Content Archive: June 2019

Airlines

Air France Moves To Remove Single-use Plastic

The airline will eliminate 1,300 tons of single-use plastic by year-end.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Textron Completes Testing of Shadow Block III Upgrades

Textron completed testing U.S. Army's future Block III upgrade for its Shadow UAV fleet in May, introducing a new engine among other things
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Aircraft

Transavia To Test New Fuel-efficiency Solution

Low-cost carrier Transavia teams up with OpenAirlines to launch real time and in-flight fuel-saving application for the cockpit.
Training and Workforce

CAE Rejuvenates German Tornado Training

The Tornado may have been retired from UK service, but could last for at least a decade more with the Luftwaffe
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Meggitt Restructures To Refocus on Aerospace Growth

Group has reinvented itself this year while also moving to align better with customer and market needs in the future.
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Rotorcraft

Leonardo AW169M Nears Certification

The military variant of the AW169 is approaching certification ahead of a planned delivery to launch customer, Italy's Guardia di Finanza.
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Aircraft

Dassault Showcases Civil and Defense Platforms

The company’s Falcon 8X and Rafale will participate in the flying display at the 2019 Paris Air Show.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Collins Aerospace To Establish Singapore Innovation Hub

Facility will focus on repair development, digitalization, additive design and manufacturing, robotics, and advanced manufacturing processes.
Avionics

ACSS SafeRoute+ Brings ADS-B In Benefits to Airlines

The latest version of ACSS's SafeRoute software offers new functionality on flight deck displays.

Airbus Demonstrator Is for the Birds

Taking a hint from nature’s first in flight—the hinge-winged albatross.
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