All aerospace news – Page 363
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PARIS: How many laptop batteries could power a 747 to takeoff?
Although there is lot of talk these days about electronic aircraft, technology required to develop a large electric transport aircraft remains more than elusive.
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Safran introduces Euroflir
Safran has introduced its new Euroflir 410 airborne electro-optical sensor, which will be integrated on the French army’s new Patroller unmanned air vehicle.
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PARIS: Leonardo works to clear Falco for non-segregated airspace
Leonardo is working on certifying its Falco family of unmanned air vehicles for flight in non-segregated airspace, as part of a new services-based offering that it has introduced at the show.
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PARIS: GKN Fokker to complete Dutch head of state BBJ
GKN’s Fokker business is to design and carry out the completion on the Dutch government’s new Boeing Business Jet.
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PARIS: Irkut explores MC-21 wing configurations
Russian airframer Irkut has tested various configurations of the MC-21's high-lift devices during its latest flight.
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PARIS: Airbus unveils MRO alliance within digital strategy
Airbus has disclosed the six initial members of a new maintenance alliance which will capitalise on new digital capabilities being developed by the airframer.
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PARIS: Daher eyes US expansion opportunities
Daher is a long-established business from over here with big ambitions over there. The Paris-headquartered family firm – whose roots stretch back to the 19th century and with a portfolio that spans aerostructures and aircraft parts, supply chain management and the TBM turboprop – is at its home show to ...
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PARIS: Leonardo nets €100 million Chinese helicopter order
Leonardo and its Chinese distributor Sino-US Intercontinental Helicopter Investment (Shanghai) have inked a deal for 17 rotorcraft worth more than €100 million ($111 million).
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PARIS: Airbus Helicopters secures X6 launch aid approval
Airbus Helicopters has received a boost for its X6 with European Commission approval for €377 million ($420 million) of French and German funding for the programme.
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PARIS: Japan coast guard orders three H225s
The Japanese coast guard has ordered three Airbus Helicopters H225s.
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PARIS: Airbus VSR700 begins flight trials
A demonstrator version of Airbus Helicopters’ VSR700 has begun autonomous flight trials, some eight months after work began on the optionally-piloted vehicle.
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PARIS: Safran, Hanhwa power up engine for new helicopter
Safran and Hanhwa Techwin have conducted the first ground run of the Arriel 2L2 turboshaft engine that will power the developmental Korea Aerospace Industries' (KAI) Light Armed Helicopter (LAH).
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PARIS: SIAEC and GE to form engine MRO joint venture
SIA Engineering and GE Aviation will establish a joint venture to maintain GE90 and GE9X engines.
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PARIS: Momentum building behind 3D printing
Airbus’s 3D printing technology business has teamed up with software house Dassault Systemes to streamline the process for designing and series manufacture of flight-approved metal parts – which could help bring printed structural components inside airliner cabins within a year.
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PARIS: An-132 draws on long history, opens new international cooperation
One of this year’s Paris debutants has a familiar look, but is an almost entirely new aircraft, albeit one developed from a long pedigree of light transport aircraft.
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PARIS: Airbus Helicopters not chasing records with Racer concept
Airbus Helicopters is unlikely to repeat the record-breaking speeds of its X3 compound rotorcraft with its Racer demonstrator, as it looks to successfully validate the new configuration.
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PARIS: Airbus shelves further A350 stretch
Airbus's management has given its firmest indication that it is shelving a proposed further stretch of the A350.
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PARIS: GE Additive details major laser-powder initiative
GE Additive has outlined a new project to develop a laser-powder additive manufacturing machine for aluminium and titanium parts with an industry-leading volume of one cubic meter.
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PARIS: Airbus Helicopters reveals radical overhaul of high-speed rotorcraft
Airbus Helicopters has unveiled a radical change in the configuration of its new high-speed compound rotorcraft, which is being developed as part of the European CleanSky 2 initiative.
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PARIS: Arianespace orderbook stretches into the 50s
Europe’s light rocket programme has been given a Paris air show boost, with launch contracts announced for Vega and its in-development heavier iteration, Vega C.