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German aerostructures specialist Premium Aerotec (Hall 1 Stand E197) has signed a contract with Airbus to provide the fuselage structure for the European m

CAE has sold two full-flight simulators to Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Co., the investment arm of the Kingdom of Bahrain and owner of national carrier Gulf

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control has announced that it is to supply the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod to the Royal Saudi Air Force.

Eurofighter hopes that the four partner nations will agree the technical specification for an active array radar for the Typhoon by year-end.

Honeywell will supply avionics and auxiliary power units (APUs) for Aviation Capital Group’s fleet of 68 new Airbus A320s in a deal valued at more than $40

Italy’s Servozi Elicotteristici Italiani (SEI) is exhibiting its new Silens cabin and noise-abatement system for the AgustaWestland AW139 VIP on static dis

Bombardier has moved into the next stage in the development of its new C Series aircraft, having secured the supply chain and completed the selection of al

Thales, Europe’s third largest civil and defense aerospace group, makes its first appearance at Le Bourget since it acquired a new shareholder and executiv

The 2009 Asian Aerospace show in Hong Kong is set to achieve significant growth in visitor numbers with organizers reporting that pre-registrations are mor

While Boeing and Northrop Grumman/EADS prepare to lock horns again for the U.S.

Battle lines were drawn here this week for round three of the Great Tanker War.

GE Aviation and NASA are to ground test five sets of new subscale blades for open-rotor engines at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Ruag Aerospace and Saab Avitronics are launching a low-cost protection system for helicopters that can be rapidly installed to provide a range of protectiv

Tarmac Aerosave–an Airbus joint venture with waste treatment specialist Sita, engine maker Snecma, engineering firm Aeroconseil, maintenance company Equip’

Managing aircraft programs is a complex process that should not be underestimated.

New private jet fractional ownership partner Jet Republic yesterday joined Bombardier Aerospace’s Offset Program for its initial fleet of 25 Learjet 60XRs

Hermes 90, the latest member of Elbit’s UAV family, is on show here at Paris for the first time.

Engine consortium Europrop International (EPI) is now just 300 test hours away from certification of its 11,000-shp TP400 turboprop for the Airbus A400M mi

Airbus engineers are never satisfied, and customers of the European airframe builder should have only one response: thank goodness.

On Tuesday the ITT Corporation hosted a round-table of climate-change and climate-monitoring experts here at the Paris Air Show.

Messier-Dowty yesterday announced that it has signed a letter of intent to cooperate with Landing Gear Advanced Manufacturing Corp.

This week the Swedish chief prosecutor, Christer van der Kwast, decided to close the preliminary investigation into alleged illegal methods concerned with

A private Asian customer has placed a firm order for an Airbus A320 Prestige, becoming the first in the region to order the type.

Embraer has signed a variety of agreements for regional jet support with customers across the world.

Schiebel (Hall 4 Stand A24) is poised to announce a civil customer for the Camcopter S-100 unmanned rotorcraft to be used for pipeline surveillance.

Calling Boeing’s 787 “probably the most subsidized airplane ever,” Airbus CEO Thomas Enders nevertheless feels comfortable with the €11 billion ($15 billio

AirAsiaX has placed firm orders for 10 Airbus A350-900 airliners.

Israel intends to order 25 Lockheed Martin F-35 fifth-generation fighters, with an option for 50 more.

Raytheon’s RACR low-cost AESA upgrade radar for tactical aircraft is now ready for installation in the F-16 Fighting Falcon and awaiting its first order.

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker is threatening to pull the plug on a contract for up to 60 Boeing 787s due to what appear to be serious objections to the