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Piaggio Looks To Bounce Back with Evo and Hammerhead

Piaggio CEO Carlo Logli is seeking to transform the corporate culture at the Italian manufacturer
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Swiss Boosts Bombardier With CSeries Order Upgrade

Swiss is to take 10 CS300s in addition to 20 CS100s
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Embraer Stacks Up Paris Orders

Embraer announced a range of E-Jet orders on the first day of the 2015 Paris Air Show.
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Aircraft

Pilatus Jet Gets Off to a Flying Start

Pilatus has brought both its PC-12 turboprop single business/utility aircraft and PC-21 trainer to the Paris Air Show
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Maintenance and Modifications

GE and LHT Sign MoU for New Engine Overhaul Venture

GE Aviation and Lufthansa Technik are cooperating to boost support for GEnx-2B and GE9X turbofans.
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Aircraft

Airbus Sees 20-year Demand for 32,600 New Jets

Emerging economies and urbanization will power air traffic growth, says European airframer.
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Aircraft

New Aggressor Role for Aermacchi M346

Aermacchi’s M346 is established as an advanced/tactical trainer, but recent tests have opened up a new career as an aggressor aircraft.
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Aircraft

Lockheed Martin Touts ‘Block Buy’ Option for F-35

Lockheed Martin seeks more certainty over production rates for the F-35 fighter.
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Aircraft

Saudi is A330-300 Regional Launch Customer

Airbus now has a launch customer for its A330-300 Regional model.
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Engines

Turkish Aerospace picks LHTEC engine for light utility helicopter

Officials signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday at the Paris Air Show.
Aircraft

Bombardier CSeries Surpasses Performance Expectations at Paris Air Show 2015

Bombardier CSeries Surpasses Performance Expectations at Paris Air Show 2015
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Honeywell’s Boeing 757 Flight Test Aircraft Touches Down at the Paris Air Show

Honeywell’s Boeing 757 Flight Test Aircraft Touches Down at the Paris Air Show
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PAC/Chengdu JF-17 Thunder Flies over Paris Air Show 2015

PAC/Chengdu JF-17 Thunder Flies over Paris Air Show 2015
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Superjet Touts New Financing Options To Boost SSJ Sales

The SSJ100 Russian regional jet has now been in revenue passenger service for four years.
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Avionics

Elbit, Nicarnica Volcanic Ash System Wins European Funding

Eurostars program provides funding for innovative research projects that have partners from two or more participating countries.
Aircraft

Bombardier Announces CSeries Performance Boost

CS300 now at 3,300 nm range, Bombardier hopes to attract more airlines.
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Engines

Ground Testing on Pratt-powered A320neo To Resume This Week

A retainer ring issue that delayed the P&W engine’s progress towards flying on the neo has required a fix.
Engines

EDAC Technologies Inks Long-term Agreements with Snecma

Agreements support the development and production of outer guide vanes and bleed valve ducts for the CFM Leap 1-A and 1-B turbofans.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Airbus picks Zodiac’s High-bandwidth BFE

Zodiac to supply equipment for Inmarsat Global Xpress service on A320, A330 and A380.
Training and Workforce

L-3 Link to Supply 787 Training for Virgin

Company’s division is providing a range of training tools and services under a 12-year deal.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Kuwait Selects Avant IFE for Its Airbus A330s

Thales’ Android-based system delivers a wide variety of on-board entertainment and applications such as 3-D maps.
Avionics

Saudi Arabia Approves CMC’s Cockpit 9000 LPV Option for L-100

Augmented-GPS approaches now available on C-130 civil variant.
Aircraft

Change at the Top as Daher Pushes for the Big Time

TBM 900 manufacturer Daher’s priority is to increase its footprint in the key U.S. market.
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Avionics

Honeywell, Boeing Demo Cat III GPS Landings

Tests established that aircraft can safely land in weather conditions that allow for no decision height and a minimum visual range as low as 150 feet.
Engines

CFM Rate Hikes Limited by Timing, Not Numbers

Talks with Airbus and Boeing over production increases continue
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

CAE To Provide Predator Trainer for Italy’s Air Force

CAE and General Atomics developing the high-fidelity mission trainer specifically for Italian Air Force Predator A and MQ-9 Predator B.
Engines

Leap Success Means Busy Times for Safran

All of the Leap engine’s parts are doubled-source to avoid a break in the supply chain.
Aircraft

Show Has Plenty of Star Quality, but Some Absentees

Debut appearances include the Bombardier CSeries, Dassault Falcon 8X and Textron AirLand Scorpion.
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Dassault Boss Reviews Rafale’s Great Year

India expected to sign soon for 36, may still agree 90 more for in-country production.
Aircraft

IFC Ready to Compromise on CSeries Cancellation Threat

Russian leasing group IFC wants to stand by CSeries orders and also is committed to Superjet, the MC-21 and the MA-700.