Content Archive: November 2006

Aircraft

Ukraine, Russia cooperate on Antonov

At a time when relations between Russia and Ukraine are at an all time low, an aircraft program may be the key to finding new opportunities for the two nat

Air Europa embraces winglets for its 737 fleet

Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) has announced today that Spanish carrier Air Europa has become the latest customer for its “Blended Winglet” technology, whi
Aircraft

Availability is the name of the game

British thinking on through-life management of military aircraft and systems is already way ahead of that of most countries.
Aircraft

FPT increases loiter time for Korean UAV

The FPT Industries division of GKN Aerospace has been selected to supply an ultra-lightweight fuel system for the Korean Smart unmanned air vehicle to help

Bombardier forecast: super-midsizes will lead

Bombardier is forecasting continued growth for the business aviation industry over the next half-decade and is positioning itself to take advantage of the

In-flight entertainment system is targeted toward regional airlines

Thales is demonstrating its “world first” regional aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for the first time here at Farnborough International on th

Schenker and BAX Global Merging

Deutsche Bahn-owned supply-chain management organizations Schenker and BAX Global (Hall 2 Stand C1), which are being prepared for future operation under th

Thales Formation trainer isa real pilot finishing school

The Thales Formation Systems Trainer (TFST) being demonstrated here by the French group’s UK-based Thales Training & Simulation division (Hall 3 Stand C5)
Aircraft

Raven B SUAV prepares for special missions duty, exports

Last month AeroVironment’s RQ-11B Raven B small unmanned air vehicle (SUAV) passed its initial operational test and evaluation.

Emirates-CAE Wins New Customers

Emirates-CAE Flight Training here announced the signing of three contracts for its training center in Dubai.