Farnborough Air Show 2010

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Britain’s industry remains challenged

At face value, the UK’s aerospace and defense industries might feel entitled to breathe a quiet sigh of relief and gently pat themselves on the back coming
Aircraft

Alenia adopts new tech to build M-346 trainer

Alenia Aermacchi is stepping up the pace on the production line for its new
M-346 Master jet trainer at the Venegono Superiore factory in northern It
Aircraft

C Series moves into detailed design phase

Bombardier is about to freeze the design of its C Series airliner, marking the end of the project’s joint definition phase and the official start of the de

Embraer looks to KC-390 to bolster its defense portfolio

Embraer expects its revenues from the defense sector to grow by almost a third this year, reaching approximately $650 million compared with $500 million in
Engines

Leap-X tests hitting their mark

CFM International has completed the second phase of testing of the Leap-X core demonstrator known as eCore 1.
Avionics

Raytheon and Gentex offer low-cost helmet sight

After making its international debut in May at SOFEX in Jordan, the Scorpion helmet-mounted sight is being shown by Raytheon and Gentex for the first time

Scaleable Carabas can see under ground

Developed originally by Ericsson Microwave Systems (now part of Saab Electronic Defence Systems’ business area), the Carabas foliage penetration (FOPEN) ra
Aircraft

Airbus takes long-term look at future single-aisle designs

New competitors in the single-aisle airliner market have driven Airbus to look beyond current technologies to identify the required characteristics for an

LM’s flying intel lab helps to define defense needs

Most Farnborough exhibitors are here showing the fruits of years of laboratory work, but Lockheed Martin has brought the laboratory itself.
Aircraft

R-R pulling out stops to mature Trent XWB

Four years after the surprise launch of the Airbus A350XWB airliner, engine maker Rolls-Royce is still faced with two pleasant surprises from what might ha