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JSF lands on Goodrich gear

Aerospace systems and services supplier Goodrich Corp.

Smiths links its products through core technology

The landing gear extension and retraction system for the Airbus A380 and the Boeing KC-767A tanker mission system are among Smiths Aerospace’s most visible

Ericsson launches airborne cellphone base station

Sweden’s Ericsson yesterday launched an airborne GSM base station intended to enable passengers to use their cellphones on board aircraft.
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Does the U.S. Army have a Spartan in its future?

The Alenia C-27J Spartan that features in the daily flying display here is a far better fit for the U.S.

SITA expands .aero domain

Three years after its introduction by airline-owned information technology and telecommunications specialist SITA, the .aero domain name is expanding to be

Iridium adds more satcom initiatives

The Iridium satellite network is the medium for TextLink, a new portable satellite data communications package developed by Paradigm Services that will ena
ATC

GBAS not dead, despite FAA reversal

Boeing’s delivery in May of a 737-800 airliner certified for the global navigation satellite landing system (GLS) marked the culmination of a 10-year devel

OEMs taking different routes to standard satcom for airliners

The three new communications media that have become indispensable in recent years– cellular telephony, electronic mail and the worldwide Web–are now becomi

Winglets help refine flow and increase efficiency

Conventional winglets have come to be widely used on airliners, whether in the form of the Airbus A320’s wingtip fence or the up-swept devices characterist
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787 Will Be First All-composite Airliner

Boeing made the apparently radical decision two years ago to use composites for most of the primary structure of its new 787 jetliner, resulting in a need

Airbus UK drives composites research

Tests currently under way at the Airbus UK facility in Filton are exploring technologies aimed at extending the use of advanced composite materials on the
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A380, 787 models of global cooperation

The April 27 first flight of the Airbus A380 was undoubtedly a triumph for Europe’s aerospace industry.

Dubai Air Wing upgrades its Hercs with CMC avionics

CMC Electronics has completed the  avionics systems integration of the cockpit upgrade for the Dubai  Air Wing’s L100-30 Hercules, one of which i

Dubai airshow opens as the biggest so far

His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister, cut the traditional ribbon to open the show her

LHT supports Emirates

Emirates Airline and Lufthansa Technik subsidiary Hawker Pacific signed a contract here yesterday covering exchange, overhaul and support of the landing ge
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Boeing offers BBJ 3 based on 737-900ER; mulling 787 BBJ

Boeing Business Jets is ready to offer a BBJ 3 based on the biggest and longest-range member of the new generation 737 family, the 737-900ER, and is about

Industry should take lesson from Star Alliance, says Amadeus report

The airline industry should take a shared approach to customer IT systems to meet the twin challenges of increasing financial pressures and rising customer

IT revolution leaves uninitiated behind

Most airlines are investing in information technology to streamline their businesses as part of the relentless struggle for profitability.
ATC

Future Airspace

Balancing available technology with the inevitable shifts in what governments will spend to achieve incremental gains, it’s tough to say what the air traff

On board cell phone systems await regulatory assessments

Widespread testing has proven that new technology allows for in-flight use of cell phones without disrupting terrestrial networks.

Alteon to train Pac Rim flight crews in Singapore

Boeing subsidiary Alteon Training has begun building regional training center here in Singapore.

Asian Aerospace Leaves Singapore on a High

Asian Aerospace and its new sibling, Asia Defence Technology, open their doors for the last time at the Changi Exhibition Centre today after a 25-year run

Crane hangs doors on A330/340

Crane Aerospace & Electronics, whose recent successes include selection to provide a new-generation doors and slides control system for the Airbus A330/340

UK firm aids China’s drive for aerospace manufacturing

Umeco Components of the UK is set to open a new logistics center in Xi’an in China’s Shaanxi province.
Aircraft

Nordam’s A380 contributions are highlights at its stand here

Nordam is featuring the wing tip fences and landing light lenses it started manufacturing for the Airbus A380 in October, plus a Singapore-made  CFM56

Jepp teams with CMC on new EFB

An alliance between Jeppesen  and CMC electronics will integrate Jepp’s software, data and applications into CMC’s second-generation PilotView class 2

SIA’s cockpit paper replaced by Collins EFB

Singapore Airlines is to replace its paper-intensive manual processes with Rockwell Collins eFlight electronic database and document management services.
ATC

Asia/Pacific region leading charge to ADS-B

The Asia/Pacific region is pioneering the large-scale deployment of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), a technology that promises to repla

LHT boss predicts bizjet boom in Asia

The mushrooming airlines in India and China were largely responsible for last year’s record levels of airliner orders, and the still-embryonic market for p

Asian Aerospace exits Changi in blaze of glory

Singapore’s 15th and final Asian Aerospace show, and the last airshow to be held here at the Changi Exhibition Centre, is living up to the promoters’ predi