Content Archive: July 2008

Aircelle and Middle River Join Forces

GE Aviation and Safran signed a memorandum of agreement here yesterday to create a new 50-50 joint venture to develop, produce and support engine nacelles

Telemetry Hiccup Curtails First 777F flight

Boeing will resume flight-testing of its Model 777F cargo aircraft “as soon as possible,” the manufacturer said after the freighter’s first flight on Mond
Aircraft

Customers form a line for new Twin Otters

Last year’s announcement by Viking Air (Hall 4 Stand C14B) of its plans to launch its new DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 into production triggered an immediat

R & M Wins Three-year Support Deal

SR Technics has agreed to a three-year support deal with UK-based R & M Aviation Support covering maintenance, repair and overhaul services for six Pra

HCL becomes EADS ‘tier One’ partner

HCL Technologies, a $4.9 billion company that in three decades has grown from a garage-based start-up (Hindustan Computing) into India’s fifth largest IT c

A silent opening to the daily air demonstrations

As a dramatic contrast to the usual way of opening an air display, this 60th anniversary event features the first all-female parachute jump team to appear

Chemring Seeks U.S. Lead in Energetics Devices

Following its $40 million acquisition of Scot Inc.

Raytheon offers replacement for Predator control station

Raytheon is displaying here at Farnborough its universal control station (UCS) for UAVs.

EasyJet outlines vision for eco-friendly airliner

Don’t let airlines tell you how to design airplanes, EasyJet strategic planning manager Hal Calamvokis cautioned aerospace industry delegates at last week’

SwiftBroadband great for e-mail, not for Web surfing

Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband satellite Internet service is available on only a small handful of business jets, and one of them is here at TAG Aviation on the