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MiG targets $4 billion in ’07 orders

In 2006, orders for Russian armaments totaled $30 billion, while aggregate military exports exceeded the target figure by 20 percent, setting a record of $

Aircraft

June 16, 2007

Sky Warrior passes first flight

Earlier this month, the California-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Aircraft

June 16, 2007

Tiger over the top

Getting in some early practice is this Eurocopter EC 665 Tigre, one of 24 rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft that will be flying in the daily display here.

Aircraft

June 16, 2007

MTU To Build Factory in Poland

German-based MTU Aero Engines is to build a new low-pressure turbine factory in Rzeszów, southeast Poland.

Engines

June 16, 2007

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787 Wing Ice System Testing To Begin

Flight-testing of the Boeing 787 electro-thermal wing ice-protection system, jointly devised by Boeing, GKN Aerospace and Ultra Electronics, is to begin fo

Aircraft

June 16, 2007

Goodyear Tires for 737NG Aircraft

Boeing has awarded Goodyear Tire & Rubber, the world’s largest supplier of aircraft tires, a six-year contract to provide Flight Leader and Flight Radi

Aircraft

June 16, 2007

Eclipse Fixes Coming; Service Center Opens Tomorrow

Eclipse Aviation will open its first factory-owned service center in Gainesville, Fla., tomorrow.

Aircraft

June 14, 2007

A350XWB inspires Latécoère to expand

Leading French equipment maker Latécoère may take over one of the three sites for which Airbus is seeking a strategic industrial partnership under its Powe

Aircraft

June 14, 2007

Maturing A380 on surer footing

Having promised so much and letting its A380 launch customers down so dismally with the news of serious program delays, Airbus is understandably cautious i

Aircraft

June 13, 2007

OAK still mum on plans for Ruslans

They’re big.

Aircraft

June 13, 2007

Aeroflot to sign for A350s, if not here, then at MAKS

EADS expects to sign a firm contract with Aeroflot for 22 of the new Airbus A350XWB airliners here at the Paris Air Show this week, or perhaps at Moscow’s

Aircraft

June 13, 2007

Nacelle tech keeps pace with engine advances

Manufacturers of nacelles and thrust reversers have no less interest in introducing new technology to their designs than do the suppliers of the engines in

Aircraft

June 13, 2007

900ER not necessarily the end of the line

Quite possibly the last member of the best selling family of airliners in the history of the industry, the recently certified Boeing 737-900ER has at once

Aircraft

June 13, 2007

Bombardier plans menu for aftermarket services

Bombardier’s business model for the C Series airliner family includes fleet management services along the lines of Boeing’s GoldCare program for the 787 th

Aircraft

June 12, 2007

Engines will ultimately drive C Series outcome

The key to Bombardier’s still-pending decision on whether to go ahead with a $2 billion-plus investment in its projected C Series 110/130-seat regional air

Engines

June 12, 2007

OAK gets OK to build Il-96

Russia’s new airframing consortium OAK has won government approval to continue limited production of widebody airliners.

Aircraft

June 12, 2007

Boeing preaches rate restraint

Prices for new Boeing jetliners could harden as the manufacturer works to manage production rates and outsourced parts supplies in the face of continuing h

Aircraft

June 12, 2007

Bombardier reacts to evolving size demands

Bombardier Aerospace is responding to demand for bigger regional jets with its 100-seat CRJ1000 and continues to mull a 90-seat stretch of its Q400 turbopr

Aircraft

June 12, 2007

Embraer Rolls Out First Phenom 100

Two years after it announced the launch of its Phenom 100 very light jet program (at EBACE 2005), Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer celebrated the ro

Aircraft

June 12, 2007

Europe scrambles to fit fighters with AESA kits

As the U.S.

Aircraft

June 11, 2007