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Maintenance and Modifications
Lufthansa Technik Building Maintenance Hangar in Berlin
Lufthansa Technik has begun construction of a new maintenance hangar at the future Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER).
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Boeing Releases Details on USAF KC-46 Aerial Tanker
Boeing finally released significant detail on the U.S.
Aircraft
Paris 2011: United Continental Orders Blended Winglets for 767-300ERs
Aircraft
Paris 2011: P-8 Production Advances; JSTARS Replacement Eyed
The P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft rep
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Rostvertol’s Upgraded Mi-26T2 Looks for Sales in India
Rostvertol is at the show promoting its Mi-26T2, an upgraded version of its popular heavy-lift helicopter, in the hope of securing sales to India and other
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Where Next for Russian Helicopters Following Share Flotation Flop?
Russian Helicopters has had to go back to the drawing board on plans to raise fresh capital, following last month’s failed attempt at a $500 million share
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Gulfstream Selects Securaplane Lithium-ion Batteries for Its G650 Large-cabin Business Jet
Gulfstream Aerospace has chosen Securaplane’s lithium-ion battery as standard equipment on its new G650 business jet.
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Hypersonic Hyperbole
HyperMach Aerospace Industries unveiled plans for its SonicStar V-tailed supersonic business jet (SSBJ) at the Paris Air Show.
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Embraer Sees Strong 20-year Market, but Remains Noncommital on Entry on Narrowbody Airliner Segment
Embraer yesterday bypassed an opportunity to firm up its intentions in the widening campaign to challenge the dominance of Boeing and Airbus in the single
Aircraft
AgustaWestland Buys Out Bell’s BA609 Stake
AgustaWestland is purchasing full ownership of the BA609 civil tiltrotor program from Bell Helicopter, the companies announced today at the Paris Air Show.
Aircraft
HyperMach Takes Wraps Off Mach 3.6 SonicStar
HyperMach Aerospace unveiled plans for its 20-seat SonicStar V-tailed, supersonic business jet yesterday at the Paris Air Show.
Regulations and Government
LightSquared Vacates Frequency Nearest to GPS
Since early reports indicate that LightSquared’s transmitters do, in fact, interfere with GPS signals, LightSquared yesterday announced that it would vacat
Security
Vague GAO Report Fails To Address Security Risk Issue
10:30 6-21-2011
In response to a Senate committee request, the U.S.
ATC
Paris 2011: Traffic rebound drives SES as nations drag their feet
The global economic recession gave pause to the relentless growth in air traffic over recent years, not least in Europe.
ATC
Paris 2011: SESAR Achieves First Targets
The SESAR Joint Undertaking (JU) has recently carried out an extensive review to see whether there are any early results that could benefit the aviation co
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Rockwell Collins delivers first software-defined ARC-210 radio
When Rockwell Collins officially celebrated the first full-rate production delivery of its ARC-210 RT-1939(C) Generation 5 radio to PMA 209, the air combat
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Airbus braces for struggle to keep A350XWB on track
As Airbus prepares to put together the first A350 XWB, the
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Irkut Presses Ahead with MC-21 Narrowbody Challenger
With a budget of close to $7 billion, the MC-21
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Boeing’s 747-8 On Track for Summer Certification
The so-called “pause” or “rebalance” of the Boeing 747-8 production li
