Content Archive: November 2006

Nordam Takes Over Middle River CF6 Work

Nordam is to obtain Middle River Aircraft Systems’s General Electric CF6 thrust-reverser maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business.

Alteon Buying More 787 Sims From Thales

Boeing subsidiary Alteon Training has extended its agreement with Thales UK with a $30 million deal to buy three more Boeing 787 training suites, comprisin

Vector Names RAF Veteran as Chairman

Vector Flying Training Services, a joint company founded by Bombardier, KBR and URS to compete for a UK military training contract, has named Sir Malcolm P

Jade Cargowants LHT to do its MRO

Lufthansa Technik has won contracts worth more than $100 million to provide total component support (TCS) and total engine support (TES) for the six Boeing

Teething EASA confronts budget woes

The almost three-year-old European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) wants to keep on a fast growth curve, despite its acknowledged teething problems.

Honeywell Signs U.S. Airline Deals

Honeywell has signed several major long-term support contracts with JetBlue and US Airways.

Parker chills electronics with liquid cooling system

Parker Aerospace (Hall 4 Stand A16) has designed a new liquid-cooling demonstrator for embedded electronics.

ParcAberporth welcomes Selex to Welsh UAV center

Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems UK has become the first major tenant at the new West Wales UAV Centre (WWUAVC) at the ParcAberporth technology park.
Aircraft

Saab 340B Leased to Australia’s Rex

Saab Aircraft Leasing (Chalet C24-26) here on Monday announced that Australian regional airline Regional Express (Rex) has taken an additional Saab 340B on

U.S. aerospace industry head promotes ethics

A global ethics code is among the topics that John Douglass, president and CEO of the U.S.