All Systems & Interiors news – Page 104
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GE presses to lift icing limits on 787, 747-8 engines
GE Aviation plans to roll out a new software upgrade that could finally remove the last of the operating restrictions imposed two years ago on one of the engines that power the Boeing 787-8.
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Boeing revises "obsolete" performance assumptions
A visitor to Boeing’s web site this week will be in for a shock: the listed seat-counts and range specifications for nearly all of the company’s models have changed, some dramatically.
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ANALYSIS: Why Airbus has set up shop in Silicon Valley
If failing correctly can be considered a strategic business skill, Silicon Valley may have a lot to teach the aerospace industry – most recently Airbus Group.
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Airbus still aiming for A320 rate-hike decision this year
Airbus is still aiming to reach a decision by the end of this year on a possible further production rate increase for the A320 line.
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Airbus to display A350 at Moscow air show
Airbus is to display one of the flight-test A350-900 aircraft at the MAKS Moscow air show next month.
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Airbus delivery mix helps lift first-half revenues
Airbus Group’s commercial aircraft division has turned in a 5% rise in positive earnings to €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) over the first half of the year.
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CSeries flight test speeds up as production plans slow down
Bombardier’s new management team expects the recovery from the CSeries programme’s long sales drought to occur slowly over three to five years, but the impact will be softened by recent plans to adopt a more gradual production ramp-up of the CS100 and CS300.
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Reunion debris shipped to France to decide MH370 link
Aircraft debris found on an island in the Indian Ocean on 29 July will be transported to France to determine whether it belongs to the Boeing 777-200 that went missing with Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
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GKN's Fokker deal is electrifying
Tier-1 supplier GKN Aerospace has “strengthened its position” in its “classic” domains of wings and composite aerostructures with its €706 million ($775 million) takeover of Fokker Technologies – and bought its way into an electrical wiring capability that the company believes will prove hugely valuable as aircraft become increasingly electric.
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Airbus starts design of hybrid-electric 100-seater
In less than two decades, Airbus’s concept for the VoltAir E-Fan could spawn a new family of 100-seat regional airliners with a hybrid-electric propulsion system anchored by diesel engines sending 6MW of power to a row of electric thrusters.
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ANALYSIS: Engine makers prepare for possible new Boeing aircraft
By the end of the decade, a remarkable six clean-sheet commercial aircraft engines spanning two generations of propulsion technology are expected to enter service.
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UK's GKN to acquire Fokker Technologies
GKN Aerospace is to acquire the Dutch aerospace firm Fokker Technologies in deal worth more than €700 million ($775 million).
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Boeing reaches 787 milestone as leadership changes
Boeing on 27 July delivered the 300th 787 aircraft, reaching the milestone less than four years after the type entered service.
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Airbus resumes A320neo flight testing with PW1100G engine
Airbus has resumed flying the PW1100G-powered A320neo flight test aircraft in Toulouse, France after a three-month grounding.
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Airbus examining open-cowl cockpit warning for A320neo
Airbus is considering implementing a cockpit-warning system for the A320neo which would alert pilots if the engine fan-cowl doors are not secure.
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CFM delivers first Leap-1C to Comac
CFM International has delivered the first Leap-1C engine to Comac for its in-development C919 narrowbody programme.
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Boeing upbeat despite KC-46 failings as Muilenburg takes the helm
Boeing president and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg did not mask his disappointment in KC-46 tanker blemishing what would have otherwise been a stellar performance by the company in the second quarter, both from the defence and commercial portfolios.
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UTC expects A320neo to enter service in December
United Technologies expects entry into service of the Airbus A320neo to take place in December, following the technical delay affecting Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engine testing.
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Leap-powered A320neo resumes tests after upgrade
Airbus has resumed testing of the CFM International Leap-powered A320neo, after a break to upgrade the powerplants and on-board equipment.
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Comac takes delivery of wing-body fairing for C919
Comac has taken delivery of the wing-body fairing section that will be installed on its first C919 flight test aircraft.