Paris Air Show 2009

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Aircraft

Flurry of recent export orders bolsters Israel Aerospace sales

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) hopes that new export orders, such as a $50 million deal to supply unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia, will bolste

Airbus readjusts focus to backlog retention

In the face of the global economic recession, Airbus does not expect to reach its previously predicted 300 new orders this year and has switched its effort
Engines

Second-generation GTF is already on Pratt’s radar

The downturn in demand in some of its markets has not dented the ardor of engine maker Pratt & Whitney for developing new technology.

Crane shows off new boss and tire monitor here

Crane Aerospace & Electronics (Hall 5 Stand A24) has appointed Michael Romito to serve as aerospace group president.
Aircraft

Block III will ensure Apache ‘production’ through 2040

They’ve done it with the Chinook, now they’re doing it with the Apache.

GKN sees new horizons at Filton

Market conditions have hardly been kind to aerospace these past six months or so, but when a company is celebrating its 250th birthday–as GKN is this year–

Curtiss-Wright at home on military, commercial aircraft

The Curtiss-Wright Corporation can trace its lineage back to the very dawn of aviation.

The drama of the flying display gives crowds thrills and chills

The Paris Air Show, marking its 100th anniversary, has come a long way since it was first staged at the Grand Palais in the center of the French capital ba

Radar systems business thriving for ThalesRaytheon

Ground Master 400, the new ThalesRaytheonSystems air defense radar on display here in Thales’ outdoor compound, is just completing its development ahead of
Engines

Price Induction is funded for new turbofans

Price Induction, a French startup company based in Anglet in the southwest of the country, is here exhibiting two engine mockups (Hall 3 Stand A25).