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IndustryRR: Adour engines order for 57 Hawk airplanes in India
Rome, Italy - Destined to Indian Air Force and Navy
Rolls-Royce (RR), the global power systems company, has finalised the contract for the order of an additional 57 Adour-powered Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft for the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy. The... more
IndustryAlenia Aermacchi: MB-339 airplane chose for the UAE National Aerobatic Team
Varese, Italy - Two contracts for the conversion of ten aircraft
Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, has finalised with the United Arab Emirates two important contracts to provide the UAE Air Force with ten MB-339A aircraft in aerobatic configuration. The two... more
IndustryBoeing completes FDR for P-8I aircraft
Seattle, Usa - India is the first customer for the model outside the United States
Boeing on July 16 (but unveiled only today by the industry) successfully completed the final design review (FDR) for P-8I, India's long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft.... more
IndustryRR: $1.7 billion in new orders during Farnborough
Rome, Italy - B-787 and the A-400M aircraft made their debut
Rolls-Royce (RR) secured $1.7 billion in new orders during the "Farnborough Air Show", ended yesterday. Two new Rolls-Royce powered aircraft made their Farnborough debut, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and... more
IndustryAlaska Airlines completed order for two B-737NG airplanes
Seattle, Usa - Valued at approximately $153 million at list prices
Boeing and Alaska Airlines yesterday announced the carrier has exercised options for two additional Next-Generation 737/800s. Valued at approximately $153 million at list prices, the Alaska order was... more
IndustryFinmeccanica launches new website
Rome, Italy - With its presence at the "Farnborough International Airshow"
To coincide with its presence at the "Farnborough International Airshow" (July 19-25), Finmeccanica would like to announce the launch of its new website, one of the most effective, rapid and direct communication... more
IndustryAirbus at Hamburg: topping-out ceremony for new A-350 XWB airplane hangar
Hamburg, Germany - From Spring 2011 the aft fuselage sections will be assembled from CFRP in this German city
Last Friday Airbus celebrated the topping-out of the new A-350 XWB airplane fuselage assembly hangar. In the presence of Hamburg's Senator for Economics and Labour Affairs, Axel Gedaschko, the topping-out... more
IndustryLM: Canada selects F-35 Lightning II airplane for next-generation fighter
Fort Worth, Usa - Delivery will begin in 2016
The Government of Canada last Friday announced plans to acquire the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as the country’s next-generation fighter aircraft. The F-35 will replace Canada’s fleet of CF-18 Hor... more
IndustryFinmeccanica presents its 2009 Sustainability Report
Rome, Italy - It's available on its website from today
The Finmeccanica Group’s third Sustainability Report is available from today on its website. The report is an information tool which, using appropriate indicators, can measure the group’s economic, soc... more
IndustryBoeing: single-aisle airplane market driving forecast over the next 20 years
London, UK - 30,900 new models valued at USD 3.6 trillion
Boeing forecasts a $3.6 trillion market for new commercial airplanes over the next 20 years as world economies rebound and strong demand for new and replacement aircraft spurs growth. The Boeing 2010 Current... more
IndustryAirbus: Alitalia receives first A-330/200 airplane
Milan, Italy - The new aircraft will bring comfort and efficiency on the intercontinental routes
Alitalia has received its first new Airbus A-330/200 aircraft from the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France. The aircraft is configured in a high comfort three class layout and is the first Alitalia aircraft... more
IndustryEurocopter-Airbus contract to manufacture A-350 XWB aircraft doors in Germany
Donauwörth, Germany - Parliamentary State Secretary, Peter Hintze, attends signing of contract worth around 1.5 billion euros
Eurocopter’s collaboration with Airbus on the new A-350 XWB long-haul airliner, took a new dimension in the signing of a major contract at the Eurocopter facility in Donauwörth. The helicopter manufacturer ha... more
IndustryThe Italian Air Force’s C-27J Spartan airplanes reach 10,000 flight hours
Rome, Italy - In service at Pisa’s 46th Air Wing
The Italian Air Force’s C-27J Spartans, in service at Pisa’s 46th Air Wing, reached the milestone of 10,000 flight hours in July. The C-27J tactical transport aircraft is the Italian Air Force’s most... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: clarification about media report regarding alleged slush funds abroad
Rome, Italy - Pier Francesco Guarguaglini has never met Gennaro Mokbel
With regard to media reports regarding alleged slush funds held abroad by Finmeccanica and alleged meetings between Pier Francesco Guarguaglini and Gennaro Mokbel or his associates, Finmeccanica would... more
IndustryEADS NA submitted KC-X Tanker plane proposal
Leiden, Holland - A day ahead of the July 9 deadline
EADS North America has submitted yesterday its proposal in the United States Air Force KC-X aerial refueling tanker competition, a day ahead of the July 9 deadline. The 8,800+ page proposal details the... more
IndustryB-787 and UAV airplanes debuts at Farnborough International Airshow
Chicago (IL), USA - Boeing's Unmanned aerial vehicle also at the London exhibition
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner will make its international debut this month,at Farnborough International Airshow outside London. Boeing also will feature an extensive display of new advanced technologies and... more
IndustryEnders-Airbus in response to the WTO announcement of a further delay on the subsidies received by Boeing
Blagnac, France - An important and unexpected response, but from an organization that has opinions established in the past
After the recent decision by WTO (World Trade Organization), regarding the subsidies for the launch of its airplanes received by the European industry, EADS, through its subsidiary Airbus (see for details... more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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