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Healthy portfolio gives BAE scope to swing deals
Record numbers of orders last year indicated a short supply of available aircraft as the world’s airlines began to recover from the global recession of the
Aircraft
Airbus offers help recycling airliners
Now that the first Airbus aircraft built in the 1970s are reaching the end of their useful lives, for the first time in its history the company must consid
Aircraft
Airbus takes measured approach to A320 update
A pair of six-foot-tall appendages sprouting from the wingtips of an A320 immediately caught the attention of plane spotters scanning the ramp outside Airb
A. Marchetti copter school opens in Italy
AgustaWestland has recently opened its new “A.
Despite strong growth, leaders call for more aerospace funding
For member companies of Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) as a whole, 2005 was a remarkably good year, with revenues of €113 bil
FBOs
Bidding To Reopen for a Third FBO at Hanscom
Boston Hanscom Field may yet get a third FBO to compete against Jet Aviation and Signature Flight Support.
Airports
Chicago Settles with FAA over Meigs Destruction
The City of Chicago settled FAA enforcement action that arose after it bulldozed Meigs Field’s runway on March 30, 2003.
Engines
Falcon 50 Engine Upgrade Expected By Year-end
Premier Aircraft of East Alton, Ill., continues to work with Honeywell on an engine upgrade program for the Falcon 50.
Study: VLJ Market Worth $2.5 Billion through 2011
The market for very light jets (VLJs) will be worth $2.52 billion over the next five years, according to a new
ATC
Joint venture seeks key to NATO radar RFP
AGS Industries, a recently formed joint-venture company headquartered in Ottobrunn, Germany, is working on a response to a formal request for proposal for
New ICAO rules to render aging ELTs obsolete
Imagine that a malfunction on an aircraft forces the captain to make an emergency crash landing in the middle of an unforgiving landmass, such as Siberia,
All-electric brakes set for Boeing 787 by year-end
Messier-Bugatti (Hall 4 Stand B12) is scheduled to deliver the first complete braking system for the Boeing 787-8 airliner by December.
Aircraft
On duty with U.S. Marines, ScanEagle in league of its own
What makes the ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle on display here this week different from the multitude of similar robot airplanes being touted for surveillan
CMC helps breathe life into ‘legacy’ airframes
CMC Electronics (Hall 4 Stand C16a) is showing off its latest avionics technology here at the Farnborough show, but it is also looking for customers wishin
Aircraft
Bombardier Aero ponders next move
Canada’s Bombardier Aerospace (Hall 3 Stand D8) enters this Farnborough show with some critical questions to answer about the future of its regional airlin
Crane wins more work on 787 and A380
Crane Aerospace & Electronics (Hall 4 Stand G20) has been selected to supply power conditioning modules for the Boeing 787 airliner as part of the common c
Automation at center of GKN composites studies
Increased automation of the production process is the key to boosting the scope for using composite materials in new airframes.
EADS money woes no object for Sogerma
Employees at EADS Sogerma Services’ Merignac aircraft maintenance near Bordeaux in southwest France still have jobs thanks to French Prime Minister Dominiq
Aircraft
Embraer's Bizjets Selling Phenomenally Well
Embraer today revealed the firm order backlog and production schedule for its business jets–the Phenom 100 and 300, Legacy 600 and Lineage 1000.
Engines
Orders by discount lines sustain CFM sales surge
Engine manufacturers are enjoying the boom in civil aircraft sales as much as other suppliers, but this does not mean the battle for orders is any less tou
Aircraft
SJ30 Light Jet Shows Long Legs
Sino Swearingen's SJ30 (nee SJ30-2) production-conforming test aircraft (S/N 5) with two pilots aboard this weekend established several speed and range rec
Engines
Volvo delivers extra life to Gripen engine
Volvo Aero has delivered a number of post-certification enhancements to the RM12 twin turboshaft engine that powers the Saab Gripen.
Avionics
Verizon Airfone Going Out of Service
Verizon Airfone notified customers on July 7 it has "determined to exit the air-to-ground business" and will shut down Airfone on December 4.
Aircraft
Michelin weighs options for 787 tire technology
Michelin still has to decide whether to offer its near-zero-growth tire technology to the Boeing 787 program.
Avionics
Gulfstream First Planemaker To Offer SVS
Gulfstream formally launched a synthetic vision system (SVS) development program yesterday at the Farnborough Air Show with avionics maker Honeywell.
Aerospace is the winner in clash of metal and composites
What are the advantages and disadvantages of carbon-fiber reinforced plastics?
A key advantage of CFRPs is their strength-to-weight
A key advantage of CFRPs is their strength-to-weight
Charter & Fractional
Sixty-minute Manifest Notification Proposed
In a proposed rule issued Friday, the U.S.
Aircraft
E-195 certification opens new chapter for Embraer
Brazil’s Embraer passes another critical milestone in its meteoric development this month with EASA certification of the largest of its four-member family
Aircraft
Diamond Raises D-Jet's Price
The good news is that the single-engine Diamond D-Jet is getting a parachute recovery system from St.
