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Lufthansa Technik Building Maintenance Hangar in Berlin

Lufthansa Technik has begun construction of a new maintenance hangar at the future Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER).
Aircraft

Paris 2011: Boeing Releases Details on USAF KC-46 Aerial Tanker

Boeing finally released significant detail on the U.S.
Aircraft

Paris 2011: United Continental Orders Blended Winglets for 767-300ERs

United Continental Holdings has ordered blended winglets for its
Aircraft

Paris 2011: Terprom for A400M

EADS Cassidian has selected Goodrich’s Terprom terrain-refe
Aircraft

Paris 2011: P-8 Production Advances; JSTARS Replacement Eyed

The P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft rep
Aircraft

Paris 2011: Aerovision Puts Europe in the Picture

French company
Aircraft

Paris 2011: Australian win spurs new export drive for latest Seahawk versions

Lockheed Martin has launched a new marketing drive to sell MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters internationally.
Aircraft

Paris 2011: Rostvertol’s Upgraded Mi-26T2 Looks for Sales in India

Rostvertol is at the show promoting its Mi-26T2, an upgraded version of its popular heavy-lift helicopter, in the hope of securing sales to India and other
Aircraft

Paris 2011: Where Next for Russian Helicopters Following Share Flotation Flop?

Russian Helicopters has had to go back to the drawing board on plans to raise fresh capital, following last month’s failed attempt at a $500 million share
Aircraft

Paris 2011: Gulfstream Selects Securaplane Lithium-ion Batteries for Its G650 Large-cabin Business Jet

Gulfstream Aerospace has chosen Securaplane’s lithium-ion battery as standard equipment on its new G650 business jet.
Engines

Paris 2011: Parker Aerospace Offers Improved Cooling for Engines

Aircraft

Paris 2011: Boeing’s 747-8 Freighter Makes Green Entrance to Paris

The Boeing 747-8 Freighter landed here at Paris Le Bourget Airport yesterday at 5:35 p.m., after completing the first transatlantic flight of a commercial
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Aircraft

Paris 2011: Hypersonic Hyperbole

HyperMach Aerospace Industries unveiled plans for its SonicStar V-tailed supersonic business jet (SSBJ) at the Paris Air Show.
Aircraft

Paris 2011: Embraer Sees Strong 20-year Market, but Remains Noncommital on Entry on Narrowbody Airliner Segment

Embraer yesterday bypassed an opportunity to firm up its intentions in the widening campaign to challenge the dominance of Boeing and Airbus in the single
Aircraft

AgustaWestland Buys Out Bell’s BA609 Stake

AgustaWestland is purchasing full ownership of the BA609 civil tiltrotor program from Bell Helicopter, the companies announced today at the Paris Air Show.
Aircraft

HyperMach Takes Wraps Off Mach 3.6 SonicStar

HyperMach Aerospace unveiled plans for its 20-seat SonicStar V-tailed, supersonic business jet yesterday at the Paris Air Show.
Regulations and Government

LightSquared Vacates Frequency Nearest to GPS

Since early reports indicate that LightSquared’s transmitters do, in fact, interfere with GPS signals, LightSquared yesterday announced that it would vacat
Security

Vague GAO Report Fails To Address Security Risk Issue

10:30 6-21-2011 In response to a Senate committee request, the U.S.
Security

NBAA Takes WSJ To Task over Bizjet Tracker Story

 “Corporate Jet Set: Leisure vs.
ATC

Paris 2011: Traffic rebound drives SES as nations drag their feet

The global economic recession gave pause to the relentless growth in air traffic over recent years, not least in Europe.
ATC

Paris 2011: SESAR Achieves First Targets

The SESAR Joint Undertaking (JU) has recently carried out an extensive review to see whether there are any early results that could benefit the aviation co
ATC

Paris 2011: SESAR Skeptics Have Their Say

Not everybody is convinced that
ATC

Paris 2011: Natnav Coming of Age

It is only in the past few of years that GPS approaches, pioneered in Alaska in the 1990s, have started to become available.
Aircraft

Paris 2011: Rockwell Collins delivers first software-defined ARC-210 radio

When Rockwell Collins officially celebrated the first full-rate production delivery of its ARC-210 RT-1939(C) Generation 5 radio to PMA 209, the air combat
Aircraft

Paris 2011: Airbus braces for struggle to keep A350XWB on track

As Airbus prepares to put together the first A350 XWB, the
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Aircraft

Paris 2011: Fix in Hand for Falcon 7X Trim Fault

A fix has been designed and certified for the runaway elevator trim control that was experienced by a
Aircraft

Paris 2011: Irkut Presses Ahead with MC-21 Narrowbody Challenger

With a budget of close to $7 billion, the MC-21
Aircraft

Paris 2011: Boeing’s 747-8 On Track for Summer Certification

The so-called “pause” or “rebalance” of the Boeing 747-8 production li
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