Cobalt Aircraft unveiled a mock-up for its Co50 twin-engine pusher prop at AirVenture 2010. The four to five-seat aircraft is expected to cruise at 250kts. The French design features a canard but the mock-up unveiled at Oshkosh for now is missing the canard.
Source: FlightGlobal.com
Lockheed Martin believes it could attract orders for potentially another 300 F-16s, with prospective buyers for new-build jets currently including the Philippines, Thailand and Turkey.
GE Aerospace arrives at Farnborough with one eye trained on the future – specifically on developing an open-fan engine for future narrowbody jets – and the other focused on recovering from supply chain troubles that continue constraining engine production.
Boeing has tweaked upward its 20-year aircraft-demand forecast, predicting airlines will need more jets than previously expected due to an extraordinarily large number of older aircraft that soon must be replaced.
