Paris Air Show 2005

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High-altitude, Solar-powered UAV

Qinetiq (Hall 2B in the UK Pavilion, Stand J13/4) announced it had received a contract from Belgian space systems company Verheart to build a solar-powered
Aircraft

Piaggio makes French Avanti sale

Piaggio Aero Industries yesterday sold a Piaggio P.180 Avanti II to an undisclosed French customer.

Proposal for USAF Rescue Helicopter

Major helicopter manufacturers here in Paris are eagerly awaiting the expected release next month of a U.S.
Aircraft

Grob Bases HALE Aircraft on New SPn Jet

Grob is developing a new high-altitude long-endurance aircraft based on the new SPn Utility Jet.

Add Stork and Northrop to JSF Team

Here at the Paris Air Show yesterday, Stork and Northrop Grumman signed a framework contract worth $150 million for Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fight
Engines

Engine Alliance Grabs KAL A380 Pact

Korean Air has ordered $300 million worth of GP7200s from the Engine Alliance to power its Airbus A380s.
Aircraft

FlyBe Exercises Option on Four More Q400s

Bombardier Aerospace announced yesterday that Exeter, UK-based FlyBe has converted four options on the Bombardier Q400 turboprop airliners to firm orders.

Jepp and Arinc Combine their Best EFB Parts

Jeppesen and Arinc yesterday announced an alliance that will integrate “best of class” EFB components from each company’s portfolios to produce what offici
Aircraft

SSBJ at least a decade away, Gulfstream says

Gulfstream Aerospace President Bryan Moss made his company’s position on supersonic business jets clear at a Paris press conference yesterday when he said,
ATC

EC okays the Sesame future ATM

European Commission vice president Jacques Barrot and Eurocontrol director general Victor Aguado came to the show yesterday to announce the go-ahead for a