Content Archive: June 2011

Paris 2011: Boeing Adds Hamilton Sundstrand to KC-46 Tanker Team

Boeing has added Hamilton Sundstrand to its team of suppliers on the KC-46 aerial tanker, awarding it a contract to supply its environmental-control syste

Paris 2011: General Electric Joins Sikorsky S-97 Raider Team

Sikorsky and General Electric have signed a teaming agreement under which GE Aviation will provide CT7-8 engines for Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider prototype deve

Airbus Logs Record Number of Orders at Paris Show

The 2011 Paris Air Show currently under way has smiled on many manufacturers but on none so benevolently as Airbus, which set a record for the number of n
Environment

Jet Biofuels Come of Age at 2011 Paris Air Show

Two years ago at the last Paris Air Show, jet biofuels were just talked about, but at the airshow this week they appear to have come of age.
Aircraft

Sukhoi and Alenia Launch Bizjet Version of Superjet 100

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and Alenia Aeronautica announced the launch of an executive version of the
Engines

Price Induction To Certify DGen 380 Mini-turbofan

Price Induction is about to embark on European certification of its DGen 380 general aviation turbofan, the Tarnos, the France-based turbine-engine manufac

Sikorsky Chief Talks Eclipse at Paris Show

Sikorsky Aircraft president Jeff Pino shed more light on the company’s investment in Albuquerque, N.M.-based Eclipse Aerospace, including the possibility o
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Terminates S-76C++, Firms Up S-76D Delivery Plans

Sikorsky has announced the end of S-76C++ production, thus firming up S-76D delivery plans for next year.