All articles by Dan Thisdell – Page 39
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Patroller wins first contract in French fire detection trials
Sagem's Patroller unmanned air vehicle surveillance system is to run a series of imaging trials in southern France, carrying a Sagem Euroflir gyrostabilised...
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FARNBOROUGH: Composites are sexy, but don't overlook metal
Composites may be the sexy story in aircraft structures - but overlook metallics at your peril, says GKN.
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FARNBOROUGH: Austerity doesn't mean end to investment: Minister
It's no secret the UK government, like its opposite numbers around the world, is having to "cut its cloth" to meet a new era of austere budgets - but that doesn't mean an end to investment, especially in skills.
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FARNBOROUGH: Dassault 'signing key SMS partners'
Dassault Falcon is in the process of signing key partners for its SMS super-midsize jet programme, says chief executive Jean Rosenvallon.
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FARNBOROUGH: GKN recognises top suppliers
GKN senior vice-president supply chain Rob Soen was all praise for the tier 1's global supply chain as he handed out its supplier awards.
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FARNBOROUGH: Dassault signs up 100th FalconCare customer
At Farnborough, Dassault Falcon enrolled its 100th customer in its FalconCare guaranteed maintenance cost programme. Abelag Aviation has four fixed-based...
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FARNBOROUGH: GKN scoops $960 million of new contracts
GKN Aerospace hit Farnborough running with a clutch of new contract announcements worth $960 million over 10 years that take the UK-based tier 1's new business
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FARNBOROUGH: Astrium promises top performance for UAV-compatible satcom terminal
Astrium is promising an improved level of performance from airborne satellite communications systems with its lightweight AirPatrol airborne terminal, featuring carbon fibre construction and 20Mbps performance in a 16kg package
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FARNBOROUGH: Education at home is key to making UAE an aerospace hub: Al Shemmari
Hommaid Al Shemmari is a man with an ambitious mission - and the vision to fulfil it. As if turning the United Arab Emirates into a world centre of aerospace...
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FARNBOROUGH: Falcon 2000LX London City approval 'imminent'
Dassault is expecting imminent approval for London City airport operations by its Falcon 2000LX - which will make the entire Falcon range available for flights to and from the east London airfield popular with City bankers and business people.
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FARNBOROUGH: Mubadala signs landing gear and avionics maintenance deals with Goodrich and Honeywell
Mubadala Aerospace yesterday signed deals with Goodrich and Honeywell to expand its maintenance, repair and overhaul capabilities in landing gear, avionics and other mechanical components.
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FARNBOROUGH: Comac C919 programme building momentum: Honeywell
A spate of supplier signings for Comac's C919 project is a clear sign of momentum in the Chinese airliner programme, says Honeywell Aerospace's Europe, Middle East, Africa and India president Paolo Carmassi.
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FARNBOROUGH: Airframe cracks get Ultra treatment
Ultra Electronics has launched what it hopes will be a revolution in military airframe maintenance with a system that monitors - in real time, during flight - the development and propagation of cracks in aluminium structures.
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FARNBOROUGH: FAC launches UK defence capabilities database
The Farnborough Aerospace Consortium is this week launching an online, free-to-use UK Aerospace and Defence Capabilities database of some 800 firms. The site, says FAC chief executive John Copley, is a "one-stop window" for the UK's "highly capable SMEs".
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FARNBOROUGH: ATR to show Giugiaro cabin mockup
When ATR -600s make their first revenue flights during the second half of 2011, passengers might not notice the aircraft's enhanced take-off weight payload...
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FARNBOROUGH: Qinetiq Zephyr claims unmanned endurance record
Qinetiq is claiming a world record for unmanned flight endurance as its solar-powered high-altitude long-endurance Zephyr surveillance system doubled its...
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FARNBOROUGH: ATR expects 'about 50' sales this year
Filippo Bagnato is clearly delighted to be back at the helm of ATR. When he first took the chief executive's job, for three years from 2004, the situation...
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Aluminium favoured over carbonfibre for fuselage of next ATR
ATR partner Alenia Aeronautica has evaluated the carbonfibre construction and production technology it uses to build Boeing 787 fuselage barrels for the...
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FARNBOROUGH: Show preview
When the world's aerospace industry last gathered at Farnborough two years ago, the global economy was clearly wobbling - but with no idea of how huge the...
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ILA: Blue sky Antares has green ambitions
German aerospace technology centre DLR showed off a range of advanced projects - but none so "blue sky" as the Antares DLR-H2 motor glider,...