Systems & interiors – Page 84
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China's HNA acquires SR Technics
China’s HNA Group is to take over Swiss-based maintenance firm SR Technics, with the acquisition of a majority shareholding from sole owner Mubadala.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing details range-boosting 737-7 redesign
Remaking the smallest version of the 737 Max family to carry more passengers and fly further presents three options: Shrink the larger 737-8, stretch the smaller 737-7 or combine elements of both.
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FARNBOROUGH: A380 drought duration unclear
Airbus chief executive Fabrice Bregier expects the production rate cut on the A380 programme to last “a few years” but would not put a more specific figure on the period.
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FARNBOROUGH: Honeywell and Safran halt electric taxi project
Honeywell and Safran have pulled the plug on their jointly conceived electric taxiing system, while rival developer WheelTug aims to enter service with its system in 2018.
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus highlights A350 reliability figures
Airbus has put A350-900 dispatch reliability at 98.5%, and remains confident that it can achieve its delivery target of 50 of the type this year.
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FARNBOROUGH: UTAS highlights new integrated drive generator
UTC Aerospace Systems is using the Farnborough air show to call attention to a new integrated drive generator developed for aircraft including the Embraer 190-E2 and 195-E2.
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FARNBOROUGH: Comac breaks silence on Russian-Chinese widebody
Comac has spoken for the first time about its planned widebody joint venture with Russia's United Aircraft, detailing the size and range of the jet as well as the timeline for the project.
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FARNBOROUGH: Volga-Dnepr deal boosts 747-8 but leaves questions
Boeing brightened the future of the flagship 747-8 programme by confirming a year-old agreement with Volga-Dnepr Group to acquire 20 more freighters over the next six years, although exact terms and scheduling for the deliveries were not released.
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FARNBOROUGH: Stalled sales forced A380 rate cut
Airbus’s decision to slash the production rate on the A380 is the inevitable result of a clash between long lead times for the type and the airframer’s policy of avoiding building ‘white-tail’ aircraft.
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus to halve A380 output
Airbus is to halve its production output on the Airbus A380, aiming for just 12 deliveries annually from 2018.
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FARNBOROUGH: Norsk to open New York additive manufacturing plant
Component manufacturer Norsk Titanium will build in New York what it calls the world's first industrial-scale aerospace metal additive manufacturing plant.
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FARNBOROUGH: UTAS unveils OpsInsight electronic flightbag
UTC Aerospace Systems has unveiled a new integrated electronic flightbag system.
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FARNBOROUGH: Thales to expand IFE business in Florida
Thales Group aims to create as many as 500 new jobs in Florida and invest more than $20 million in the US state over five years as part of an effort to expand its in-flight entertainment business, called InFlyt Experience.
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FARNBOROUGH: Gardner wins contracts from Airbus UK
Aerospace component manufacturer Gardner Aerospace has won new contracts and extensions to existing contracts from Airbus UK.
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FARNBOROUGH: Parker acquires fuel vapour scrubbing system
Parker Aerospace has acquired rights to technology developed by Phyre Technologies that uses a catalytic process to make aircraft fuel tank vapours inert.
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FARNBOROUGH: Air show launched in Turkey
There is a new air show on the calendar – in Turkey. Farnborough International is teaming with local company Medyacity to launch the Eurasia Airshow at Antalya Airport on 25-28 April 2018.
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus predicts surge of Chinese A350s for 2020-25
Airbus is expecting the A350 to form a good part of the Chinese airlines' widebody fleet in the medium term, though the A330 continues to serve as their widebody workhorse for now.
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FARNBOROUGH: Comac eyes ARJ21 production certification this year
Comac is confident it will be able to secure production certification for the ARJ21 in the second half of the year, which will allow it to speed up the assembly of the regional jet.
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus reveals A320neo dispatch reliability
Airbus is claiming dispatch reliability on the in-service A320neo fleet has reached 99.7%.
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PICTURES: Air show rain of terror
The first day of the Farnborough air show ended early after a passing summer storm dumped a deluge of heavy rain on the show grounds.