All articles by Murdo Morrison – Page 24
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NBAA: Jetcraft hails 2018 as turning point
Aircraft trading company Jetcraft has hailed 2018 as a “turning point” for the industry after a turbulent decade, and upped its prediction for aircraft deliveries in its fourth 10-year market forecast, issued ahead of the show.
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NBAA: P&WC ramps up production of PW800
As the first variant of its new PW800 starts earning its living on the Gulfstream G500, Pratt & Whitney Canada is ramping up production and preparing its service network for the 10,000lb (44.4kN) to 20,000lb-thrust class engine.
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Aeralis launches funding effort for 'modular' military trainer
A start-up behind a “modular” family of military jet trainers it plans to build in the UK has until the end of November to raise £1 million [$1.32 million] through crowdfunding to design a concept fuselage demonstrator in time for September’s DSEI defence show in London.
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NBAA: Engine programme update
From secret projects to damaging delays and changing loyalties, it has been a busy, and sometimes turbulent, few years for the business jet engine manufacturers. Four of the big six – GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Rolls-Royce and Safran – have new programmes in advanced development or final stages ...
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NBAA: Pilatus prepares to reopen PC-24 orderbook
When the producers of Goldfinger were seeking an out-of-the-way Alpine setting for a Bond villain's lair in 1963, they chose Pilatus in Stans. In fact, stick a pin in the middle of a blank map of Switzerland and it will be close to the company's mountain valley home of eight ...
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ANALYSIS: Duncan gears up for the ADS-B rush
Over the next 14 months, Duncan Aviation expects to be helping dozens of operators win a race against time. A Federal Aviation Administration mandate that all aircraft flying in certain controlled airspace in the USA must be fitted with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out (or ADS-B Out) technology comes into force ...
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NBAA: Is the helicopter market ripe for disruption?
Flying 1,400ft above gridlocked streets, a helicopter speeds its passengers from airport to downtown heliport in minutes, delivering that ultimate luxury for the overworked executive or high-net-worth individual – productive time. With ground journey times taking longer than ever in many cities, urban rotor-taxis are becoming a more familiar sight ...
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Airlander developer wins EASA design authority approval
The developer of the Airlander hybrid airship has won European Aviation Safety Agency design organisation approval, in a step, it says, that "is an important milestone on our path to getting the production Airlander 10 in service with customers".
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Can the industry get more women into the cockpit?
Kanchana Gamage begins presentations to young schoolchildren about careers in aviation by announcing that two pilots will be giving the talk. “When two women walk onto stage in their uniforms, the gasp from the audience is audible,” says the founder of the Aviatrix Project, a campaign to encourage more girls ...
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Narrowbodies will grow their share: Udvar-Hazy
Single-aisle aircraft will increase their dominance of the global airline fleet as it grows over the next decade, Air Lease executive chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy expects.
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Gulfstream intervenes in Nordam PW800 impasse
Gulfstream has stepped in to resolve an impasse that has halted production of the nacelles for the engines that power the G500 and G600, and forced their supplier into Chapter 11.
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VistaJet founder aims to 'disrupt' with new leasing and technology businesses
VistaJet founder Thomas Flohr is branching into business aircraft leasing and flight-booking technology as part of an expansion of the charter operator backed by a $200 million investment by private equity firm Rhône Group.
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ANALYSIS: Profits continue to rise for aerospace’s Top 100
There used to be a saying in aviation that becoming a millionaire was easy: you simply started with a billion. If that maxim is less true in today’s somewhat more financially disciplined airline world, it certainly does not apply to those responsible for building aircraft. The biggest 100 businesses in aerospace are continuing to ratchet up the profits, despite modest revenue growth in the past financial year.
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FARNBOROUGH: New directors join Dema in board shake-up
Italian aerostructures specialist Dema has undergone a board shake-up following the purchase of an 85% stake in the firm by London investment house Bybrook Capital. Founder Vincenzo Starace, who now holds 24% of the capital, continues as chief executive, and becomes deputy chairman, with former senior Leonardo executive Fabrizio Giulianini ...
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FARNBOROUGH: UTAS looks to 'transformative' big data
One of the biggest mergers in recent aerospace history – UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) and Rockwell Collins – will not have quite crossed the line by the time the Farnborough air show starts, but Dave Gitlin, who heads UTAS and is set to become number two at Collins Aerospace Systems, ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Héroux-Devtek wins F/-18 landing gear
Héroux-Devtek has won its third major contract with Boeing, taking over the manufacturing of the main landing gear and side braces for the Boeing F/A-18 and EA-18G Growler from United Technologies Aerospace Systems.
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FARNBOROUGH: Aero Vodochody unveils F/A-259 for OA-X bid
Aero Vodochody appears to have rebranded a new version of the L-159 advanced jet trainer as the F/A-259 Striker as it makes a late bid for the US Air Force's OA-X close air support programme.
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ANALYSIS: CFM comfortably ahead in A320neo engine race
CFM International is convincingly winning the two-horse race to power Airbus A320neo family aircraft, with more than 2,500 of the re-engined narrowbodies on order set to have engines from the GE Aviation and Safran joint venture, compared with just over 1,800 for rival Pratt & Whitney.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing's brand value soars in latest survey
Boeing is the most powerful brand in aerospace and defence. That claim may hardly be surprising, given that it is also the biggest. In fact, according to a new survey by brand valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance, the top 10 most valuable brands in the industry belong to 10 ...
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FARNBOROUGH: SkyX seeks customers for pay-by-hour system
The developer of an unmanned air vehicle that offers pay-by-the-hour aerial surveillance to owners of valuable remote infrastructure such as pipelines or railways is keen to secure its first customer at Farnborough.