To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) July 27-29—Propulsion Energy 2015, Hilton Orlando, Orlando, Florida. For more information go to http://www.aiaa-propulsionenergy.org/
DASSAULT AVIATION had €179m net income on €1.7b sales in 1H15 vs. €145m on €1.5b in 1H14; backlog rose to €11b (66 Rafale) from €7.6b. It delivered one Rafale vs. five a year ago, and booked orders for 24. GKN AEROSPACE agreed to sponsor Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) research chair at University of Sheffield over next five years to harness and develop additive manufacturing and advanced structural metallics for aerospace and other industrial sectors.
Ninety-one parachutists were aboard MSN19 – delivered to France in June – for the first deployment of military personnel from the aircraft’s rear ramp.
The U.S. government is planning to upgrade up to 79 of its long-range common air route surveillance radars with new software designed to dramatically reduce clutter from wind farms.
South Korea is launching a software project as part of a wider effort evidently aimed at upgrading the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X competition.
Alenia Aermacchi is in talks with a new U.S. partner for the Air Force’s T-X advanced trainer program, the company tells Aviation Week, and a deal should be announced “very soon.”
In the last three months, Boeing, General Electric and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s largest business trade organization, have spent $35.6 million to lobby Congress to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. But so far those millions have not been enough.
The growing focus on Australian amphibious forces spotlighted during this month’s Talisman Saber exercise is part of the national effort to hone its expeditionary skills and a broader effort to develop more far-flung operations, says an analyst at one of the country’s leading naval research advisory centers.
The growing focus on Australian amphibious forces spotlighted during this month’s Talisman Saber exercise is part of the national effort to hone its expeditionary skills and a broader effort to develop more far-flung operations, says an analyst at one of the country’s leading naval research advisory centers.
Designated Kepler 452b, the planet is probably rocky, 60% larger than Earth and orbits its star – a G2 type like Earth’s Sun – every 385 days. It is the closest Earth-like exoplanet yet found.
The Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 supersonic trainer will be fitted with a conformal fuel tank and inflight refueling receptacle under a program announced by the South Korean industry ministry.
Top NASA officials credited close ties with Russia for successful efforts to restore the International Space Station to extended six-person operations late July 22.
The U.S. nuclear industry is paying close attention to negotiations for a continued nuclear cooperation agreement between the nation and China, especially given the need to keep business thriving in the Asian giant. “A key issue for the U.S. nuclear industry is its continued participation in the construction of new Chinese nuclear power plants,” the U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) says in a recent report.
RAYTHEON partnered with FOKKER and DALLARA on new low-cost carbon-fiber airframe for USAF Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD). Team reduced airframe production costs 25%; improvements set for this year’s production Lot 7. GE AVIATION earned $1.27b on $6.25b revenues in 2Q15 vs. $1.2b on $6.09b in 2Q14.
The Russian air force continues to upgrade its fleet, receiving a total of seven fixed-wing and six rotary-wing aircraft in the second quarter of this year. During the so-called Joint Delivery Day held by the armed forces July 16, the service received two Sukhoi Su-34 bombers, two Su-35S multirole fighters, three Mil Mi-8MTV5-1 combat transport helicopters and a pair of Ansat light training rotorcraft. The air force has received six Su-34s this year, and the military expects 10 bombers will be delivered by the end of the year under a 2012 contract for 92 aircraft.
