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Midcoast Aviation, a long-time center for the green completion of highly individualized Bombardier business jet interiors, has secured another 48 positions

Brazilian OEM Embraer introduced its Lineage 1000 in May last year and a spokesman says the company has already taken orders for “more than five” of the tw

• Congress took a three-week break on November 16 to allow lawmakers to ponder the results of the election.

In one of its last acts before the 109th Congress ended last month, the Senate approved a House-passed bill that creates a federal Interagency Aerospace Re

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In response to a congressional inquiry, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has determined that the NTSB Training Center near Washington Dulles Inte

In the late 1970s, Continental Airlines president Frank Lorenzo used a court of law to confront his pilots with an existing, although seldom used, negotiat

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Boeing has delivered its first 737-800 equipped with a new type of GPS-based landing system developed by Rockwell Collins.

Raytheon Systems has sold two radars to HungaroControl, the Hungarian air navigation services provider, and four to the Sultanate of Oman.

Boeing’s Alteon Training subsidiary has awarded a contract to Thales for 787 Dreamliner training equipment.  The contracts call for Thales to install

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Goodyear Tire and Rubber grabbed some traction in the aviation tire business with a series of contracts signed just before this year’s show.

TEAC Aerospace Technologies of Montebello, California (Hall 3 Booth D13g) is announcing here in Paris its receipt of a multiyear contract from General Dyna

Boeing has signed the first firm contract with Chinese suppliers to build parts for the new 787 Dreamliner.

An extended brake service life of up to 40 percent is offered to ATR 72 operators as a result of close collaboration between Dunlop Aerospace Braking Syste

Boeing has just chosen Michelin as the second source of aftermarket nose and main tires for the 787.

The French ministries of transport and defense have planned a global navigation satellite system (GNSS)/Loran C user information day on July 1 in Paris.

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An elastomeric main rotor damper developed by Lord Corp.

MEADS International has signed a contract to design and develop the medium extended air defense system.  The contract, worth more than $3.4 billion, e

The Performance Review Institute (PRI), a not-for-profit organization that develops performance standards and administers quality assurance and accreditati

Dassault’s new Falcon 7X, which is making its public debut this week in Paris, will fly in this morning’s aerial display scheduled during the official visi

A DC-10-10 airliner modified for aerial firefighting is making a spectacular debut at this year’s show.

CFM International has launched a new technology development program, LEAP56, that aims to ensure successors to its market-leading CFM56 engines can meet fu

One of the helicopters gracing Eurocopter’s static display here at the Paris Air Show is a bright red-and-yellow EC 135 belonging to Norsk Luftambulanse (N

Following its success in securing contracts to supply wing and fuselage components for the Airbus A380 from its Emmen, Switzerland plant, Ruag Aerospace ha

Elbit’s El-Op division has developed a laser radar system capable of detecting obstacles.

BVR Systems is here at the Paris Air Show with an on-board avionics and environment simulator called EVA–which stands for embedded virtual avionics.