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UK Firm Opens Injection Molding Center in Slovakia

In a continuing expansion of its presence in aerospace, UK firm ENL (Hall 4 Stand E14) has opened an injection molding center in Slovakia with the support

Diepen Sponsors UK’s B-17

Parts distributor Avio-Diepen is here in Hall 3 Stand C6 and is sponsoring the Sally B, the UK’s last remaining airworthy B-17 Flying Fortress.

ThyssenKrupp Offers Global Materials Services

ThyssenKrupp has merged Apollo Metals and Aviation Metals into its aerospace supply chain management business, thus giving it the capacity to offer global

Lyncolec Previews RFID Tagging

Counterfeiting can be big business in the aerospace and defense markets, compromising safety and making it easier for terrorists and rogue states to acquir

Zeroshift Offers Tool Control

British-based Zeroshift (Hall 4 Stand E17) is demonstrating the second generation of its intelligent tool control (ITC).

Raytheon and CMC Ink Microcircuits Deal

CMC Electronics and Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems signed a 12-year agreement for the supply of more than 35,000 hybrid microcircuits for active elect

Sweden Orders Equipment for Gripen Upgrade

Last week Saab received two orders from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for equipment to upgrade the Swedish air force’s fleet of Gripen fighte

Europe OKs CO2 scheme for aviation

The European Parliament on Tuesday voted on a detailed plan to include aviation in the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS), a carbon dioxide cap-and-trade

Safran gets ready for ‘more electric aircraft’

France’s Safran group plans to embark on a restructuring effort to better advance the so-called more electric aircraft concept and the increased applicatio

Accenture believes aerospace has lots of room to improve

In these times of high fuel prices, currency worries and looming recession, it is worth taking a hard look at how the efficiency of the supply chain can be

CAE’s Series 5000 delivers high fidelity at a lower cost

The new Series 5000 full flight simulator that CAE inaugurated recently at its Burgess Hill training center near Gatwick is the first example of a new desi
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Bombardier’s CRJ1000 not just another stretch

Bombardier expects the largest airplane it has ever built–the 100-seat CRJ1000–to take to the skies for the first time this month, on schedule and on budge
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MiG juggles its fighter upgrade options

As Anatoly Belov contemplates his new joint role as RSK MiG’s new general designer and general director, he faces a situation in which the famous Russian f
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Boeing’s P-8 gets its wings

With the attachment of its wings and the hanging of the engines last month, Boeing’s first P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft is right on schedule and c

Safran awarded Learjet 85 work

France’s Safran is to supply major equipment packages for the new, all-composite Learjet 85, adding to its growing presence aboard Bombardier business airc

Raytheon launches low-cost advanced combat radar system

Raytheon is launching here at Farnborough the latest member of its growing family of AESA (active electronically scanned antenna) radars.

CATS gets off to flying start

Since April 1 a new service managed by QinetiQ has met the UK’s aerial target requirements.

MDBA’s Meteor on target for 2013 entry

Intended to arm the ‘Euro-canards’ (Gripen, Rafale and Typhoon) and possibly integrate into the RAF’s JSFs, the MBDA Meteor ramjet-powered missile is takin

Experts: aerospace has reason to be optimistic

Jet fuel prices are soaring, capital markets are drying up, Western economies at best are stalled and defense budgets are under threat as shrinking tax bas

Regionals lead charge to industry recovery

For years major airline executives have recognized their regional affiliates’ potential to take a more active role in serving markets that until recently o

Next CRJ700 operator sets sights on April service launch

Atlantic Southeast Airlines accepted its first Bombardier CRJ700 during ceremonies that marked not only the Atlanta-based airline’s baptism as a 70-seat je

Independents hold steady as majors reel from fiscal fallout

While the traffic slump that beset the U.S.

Regionals Update: ATR 42 prop failure draws action from NTSB

The NTSB has recommended that the FAA require inspections of Hamilton Sundstrand 568F propellers in service for more than six years or 11,700 hr, after a p

Regionals Update: Flow-through deal prompts Continental to halt furloughs, revisit spin-off

Continental Airlines last month said it would end all pilot furloughs this year to stem excessive pilot-training costs at its Continental Express subsidiar

Regionals Update: Embraer draws Germany into subsidy squabbles

Heartened by a recent WTO ruling against Canada for its support of Bombardier CRJ sales, Brazil’s Embraer has now turned its attention to its European comp

Regionals Update: BAE settles RJX cancellation terms

Under an agreement reached in late January, BAE Systems will not have to build the 12 Avro RJX quad-jets ordered by Exeter, UK-based British European.

Regionals Update: Bagley leaves Horizon for Alaska Airlines

George Bagley, president and CEO of Horizon Air since 1995, has accepted the position of executive vice president of operations at Alaska Airlines, leaving

Regionals Update: American responds to scope limits with service cuts at Eagle

American Eagle has begun cutting capacity among its Saab 340 and ATR turboprop fleets to comply with a clause in the American Airlines pilot contract that
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In The Works: Raytheon Hawker 450

Raytheon Aircraft Corp.
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In The Works: Eclipse 500

The FAA on January 29 issued a notice of proposed special conditions for the Eclipse 500, which, if implemented, would require the twin-engine super-light