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UK Defers Action on Foreign-registered Aircraft

Britain’s Department for Transport (DfT) has decided not to act unilaterally to impose new restrictions on UK-based aircraft that are registered overseas.
ATC

More Responsibility For GA Likely as Europe’s Controlled Airspace Grow

Europe’s controlled airspace is to be expanded to absorb air transport growth, leaving the general aviation community with the prospect of paying air traff

Business aviation gets on surer footing in Europe

After a long period of strained relations between the UK general aviation community and the country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the two groups are wo

AGAT can scale seekers to size of missile’s task

Russia’s AGAT Research Institute is unveiling a new seeker that could become an industry standard in the air-to-air and surface-to-air missile industry.

Aviation museum is hidden gem no more

The French military has run Le Bourget’s air and space museum since it opened in 1919.

Teal: Airbus and Boeing are locked in a ‘vicious war’ for market share

Airbus and Boeing are making too many commercial jetliners in a “vicious war” for market share that will continue until the end of the decade, predict anal
Aircraft

Collins permits A380 to talk to itself

Rockwell Collins continues to increase its presence aboard the Airbus A380, most recently by securing multimillion-dollar contracts to supply the avionics
Aircraft

Boeing Delivers First GLS-equipped 737-800

Boeing has delivered its first 737-800 equipped with a new type of GPS-based landing system developed by Rockwell Collins.
ATC

Hungarian, Oman ATC Buy Raytheon Radars

Raytheon Systems has sold two radars to HungaroControl, the Hungarian air navigation services provider, and four to the Sultanate of Oman.

Thales To Provide 787 Training

Boeing’s Alteon Training subsidiary has awarded a contract to Thales for 787 Dreamliner training equipment.  The contracts call for Thales to install

S. African school aids Goodyear tire testing

Goodyear Tire and Rubber grabbed some traction in the aviation tire business with a series of contracts signed just before this year’s show.

LM Sniper hikes its deadly accuracy

“In today’s combat environment, the name of the game in dropping air-to-ground munitions is how to double the distance from the target from which we can dr
Aircraft

Upgrade of British Nimrods getting back on track

BAE Systems today issued an upbeat description of progress with the previously troubled upgrade of the Nimrod MRA.4 maritime patrol plane for the UK Royal

TEAC Aerospace scores big mission data recorder pacts

TEAC Aerospace Technologies of Montebello, California (Hall 3 Booth D13g) is announcing here in Paris its receipt of a multiyear contract from General Dyna
Aircraft

Embraer 195 makes its world airshow debut here

The largest member of Embraer’s E-Jet line of single-aisle airplanes is making its international airshow debut here in Paris, only a week after the Brazili

Honeywell aerospace gets shakeup

In an effort to better serve customers and streamline its operations, Honeywell’s aerospace division is planning a major restructuring that will involve th
Aircraft

AFI and LHT call truce to work jointly on A380

Air France Industries (AFI) and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) are joining forces in Airbus A380 component support, the two companies announced at Paris Charles d
Aircraft

Honeywell brakes and wheels to go on Air New Zealand’s fleet of 747-400s

Honeywell’s airline support and aftermarket business gained more momentum here Sunday when the Phoenix, Arizona-based company landed a deal to supply Air N
Aircraft

China supplying Dreamliner parts

Boeing has signed the first firm contract with Chinese suppliers to build parts for the new 787 Dreamliner.
Aircraft

Dunlop Gives ATR 72 Extra Brake Life

An extended brake service life of up to 40 percent is offered to ATR 72 operators as a result of close collaboration between Dunlop Aerospace Braking Syste

Development, acquisition make Meggitt cohesive

New products covering a wide range of civil and military applications are showcased by the Meggitt Group, which has become not just much larger since the l

Exostar helps contractors to assure identity

Exostar has come to Paris to promote the new Certipath trusted identity assurance system, a so-called commercial bridge between defense and aeronautics fir

Parker reflects its customers’ diversity

Parker Aerospace companies are supplying a wide range of systems and components to airframes that range from the Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 airliners to th
Aircraft

Cimber Aviation adds ATR 72s to cargo conversion

Denmark’s Cimber Aviation Group has won a contract with Avions de Transport Regional to perform E Class cargo conversions for the ATR 72.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s a wind turbine blade

Aviation and the environment often appear to be in conflict, sometimes in unpredictable ways.

Michelin Gets 787 Tire Nod

Boeing has just chosen Michelin as the second source of aftermarket nose and main tires for the 787.
ATC

French To Brief GNSS/Loran C Users

The French ministries of transport and defense have planned a global navigation satellite system (GNSS)/Loran C user information day on July 1 in Paris.