From the aerobatic displays of the Blades to an expanded presence on the static line and in the trade show, 2Excel Aviation is harder than ever to miss at Farnborough this year.
Air shows provide a fitting forum for civil and military aerospace companies to display and sell their products, reinforce a business-friendly message, and address important issues affecting this most global of industries.
Tactical Air Support Inc. is outfitting its F-5 supersonic fighter aircraft with a Garmin integrated flight deck and anticipates first flight with the new technology will be later this year.
Daher has announced a new configuration of its TBM 910 and TBM 930 high-speed single-turboprop aircraft as platforms for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.
GE Aviation is highlighting its Open Flight Deck concept with the first public showing of an “integrated, open” avionics demonstrator at this year’s Farnborough Airshow.
Airbus has made no secret of its concerns about Britain’s leaving the European Union without a deal that permits continued tariff-free trade. But there is one part of the Airbus family’s UK empire where new investment is proceeding regardless of the outcome of the Brexit negotiations.
L3 Technologies has acquired Applied Defense Solutions, an aerospace engineering, software development and space situational awareness company for about $50 million. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with offices in Herndon, Virginia, and Colorado Springs, Colorado, the business will be renamed L3 ADS. It provides space systems mission planning for the intelligence community, Pentagon, NASA and other customers.
Even as GE Aviation finishes a multibillion-dollar overhaul of its commercial product line, it is working on technologies that could render its new engines obsolete in 15 years’ time.
The prototype General Atomics’ MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted air system has touched down on at RAF Fairford on the eve of the Royal International Air Tattoo after a milestone transatlantic crossing.
The most intriguing exhibit in the Airshow’s Cargo Vilage this year comes from AirBridgeCargo Airlines, which has replicated elements of its new Moscow digital control tower here.
Inzpire, a defense-training provider, has launched its training academy – not a physical location, but a concept that allows Inzpire to industrialize their expertise and experience.
Last year may have ended on an extreme low for Hybrid Air Vehicles, but the company returns to the Airshow this week rejuvenated following the Air Accident Investigation Branch’s decision that the November unmooring incident is non-reportable, and with a barrage of new announcements.
The flight of a General Atomics MQ-9B from North Dakota to Fairford last week is being hailed as a breakthrough. But ShowNews has learned that a similar feat nearly took place over a decade ago.
Kallman says this airshow will be lively as a result of the projected growth in the commercial and military sectors, and increased funding by the U.S. government for defense programs.
Globally, the aerospace industry is worth an estimated US$838 billion, according to an analysis conducted by the AeroDynamic Advisory and Teal Group Corp.
Liebherr Aerospace & Transportation has partnered with automotive giant General Motors to develop an APU for future single-aisle aircraft, based on a hydrogen fuel cell.
It isn’t just charter brokerages that are feeling the effects of app-based disruption. Hullo Aircrew deploys digital technology to assist self-employed pilots and cabin crew find work.
