All articles by Dominic Perry – Page 114
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ANALYSIS: Airbus Helicopters plans Romanian revival
Romania once had a thriving aircraft building industry, with state-owned firm IAR specialising in helicopter production – mostly licence-built examples of the Aérospatiale Alouette and Puma. But those days are long gone. Although rotorcraft still represent the bulk of activities carried out at IAR’s Brasov facility, it is entirely upgrade ...
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NewsAirbus Helicopters to revive Romanian aircraft manufacturing
Romania's aircraft manufacturing industry, dormant since 2004, is being revived by Airbus Helicopters, which is to begin production of its legacy Super Puma models at a new facility near Brasov.
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NewsDUBAI: AW609 boosted by UAE backing for SAR role
AgustaWestland has scored a major breakthrough for its troubled AW609 programme, with a tentative order from the United Arab Emirates Joint Aviation Command (JAC) for three of the developmental tiltrotors, plus three options.
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DUBAI: Airbus Helicopters speeds progress on H160
Airbus Helicopters has taken its in-development H160 twin-engined helicopter to a speed of 176kt (202km/h) during flight tests, and believes a never-exceed speed (Vne) of 180kt should be achievable.
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DUBAI: AgustaWestland restates commitment to AW609 tiltrotor
With AgustaWestland presenting its full family of medium-class helicopters at Dubai, the one notable, although not unexpected, absence from its static display is the AW609 civil tiltrotor.
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DUBAI: Bell validates speed prediction for 525 Relentless
Bell Helicopter is making continued progress with its developmental 525 Relentless rotorcraft, having now reached its predicted not-to-exceed speed (Vne) of 165kt (305km/h).
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DUBAI: NorthStar to work on armed Bell 429
Abu Dhabi-based NorthStar Aviation is to work with airframe manufacturer Bell Helicopter to develop an armed variant of the latter’s 429 medium twin.
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DUBAI: Embraer Executive Jets closes on 1,000th delivery
Embraer Executive Jets is closing in on its 1,000th aircraft delivery, with the milestone set to be achieved in around 11 years since the division’s launch.
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DUBAI: ACJ320neos gaining market traction
Airbus Corporate Jets arrives at Dubai in bullish mood, with the re-engined Neo variants of its VVIP narrowbody family beginning to gain traction in the marketplace since their May launch.
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H135 helicopters due for China assembly
Airbus Helicopters has played down the potential impact on its existing Donauwörth production facility of a new Chinese assembly line for the H135 twin-engined rotorcraft.
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AW609 crash kills two pilots in northern Italy
An AgustaWestland AW609 tiltrotor test aircraft has crashed in northern Italy, killing its two pilots.
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ANALYSIS: AgustaWestland eyes future developments warily
Italy’s rotorcraft champion AgustaWestland finds itself at somewhat of a crossroads. It has, in the last two years, successfully certificated and brought into service two new helicopters – the 8.3t AW189 and 4.6t AW169. And now it has just the one development programme – if we exclude the more iterative ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: C-27J could use some of Alenia boss Bagnato’s luck
Turin airport is one of Italy’s sleepier facilities, far from the bustling hubs of Rome, Milan or even Naples. But despite the quiet, for Alenia Aermacchi, Turin still represents one of its more important sites. Two of Alenia’s key lines are located there – the Eurofighter Typhoon, largely for the ...
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Selex advances M-345 cockpit development
Selex ES is progressing with the development of a next-generation cockpit for Alenia Aermacchi’s M-345 jet trainer, says Fabrizio Boggiani, director of marketing and sales at the company’s Airborne & Space Systems division.
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Alenia Aermacchi reveals dual-role M-346 sales target
Alenia Aermacchi believes it could sell around 100 armed examples of a dual-role M-346 that it is in the early stages of developing, with the model to provide operators with an affordable asset for low- and medium-intensity conflicts.
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AgustaWestland makes fresh push to safeguard UK site
AgustaWestland has reiterated its belief that a new military helicopter can be designed and built at its Yeovil, UK facility – but only with the backing of the country's government.
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NewsAlenia Aermacchi outlines performance boost for C-27J
Alenia Aermacchi plans to introduce a widespread package of enhancements to its C-27 Spartan medium transport, which will become the baseline standard for the type from late 2017.
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Alenia Aermacchi P-72A MPA tests near completion
Alenia Aermacchi is nearing completion of a test and evaluation phase for the Italian air force’s new P-72A maritime patrol aircraft.
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Airbus Helicopters to begin Arrano tests for H160 shortly
Airbus Helicopters will shortly begin trials on its Dynamic Helicopter Zero test rig of the first pair of Turbomeca Arrano engines destined for the H160 programme.
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Waypoint signs for H135 as helicopter lessors diversify
The rotorcraft industry’s trio of big lessors are out in force at Helitech, with each keen to emphasise that business continues to be strong despite the downturn in the oil and gas segment that is afflicting heavy helicopter operators.