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.
Boeing will officially launch the 737-10 on the first day of the Paris Air Show, marking the go-ahead of the fourth major member and fifth derivative of the MAX family.
BAE Systems is preparing to perform a series of test firings of MBDA’s Brimstone 2 air-to-ground missile from the Eurofighter Typhoon as it moves to integrate the weapon for use by the British Royal Air Force.
Pratt & Whitney is in negotiations with several companies about joining MTU Maintenance, IHI and Lufthansa Technik as members of the emerging global MRO network for the new PW1000G family of geared turbofan engines.
Taqnia, the Saudi company partnered with Antonov to develop the An-132D airlifter, plans to begin building the aircraft in-country from 2020. The aircraft’s first flight took place from Antonov’s Gostomel facility near Kiev on March 31.
Israel Aerospace Industries maintains its position as provider of weapon systems and capabilities that establish some of Israel’s strategic pillars - yet most of the companies’ revenues come from export.
Slow ATR 42/72 turboprop sales last year are the result of combining adverse market forces that put the airframer in a position its executives could have thought a thing of the past – competing against jets.
One of Mauro Moretti’s interests while he was Leonardo CEO was obtaining full control of regional airliner manufacturer ATR, despite the regional turboprop market taking a dive due to low oil prices.
Known primarily as an avionics and communications company, Rockwell Collins has diversified over the Past three years into flight services with the acquisition of Arinc, and now with the US$8.6 billion acquisition of B/E Aerospace’s cabin interiors business. Rockwell Collins president, chairman and CEO Kelly Ortberg described to ShowNews where the company is headed.
Two years after Bombardier reintroduced the C Series with a new senior management team at the 2015 Paris Air Show, the Canadian manufacturer hopes to build off the aircraft’s successful service entry to win new orders.
Sukhoi Superjet 100 celebrates its 10th anniversary since rollout this year, but the Russian manufacturer already is already planning a new generation of this regional jet.
Sweden’s jack-of-all-trades and master of many, Saab Group, arrives at the Paris Air Show with a lineup of new airborne weaponry, from fighter jets to trainers and early-warning and submarine-hunting aircraft.
With increasing demand for electro-optical equipment for surveillance and security, Israel’s EO specialist Controp Precision Technologies is set on a growth path.
Lockheed Martin has begun flight tests of its LM-100J commercial freighter version of the C-130J Hercules military airlifter, with FAA certification planned for 2018. The aircraft made its first flight from Marietta, Georgia, on May 25.
IAI MLM will supply the Israel Air Force the latest generation of EHUD air combat maneuvering instrumentation pods, to be carried on conventional fighter jets.
