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A400M prototype Bears a new name

So the A400M is now named the Grizzly.
Engines

C919 to have integrated propulsion

China’s homegrown Comac C919 will be the first airliner in the world to fly with a truly integrated propulsion system (IPS) combining engines with nacelles

West Midlands Police Captures New EC 135

Eurocopter handed over an EC 135P2i to West Midlands Police assistant chief constable Sharon Rowe yesterday here at the Farnborough airshow.
Engines

Open rotors brushed off by Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney believes open rotors are not the solution to powering future single-aisle aircraft and will offer developed versions of its PW1000G ser
Aircraft

VEB Leasing signs MoU for 30 MC-21s

Irkut has signed a memorandum of understanding with VEB Leasing, a subsidiary of Russian-based Vnesheconombank, for 15 firm and 15 optional MC-21 narrowbod
Engines

Rolls-Royce and BA Search for New Aviation Fuels

Under a plan first revealed two years ago, Rolls-Royce and British Airways have invited fuel suppliers to participate in tests to evaluate alternative avia

British Airways, Solena team on bio jet-A plant

Plans by British Airways and U.S.

News Clips: Farnborough 2010

Raytheon Gets the Nod for P-8I RadarBoeing has awarded a development contract to Raytheon for an international version of the APY-10

Eurofighter Partners To Fund E-Scan Radar

The Eurofighter Typhoon partner companies will announce here today their decision to kick-start the development of an active electronically scanned array (

Alcan treads lightly with new alloys for C Series, A350

Aluminum maker Alcan Global Aerospace has won two major contracts on the new Airbus A350 XWB and the Bombardier C Series aircraft for which it will supply

Chemring Strengthens Malaysian Link in Bid for Asian Market

UK-based ammunition specialist Chemring Group (Hall 4 A12) and Malaysia-based National Aerospace and Defence Industries (NADI) signed a memorandum of under

UK’s Thomson Air dreams of the day it gets Boeing 787s

The international industry debut of the Boeing 787 at Farnborough International this week has provided a major opportunity for local carrier Thomson Airway
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Aircraft

Light attack AT-6 is ready for action

Hawker Beechcraft’s first AT-6 PRTV (production-representative test vehicle) has taken time out from its busy test schedule to make its international debut

Industry must boost IT to grow and cut costs

Information technology (IT) specialist CSC aims to increase its European aerospace and defense business by up to 10 percent year-on-year as it seeks to cap
Aircraft

Capabilities expanded for AT-802U

Air Tractor’s AT-802U light attack and surveillance aircraft made its debut at Paris last year, but comes to Farnborough this year with new capabilities.

Selex Galileo highlights its warfare sensors, optics

Selex Galileo (Stand OE1 & OE2) is displaying a range of its radar, electro-optic/infrared and electronic warfare sensors here at Farnborough.

New-generation Avionics for the ATR 600

Thales is supplying the cockpit control display and onboard airport navigation systems for ATR’s new -600 series turboprops as part of an extensive package

ATR cabin development loses weight, gains comfort

French-Italian regional turboprop manufacturer ATR earlier this month unveiled a new partnership with Italian design house Giugiaro Design for the developm
Aircraft

Born-again Fokker 100 waits on loan approval

Fokker Services, part of Fokker Aerospace is preparing to modify a prototype Fokker F100 airliner as a demonstrator vehicle for the proposed successor to t
Aircraft

One Grand PC-12

Pilatus Aircraft reached a significant milestone last week when the 1,000th PC-12 single-engine turboprop business aircraft was delivered in Canada to Davi
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Feeling UK budget axe, Qinetiq shedding jobs

Qinetiq, which is feeling the squeeze from the dip in research and development budgets, has announced plans to shed several hundred jobs.

Parker wins systems work for Comac C919

Motion and control-technology company Parker Aerospace (Hall 4 Stand A18), a division of Parker Hannifin, has won valuable systems business from Commercial

News Clips: Farnborough 2010

Associated Aircraft To Develop Next-gen IFFU.S.

South Carolina Seeking More Aerospace Business

South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, and Lindsey Graham, one of the state’s two U.S.

U.S. contingent comes out in full force

Participation by more than 200 American companies at the U.S.

Goodrich Supplies Qatar, Hawaiian Airlines

Qatar Airways will use Goodrich wheels and carbon brakes for its 30-strong Boeing 787 fleet, which is scheduled to begin delivery next year.

Bell initiates Kiowa cabin conversions

Bell Helicopter has begun converting OH-58A Kiowa cabins into OH-58D Kiowa Warrior cabins, the company announced here at Farnborough.
Aircraft

Special-mission King Airs continue to find new work

Aviation & Applied Ecology in Moscow has just taken delivery of a Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350 with provision for dual digital-mapping cameras for ph

Crane Aero keeps busy with new products

Crane Aerospace & Electronics (Hall 4 Stand A21) is developing a new fuel control and monitoring system (FCMS) for under-wing tanks for the Pilatus PC-

Asian boom gives lift to Singapore show

Last February’s Singapore Airshow defied the economic downturn to draw 62 of the world’s top 100 aerospace companies.