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Civil aviationSupersonic aircraft: a report by the ICCT criticizes new projects
According to the study, pollution and fuel consumption would increase
There are many aerospace companies that are planning a supersonic passenger-transport aircraft, although this type of flight as seen with the Concorde is mainly niche. This is why the projects seen so... more
Civil aviationEU-LAC project: EU strengthens civil aviation ties with Latin America and the Caribbean
The four year plan is managed by EASA
The European Union (EU) and Latin American states celebrated yesterday the launch of a new project to enhance their ties in civil aviation. This four-year project, managed by the European Aviation Safety... more
Fair and shows"Farnborough". Photo: handover of ETPS H-125 helicopter to Qinetiq
During the airshow
Colin James, Airbus Helicopters’ UK Managing Director, formally handed over the latest Empire Test Pilot School (ETPS) H-125 helicopter to Nic Anderson, Managing Director Air and Space, Qinetiq. Under t... more
Fair and shows"Farnborough Airshow" (10). Airbus: worldwide aircraft and services market in the next 20 years
Estimated value 4600 billion dollars
Airbus’ new Global Services Forecast predicts a USD 4.6 trillion worldwide market for commercial aircraft services from 2018 to 2037. The new analysis is based on a three-way market segmentation, respectively f... more
Fair and shows"Farnborough 2018" (9). Boeing expects aircraft market and services (15 trillion)
Twenty-year forecast sees an increase in demand for over 42,700 aircraft (6.3 trillion)
Boeing lifted its long-term forecast for commercial airplanes as rising passenger traffic and upcoming airplane retirements drive the need for 42,730 new jets –valued at $6.3 trillion– over the next 20... more
Fair and shows"Farnborough Air Show" (8). Satellites and big data provide new eyes to protect the sea
Leonardo’s SEonSE platform is now on-line
SEonSE (Smart Eyes on the SEas), Leonardo’s geospatial maritime security platform, goes on-line today. Thanks to the use of cloud computing and of advanced big data analysis models, it makes it possible t... more
AccidentsKorea: helicopter crashes, 5 people died
Accident occurred during flight tests
A KAI (Korean Aerospace Industries) MUH-1 Marineon helicopter from the armed forces of South Korea crashed today at the naval base inside the port of Pohang, in the south-east of the Korean peninsula,... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and transport in Italy. Enav strike on Saturday postponed
The note issued by the Italian ministry
MIT (Italian Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport) communicates in a note that:"Thanks to the decisive mediation by the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport, the strike of the ENAV flight controllers... more
Military aviationWhat are the Italian objectives for the future fighter plane?
Leonardo will participate with the British division in the Tempest project for RAF
What will be the future fighter for the Italian Air Force (AMI)? For the moment there's the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft which will remain in service for at least the next 20 years; together there's the... more
Fair and shows"FIA 2018" (7). Boeing-SparkCognition: the future of airplanes and transport
Collaboration focused on new generation airspace management for safe integration of autonomous aircraft
Boeing today announced it is collaborating with artificial intelligence (AI) technology reference, SparkCognition, to deliver unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM) solutions.Both will use artificial... more
Fair and showsFarnborough (6). Leonardo-AMI: launch of a new training program for pilots
Profumo and Vecciarelli signed an agreement at the airshow in London
Leonardo’s CEO, Alessandro Profumo, and the Italian Air Force Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Enzo Vecciarelli, today signed a collaboration agreement that will strengthen the training services already offered b... more
Fair and shows"Farnborough Airshow" (5). Airbus aircraft: orders and conversions
Agreements signed during the event continue
The agreements signed by Airbus continue, recording an order for eight A-350/900 aircraft and one for 100 A-320neo family aircraft by two customers whose names have not been revealed. Peach Aviation also... more
Fair and shows"FIA 2018" (4). JCG signs HCare Smart for its H-225 helicopter fleet
For a period of five years
Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has signed with Airbus Helicopters for an HCare Smart full-by-the-hour material management contract, for a period of five years. Beginning in July, the contract will cover comprehensive... more
Fair and shows"Farnborough" (3). Dircm records new order in the Middle East
The new customer announced by Leonardo during the event
Leonardo has announced yesterday, at "Farnborough International Airshow 2018" ("FIA", July 16-22), that it has secured a customer in the Middle East region for its ‘Miysis’ Directed InfraRed CounterMeasure (DI... more
Fair and showsFarnborough (2). Boeing: different orders for B-737 MAX family aircraft
During the first day of the ongoing airshow until Sunday
Boeing and Jet Airways confirmed that the Indian carrier placed an order for an additional 75 B-737 MAX 8 airplanes during a signing ceremony at the "Farnborough International Airshow 2018" (FIA, July... more
Fair and shows"Fia 2018". Sensor cooperation for MQ-9B aircraft
Agreement signed between Leonardo and General Atomics
Leonardo and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) have signed an agreement that will see the companies jointly investing to integrate Leonardo’s SAGE electronic warfare surveillance system o... more
IndustryBoeing-Embraer: great confidence for the political approval of the agreement
Broad collaboration that will open a market share important to both
The Boeing-Embraer agreement that led to the creation of a joint-venture at majority of the US aerospace industry is concluded, but hasn't been ratified by the Brazilian government yet. In fact, the go-ahead... more
Fair and showsFarnborough (10). Boeing: orders and agreements announced
For a value of 2.1 billion dollars
Boeing today announced services orders and agreements worth up to $2.1B that provide customers more value throughout the lifecycle of their investments. The contracts and agreements span commercial and... more
Fair and shows"FIA 2018" (11). Elettronica Group: advanced electronic and cyber warfare solutions
The presence with its three industrial assets
Elettronica Group attends the "Farnborough International Airshow 2018" ("FIA", from 16th to 22nd of July), the most awaited event in the Aerospace, Defence and Security industry. Elettronica Group, with... more
Military aviationRussia: Su-57 aircraft coming to be discarded?
