt&Whitney 127M engines
The ATR-42/600 pre-series aircraft successfully took to the sky for the first time yesterday in Toulouse. The aircraft, powered with Pratt & Whitney 127M engines, took off at 3:00 pm (local time) and completed... more
IndustryA-380 airplane: fuel saving procedure actived
Toulouse, France - Tested and put in force by Nats, Singapore Airlines and Airbus at Heathrow's airport
Heathrow, NATS, Singapore Airlines and Airbus have launched an improved departure procedure for the Airbus A-380 airplane, saving even more fuel, emitting even less CO2 and remaining within the airport’s s... more
IndustryTunisia orders two C-130J aircraft
Marietta, Usa - They will be delivered in 2013 and 2014
The government of Tunisia has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the purchase of two C-130J Super Hercules airlifters with an initial three years of logistics support. Tunisia's new C-130Js, scheduled... more
IndustryBombardier announces order for 40+40 CS-300 airplanes
Toronto, Canada - With this order Republic Airways Holdings becomes first customer for CSeries
Bombardier Aerospace announced a major order for its all-new CSeries aircraft to Republic Airways Holdings Inc. The Indianapolis, Indiana-based airline has signed a firm purchase agreement to acquire 40... more
IndustrySelex Galileo: sonic system on NH-90 naval helicopter
Rome, Italy - Successfully showcased in Sydney
"SELEX Galileo’s sonic system OTS-90 was demonstrated successfully during recent flight trials performed in Australia. In a demo flight during the 'PAC 2010 Exhibition', the helicopter NH-90 (NHF) d... more
IndustryAgustaWestland: FAASA Group orders four helicopters
Cascina Costa, Italy - Appointed an authorized service centre in Greece
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica Company announced that FAASA Group of Spain has taken delivery of an additional four AW-119Ke single engine helicopters for fire-fighting missions. The handover brings the... more
IndustryAlenia NA delivers fourth C-27/G-222 aircraft to the US Air Force
Naples, Italy - The aircraft will remain at Alenia's Capodichino facility for training
Alenia North America, a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica and a part of the Finmeccanica Group, delivered the fourth Afghanistan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC) C-27/G-222 aircraft to the United States... more
IndustrySpain celebrates 10,000 flying hours with the Eurofighter Typhoon (Video)
Hallbergmoos, Germany - The event was marked in a ceremony held at Morón Air Base
La spagnola Air Force hanno raggiunto una pietra miliare come la loro flotta Eurofighter Typhoon raggiunto 10000 ore di volo. L'evento è stato segnato in una cerimonia svoltasi presso la base aerea di... more
IndustryNew American order for AgustaWestland?
Washington, USA - The US Navy is launching the new VXX programme
The USA might award a new, important contract to the Finmeccanica company. After cutting the VH-71 Kestrel presidential helicopter programme, jointly built by Lockheed Martin and AgustaWestland, the US... more
IndustryThird F-35B airplane lands at NAS in Patuxent River (Video)
Patuxent River, Usa - The aircraft is known as BF-3
"Piloted by Lockheed Martin F-35 Test Pilot Jeff Knowles, the third F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The jet,... more
IndustryLEA expands its fleet with Embraer and Cessna airplanes
London, England - By Legacy 600 and Citation XLS
London Executive Aviation (‘LEA’), already one of Europe’s largest business jet charter operators, is expanding again with the addition to the fleet of an Embraer Legacy 600 and a Cessna Citation XLS.... more
IndustrySELEX Sistemi Integrati won the Finmeccanica Innovation Awards
Rome, Italy - The company classified equal first with AgustaWestland and DRS
"SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, was awarded the Finmeccanica Innovation award, during the prize-giving ceremony held in L’Aquila, within the Revenue Guard Corps station in Coppito, l... more
IndustryNation’s first Littoral Combat Ship Departs for Maiden Deployment
Mayport, Usa - Approximately two years ahead of schedule
"The nation’s first Littoral Combat Ship, USS Freedom (LCS 1), departed from Naval Station Mayport, FL, in the last days for its maiden deployment, approximately two years ahead of schedule. The agile 3... more
IndustryNew Bombardier service center in the USA
Macon, USA - 10-year contract with Atlantic Southeast Airlines
Bombardier Aerospace announced that it has added a third commercial aircraft service centre to its customer support network worldwide. The facility, located in Macon, Georgia and operated by Bombardier... more
