Content Archive: June 2011

Aircraft

Paris 2011: Thales Brings Consistency to Rafale Radar

Thales is “five years ahead of anybody in Europe or the U.S.” in active arrays for airborne radars, according to Jean-Nöel Stock, Thales vice-president UAV

Paris 2011: Ontic takes on OEM burden to support legacy aircraft

When Peg Billson first was approached about the opportunity to take over leadership of
ATC

Paris 2011: Raytheon air traffic management advances STARS, ASR-11 radar

Raytheon has new developments to report in both air traffic automation systems and radar portions of its air traffic management (ATM) business.

Paris 2011: Ton-up for Warton Line

In late May the final assembly line at BAE Systems’ Military Air & Information plant at Warton delivered its 100th Typhoon (BS074), becoming the first of t

Paris 2011: Squeeze on services sector prompts L-3 to keep its eyes on high-tech export prizes

Prompted in part by the prospect of squeezed Pentagon budgets, U.S.

Paris 2011: L-3 Beefs Up Mobius To Challenge Firebird

L-3 Communications has confirmed plans to more than double the size of its Mobius optionally manned aircraft.

Paris 2011: BAE and Dassault team up for Telemos

Here at the Paris Air Show, Dassault and BAE Systems have joined forces to display a mockup of the UK company’s
Aircraft

Paris 2011: Alcoa ups the ante against composites

Aluminum giant Alcoa (H5 F220) is here exhibiting a fuselage section manufactured with

Paris 2011: EADS looking for 8,000 employees and interns

European aerospace giant EADS and its four divisions–Airbus, Astrium, Cassidian and Eurocopter–will hold more than 20 workshops here at the Paris Air Show

Paris 2011: Raytheon develops missile for small UAVs

Raytheon’s growing portfolio of precision munitions is to expand with the development of a new smart missile to arm small UAVs that are current unable to c