All Programmes news – Page 248
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Rolls-Royce unveils Lego replica of Trent 1000 jet engine
Rolls-Royce has unveiled a half-size replica of its Trent 1000 jet engine built entirely of Lego bricks in Farnborough's Innovation Zone.
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FARNBOROUGH: Pratt strikes deals with Shanghai Airlines and Bedek
Pratt & Whitney has won Shanghai Airlines as engine health monitoring customer and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) as maintenance partner for the legacy...
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FARNBOROUGH: Aviall Services picks new manager for battery repair location
Aviall Services, a subsidiary of Boeing (H4/H4), has named Karen Greene as general manager of its London battery repair location. Greene, who previously...
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FARNBOROUGH: Canada advances biofuel testing with vintage T-33 trainer
The National Research Council (NRC) of Canada has for the first time conducted biofuel test flights using chase aircraft to measure the emissions. The campaign...
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FARNBOROUGH: Eaton provides environmental control components for Airbus A350 XWB
Eaton Corporation has been chosen to provide conveyance products for Airbus's new A350 XWB aircraft through to 2017, according to the manufacturer.
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FARNBOROUGH: SS White Technologies optimises shaft design through computer modelling
First time exhibitor SS White Technologies (H4/A4), a US-based specialist for flexible, rotary shafts, has developed computer modelling software which promises...
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FARNBOROUGH: CFM Leap-X to use additive layer manufactured parts
CFM International (H4/B13, chalet A23-24) will produce parts for the Leap-X family of engines for narrowbody aircraft based on an additive manufacturing...
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FARNBOROUGH: CSeries GTF to feature variable area fan nozzle
SS White Technologies (H4/A4) is providing key components for Pratt & Whitney's variable area fan nozzle technology on the Bombardier CSeries programme,...
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FARNBOROUGH: TT Electronics shows Halosensor drill targeting system
TT Electronics Technology (H1/D14) is demonstrating its Halosensor drill targeting system. The Halosensor range is designed to accurately locate blind holes...
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FARNBOROUGH: Undisclosed customer signs deal for 15 CSeries aircraft
Bombardier has announced during the Farnborough air show today that a twelfth customer has signed a conditional order for 15 of its CSeries aircraft. The...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: First A320neo parts tested as detailed design phase begins
Initial components for re-engined twinjet's pylons already undergoing testing as Airbus freezes concept for first two models
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Airbus stress-tests A320neo assembly line
Airbus intends to pressure-test the assembly line for the A320neo with several preliminary airframes to ensure it can support production ramp-up demand.
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FARNBOROUGH: GKN wins Bell 525 airframe part deal
Bell Helicopter (chalet L2) has contracted UK aerostructures specialist GKN Aerospace (Innovation Zone) to provide fuselage components for the 525 Relentless...
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FARNBOROUGH: CFM predicts $3-4 million cost advantage for Leap engine on A320neo
CFM International predicts a $3 million to $4 million advantage in net present value for each A320neo powered by a Leap-X instead of a Pratt & Whitney PurePower...
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FARNBOROUGH: Bombardier dual-sources early CSeries centre fuselage barrels
Bombardier confirms that a risk mitigation strategy for the centre fuselage barrel of the CSeries includes spreading work on the earliest shipsets to suppliers...
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FARNBOROUGH: Civil and defence prospects 'farther apart than ever'
The $500 billion cut to the US military budget looming in January 2013 is threatening to reshape the defence industry, but the impact of the so-called sequestration...
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FARNBOROUGH: Engineering role models for Farnborough Futures Day
Futures Day at the Farnborough Innovation Zone will star two young GKN Aerospace engineers, Laura Cundy and Karen Murphy, who plan to inspire an audience...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Farnborough brings crucial phase in Airbus/Boeing narrowbody battle
Farnborough brings a crucial phase of the Airbus-Boeing battle of re-engined narrowbodies, as both strive to speed slowing sales while asserting superiority over the rival
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FARNBOROUGH: GKN expands wing production capacity
GKN Aerospace (Innovation Zone) has opened a new engineering and technology centre at the company's Filton, UK site to expand its wing design and manufacturing...
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AF447 inquiry grapples with stall-warning enigma
French investigators' attempts to unravel the reasons why Air France flight AF447's crew failed to recognise the Airbus A330's stall situation are seeking...