IndustryAVIO: contract for the overhaul of ATR fleet engines of TAROM
Turin, Italy - The contract has a worth over € 5.5 million
Avio has won the call for tenders for the overhaul of the ATR fleet aeroengines, comprising seven ATR-42/500s and two ATR-72/500s, of the Rumanian airline company TAROM. The contract, with four years... more
IndustryA-400M plane provisions not yet finalised
Leiden, Holland - The company cautions that it is too early to draw financial conclusions yet
"In reaction to unsolicited press reports regarding the latest steps of the A-400M negotiations, the company cautions that it is too early to draw financial conclusions yet. EADS confirms that it has... more
IndustryFinmeccanica wins contracts worth more than EUR 100 million
Rome, Italy - Through its industries Ansaldo Energia, Selex Galileo and DRS Technologies
"Finmeccanica has won contracts with a total value in excess of EUR 100 million through its companies Ansaldo Energia, SELEX Galileo and DRS Technologies. Specifically, Ansaldo Energia has won a contract... more
IndustryBoeing completes P-8A weapons ground vibration tests
Seattle, Usa - They have lasted a month
Boeing successfully completed stores (weapons) ground vibration testing on P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T1 on Feb. 5 in Seattle. The tests will provide data to validate predictions of aircraft performance... more
IndustryFinmeccanica donates EUR 4.2 million to Abruzzo
Rome, Italy - The announcement on the occasion of the Innovation Award took place in L'Aquila
"At the Innovation Award ceremony that took place at the Guardia di Finanza barracks in Coppito, L’Aquila, Finmeccanica announced that it had collected EUR 4.2 million in its “Finmeccanica for Abruzzo” initi... more
Industry"2009 Finmeccanica Innovation Awards"
Rome, Italy - The ceremony has taken place in L'Aquila
"The prize-giving ceremony for the Finmeccanica Innovation Awards, now in its sixth year, took place last Friday in L’Aquila, at the Guardia di Finanza Station of Coppito. Created to acknowledge the r... more
IndustryBoeing: Airborne Laser Testbed Team Destroys Boosting Ballistic Missile
Rome, Italy - During the experiment, the aircraft, a modified B-747/400F, took off from EAFB in California
The Boeing Company, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency on Feb. 11 successfully demonstrated the speed, precision and breakthrough potential of directed-energy weapons when the Airborne... more
IndustryFincantieri: launched helicopter carrier fleet tanker for Indian Navy
Genoa, Italy - The ceremony today at the Muggiano's shipyard, near La Spezia
"Today at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia) there was the launch of the first of two fleet tankers ordered by the Indian Navy, with delivery scheduled by the end of the year. Present a... more
IndustryATR-72/500 airplane delivered to Air Algérie
Toulouse, France - It's the first of the 4 ordered in 2009
The first ATR-72/500 of the 4 ordered in 2009 by national airline Air Algérie has been delivered, this morning, during a ceremony organized in Toulouse. The carrier, which already operated 8 ATR-72/500s,... more
IndustryFaculty Scholar Fund by Finmeccanica
Rome, Italy - The beneficiaries are selected every two years by a committee
Innovation, research and the promotion of merit are some of the areas where Finmeccanica excels. It was with these objectives in mind that Finmeccanica in 1989 established the Finmeccanica Faculty Scholar... more
IndustryRR Group plc: preliminary results 2009
Rome, Italy - The Group highlights
ROLLS-ROYCE GROUP plc has unveiled 2009 preliminary results. Group Highlights: • Order intake of £13.4bn resulted in a record order book at the year-end of £58.3bn (2008 £55.5bn). • Group revenu... more
IndustryJSF airplane: Vitrociset-LM enter into the program
Rome, Italy - The Italian industry to be awarded its first contracts
"This morning in Rome at the headquarters of Vitrociset, leaders of Lockheed Martin and Vitrociset met to announce an agreement for Vitrociset to supply high-performance electrical carts for the F-35 Joint... more
IndustryPhenom 100 jet goes to Australia for the first time
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Embraer’s jet will touch nine cities
As part of its flying demo tour throughout Asia Pacific, Embraer’s Phenom 100 entry level jet landed, this week, in Perth, Australia. After being exhibited in India, in November 2009, and participating i... more
IndustryFinmeccanica reaches $100 million in orders
Rome, Italy - From US military sector
