Content Archive: June 2007

Engines

Support revenues now exceed Rolls engine sales

In recent years, engine manufacturers have shifted their emphasis from straightforward production of engines to the far more lucrative business of after-sa

Alcoa busy with metals in an age of composites

At a time when the state-of-the-art in aerostructures design more and more often involves the use of carbon-fiber laminates, companies like Alcoa Aerospace

Meggitt turns attention to its core competencies

A sustained program of corporate integration and investment in manufacturing and customer support is giving Meggitt greater focus and a more strategic posi

Lower cost FDS option available from Meggitt

Meggitt Avionics is displaying its secondary flight display system, secondary flight display repeater and magnetometer here at its stand (Hall 2B Stand L13

BAE Systems moves to stress integrator role

Does the recent sale of its Inertial Products business signal a round of sell-offs by BAE Systems? A statement accompanying the move noted that the company
Aircraft

900ER not necessarily the end of the line

Quite possibly the last member of the best selling family of airliners in the history of the industry, the recently certified Boeing 737-900ER has at once