Increasingly used to test Ucav systems of the future
While in the United Kingdom the "Farnborough Air Show" begins, in Russia the Sukhoi Su-57 fighter -not present at the event- continues to be used to test new systems and new technologies from the Russian... more
IndustryFincantieri: French attacks on Group ethics, but collaboration will continue
Despite this, the FREMM are the main candidates for the announcement of the Pentagon
It's near the moment when the Pentagon will decide what's the next frigates of the US Navy and among the number one candidates there are the "Italian" FREMM (European multi-mission frigates), already in... more
IndustryFarnborough (7): May inaugurates the show by reassuring British industries
Also present Minister of Defence Trenta who will see her British counterpart
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Theresa May inaugurated the "Farnborough Air Show" today, seeking to reassure the British industrial world and not only on the prospects of Brexit, explaining the... more
IndustryFarnborough (6): presented the "Tempest", a new Anglo-Italian project
The future fighter will be the answer to the French-German one
The first major news expected of the armed forces and the British aerospace industry concerned the future projects that His Majesty's government planned to pursue following the Brexit. One of the first... more
IndustryFarnborough (2): the exhibition of aerospace industry starts today
It's important to understand the strategies of many companies in the sector
Today begins in Farnborough one of the most important aerospace exhibitions in the world, which is the fastest growing sector worldwide, especially as regards revenue, investments made and technological... more
HelicoptersLeonardo-Milestone Aviation: contract for 21 AW-139 helicopters
For the renewal of the Saudi Aramco fleet
Milestone Aviation Group Limited (“Milestone”), a GECAS company and the global reference in helicopter leasing, and Leonardo today announce they have been selected to renew the medium helicopter fleet of... more
UAS-DronesThe next step in passenger transport? The unmanned aircraft
In the future, drones could supplant traditional airplanes
Will the future of civil aviation be with the unmanned aircraft? Military drones (UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, remote control unmanned aerial vehicles) are becoming increasingly important, becoming... more
Fair and shows"Farnborough" (9). Airbus: orders and letters of intent
With Sichuan Airlines, Starlux Airlines, Vistara and Wataniya Airways
On the morning of the first day of the "Farnborough International Airshow" (July 16-22), Sichuan Airlines confirmed an order for 10 A-350XWB aircraft, Starlux signed a letter of intent for 17 A-350 XWB... more
Military aviationF-35 aircraft: new purchases are coming and the cost should fall
141 planes ordered by the Pentagon
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin have reached an agreement for the largest supply of F-35 so far made, in fact of this multi-purpose fighter jets were ordered 141 opening the phase of the eleventh lot... more
Fair and shows"FIA 2018" (8). Leonardo: over 40 radars sold to eight international customers
Installed on board of AW-101 SAR helicopters
Leonardo, currently exhibiting at the "2018 Farnborough Air Show" (stand L1), has today highlighted the success of its Osprey Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar family, announcing that more... more
Fair and shows"Farnborough" (5). Leonardo at the "2018 airshow"
On display AW-101 helicopter, M-346 Fighter Attack aircraft and P-72A Italian AMI
Visitors to Leonardo at the "Farnborough International Airshow 2018" (16th to 22nd July, stand L1) are able to learn about how the company is planting the seeds for sustainable growth in its home markets,... more
Fair and shows"FIA 2018" (4). Boeing shows the future of aerospace in Farnborough
737 MAX 7 and 787 scheduled for flight displays
CH-47 Chinook helicopter and F-15E Strike Eagle among defense platforms on static display more
Fair and shows"Farnborough 2018" (3). Aircraft-helicopters. Airbus shows products and services
Also in the military field, space systems, communications and drones
Airbus presents a broad portfolio of innovative products and services at the "Farnborough International Airshow 2018" ("FIA", July 16-22) that meet the aerospace industry’s requirements for today and to... more
Fair and showsAircraft-helicopters. "Farnborough Airshow 2018": two-year event in UK
Ongoing from 16 to 22 July
The "Farnborough International Airshow" is a week-long, biennial event, an exhibition for the aerospace and defence industries with a public airshow. The event is held in mid-July in even-numbered years... more
IndustryWill we see soon a return of supersonic aircraft?
