Paris Air Show 2009

All Paris Airshow news

Aircraft

Su-35 bridges gap between current and next-gen fighters

Sukhoi believes it is within two years of making first deliveries of its new Su-35 fighter as it prepares to add a third prototype to the flight-test progr
Aircraft

Russian aerospace firms look to Western markets

Russia’s defense industry is looking both to compete and cooperate with its western European counterparts as it bids to expand its international customer b
Aircraft

EADS finds wider use for T/R modules

The strategic importance of active array airborne radar technology in Europe cannot be understated, according to EADS Defence Electronics (Hall 2 Stand A15
Engines

20 years on, IAE marks milestones on V2500

Exactly two decades ago, the consortium that was to become International Aero Engines (Hall 5, Stand B10) was formed to build an engine, the V2500, to comp

STAG Features High-tech Inventory Keeping

Global parts supplier STAG (Specialist Technologies Aerospace Group) is on hand at the Paris Air Show (Hall 2B  Stand E101) to explain its supply chai

Gulf Coast Making a Splash in Paris

Instrument supplier and installer Gulf Coast Avionics (Hall 3 Stand A66) is making its debut at the Paris Air Show.

Irkut looks west for MC-21 engines, avionics and systems

Irkut Corporation is evaluating tenders from Western engine, avionics and systems suppliers for its proposed new MC-21 family of narrowbody airliners.

Anti-missile system nears trials

Italy’s Elettronica has entered the last phase of development of its directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) system for the anti-missile protection ma
Engines

Chromalloy to repair F108 engine modules

Chromalloy (Hall 3 Stand A33) has announced that the U.S.

Bell launches green drive as defense sales soften slump

Bell Helicopter has announced plans to reduce the environmental footprint of its products through the new Eco-Innovation initiative that will evaluate them