Paris Air Show 2009

All Paris Airshow news

Barco Secures Mission Display Order

Highland Integrated Surveillance Systems (HISS) of Toronto, Canada, has awarded a contract to Barco to supply MDU-268 avionics-grade mission display units

NRC helps Canadian aero firms stay sharp

Eurocopter and Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) signed a 10-year agreement on research and technology cooperation, ranging from manufacturing techn

CMC SwiftBroadBand Antenna for B777s

Esterline CMC Electronics (Hall 3 Stand D50) and Boeing have signed a contract to offer CMC’s multi-channel SwiftBroadBand compliant CMA-2102SB satcom high

Tata To Build S-92 Cabins

Sikorsky and the Tata Group have signed an agreement for the Indian enterprise to build cabins for the S-92 helicopter.
Engines

Pratt Inks Two Contracts for EcoPower Engine

Pratt & Whitney has signed two more contracts for its EcoPower engine washing service.

Downturn will not dash Singapore show sellout

Organizers of next year’s Singapore Airshow are here in Paris (Chalet D226) pressing for a sell out for the Feb.

Brötje Aero wins GKN contract

GKN has selected Germany’s Brötje Aerospace to supply an advanced moving line assembly system that will mate wing trailing edge and main landing gear parts

Eurocopter sets itself apart from Avicopter on EC 175

Eurocopter has distanced itself from Chinese partner Avicopter on their joint seven-ton-class civil helicopter program saying the EC 175 and the Z15 will b
Engines

Geared turbofan is green leader, says MTU

German-based engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines is here at the Paris Air Show (Hall 2 Stand AB 151) exhibiting a cutaway mockup of a geared turbofan.

Eurocopter upgrades 145 with new ‘Stylence’ cabin

Eurocopter’s EC 145 light twin-engine helicopter has received a makeover in the form of the Stylence (a play on “style” and “silence”) interior upgrade.