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S.S. White Wins Honeywell Business for GE9X

To provide flexible rotory shafts for Honeywell turbine starter
Aircraft

Airbus Shows New Airliners Though A330neo Misses Show

The A321neo, A350-1000 and A380 are all flying here, but the A330neo is still grounded
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Engines

GE Aviation Positioned for Paris Preeminence

GE has developed or co-developed new engines for several commercial aircraft programs on display at Paris 2017.
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Aircraft

UAC Highlights Entire Civil Aircraft Line

SSJ100 in colors of Mexico’s Interjet serves as centerpiece of company’s presence in Paris
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Spanish Project To Introduce Drones at Airbus Plant

Spain’s Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies and the University of Seville lead project under European Robotics Challenges effort.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Elbit Systems debuts 'SkyStriker' loitering munition

Elbit will also feature a new wide-area persistent surveillance system at this year's Paris Air Show.
Aircraft

Chinese Expansion on Gardner’s Horizon

The acquisition of Gardner Aerospace by a Chinese mining company will allow it to take a share of the fast-growing domestic aerospace market
Aircraft

Safety Line Plans Real-Time Fuel-savings Tool

Move would expand OptiClimb offering to all phases of flight.
Engines

Rolls-Royce Advance Test Engine Readied for Testing

UK engine manufacturer has a massive development effort underway to establish the technology required for future airliner powerplants.
Aircraft

Caret Reaffirms Boeing's Goal of Delivering First KC-46 This Year

Following an annual risk assessment exercise, the U.S. Air Force raised the possibility that first delivery will be delayed to next spring.
Aircraft

Airbus Unveils A380plus Concept

Split winglets and other aerodynamic improvements promise a 4 percent fuel burn improvement
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Engines

Pratt & Whitney Debuts 'Go Beyond' Brand Message

Turbine OEM also marks 30th anniversary of PW4000-94, its first high-thrust engine, and 500,000 flight hours on the F119 that powers the F-22
Training and Workforce

Contractors Seek To Cut The Cost of Military Flight Training

Even leading air forces are opting to contract out some flight training provision.
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Aircraft

Gifas Hails a Largely Strong 2016 For French Industry

French aerospace firms boosted balance sheets in 2016 due to their strong positions on leading civil and military programs.
Aircraft

After More Changes At the Top, Leonardo Seeks Equilibrium

Italy's Leonardo comes to the Paris Air Show with a new CEO in former banker Alessandro Profumo.
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Engines

Rolls-Royce Starts Gearbox Load Tests For New Large Turbofans

The gearbox for the UltraFan will allow a more efficent engine that can be optimised with slower fan and faster turbine.
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Training and Workforce

CAE Sees Big Data As Key to Future Training

Training systems integrator CAE is helping a number of air forces shape their future training through the greater use of connected simulators.
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Regulations and Government

USA Partnership Pavilion Promotes Cooperation

A celebration of 100 years of French and U.S. partnership in aviation is at the center of the newly rebranded U.S. Pavilion
Aircraft

New-generation Prototype Leads Gripen Renaissance

Various nations are seen as prospects for the E/F Gripen model while Saab is still selling the C/D too.
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Aircraft

Operation Inherent Resolve Takes its Toll on Air Forces

Airforces involved in the non-NATO airstrike campaign against ISIS are seeing success but tension is high with Russian/Syrian forces.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Raytheon Further Develops Multi-Mission Coyote UAS

Raytheon envisions the Coyote serving ISR, strike, swarming applications.
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Aircraft

Latécoère In Big Modernization Push As It Turns 100

The French company has improved its financial performance as it makes major investments to boost its production capability.
Aircraft

India's Aequs Now a Global Aerospace Player

Aequs has acquired key aerospace suppliers in the U.S. and France to extend its reach and grow its opportunties in the industry.
Maintenance and Modifications

Airborne Technologies Offers Airbus Helicopter Upgrades

The upgrades include a tactical workstation, video-stabilizing unit, hardware for a Wescam gimbal and searchlight and more.
Maintenance and Modifications

Sabena Technics Modifying French Navy Falcon 50s

The Sabena mod program involves cutting a hatch into the the Falcon 50's fuselage to allow dropping a rescue boat.
Aircraft

SureFly Solves eVTOL Battery Capacity Problem

Workhorse Group's SureFly aims to fly two passengers up to 70 miles at up to 70 mph.
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Aircraft

Norsk to Boost AM Production Capacity 60 Percent

Norwegian company showcases AM-made components and equipment, and announces a "significant investment" from the Triangle Holdings
Aircraft

Multi-role Transport Flies in from the North

Making its debut at the Paris Air Show is the Embraer KC-390 tanker/transport from Brazil.
Avionics

Deployable Black Box Should Be Easier To Locate

Airbus is proposing a new automatic deployable flight data recorder that would be easier to find after an accident.
Training and Workforce

More than 250,000 New Airline Pilots Needed by 2027: CAE

In its first such forecast, Canadian training provider says industry must adapt assessment and selection processes to meet the demand
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