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Boeing, Alenia join forces in composite recycling

Boeing and Alenia Aeronautica have signed a letter of intent to build a composite recycling facility in southern Italy.

Honeywell signs Airbus, Thales and Boeing deals

Airbus has inked a contract with Honeywell to upgrade the wingtip navigation lights on the A320 family with light-emitting diode (LED) technology.

IR AASM completes qualification

Last week Sagem successfully conducted the third and final qualification test firing of its “one-meter” class armament air-sol modulaire (AASM) modular air

Eurocopter UK to grow four-fold by 2013

Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling issued a prediction here this week that Eurocopter’s market share in 2008 will stay above 50 percent.

UK revamps military training with public-private partnership

“Contractorization” may be an ugly word, but for Lockheed Martin and Britain’s VT Group, it is pretty good business.

GKN advances composite and metal techniques

GKN Aerospace announced here at Farnborough that it is expanding its metallic and composite manufacturing techniques.

NG anti-mine surveillance system

One of Northrop Grumman’s growing family of mine countermeasures has advanced to the flight-trial phase.

Moog acquires Quickset, maker of precision positioning systems

Moog has acquired QuickSet International, a manufacturer of precision positioning systems and pan-and-tilt mechanisms.

Russia’s Irkut growing as product line diversifies

Boasting an order book amounting to $4.6 billion, Russia’s Irkut Corporation reported here at Farnborough profits of $165 million on revenues that exceeded
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GE/P&W GP7200 To Debut on Emirates A380

The first GP7200-powered Airbus A380 will enter service with Emirates on August 1 on a flight from Dubai to New York City.