All aerospace news – Page 350
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ANALYSIS: Airbus Helicopters lines up orders for H160 to match output ramp-up
Airbus Helicopters is confident of securing sufficient orders for its new H160 medium-twin to match an ambitious ramp-up target that will see it produce up to 45 aircraft a year by 2021, even as it works through the final 12 months of flight testing.
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United Aircraft among firms on US sanctions target list
Several Russian aerospace firms feature on a newly-issued list of companies against which the US government is aiming new sanctions.
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MB Aerospace buys Asian engine MRO firm
SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) and joint venture partners Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and China Airlines, will fully divest Asian Compressor Technology Services (ACTS) to MB Aerospace Newton Abbot.
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China to take first 737 Max 'imminently'
Boeing has confirmed that its 737 Max has received certification for entry and operations in China, and that first deliveries will soon take place.
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Vanilla UAV completes record-breaking five-day flight
A Virginia-based start-up has demonstrated that a sub-500kg unmanned air vehicle (UAV) can fly more than five days without refueling with a conventional diesel motor.
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Air Berlin sells maintenance division
German maintenance specialist Nayak and logistics group Zeitfracht will jointly acquire Air Berlin's technical operations.
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Sabena Technics selected for Lufthansa A330 cabin upgrades
French maintenance specialist Sabena Technics has won a deal to upgrade the cabin interiors of seven Lufthansa Airbus A330s.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A330-900 finally embarks on flight-test programme
Airbus's maiden flight of the A330neo is something of an improbable achievement, considering that the airframer originally scrapped its strategy of re-engining the A330 after it failed to gain traction as a Boeing 787 rival.
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SIA to launch updated cabin on new A380s
Updated to correct that SIA has yet to disclose the seat count for its incoming A380s.
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Boeing responds to revived interest in passenger-carrying 767
Boeing sees “broader customer interest” in the 767 beyond military tankers and commercial freighters, says chairman, president and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg on a 25 October earnings call.
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Boeing margin inches higher in Q3
Boeing improved operating margin by 1.6 percentage points in the third quarter compared with last year, as commercial deliveries rose 7% with the ramp-up of the 737 Max.
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P&W speeds up GTF deliveries, but considers new design changes
Pratt & Whitney shipped 120 geared turbofan engines in the third quarter to stay on pace to meet an annual delivery target, but durability concerns still require diverting 12-15% of output to a spares pool and drive company officials to consider new design changes.
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Aurora Flight Sciences to evaluate NASA electric airliner design
NASA wants to get a second opinion from Aurora Flight Sciences on the system-level performance of a turboelectric-powered commercial aircraft concept for starting the next iteration of a multi-year design process.
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Airbus insourcing moves sets up competition with UTAS
United Technologies will lose a monopoly position supplying nacelles for the A320neo family powered by the Pratt & Whitey PW1100G as Airbus develops a competing option for airlines to be ready after 2024, UTC chief executive Gregory Hayes confirms.
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Boeing ceremonially kicks off 777-9 assembly
Boeing marked the official launch of production activity for the first 777-9 test aircraft in a public ceremony on 23 October.
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AAR acquires Island Air's ATR parts inventory
MRO provider AAR has further expanded its inventory of ATR equipment, announcing it has acquired Island Air's inventory of ATR parts and related tooling.
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Enders expects new alliances in response to CSeries deal
Airbus chief executive Tom Enders predicts the next few months could be “rough and tough” as Boeing responds to European airframer’s acquisition of the Bombardier CSeries programme.
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Boeing to open MRO hangar at Gatwick in 2019
Boeing's plan to build a maintenance hangar at London Gatwick airport has been approved by local district authority.
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Gearbox troubles leave some Dauphin helicopters grounded
Supply chain shortages on the back of a safety-driven retrofit programme have left 20 Airbus Helicopters Dauphin medium-twins temporarily grounded as they wait for the delivery of spare parts.
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Lockheed flies second LM-100J cargo transport
The second LM-100J has joined Lockheed Martin’s flight test programme for the commercial freighter derivative of the C-130J military transport.