Committed to the concept of “fly-by-sight,” Universal Avionics is showcasing a new-generation flight management system at this year’s Paris Air Show that presents flight-plan and navigation data on head-up and wearable displays.
The de Havilland name has returned to aircraft manufacturing with completion of the $300 million sale of the Dash 8 program by Bombardier to Canada’s Longview Aircraft Capital.
As president and CEO of AIA, Fanning is facing numerous issues affecting association members representing manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military and business fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, space systems, engines, missiles and unmanned aerial systems.
Having renewed its commercial aviation portfolio with new engines good for another 15 to 20 years, GE Aviation is bringing resources to bear on its military business.
CFM International is using the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX to catch up with deliveries of the aircraft’s Leap-1B engine and develop long-term fixes to address early in-service issues.
The aircraft here at Paris, is the second machine destined for Pakistan, from an order placed by Islamabad in 2015. Work on the program started in January 2016.
Already positioned as Israel’s largest aerospace company, Israel Aerospace Industries is maintaining momentum as it strives to achieve solid profitability and efficiency.
The new Tactical Heron (T-Heron) can operate with multiple payloads and remain on station for 24 hours. Flight testing of the new UAS is expected to begin in 2019 and continue through the next year.
Saab is looking for a high-level of cooperation with British industry should Sweden decide to join the UK’s Tempest next-generation combat aircraft work, company CEO Hakan Bushke has suggested.
The demise of the Shuttle program was the third time in Florida’s history where the “state was maimed by an overdependence on a large federal program,” recalled Frank DiBello, president and CEO of Space Florida.
Business aviation departures in Europe declined 3% in May compared to a year ago to 77,189, marking the second successive decrease this year, according to WingX data.
F/List has signed a contract with Bombardier which will see the OEM hosting a 20-strong team from the Austrian interiors specialist at its UK Service Center at Biggin Hill outside London. The team will be up and running within Bombardier’s facility in “the next couple of months,”.
Jet Aviation – a completions and maintenance concern employing more than 1,400 professionals – has news to report across many regions, including Europe, Australia, Asia and the Middle East.
Skylegs has signed on with Web Manuals as a launch member of their online shop, bringing Web Manuals’ documentation services to Skylegs customers, saving them having to log in to multiple websites.
Bombardier first production Global 6500 business jet has moved into the company’s completion center in Montreal, as the aircraft comes closer to entry-into-service later this year.
