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P&W Installs First JT8D QuietEagle System

Pratt & Whitney has installed the first JT8D-200 series QuietEagle noise reduction system on a VIP McDonnell Douglas MD-87.
Aircraft

Tame Confirms Two Embraer 190 Options

Tame Línea Aérea del Ecuador has converted two options on Embraer 190 regional jets into firm orders, Embraer announced here at the Paris Air Show.

AirCell Axxess Satcom Gains EASA Approval

AirCell’s Axxess satellite communications system has gained European certification aboard a Cessna Citation 650.

Northwest Signs with Alteon for Flight Training

Boeing’s Alteon Training subsidiary has signed an agreement with Northwest Airlines (NWA) to provide flight training on seven aircraft types at the carrier

Jack Schofield Joins Nordam Board

Nordam Group has elected Industry veteran Jonathan “Jack” Schofield to its board of directors.

Frequency Change Ups Orders for Beacons

The royal air force of Oman has signed a $1.5 million contract with SARBE for new generation beacons to replace SARBE 6 beacons by the end of this year.
Engines

Snecma To Service Wind Jet’s Engines

Snecma Services will provide Italian low-cost airline Wind Jet with maintenance for its CFM56 engines under an exclusive time and material contract signed

CAE Launches Third-Generation Trainer

Canadian simulator builder CAE has introduced the third generation of its Simfinity cockpit procedures trainer, this one adding a so-called lesson plan stu

Changes Abound for Jet Aviation

Jet Aviation comes to the Paris Air Show complete with a newly appointed CEO, Peter Edwards (former president of Bombardier Business Aircraft); a new North

Greece and Irkut Sign MOU on Be-200

Hellenic Aerospace Industry and Irkut have signed a memo of understanding paving the way for future cooperation in the event that Greece buys the Beriev Be

SBAC is here to outline UK aerospace successes

The UK aerospace industry is well represented at Paris once more, and it continues to thrive as the second largest in the world after the U.S., directly em

727 blown-up in the name of security

The National Research Council of Canada Institute for Aerospace Research (Hall 3, C7, D7, D7B, E7 and E7B) has successfully completed a three-day controlle
Engines

Small DGEN 380 engine completes first test phase

French-based startup company Price Induction, here on Stand A7 in Hall 3, on the eve of the show announced that its small engine, the DGEN 380, has complet
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Collins taps India for 300 comm gear engineers

Faced with a shortage of qualified engineers, U.S.
ATC

Russia and Sweden agree on ground stations for ADS-B

After spending a decade studying automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technologies, Russia and Sweden have signed an accord to bring to their
Aircraft

EADS eager to enter the space tourism market

EADS Astrium’s plans to move into the space tourism market, revealed last week to a VIP audience and represented here by a full-scale mockup of a hybrid sp
Aircraft

Dassault picks Rolls-Royce to power new bizjet

Rolls-Royce is the surprise winner of the all-out competition to power Dassault’s projected super-midsize business jet, securing the UK company’s long-term

Troubled BAE Systems fends off charges with outside investigation

As the Paris Air Show opens, UK-based BAE Systems, amidst ongoing allegations of corruption regarding its dealings with Saudi Arabia, has taken steps to op

Bell/Agusta BA 609 Tiltrotor is demonstrating its prowess

The BA 609 Tiltrotor is making its flying debut here at Le Bourget.
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Airbus struggles to right itself

The next 30 days or so will be critical to the future of Airbus and its EADS parent company as top executives struggle to push through the core elements of
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Aircraft

Irkut sends first two Flankers to Malaysia

The Irkut aviation plant on Sunday delivered the first two Su-30MKM multirole fighters to Malaysia, where they will be reassembled.
Aircraft

Airbus offers frax ownership of A400M airlifter to NATO

Airbus Military is offering to supply some A400M tactical airlifters to NATO on a “fractional ownership” basis.

Turbomeca pockets three support-by-the-hour pacts

Here at the Paris Air Show, helicopter engine manufacturer Turbomeca announced three contracts for its support-by-the-hour (SBH) scheme.

Austral

Esterline buys into integration

Esterline Corporation’s $335 million acquisition of Canada’s CMC Aerospace three months ago has in no small part played a role in the company’s record stoc
Aircraft

French Tigers to get Hellfire II

France is buying the Lockheed Martin Hellfire II missile system to give its 40 Tiger HAD (Hélicoptère d’Appui Destruction) helicopters a versatile precisio
Aircraft

EADS elbows into tanker fray

EADS Military Transport Aircraft (MTA) has set its sights on half of the aerial-refueling-tanker market estimated at 600 aircraft for 30 countries over the
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Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace is a treasure chest of aerial jewels

For many, the name Le Bourget is forever linked to one event, celebrating its 80th anniversary this year.
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Aircraft

Embraer studies medium-size military airlifter

Embraer, the world’s fourth-ranking aircraft maker, which started largely as a defense company, is seeking to enhance its defense business by studying the