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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
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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
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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.
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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.

NRC Canada bridges the gap

The National Research Council Canada Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC Aerospace) generally doesn’t engage in the sort of fundamental research commonly
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News Clips: Farnborough 2010

Rolls-Royce Opens JSF LiftSystem FacilityRolls-Royce has opened a new $17 million cell at its Bristol plant dedicated to the manufac

CockpitNG leads Elbit assault

Elbit Systems is showcasing a wide range of its products and capabilities here at Farnborough (Hall 1 Stand C14).

BAE’s helicopter terrain awareness system is a Blast

BAE Systems is preparing for the start of flight trials of a landing-vision aid for helicopter pilots that uses millimeter-wave radar to see through browno

ACSS equipping airliners for Euro technology demo

Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), a U.S.-based maker of TCAS and ADS-B avionics, has started equipping dozens of airliners in supp
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U.S. Army funding unmanned K-Max

In late May, Kaman Aerospace announced that it had received a $2.9 million contract from the U.S.
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Pakistan’s JF-17 thunders onto the Farnborough stage

 Making its international debut here is this Chengdu/PAC JF-17 Thunder, a joint Chinese/Pakistani multi-role fighter project.

Ultra cracks fatigue issues with ASIS

With military aircraft are working harder and longer, the task of managing their service life safely and cost efficiently is becoming ever more critical.

Sales surge as GKN defies downturn

GKN Aerospace has surfed into the Farnborough airshow on a wave of more than $1.5 billion worth of development and production contracts signed in recent mo
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Boeing, EADS clash again as KC-X tanker war resumes

Boeing will reveal more details here today about the NewGen Tanker, its entry for the third round of the U.S.
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Fresh doubts over A400M as Europe tightens its belt

Talks to amend the Airbus A400M development and production contract will drag on into the autumn as the moratorium on funding imposed by the European partn
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Farnborough Airshow wakes up to Dreamliner

The eagerly anticipated arrival of the 787 Dreamliner here at Farnborough yesterday is a major boost to the troubled program’s credibility.
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Last-minute arrival: Gripen NG makes trade show debut

The Saab Gripen NG demonstrator arrives at Farnborough today on the second leg of its international public debut, having spent the weekend at the Royal Int
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BAE rolls out stealthy UCAV

Amid tight security, the Taranis Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (shown above) was unveiled at BAE Systems Warton airfield last Monday.
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Pratt Canada launches new regional turboprop

Pratt & Whitney Canada has launched an all-new turboprop engine for regional aircraft to replace the 1,800- to 5,000-shp PW100 series.
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News Clips: Farnborough 2010

ITT/Boeing Team Wins Jammer ContractNaval Air Systems Command has awarded a team from ITT Electronic Systems and Boeing’s Phantom Works a cont

Team Avic-GE wins big with avionics for C919

China’s Comac has chosen the joint venture between GE Aviation Systems and Avic Systems to provide the avionics core processing system, display system and