Lockheed Martin test pilot Billie Flynn is putting the F-35A through its paces at Le Bourget this week. The flight demonstration is carefully scripted to highlight the kinematic capabilities of the F-35A, particularly its slow-speed handling qualities, according to Flynn.
In an unusually hot week at Le Bourget, a host of aircraft are making their debut at the 2017 Paris Air Show. We take a quick look at what showgoers will see at the show this week.
The French military is displaying its fighters - the Dassault Rafale and Dassault Mirage at the Paris Air Show. We look at what the French Air Force has in store with new upgrades.
Interchangeable modularity is a central concept for China’s new family of space launchers. With initial versions of three rocket types now flying, the industry is moving on to widening the payload options with new combinations of propulsion modules.
Ontario, Canada, remains a stable source of aerospace activity, although some chinks in the armor have appeared over the last year. Some sectors have shown modest growth, while others have retrenched.
Aero Vodochody of the Czech Republic has begun producing a new batch of L-159 ALCA/advanced light combat aircraft for the Czech Air Force, a move the company hopes will pave the way for additional export orders.
Elbit Systems is publicizing a novel WAPS/wide area persistent surveillance capability that was kept under wraps for years, as it was providing unique operational capability for homeland security and the fight against terror.
Despite the Western sanctions, famed Russian jet maker MiG is at the Paris Air Show to remind the public—and the industry—of its latest iteration of the Fulcrum family, the MiG-35 fighter, and to attract attention to its other efforts.
The world’s airlines will need 255,000 new airline pilots over the next 10 years, according to Canadian company CAE, which bills itself as the industry’s leading training organization for commercial aviation with a market share of about 25%.
Leonardo is progressing its plan to turn its M-346 jet trainer into a lightweight multirole combat jet, revealing a new, meaner version of the aircraft at the Paris Air Show.
Elbit Systems has received the first order, worth USD17 million, from a NATO country, for its BrightNite vision system, designed to enhance the visibility and situational awareness of helicopter pilots in degraded visual environment flight conditions.
The single-engine M40—Mirach 40—is able to simulate a wide range of airborne threat targets, mimicking a variety of aircraft as well as infrared- and radar-guided missiles.
While detailed design of the projected New Midsize Airplane is still years away, Boeing has confirmed for the first time that the concept will be based around a composite fuselage.
It’s a far cry from the early 1970s, when Mitsubishi Heavy Industries built some 20 F-4 Phantoms a year, but the company has just rolled out the first of 38 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightnings scheduled for local assembly.
Leonardo is progressing its plan to turn its M-346 jet trainer into a lightweight multi-role combat jet with the revealing of a new, meaner version of the aircraft here at Paris.
The first short takeoff and vertical landing model F-35 to be assembled outside the U.S. has been rolled out from Italy’s Final Assembly and Check-Out facility.
Aerostructure specialist and business aircraft manufacturer Daher says it is actually growing its American footprint, after years of expressing hope of doing so.