A legitimate question considering the steps made in this direction
Air transport with supersonic aircraft remains one of the highest peaks in the history of aeronautical technologies, but because of the accident at the Concorde at Paris airport in 2000, the high maintenance... more
AerospaceIsrael with Nasa to send an astronaut into space
ISA also plans to send a rover to the Moon by the end of 2018
After the disaster of Columbia, in 2003, where Israel's first astronaut in space died, the Israeli Space Agency (ISA) would like to send a second one in collaboration with NASA. The two agencies are working... more
Civil aviationB-787 airplane: changes "necessary" to the audio system
British Airways will install pre-recorded messages for communications
The investigation concerning the battery fire of the B-787/8 of Japan Airlines led the US investigators to some conclusions, including that of changing the internal audio system of the plane to ensure... more
UAS-DronesUs: the future UCAV XQ-58A "Valkyrie" soon in flight
The maximum of current technologies for what may be the new USAF drone
In recent years, the US Air Force (USAF) has been trying to develop a combat drone (UCAV, Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) that can work alongside the F-22 and F-35 during operations. The Kratos XQ-58A... more
Civil aviationEC (2). Aire supports Parliament call for urgent action against ATC delays
The note issued by Airlines International Representation in Europe
AIRE (Airlines International Representation in Europe) members welcome the confirmation by Commissioner Bulc and EP Committee on Transport and Tourism Chair Karima Delli that growing air traffic should... more
AirportsTripoli, start at works for the redevelopment of the airport
It should become the hub for flights between Europe and Africa
"We want to be able to make the airport of Tripoli the transit hub for the flights between Africa and Europe, as well as the hub of tourism in our State", this is the hope of Fayez al-Sarraj -prime minister... more
Civil aviationEC. Aircraft and transport:"No more delays, the time for action is now"
Bulc and Delli issued today a joint statement
European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc and Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism Karima Delli today issued a joint statement calling for action to tackle delays in... more
IndustryLeonardo: contract with Italian GdF for ATR-72MP aircraft
With logistic support and training services
The agreement worth of about EUR 44 million with subsequent options could reach up to 250 millions more
HelicoptersPhoto. The new Airbus Helicopters industrial model is coming together
First H-160 pre-assembled rear fuselage is plug and play ready
The first pre-serial H-160 helicopter has been fitted with its rear fuselage, the first major component assembly having been pre-assembled in Albacete, Spain according to the site specialisation strategy... more
DefenseNATO Summit (2), Trump's extraordinary press conference
After the new accusations launched on Twitter, the US president announces an agreement
New accusations by US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit taking place in Brussels to the allied countries, especially against Germany. The White House used Twitter to attack the... more
IndustryMC-21, in 2019 the European certification and the first deliveries
Aeroflot will be launch customer
When it enters service it will probably be too late for the Russian medium-range narrow-body aircraft Irkut MC-21, because in that segment the A-320 and the B-737 are the masters. Designed to replace the... more
ConferencesICAO at 36th ECAC Plenary
Leaders highlight European aviation performance and forecast growth challenges
Accelerating traffic growth and emerging challenges on the safe integration of drones, commercial space flights, and artificial intelligence were some of the key points addressed in Strasbourg, France... more
HelicoptersBoeing: 4 Chinook helicopters for the US Army
The Special Operations Command orders MH-47G; delivery in 2020
Boeing has received a $139.8 million contract to provide four MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters to the US Army Special Operations Aviation Command.These aircraft mark the start of a Block II production... more
UAS-DronesTo improve safety of UAS aircraft in urban environment
CAAS, EASA and Airbus will cooperate to it
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Airbus have agreed to collaborate in the development of safety standards and regulatory requirements for... more
DefenseNATO Summit, recognized the threat from the Mediterranean
Eyes on Russia, but in the meantime the Naples hub will soon become operative
Despite the divergences that had emerged in the hours before the NATO summit in Brussels, a general agreement was reached. Italy could be satisfied with the results obtained because the threat from the... more
ReportSummit NATO, among the Trump's allegations to the allied countries
Face to face between the American president and Merkel
The NATO summit in Brussels that begins today will be important "to modernize and strengthen the collective defense mechanisms and the rapid deployment capacity of our troops", said Secretary General Jens... more
HelicoptersLeonardo-PGZ: LoI signed on the new AW-249 helicopter
Aiming to meet the Polish Army’s requirement for a new combat aircraft
Leonardo and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA (PGZ) signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) that will see the two companies collaborate on the AW-249, the "only" new combat helicopter currently being designed, aiming... more