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Say Bye-Bye to DF Steers

The FAA is proposing to decommission all 54 direction finders (DF) and associated DF approaches in all states other than Alaska.

1950s Airplanes Were More Electric

In the 1950s and 1960s, turboprop aircraft such as the Vickers Vanguard were more electric than 2006 in-production airplanes.

Airbus validating electric technologies

While Boeing has arguably taken the lead in more electric aircraft systems with the new 787 airliner, European manufacturers are trying to strike back.

Service provider ATC Lasham having busy fortnight at F’boro

Probably more active here at Farnborough International 2006 than any other exhibitor is ATC Lasham (Hall 1/Stand B22), which handles all arriving and depar

Honeywell opens Prague center

Honeywell Aerospace (Hall 1 Stand A9) is expanding its presence in Europe with a new Prague-based research and development facility that will employ up to
Aircraft

V-22s hop The Pond (nearly) flawlessly

Last week’s transatlantic hop to Farnborough by two Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotors proved the long-range self-deployment capability of the revolutionar
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HAL’s Dhruv shows solid performance

India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

Embraer Means Business in Corporate Aviation

Embraer in the space of just 12 months has extended its range of business aircraft with three new jets.

Solid Embraer is ready for life beyone Botelho

This is Mauricio Botelho’s last Farnborough International show as chief executive of Embraer.
Engines

P&WC testing engine for Phenom 100

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has started running the PW617F engine.

CH-53K gets Collins avionics

Sikorsky Aircraft has made its first major subsystem supplier award for the U.S.
Aircraft

Bell/Urban Aeronautics unveil vertical lift X-Hawk

Bell Helicopter of Fort Worth, Texas, and Urban Aeronautics based near Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport will unveil today the X-Hawk, an innovative vertical-lif

Outsider Named President of Bombardier Business Aircraft

Bombardier Aerospace reached outside the company to appoint Pierre Gabriel Côté as president of Bombardier Business Aircraft, a position that has been held

Fix the airplane, Jeeves. . .

Bombardier has selected TAG Farnborough Engineering and Gold Air International as its newest maintenance providers, increasing its number of service center

Raytheon Seeks FAR Exemptions for Hawker 4000

Raytheon's long and bumpy road toward type certification of the Hawker 4000 has taken another twist.

‘Brain’ for 787

One of the most technology-packed airplanes of all time recently received its brain, as it were.
Aircraft

Eclipse 500 by the Numbers

Eclipse Aviation has released the final performance numbers for the Eclipse 500, and it meets or exceeds all of the guarantees but one.
Aircraft

JSF is the New Lightning

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was formally named Lightning II at the program’s Fort Worth, Texas headquarters nine days ago.

Wx radar by Collins smooths the bumps

The next flight you take could be much smoother, thanks to a new airborne weather radar design from U.S.

Eurocopter wants to lease helos to UK

Eurocopter and an unnamed UK operator have proposed leasing civil EC 225 medium-lift helicopters to the British Ministry of Defence as an interim solution
Aircraft

Sino Swearingen Plans First Delivery

San Antonio-based Sino Swearingen hopes to deliver its first SJ30-2 before the end of this month, some nine months after receiving FAA certification for th
Aircraft

BAE’s Herti UAV will spy in uniform or in civvies

BAE Systems is showing its recently-revealed Herti UAV system here for the first time, but the company’s unmanned, low-observable Raven and Corax vehicles

Farnborough revamps and reinvents show

Back in 2004, the Farnborough International show opened against a backdrop of uncertainty about its future organization with doubts over how the Society of
ATC

Training Proposed for Flying VFR Near D.C.

Special awareness training via an online course will be required for any pilot who flies VFR within 100 nm of the Washington, D.C.
Accidents

Saab 340 Icing Incidents Prompt NTSB Action

The NTSB yesterday asked the FAA to attend immediately to what it deemed deficiencies in the cold-weather procedures of Saab 340 pilots and the airplanes&a
Aircraft

Twenty CRJ900s for PSA Airlines?

August 1 marks the deadline for PSA Airlines pilots to agree to US Airways’ conditions for placing 20 Bombardier CRJ900LRs with the wholly owned

BAE to MoD boss: bring pounds

BAE Systems hopes that up to three important UK contracts will be confirmed when British defense minister Des Browne visits the show tomorrow.
Airports

Farnborough Blocked On Movement Increase

TAG Aviation's application for more weekend aircraft movements at the London-area Farnborough Airport was rejected by the local Rushmoor Borough Council.

EADS confronts credibility crisis over Airbus program delays

EADS executives can talk all they want about refusing to allow the Farnborough airshow to dictate the timing of their decisions, but in their current predi
Rotorcraft

HAI Initiates "First-responder Database"

A program intended to allow emergency response agencies to quickly identify, locate and coordinate helicopter assets is now available at Helicopter Associa