Farnborough Air Show 2006

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Aircraft

E-195 certification opens new chapter for Embraer

Brazil’s Embraer passes another critical milestone in its meteoric development this month with EASA certification of the largest of its four-member family

Aerospace is the winner in clash of metal and composites

What are the advantages and disadvantages of carbon-fiber reinforced plastics? A key advantage of CFRPs is their strength-to-weight
Engines

Volvo delivers extra life to Gripen engine

Volvo Aero has delivered a number of post-certification enhancements to the RM12 twin turboshaft engine that powers the Saab Gripen.
Engines

Orders by discount lines sustain CFM sales surge

Engine manufacturers are enjoying the boom in civil aircraft sales as much as other suppliers, but this does not mean the battle for orders is any less tou

EADS money woes no object for Sogerma

Employees at EADS Sogerma Services’ Merignac aircraft maintenance near Bordeaux in southwest France still have jobs thanks to French Prime Minister Dominiq

Automation at center of GKN composites studies

Increased automation of the production process is the key to boosting the scope for using composite materials in new airframes.
Aircraft

Bombardier Aero ponders next move

Canada’s Bombardier Aerospace (Hall 3 Stand D8) enters this Farnborough show with some critical questions to answer about the future of its regional airlin

CMC helps breathe life into ‘legacy’ airframes

CMC Electronics (Hall 4 Stand C16a) is showing off its latest avionics technology here at the Farnborough show, but it is also looking for customers wishin
Aircraft

On duty with U.S. Marines, ScanEagle in league of its own

What makes the ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle on display here this week different from the multitude of similar robot airplanes being touted for surveillan

All-electric brakes set for Boeing 787 by year-end

Messier-Bugatti (Hall 4 Stand B12) is scheduled to deliver the first complete braking system for the Boeing 787-8 airliner by December.