Content Archive: November 2006

Aircraft

Cessna Introduces Citation CJ4, Upgrades XLS

It wouldn’t be an NBAA Convention if Cessna failed to announce a new Citation, and this year it introduced two: the clean-sheet CJ4 and the XLS+ upgrade.

SibNIA remains center of Russian innovation

Russian military aviation has a long history of fierce competition between the two major design bureaus–Mikoyan and Sukhoi–and their associated production

Record ’07 to Herald Extended Bizjet Boom

Honeywell Aerospace expects the world’s business jet manufacturers to set a new delivery record next year and establish a strong precedent for a 10-year fo
Aircraft

HondaJet Details Revealed, TC Submitted

Honda Aircraft revealed the price, projected performance figures and other details of the HondaJet very light twinjet.

Marshall takes control of RAF Hercules support

Marshall Aerospace (Hall 4 Stand A12) comes to the Farnborough airshow fresh from winning a £1.52 billion ($2.87 billion) contract to maintain 24 Lockheed
Engines

New GE/Honda Engine Finds Another Customer

Spanish Fort, Utah-based Spectrum Aeronautical also selected the new GE/Honda HF120 turbofan to power a proposed $6.2 million midsize business jet called t

Engine OEM Sees 24,000 New Jets by 2025

Rolls-Royce forecasts that 51,000 engines, valued at $70 billion, are needed over the next 20 years to meet demand for 24,000 new corporate jets, from very

After five years in service Merlin needs an upgrade

The UK Ministry of Defence is spending more than $1.35 billion to upgrade the Merlin Mk 1 large maritime helicopter which has been operational for less tha

AgustaWestland Wins Merlin Support

AgustaWestland has won a 25-year deal to support the UK fleet of Merlin Mk1 maritime and Mk 3 transport helicopters.

Gulfstream Approaching Record Deliveries

Gulfstream delivered 83 business jets in the first nine months of this year versus 65 in the same period last year, according to figures released today by