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News Clips: Farnborough 2010

London Heliport Opens New TerminalThe new passenger terminal at the London Heliport opened just in time for the Farnborough airshow.

Success of first Bahrain show topped with news of follow-on

The success of the inaugural Bahrain International Airshow earlier this year paved the way for the announcement that the second biennial show will be held

Paris expects vintage Le Bourget show in 2011

Paris Air Show commissioner Louis Le Portz wants nothing but the best for this week’s Farnborough International show, while predicting that next year’s Par

AW’s helo support center promises 24/7 coverage

AgustaWestland is boosting its customer-support capability with the opening of a new fleet operations center.
Aircraft

Life begins at 50 for upgraded Sea Kings

Some aircraft fulfill their missions so well that they seem to last almost forever.

Boeing’s test-center group maintains a busy schedule

Boeing’s Test and Evaluation (T&E) division is spread out over 78 locations, but testing is done at many more locations, including at suppliers and oth
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Italy’s C-27J fleet Passes 10,000-hour Milestone

This month the Italian air force’s fleet of 12 Alenia Aeronautica C-27J transports racked up its 10,000th flying hour, during the course of which the type
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CASA in it for long haul with military transports

Robust and versatile, the series of small-medium tactical transports designed by CASA in Spain are still enjoying steady sales after more than 40 years.

AgustaWestland unveils AW169

AgustaWestland revealed yet another new helicopter yesterday in Farnborough– the twin-engine, 4.5-metric ton AW169.

Airlines boost backlogs by the billion

Jumbo-sized airliner orders came back into fashion on the first day of the 2010 Farnborough airshow as Boeing and Airbus led the charge to seal new deals.
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Neuron Reaches the Hardware Stage

While the British are touting their UCAV capabilities to the world, the six European countries that have partnered to produce the Neuron UCAV demonstrator

UK waves flag with Taranis and reviews UCAS alliance

The British government is reviewing a security agreement signed previously with the U.S.

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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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