"Finmeccanica, through its company DRS Technologies, Inc., have reached $100 million in U.S. military orders for infrared Driver’s Vision Enhancers (DVEs). The delivery orders have been placed against a... more
IndustryFirst flight B-747/8F: satisfaction by Boeing
Rome, Italy - The newest industry's Freighter touched down safely after 3-hour, 39-minute mission
The Boeing 747/8 Freighter successfully took to the sky for the first time yesterday before more than 5,000 employees, customers, suppliers and community leaders. With 747 Chief Pilot Mark Feuerstein... more
IndustryP-180 Avanti II airplane: agreement Piaggio-Susi Air
Singapore, Singapore - Two models plus an option, for EUR 11 million worth
Susi Air and Piaggio Aero Industries announced on the occasion of the "Singapore Air Show", the agreement for two additional P-180 Avanti II delivered to Indonesia. Susi Air ordered 2 P-180 Avanti II and... more
IndustryCessna rolls-out the 300th Mustang
Wichita, Usa - The model will be delivered later this year to a customer in Australia
Cessna Aircraft Company announced yesterday the roll-out of the 300th Citation Mustang at its assembly facility in Independence, Kan., less than three years after the first Mustang delivery in April 2007.... more
IndustrySSJ-100 towards certification
Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia - A 2 hour and 45 minute flight
Yesterday the fourth SSJ-100 prototype SN 95005 has taken to the skies. The aircraft was captained by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft’s test pilots Sergey Korostiev and Alexander Ivanov. During a 2 hour and 4... more
IndustryLM: fifth F-35 to enter flight testing
Fort Worth, Usa - It joins two other F-35Bs and one F-35A aircraft
A Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter became the fifth F-35 to begin flight operations. The jet, known as BF-3, departed the runway near Lockheed... more
IndustryHong Kong Airlines to order six A-330/200s
Toulouse, France - It will enable carrier to expand international services
Hong Kong Airlines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus for six A-330/200 aircraft. The latest commitment will increase the number of A-330s ordered by the airline to 23. Hong Kong... more
IndustryEADS DS signed contract with Canton for Tetra network
Paris, France - System built to ensure security of the "16th Asian Games in 2010". Final set-up will cover an area of 7,000 square kilometres
EADS Defence & Security (DS) and CETC-7 Ltd. (China Electronic Science and Technology Group Corporation No.7 Research Institute) have just been awarded a contract to jointly provide a TETRA radio communication... more
IndustryAt Finmeccanica orders for approximately EUR 300 million
Rome, Italy - With three different orders through the Group's societies
Finmeccanica has won tree orders for a combined value of approximately EUR 300 million through his companies Ansaldo STS, SELEX Sistemi Integrati and DRS Technologies. In particular, Ansaldo STS (STS.MI)... more
IndustryEmbraer delivers 100th Phenom 100 jet
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Milestone jet is the sixth to join JetSuite’s fleet
Embraer delivered the 100th Phenom 100 aircraft in the last days to JetSuite, a U.S.-based private jet charter company. The commemorative aircraft is the sixth delivered to this customer. The Phenom... more
IndustryBoeing provides first look at 787 stall tests
Everett, Usa - Additional tests will take place throughout the flight test period
Boeing 787 Dreamliner pilots conducted the program's first stall tests - in which pilots intentionally reduce power to both engines and then recover normal flight speeds - as part of the initial airworthiness... more
IndustryAirbus increases list prices of its aircraft
Blagnac, France - By an average of 5.8 per cent from January
Airbus has increased the list price of all its aircraft by an average of 5.8 per cent. The price increase is the first since January 2008, and applies for all new aircraft from the beginning of January... more
IndustrySELEX Sistemi Integrati signs contracts in Morocco for ATC systems
Rome, Italy - For a total value of EUR 7 million
"SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, has signed two contracts for a total value of € 7m with the Office National des Aéroports (ONDA), the Moroccan Air Service Provider. The Company will su... more
IndustryRolls-Royce acquires 49% Finmeccanica shares in EMA
Rome, Italy - It purchases so 100% of the SpA
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has strengthened its position in Italy by acquiring the remaining 49% share in Europea Microfusioni Aerospaziali SpA (EMA) from Finmeccanica, taking its holding... more
IndustryEADS under inquiry?
