Farnborough Air Show 2008

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Slovakia’s camouflaged MiGs dressed to impress

Perhaps the most eye-catching camouflages on display here at Farnborough are the digital pattern applied to the single-seat MiG-29AS and tiger stripes on t
Engines

GE challenging P&WC PT6 t-prop

The significance of General Electric’s purchase of Walter Aircraft Engines last year has only recently become evident.

F’boro organizers to help launch Bahrain airshow

Farnborough International Limited (FIL), organizers of the Farnborough International airshow, will collaborate with Bahrain on a new airshow in January 201
Aircraft

787 is making ‘steady progress,’ Boeing assures

Reportedly rising at 4 a.m.

Ruag Buys Saab’s Space Business

Switzerland’s Ruag has acquired Saab’s space business (Saab Space, based in Gothenburg), including its subsidiary, Austrian Aerospace, for 335 million Swed

LM opens support center in Arizona

Lockheed Martin has opened its missiles and fire control support center in Gilbert, Arizona, combining support functions and resources that were formerly l

P-8’s low-risk radar is ready for ground tests

 This month Raytheon begins integrated tests on its APY-10 inverse synthetic aperture radar for the Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patroller.

GE, Singapore Technologies Collaborate

GE Aviation and Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) have signed an agreement to cooperate in engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), eng
Aircraft

New investors, but still the same SJ30

The Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 light business jet is appearing in public for the first time since Dubai investors agreed to pump at least $150 million into the

Breakthrough takes pilots for a loop

BAE Systems, in conjunction with Cranfield Aerospace and Cranfield University, executed an entire flight without human intervention in a BAE Systems Jetstr