All articles by John Croft – Page 14
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NewsFMS fix to resolve Hawker 4000 halt
Hawker Beechcraft chief Bill Boisture says a Honeywell Epic avionics software problem that has shut down deliveries of the company's flagship $20 million Hawker 4000 super-midsize business jet this summer is fixed, and awaits US and European regulator approvals.
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Flynn to take helm at Gulfstream
Gulfstream Aerospace marketing and sales director Larry Flynn has been promoted to president of the business jet maker, effective 1 September. Flynn,...
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AUVSI - Mini UAVs
Except for the mechanical chatter, AeroVironment’s hummingbird micro-unmanned air vehicle (UAV) comes tantalisingly close to the ripping acceleration and acrobatic acumen of the real thing.
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Alaska firm promotes global ADS-B augmentation tool
An Alaskan company says it will demonstrate in 2013 a satellite-based surveillance and communication network that can augment automatic dependent surveillance...
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NewsFAA calls for ATR elevator check
The US Federal Aviation Administration wants operators of 86 US-registered ATR 42 and ATR 72 regional turboprops perform an inspection of the aircraft's...
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FAA workers, projects and trust fund remain in limbo
Thousands of US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees remained on furlough and billions of dollars in infrastructure projects stayed stalled as...
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General Dynamics: 2012 for Jet Aviation recovery
Gulfstream parent company General Dynamics said new management being put in place at its Jet Aviation completions subsidiary in Basel, Switzerland, will solve throughput issues, as the demand for completions begins to recover in 2012.
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FAA weighs in on LightSquared alternate plan
The US FAA says an alternate operational proposal by wholesale broadband provider LightSquared would likely cause timing issues with its terminal, enroute...
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NewsVIDEO: Silver lining for the general aviation sector?
Always lively and kaleidoscopic in its diversity, the AirVenture show at Oshkosh is a chance to celebrate general aviation's contribution to the industry - and defy the perils that beset the sector
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NewsSyberJet aims to revive SJ30
A company that acquired the assets of US airframer Emivest, maker of the SJ30 business jet, says it will keep the aircraft alive under the banner of SyberJet Aircraft.
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NTSB investigates ExpressJet close call
Controller error is suspect in a near-miss in clear weather at the Gulfport/Biloxi International airport the afternoon of 19 June when an Expressjet Embraer...
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NewsSikorsky to explore unmanned role for Black Hawk
Sikorsky hopes to demonstrate an optionally piloted resupply mission using a fly-by-wire-equipped UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopter by the end of this year.
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European firms team up to boost rotorcraft efficiency
A variety of efficiency, environmental and comfort-boosting rotorcraft technologies are to be demonstrated in the next four years as the 10-year, €1.6 billion ($2.3 billion) European Clean Sky initiative, launched in 2008, begins to bear fruit.
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NewsSupersonic theory accelerates in Paris
Like the cautious dipping of a toe into suspected hot liquid, UK-based HyperMach Europe tested the waters at the Paris air show by introducing a new concept programme that will either snap back in abject failure or, just maybe, might gain some traction.
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PARIS: CFM racks up Paris orders over Pratt & Whitney
CFM International will walk away from Le Bourget with orders for more than 1,000 of its Leap next-generation narrowbody turbofans for the Airbus A320neo family.
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GE-AVIC accelerate Shanghai staffing for avionics joint venture
GE says its integrated avionics joint venture with China's AVIC is on track to gain final approval by the Chinese government by year's end as the two companies accelerate staffing and readying facilities in Shanghai.
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NewsPARIS: Engine Alliance cuts another 50 pounds from GP7200
Engine Alliance partners GE and Pratt & Whitney say they have cut another 22.7kg (50lb) from the 6,712kg (14,800lb) weight for its GP7200 turbofan for the Airbus A380, part of a larger Airbus programme to trim five tonnes of excess weight from the jumbo.
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PARIS: Aircelle preps A380 nacelle improvements
Aircelle is readying improvements to A380 nacelles as part of an Airbus programme to increase the reliability of the superjumbo.
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Paris: CSeries geared turbofan takes off
Pratt & Whitney's Bombardier CSeries PW1524G turbofan has completed its first flight on the company's Mirabel, Canada-based Boeing 747SP testbed.
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NewsPARIS: AgustaWestland acquires Bell tiltrotor
AgustaWestland has accomplished its long-rumoured acquisition of Bell Helicopter's BA609 civilian tiltrotor, now called the AW609. "The acquisition...