Content Archive: December 2007

Security

TSA progress slow on NBAA’s security program

The head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has said that he fully supports NBAA’s Transportation Security Administration Access Certifica
Aircraft

Fokker 100s find niche in exec/shuttle market

Some 30 operators are now evaluating executive and corporate shuttle versions of the Fokker 100 twinjet (the F100EJ and F100CS, respectively), according to

Newest EU members prepare for bizav growth

Six months ago, when 10 new states joined the European Union (EU), the lifting of trade and political barriers enlarged the world’s largest borderless mark
Engines

Honda, GE announce partnership details

The CEOs of Honda Motor and GE Transportation, a division of General Electric, signed the definitive agreement during the NBAA Convention last month to cre

Farnborough International gets new schedule

The number of trade days at the next Farnborough International Air Show (July 18 to 23, 2006) has been reduced from five to four.

Mod centers introduce more RVSM kits as deadline looms

As the domestic RVSM implementation date of January 20 moves ever closer, hundreds of operators–particularly those flying older airplanes–still face the fo

NATO Cuts Airbus from Surveillance System

The proposed Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system for NATO was scaled back when program officials quietly dropped plans to convert four Airbus A321 ai
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Libya Expected To Buy Rafale Fighters

Libya plans to buy 14 Dassault Rafale fighters as part of an arms package agreed by French President Nicholas Sarkozy and Libyan leader Muammar Ghadaffi du
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

EADS Gets Money for Advanced UAV Study

EADS Defense and Security Division confirmed that three European governments have provided funds for a risk-reduction study of the company’s concept for a
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