All aerospace news – Page 380
-
Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: What you want to know about commercial aviation in 2017
Audience questions prompted by Flight Ascend Consultancy’s latest commercial aviation market update webinar reveal much about the industry’s concerns, with our consultants’ views sought on areas such as the future of the Bombardier CSeries and Airbus A380, values trends, and the likely impact of higher oil prices or Donald Trump’s ...
-
News
Boeing workers deny IAM bid to organise North Charleston
Nearly 3,000 workers at Boeing’s eight-year-old campus in North Charleston, South Carolina have rejected a second attempt to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).
-
News
A330neo maiden flight date still hazy
Rolls-Royce is progressing with assembly of the initial flight-test Trent 7000 engines for the Airbus A330neo, although a maiden flight date has yet to become clear.
-
News
Air France-KLM technical unit bags follow-up APU deal from Luxair
Luxembourg's flag carrier Luxair has extended a deal under which Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance subsidiary EPCOR supports auxiliary power units across a fleet of Boeing 737s.
-
News
Turkish Technic wins V2500 component deal from Royal Jordanian
Royal Jordanian has contracted Turkish Technic to provide component support for the International Aero Engines V2500 fleet powering a fleet of Airbus A320-family jets.
-
News
Boeing confirms 737 Max 10 spec's amidst frenetic activity
As the 737 Max 8 approaches the airworthiness certification milestone, Boeing’s narrowbody hub in Renton, Washington, enters a frenetic period of activity, with the first 737 Max 9 test aircraft nearing first flight in early March, a proposed 737 Max 10 wrestling with a key design decision, a multi-airline entry ...
-
News
Leonardo secures US approval for AW169
Leonardo Helicopters has secured US Federal Aviation Administration approval for its AgustaWestland AW169 medium twin.
-
News
AERO INDIA: IAI, DRDO working on unmanned naval Chetak project
IAI is working on project with India’s Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) to transform legacy Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) Chetak Helicopters into unmanned aircraft that can be operated from ships.
-
News
Airbus to use shortened vibration-test method on A330neo
Airbus is planning to use a quicker technique to validate ground-vibration responses on the A330neo, having tested it on the A350-1000.
-
News
Rolls-Royce poised for rise in large-engine output
Rolls-Royce has secured capacity to delivery around 500 large engines this year, having increased output by 15% to some 355 in 2016.
-
News
Monthly Boeing Commercial job cuts hit eight-year peak
Boeing Commercial Airplanes in January notched its largest one-month employment drop since the depths of the 2009 financial crisis, as the division’s total workforce shrank by 1,659 jobs between 28 December and 28 January, show statistics released by the company.
-
News
AW609 prepares for icing trials as flight tests resume
Icing trials will soon begin on Leonardo helicopter division’s AW609 tiltrotor as the programme recovers from a nearly year-long flight test hiatus caused by a fatal crash of the second prototype in October 2015.
-
News
SAA brings new A330s' interior in line with A320 fleet
South African Airways has based the cabin interior of its new Airbus A330s on that of its narrowbody fleet.
-
News
Brazil opens WTO case against Bombardier financial aid
One day after Bombardier received a $282 million cash injection from the Canadian government, Brazilian trade officials, with the support of Embraer, formally requested consultations with their Canadian counterparts in the World Trade Organization over alleged subsidies supporting the CSeries aircraft programme.
-
News
Australian navy details manned/unmanned teaming plan
The Royal Australian Navy will introduce its new vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle capability on 29 April, after selecting the Scheibel S-100 Camcopter. The service is to buy one system, with an option for another, to support test and evaluation activities ahead of a potential operational acquisition.
-
NewsElbit wins Mi-17 upgrade deal in Asia-Pacific
Elbit Systems' efforts to secure more business in the helicopter upgrade market has led to a roughly $110 million contract to modernise and maintain the Mil Mi-17 transports operated by an undisclosed country in the Asia-Pacific region. "The project will be performed over a five-year period," the company says, adding ...
-
News
United Aircraft broke even last year: chief
Russia’s United Aircraft broke even last year despite heavy investment in a number of civil and military programmes, including the Irkut MC-21.
-
News
Airbus strategy chief steps down
Airbus has announced the departure of chief strategist Marwan Lahoud at the end of February.
-
News
Boeing supplier in talks on early 747 wind-up
A major Boeing supplier says discussions have opened over possibly ending 747 production as early as the first half of 2019, but Boeing says there are no plans to close the 50-year-old production line.