Content Archive: June 2009
Eurocopter could use diesel to power future rotorcraft
Eurocopter is here exhibiting its “Bluecopter” diesel engine concept on the static display.
Aircraft
ATR soaring as orders gush in; $300M in sales in first two days
Franco-Italian regional turboprop maker ATR continued to defy predictions for a tepid sales showing at Le Bourget yesterday when it inked a purchase contra
Bombardier Bullish in 10-year Bizjet Forecast
Bombardier said at the Paris Air Show yesterday that it expects total deliveries of 11,500 business jets worth $256 billion between this year and 2018.
L-3 Avionics Lawsuit Seeks $21.7M from Cirrus
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Aircraft
Russian aerospace firms look to Western markets
Russia’s defense industry is looking both to compete and cooperate with its western European counterparts as it bids to expand its international customer b
Aircraft
EADS finds wider use for T/R modules
The strategic importance of active array airborne radar technology in Europe cannot be understated, according to EADS Defence Electronics (Hall 2 Stand A15
Engines
20 years on, IAE marks milestones on V2500
Exactly two decades ago, the consortium that was to become International Aero Engines (Hall 5, Stand B10) was formed to build an engine, the V2500, to comp
ADAC signs up German firms
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) here yesterday signed memorandums of understanding with three German companies for the establishment of production facili
Aircraft
Qatar boosts Airbus with A320 orders
Qatar Airways signed a firm contract yesterday for 24 Airbus A320-family aircraft in a deal that included the conversion of an option the operator placed d
Aircraft
Vietnam ATR Deal Keeps Asian Growth Alive
ATR landed a firm order yesterday for a pair of new ATR 72-500s from Vietnam Airlines, bringing to 16 the number of the 68-seat turboprops the Asian custom
