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Sarbe launches new emergency locator
Sarbe is synonymous with search and rescue and personal locator beacons (PLBs) and the Signature Industries’ company is launching a new emergency locator t
Air Europa embraces winglets for its 737 fleet
Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) has announced today that Spanish carrier Air Europa has become the latest customer for its “Blended Winglet” technology, whi
Airports squeezed by conflicting requirements
French aerospace group Thales (Hall 3 Stand C5) has launched a new set of solutions aimed at transforming the airport security and safety environment.
Bombardier forecast: super-midsizes will lead
Bombardier is forecasting continued growth for the business aviation industry over the next half-decade and is positioning itself to take advantage of the
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Availability is the name of the game
British thinking on through-life management of military aircraft and systems is already way ahead of that of most countries.
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Alenia, Sukhoi spool-upsupersonic bizjet plans
Research carried out in the field of supersonic transport within the European Commission’s 6th Research Framework Program (FP6) has come into the spotlight
Thales Formation trainer isa real pilot finishing school
The Thales Formation Systems Trainer (TFST) being demonstrated here by the French group’s UK-based Thales Training & Simulation division (Hall 3 Stand C5)
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Raven B SUAV prepares for special missions duty, exports
Last month AeroVironment’s RQ-11B Raven B small unmanned air vehicle (SUAV) passed its initial operational test and evaluation.
Future Lynx is up and running
The recent announcement that the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a strategic partnering agreement (SPA) with AgustaWestland marks a new chapter in
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Mandarin To Lease GECAS Embraer RJs
Taipei’s Mandarin Airlines is to lease three Embraer Model 190 and five Model 195 regional jets from GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS).
Thales UK Gets Merlin Upgrade Contract
Lockheed Martin UK awarded Thales UK an “intention to proceed” contract to upgrade the acoustics system of in-service EH101 Merlin HM Mk1 helicopters opera
Plasan Will Upgrade RAF Chinooks
Israel’s Plasan Sasa, a supplier of ballistic armor products, has been awarded a contract as a subcontractor for Permali Gloucester, the Royal Air Force’s
Manufacturing Upgrade for Barco
Visualization specialist Barco (Belgian Aerospace, Hall 1, Stand A13 and A14), has moved assembly of its 2,000- by 2,000-pixel air traffic control main dis
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Airbus eyes A318 steep landings
Airbus’ A318, and the A318 Elite executive version, are undergoing approval to make 5.5-degree steep approaches, such as that used into London City Airport
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FPT increases loiter time for Korean UAV
The FPT Industries division of GKN Aerospace has been selected to supply an ultra-lightweight fuel system for the Korean Smart unmanned air vehicle to help
Newest Elta radars prove versatile and easy to install
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Elta Systems division has unveiled what it describes as a new generation of airborne radar warning receivers.
New CEO retools Honeywell Aero
When Rob Gillette arrived at Honeywell Aerospace in January 2005 as its new CEO and president he quickly set out to reorganize the complex engines/avionics
Airbus opens U.S. center for exec jets
Last Monday, Airbus showed to the press its recently opened corporate jetliner center in the U.S.
Aero Vodochody L-159B is now a training system
Aero Vodochody is showing key elements of its L-159B Advanced Training System making their international debut here at the Farnborough air show (Hall
SBAC: UK aerospace sets record orders
The UK aerospace industry has had a “phenomenal year” according to Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) president Chris Geoghegan.
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Skylark mini UAV struts its stuff for potential sales
Launched from a 14,000-foot mountain top, Elbit’s Skylark mini UAV recently climbed to an altitude exceeding 15,000 feet before landing at a designated poi
Algeria buys Yak-130 for multiple use
Celebrating its first export order–to Algeria–the Yak-130 is displayed here at Farnborough International as a multirole advanced trainer that can also be e
ITT protects F-18s with EW jammer
The AN/ALQ-214(V)2 radar homing electronic warfare (EW) system, which ITT Industries developed for the Boeing F/A-18E/F fighter’s integrated defensive elec
Elbit’s wares span warfare spectrum
A full-range of military aerospace technologies and mission solutions are on offer from Elbit (Hall 1 Stand C17), the Israeli group that also owns 70 perce
Northrop expands its sensor markets
Northrop Grumman has arrived at FI 2006 with a quiver full of new contracts and program developments that show its growing presence in the international se
Parker chills electronics with liquid cooling system
Parker Aerospace (Hall 4 Stand A16) has designed a new liquid-cooling demonstrator for embedded electronics.
Poland Completes First Fighter Engine
Pratt & Whitney WSK PZL-Rzészow has inaugurated a new facility at Rzészow, Poland to assemble and test F100-PW-229 engines powering the country’s 48 F-16 f
Snecma Services Expands in North Africa
Snecma Services (Hall 4 Stand B12) has won an engine maintenance, repair and overhaul contract from Nouvelair, a Tunisian leisure operator.
Thales UK Supplies Sea King Trainer
Thales UK, part of the Thales Group (Hall 3 Stand C5; Hall 4 Stand C16c), delivered a rear crew synthetic trainer (RCST) to the Sea King Mk 3/3A helicopter
Mexico Orders Eight AgustaWestland Helos
AgustaWestland (Outside OE2) here announced that the Mexican government has ordered five A119 Koala single-turbine and three A109S Grand twin-turbine helic