Aja, Holland - A Dutch and an Irish societies ask it to the Amsterdam's Court
Two investments societies (a Dutch, the Deka Investment, and the other one Irish, the Irish Life Investment Managers, Ilim), would prepare to ask tomorrow to the Commerce Court in Amsterdam to dispose... more
IndustryBoeing reports 2009 figures
Chicago, Usa - Regarding to 4Q and full year
Boeing has unveiled figures about 4Q and full year 2009. Here the highlights: Fourth-Quarter 2009 - Revenue grew to $17.9 billion and operating margin grew to 9.4 percent, driving net income... more
IndustryMultichoice Africa cements longstanding relationship with Eutelsat
Paris, France - Through a 20 transponder lease on the W7 satellite
"Eutelsat Communications announced the signature of an historic contract with MultiChoice Africa, the pioneer in multi-channel pay-TV across sub-Saharan Africa. MultiChoice has signed for a total 20 Ku-band... more
IndustryIntersputnik and Eutelsat announce long-term agreement
Paris, France - For extensive capacity on the new W7 satellite
"The INTERSPUTNIK International Organization of Space Communications, and Eutelsat Communications announced the signature of a major contract for the long-term lease of 16 transponders at Eutelsat's 36°... more
IndustryAirbus signs MoU on aircraft financing solutions with Chinese partner
Toulouse, France - CLC to provide financing support for Airbus aircraft operators worldwide
Airbus yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the CDB Leasing Co., Ltd. (CLC), one of China's leading leasing companies, on cooperation in aircraft financing and leasing. The MoU was signed... more
IndustrySELEX Communications supplies the C&I avionic systems for the UAE PC-21 airplanes
Rome, Italy - The contracts worth a total of 5.6 millions Euro
"SELEX Communications, Finmeccanica Group, – together with the controlled company Sirio Panel - has been awarded two contracts worth a total of 5.6 millions Euro by PILATUS Aircraft Ltd for the supply o... more
IndustryFinmeccanica to supply naval systems to the UAE navy
Rome, Italy - With its own industries, Selex Sistemi Integrati
"Finmeccanica has been awarded a contract to supply naval systems to be fitted onto the two new stealth patrol vessels known as “Falaj 2”, which have been ordered to Fincantieri by the United Arab Emi... more
IndustryUAE's Navy orders two stealth vessels to Fincantieri
Trieste, Italy - The contract includes an option for a further two sister ships
"Fincantieri has gained a further important new order from the United Arab Emirates Navy for the construction of two stealth vessels, “Falaj 2”. The contract includes an option for a further two sister shi... more
IndustryDEMA SpA: two new contracts of more than 300 million dollars with Bombardier Aerospace
Naples, Italy - The Italian company will be responsible for industrialization and manufacturing of important cockpit subassemblies for the new CSeries commercial airplanes
DEMA SpA (Design Manufacturing) has signed with Bombardier Aerospace two new contracts for the supply of six cockpit subassemblies for the CSeries aircraft program, the new single-aisle, 100- to 149-seat... more