All Systems & interiors articles – Page 24
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PARIS: Safran sees a secure future in nacelle segment
As an incumbent supplier to an aircraft programme, there is always the risk that your airframer customer will instead consider one of your rivals for the position, or, as has increasingly been seen – opt to take that capability in house.
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PARIS: Siemens sells eAircraft business to Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce has agreed to acquired Siemens' electric and hybrid-electric aerospace propulsion activities, furthering a stated ambition to play a "major role in the third era of aviation".
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PARIS: Industry addresses sustainability challenge
The aerospace industry’s ambitious efficiency goals clashed with the realities of market economics and propulsion technology on the second day of the Paris air show.
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PARIS: Spirit AeroSystems pitches composite manufacturing process
Spirit AeroSystems has developed a new, lower-cost composite manufacturing process for commercial aircraft fuselages it expects will be ready for production as soon as 2025.
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PARIS: China Southern's first A350 to arrive with CTT humidifiers
China Southern's first A350, set to enter service imminently, will come with CTT Systems in-flight humidifiers for crew and business-class passengers.
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NewsPARIS: Largest show on record with over 2,450 exhibitors
This year’s Paris Air show – the 53rd outing in its 110 year history – is the biggest ever, with the number of exhibitors at the longest-running and largest aerospace event in the world exceeding 2,450. “We sold out within weeks of opening the booking in October 2018,” says ...
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Boeing to acquire seat supplier EnCore
Boeing will acquire US seat and galley manufacturer EnCore Group as part of a strategy to reduce reliance on external equipment suppliers.
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NewsAlcock and Brown’s conquest of the Atlantic
To mark 100 years since the first transatlantic flight, we look back at the story of the historic crossing through the eyes of the Flight archive
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ADS: Brexit uncertainty hampers UK aerospace growth
Industry trade association is seeing a slowdown in the country's supply chain activity and investment as a result of uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Raytheon-UTC merger would help check Boeing's dominance
The proposed Raytheon-United Technologies (UTC) merger could create a company with sufficient heft to better counter Boeing while spurring more consolidation among smaller aerospace players, say industry observers.
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NewsCalifornia's Ampaire demonstrates parallel hybrid Cessna 337
A Cessna 337 Skymaster powered partly by an electric motor flew on 6 June from a California airport, demonstrating a prototype propulsion system that manufacturer Ampaire hopes to deploy commercially by 2021.
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AnalysisHow will Boeing approach the Paris air show?
Imagine, momentarily, that two Boeing 737 Max had not crashed, that 346 people had not died and that regulators had not grounded Boeing’s most popular aircraft. In such a world, Boeing would be riding high at this year’s Paris air show, brimming with optimism and promoting its 737 Max as ...
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United Technologies, Raytheon announce massive merger
The aerospace units of United Technologies - Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney - are to be merged with Raytheon.
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Lawmakers seek information about 737 Max's AOA alert issues
US lawmakers have requested additional information from Boeing, United Technologies and the Federal Aviation Administration about a defective 737 Max sensor alert that Boeing did not address with urgency until after the fatal October 2018 Lion Air crash.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How the CRJ could save the MRJ
An acquisition by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Bombardier's CRJ could inject new life into the MRJ programme, potentially helping Mitsubishi Aircraft establish a firmer global footing and secure more orders from the largest regional airlines.
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L3 wins $500m contract to upgrade avionics on 176 C-130Hs
L3 Technologies has been awarded a $500 million contract for a major avionics upgrade of 176 Lockheed Martin C-130H tactical transports flown by the US Air National Guard and US Air Force Reserve Command.
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AnalysisEmbraerX CEO gets realistic on urban air mobility
“We must go into it understanding it is a good opportunity while keeping our feet on the ground,” EmbraerX chief executive Antonio Campello says of the nascent urban air mobility market.
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Lufthansa seeks political backing in aviation data debate
Lufthansa is calling for action from politicians to ensure that airlines retain free access to the vast amounts of data generated by their aircraft.
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