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Hamilton Sundstrand promises 787 vindication

Hamilton Sundstrand (Hall 4 Stand F13) has been on the frontline of the ongoing battle to get Boeing’s repeatedly delayed 787 airliner program back on trac

Euro MRO firms brace for downturn, skill shortage

European maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service providers expect a downturn in air transport, and analysts say consolidation in the support market

Take home show highlights on official Farnborough DVD

For those who just don’t want the airshow ever to end, there is the official Farnborough 2008 DVD, which is being filmed here all week by LifeTV Media.

Business aviation, UAVs get dedicated space on grounds

Underscoring the universal appeal of the Farnborough International 2008 airshow, the organizers have again dedicated space for specialty sectors or discipl

SOSTAR cancellation a ‘shame’ for Europe

After completion of a ?90 million ($139 million) development program funded by five countries for nearly six years, Europe has developed significant new te

Bombardier reacts to surging backlog

“A strong market for strong products” is driving growth at Bombardier Aerospace, according to president and chief executive officer Pierre Beaudoin.
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Bombardier reacts to surging backlog

At the Finmeccanica exhibit here at Farnborough (Outside OE2) visitors once again can find Alenia Aermacchi’s M-346 lead-in fighter trainer.
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Superjet team optimistic despite delays

Sukhoi (Hall 1 Stand E9) has come to the Farnborough show elated at having begun flight trials for its Superjet 100 airliner.
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KnAAPO starts work on fifth-gen fighter

Sukhoi’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Industrial Association (KnAAPO) has started manufacturing the first development prototypes of an advanced fifth-genera
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TAG Aviation gears up for Farnborough

Farnborough Airport may be packed with an odd assortment of aircraft for this week’s show, but ordinarily it is strictly business.

A320 cargo pact restores Russia’s ties to EADS

The June 5 signing of a contract for work on Airbus A320 cargo conversion program appears to have restored Russia’s position as a full partner in Europe’s

Boeing, Airbus try to strike outsourcing balance

Boeing and Airbus are still looking for the right balance in outsourcing, or at least for the right way to run the massively outsourced production organiza

Show keeps tight safety rein on display pilots

More than 50 years ago, the English Channel coastline near Selsey Bill was the location of two record-setting flights, and now this south coast of England
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GTF speeds toward date with the A340

Pratt & Whitney passes one of the most important milestones in its long history as the much-heralded Geared Turbofan engine takes to the skies this month.
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Saab 2000 AEW&C prepares for duty

On April 30, Saab achieved a significant milestone with the first flight of the Saab 2000 Erieye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, devel
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Brazilian success story is deciphered

While other major manufacturers are struggling to find the right production organization or have spent years changing their minds about what product to lau
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Embraer bizjets take off while E-Jets flourish

Embraer is here at Farnborough exhibiting a Legacy 600 demonstrator and mock-ups of its new Phenom 300 and Lineage 1000 business jets.
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IAE celebrates 25 years in biz, braces for bumpy ride ahead

International Aero Engines comes to Farnborough celebrating the 25th anniversary of the landmark deal on March 11, 1983, between Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitn
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Selex maps its UAV battle plans

Analysis and simulation of operations by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is not always an easy task because of the need to consider the broad C4-ISTAR pict

ATI sees boost for titanium in an age of composites

Allegheny Technologies (ATI) is exhibiting at a Farnborough Air Show for the first time as ATI Aerospace–a new “market sector team” charged with answering
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58-Year-Old British Pilot Takes F-35B into the Air

Lockheed Martin realized there is no substitute for experience.
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Skills shortage blamed for latest A380 setback

In commercial service for nearly nine months now, the Airbus A380 has proven itself perfectly capable of doing what its developers intended it to do–fly lo
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Amid calls for collaboration, UCAV efforts split in three

While European governments preach greater collaboration in defense research and development, three competing programs for uninhabited combat air vehicles (

EADS undeterred by failure to divest Airbus plants

EADS’s failure to divest itself of major Airbus production sites in both France and Germany as part of its Power8 restructuring plan hasn’t threatened a de

Raytheon, Boeing gun for JAGM

Last month, bidders submitted proposals for the U.S.

L-3 Systems Integration Role Grows

After a wave of strategic acquisitions in recent years, L-3 has significantly boosted its presence as a systems integrator in complex defense programs.

L-3 shows latest, handheld ROVER terminal

L-3 Communications (Hall 4 Stand 18, Chalet A16-18) is showing a new, handheld version of the Rover device that has rapidly become essential kit for allied
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Plenty of life still left in fourth-generation Eagle

Boeing’s F-15 Eagle has racked up an enviable 104-0 combat record, as one of the world’s top-flight air-superiority and air-to-ground assault fighters.
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‘Overloaded’ Airbus promises A350XWB will hit its targets

Airbus insists the A350-800XWB will make it to market on time in 2013, despite the company’s failure to close on plant divestments that would have helped p

GKN aims to double annual sales by 2017

GKN Aerospace is targeting $4 billion in annual sales by 2017, double its current level, and the UK-based group has already won much of the business it nee