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Chemring Seeks U.S. Lead in Energetics Devices

Following its $40 million acquisition of Scot Inc.

R & M Wins Three-year Support Deal

SR Technics has agreed to a three-year support deal with UK-based R & M Aviation Support covering maintenance, repair and overhaul services for six Pra

LM opens support center in Arizona

Lockheed Martin has opened its missiles and fire control support center in Gilbert, Arizona, combining support functions and resources that were formerly l

HCL becomes EADS ‘tier One’ partner

HCL Technologies, a $4.9 billion company that in three decades has grown from a garage-based start-up (Hindustan Computing) into India’s fifth largest IT c

Canada Leads Joint Biofuel Project with India

Pratt & Whitney Canada is leading a four-year, university-industry biofuel research project under a Canada-India science and technology agreement.
Aircraft

New investors, but still the same SJ30

The Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 light business jet is appearing in public for the first time since Dubai investors agreed to pump at least $150 million into the
Aircraft

Customers form a line for new Twin Otters

Last year’s announcement by Viking Air (Hall 4 Stand C14B) of its plans to launch its new DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 into production triggered an immediat

Telemetry Hiccup Curtails First 777F flight

Boeing will resume flight-testing of its Model 777F cargo aircraft “as soon as possible,” the manufacturer said after the freighter’s first flight on Mond

GE, Singapore Technologies Collaborate

GE Aviation and Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) have signed an agreement to cooperate in engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), eng

Aerospace Consortium Opens India Offices

Farnborough Aerospace Consortium (FAC), an aerospace and defense association that supports 1,200 related companies in southern England, has opened new offi

Aircelle and Middle River Join Forces

GE Aviation and Safran signed a memorandum of agreement here yesterday to create a new 50-50 joint venture to develop, produce and support engine nacelles

Arik Air Unmasked as B737 Customer

Private Nigerian operator Arik Air confirmed here it is a previously unidentified customer for seven Boeing 737-800s that will bring its fleet to 17 aircra
Aircraft

Leasing Firm Selects Collins Suite for A320s

Rockwell Collins vice president and general manager for air transport systems Jeff Standerski and BOC Aviation CEO Robert Martin signed a contract here yes

New venue will double size of Dubai Airshow

Fairs & Exhibitions is describing the biennial Dubai Air show, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2007, as “The world’s third largest aerospace
Engines

MTU PARTNERS WITH General Electric

Germany’s MTU Aero Engines has taken an 18 percent stake in the GE38 turboshaft engine powering the Sikorsky CH-53 Super Stallion heavylift helicopter, mar
FBOs

Wake up to the Aviator Hotel

Who wouldn’t want to wake up just a stone’s throw from the heart of the Farnborough airshow this week? Some lucky show goers are doing exactly that with th
Aircraft

STOVL first flight hailed during JSF briefing

Yesterday’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter briefing turned into a celebration of the recent first flight of the F-35B STOVL version.
Aircraft

Chinese firm to supply C-Series center fuselages

Bombardier Aerospace yesterday signed a contract with China’s Shenyang Aircraft Corp.

EADS, Canada cooperate on aero research

The National Research Council of Canada signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with EADS last month to cooperate on aerospace research and te

Dassault Falcon beefs up global support network

Dassault Falcon has appointed two new authorized service centers in South Africa and reached agreement with a third company to provide service center suppo

Three-blade prop option for G36s

Hartzell Propeller is now offering a three-bladed Top Prop propeller for the new Beechcraft Bonanza G36 piston single and all F33A, V35B, A36 and G36 Bonan
Regulations and Government

NTSB wants airline pilots to be retrained on rudder use

As an outgrowth of its continuing investigation into the November 12 crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in New York City, the NTSB has recommended that
ATC

Washington Report: Privatized ATC upsets controllers

Even the hint of a privatized ATC system in the Bush Administration’s budget for fiscal year 2003 has “angered and disappointed” the National Air Traffic C
ATC

Washington Report: 'That blank screen'

Calling September 11 the dividing line between our nation’s approach to aviation security on a “relatively peacetime” footing and the new “wartime environm

Airbus Signs Titanium Pact with VSMPO-AVISMA

Russian titanium manufacturer VSMPO-AVISMA (Hall 3 Stand B30) has signed a framework agreement covering the supply of titanium products to Airbus and other

LAIRCM Chosen for FSTA

Northrop Grumman’s defensive systems division has been awarded a $93 million contract to supply its large aircraft infrared countermeasures system for the

IAE Logs Record Aftermarket Deal

IAE has logged its largest-ever aftermarket deal to provide support for engines powering U.S.

Snecma inks Engineering contract with RAM

Snecma Services has signed an engineering support contract with Morocco’s flag carrier Royal Air Maroc.

Alteon Training To Build 787 Simulator

Boeing subsidiary Alteon Training said it will build a 787 full-flight simulator for installation at its training center in Miami, Florida.

Telephonics To enhance MH-60R radars

Lockheed Martin Systems Integration has awarded Griffon Corporation subsidiary Telephonics a $71.5 million contract to develop an enhanced version of the A