All news – Page 6683
-
News
SBAC launches information service for smaller companies
Mark Hannant Globalisation in the aerospace industries may be making times tougher for small and medium sized businesses trying to compete with the might of the industry giants. A helping hand can make the difference between success and failure. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are ...
-
News
State-of-the-art systems cut costs
Steve Nichols SITA is showing airshow visitors how its latest IT and telecommunication systems can cut aircraft operating costs and increase operating efficiencies. The company (Hall 1, Stand D37) is using Farnborough to demonstrate its AeroNet intranet service and launch its publicly-accessible web site (www.sita.net). Designed as ...
-
News
Ground control error led to SOHO hiccup
Tim Furniss The mysterious loss of contact with the European Space Agency's (ESA) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) last June was caused by mistakes by ground controllers, ESA reported yesterday. The highly successful SOHO had been providing excellent data about the sun for over two years from its ...
-
News
'Stealth' Comanche is out to collect a few scalps
Karen Walker Hitching a ride on a Boeing C-17, the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche scout/attack helicopter has arrived at Farnborough to make its worldwide airshow debut. The Comanche prototype 2 will be on static display throughout the show. It is the first time the aircraft has been taken ...
-
News
Teal predicts major shakeup in the business jet market
Alan Dron Gulfstream, one of the world's best-known names among business aircraft manufacturers, will almost certainly be acquired by a rival over the next decade, says a new study of the industry issued today. The business jet market is about to dip, but will see an upward ...
-
News
IAE celebrates 1000th V2500
International Aero Engines will mark the delivery of its 1,000th V2500 engine today in a celebration ceremony at the show. The engine is being delivered to Lufthansa. The ceremony will cap what is proving to be an exciting year for IAE. The company has clocked up six new customers this ...
-
News
Water bomber sales still fail to ignite
One of the few Bombardier Aerospace products not on show at Farnborough is the Canadair CL-415 water bomber. The year which saw out-of-control fires from Indonesia through southern Europe to Florida should have been the year that really made the name of the remarkable aircraft. Yet it did quite ...
-
News
Dash 8 passengers hear the difference
Passengers boarding Dash 8 aircraft are being treated to a remarkable demonstration and manufacturer Bombardier Aerospace is talking loudly about its quiet revolution. The three Dash 8 aircraft at Farnborough '98 - the 200, 300 and the latest 400 - all now have the Q designation. Q is for ...
-
News
Bombardier wins orders of $700m
Mike Martin Bombardier got Farnborough '98 off to a flying start yesterday with two orders worth a total of more than $700 million. The first is for 27 Canadair Regional Jet 200 and 700 series aircraft from Atlanta-based Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) worth $575 million. The second order ...
-
News
Global Express lives up to its name
The "jewel in the crown" of the Bombardier product portfolio flew into Farnborough from Montreal. The Global Express is one of a new breed of ultra-long-range business aircraft. Certificated just five weeks ago, the aircraft is set for deliveries to begin this winter. The company sees a worldwide market for ...
-
News
Business sector growth tough to maintain
These are "wonderful times" in business aviation, says Bombardier Aerospace Business Aircraft president Mike Graff, but maintaining that growth will demand some imaginative thinking. On the back of record sales of aircraft, Graff is at Farnborough '98 with two of the company's latest products, the Global Express ultra-long ...
-
News
Bombardier sets stiff pace with new products
That Bombardier should be at Farnborough with several new products should come as little surprise: for nearly half of the 12 years since it entered the aerospace business, it has delivered a new product to market each year. "We believe we have made pioneering efforts in this business which ...
-
News
Bombardier showcases its all-new aircraft
Mike Martin With three new products appearing at Farnborough for the first time, Bombardier Aerospace is here on a roll. A record business year, during which the company has certificated two aircraft, is culminating in the company's biggest ever presence at Farnborough. Pride of place in the eight-aircraft ...
-
News
BAe seals pacts for navy systems
Champagne corks are popping at British Aerospace after the company won a number of new contracts for radar systems. BAe sold its 200th AWS naval surveillance radar system, bringing the total number of AWS customers to 20 worldwide. The £10 million ($16 million) contract, with a buyer ...
-
News
Radar contenders make final bids at show
Contenders for Britain's £727 million ($1.1 billion) airborne stand-off radar (ASTOR) programme will be making final pitches at Farnborough for the closely fought contract. The UK Ministry of Defence is due make its mind up "by the end of the year" on the programme, which was identified as a ...
-
News
British Aerospace boss backs US alliances
British Aerospace wants Europe's defence companies to consolidate and then forge links with US groups, avoiding the creation of rival transatlantic industries, BAe's chief executive says. "I believe that in 10 or 15 years, there will only be two or three major international groups. British Aerospace will be part ...
-
News
Atlantic Research develops new Agena engine
Tim Furniss Atlantic Research has released details at the Show of its new Agena 2000 rocket engine for the Lockheed Martin fleet of US Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELVs). The 15,000lb thrust nitrogen tetroxide-monomethyl hydrazine engine will power a storable upper stage that can be fitted as ...
-
News
Crash avoidance system testing gets under way
Flight testing of an Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (AGCAS) which could eliminate 95% of military accidents involving controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) is under way in the USA. The system has been installed on a Lockheed Martin Block 50 F-16D assigned to the US Air Force Flight Test ...
-
News
Stretcher cleared
Northrop Grumman has been cleared to market a portable trauma-care system under development for the US military. The Life Support for Trauma and Transport packages battery-powered medical monitors, oxygen supply, ventilator, infusion and suction pumps and a defibrillator in a stretcher platform. Source: Flight International
-
News
Navia NORMARC
Navia Aviation of Norway has been awarded a contract to supply the UK's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) with four NORMARC 7000 instrument landing systems (ILS), plus another 40 options which would take deliveries to 2008. Racal Avionics will fit the first ILSat Farnborough. Source: Flight International