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  • The power of silence

    14:00 13 July 2011Business Helicopters Operations GA Manufacturers Operators Banks Aircraft Finance

    Don't shout it out loud, but Sikorsky's Firefly will be the first manned helicopter lacking both engine and gasoline, as it is powered by an electric motor fed by battery cells


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  • FARNBOROUGH: Interview with Hamilton Sundstrand president Mike Dumais

    05:00 10 July 2012

    Thirteen years after Hamilton Standard merged with Sundstrand, the aerospace and industrial supplier continues to...


  • Commercial aviation looks beyond the gas turbine engine

    11:00 11 August 2011

    The gas turbine engine has had a good run, but its days as propulsor of choice for the aviation industry may be...


  • Embraer enters one-year phase to complete KC-390 design

    14:00 09 August 2011

    Embraer remains on schedule to complete the joint definition phase and freeze the design of its KC-390 transport in...


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  • NBAA: Safran exhibits under group brand at NBAA to prove it is more than a sum of its parts

    News | 30 Oct 2012 08:00 | Murdo Morrison

    Safran may be one of Europe's biggest aerospace companies, but in the US business aviation market it has a lower profile than some of its famous brands such...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/NBAA-Safran-exhibits-under-group-brand-at-NBAA-to-prove-it-is-more-than-a-sum-of-its-parts-378170/

  • NBAA: Safran exhibits under group brand at NBAA to prove it is more than a sum of its parts

    News | 29 Oct 2012 16:00 | Murdo Morrison

    <p>Safran may be one of Europe's biggest aerospace companies, but in the US business aviation market it has a lower profile than some of its famous brands such...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/NBAA-Safran-exhibits-under-group-brand-at-NBAA-to-prove-it-is-more-than-a-sum-of-its-parts-378160/

  • IN FOCUS: Goodrich power systems sale opens Safran door to rival UTC

    News | 19 Oct 2012 16:30 | Dan Thisdell

    <p>While much speculation over the past six weeks has gone into how rivals may or may not have reacted had BAE Systems and EADS been able to see through their...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/IN-FOCUS-Goodrich-power-systems-sale-opens-Safran-door-to-rival-UTC-377860/

  • IN FOCUS: All-electric systems promise fuel-burn savings

    News | 23 Jul 2012 23:00

    One of the most familiar sounds on an aircraft - one that disconcerts many a nervous flyer - is the whirr and clunk as the hydraulic system retracts the...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/IN-FOCUS-All-electric-systems-promise-fuel-burn-savings-373725/

  • FARNBOROUGH: Interview with Hamilton Sundstrand president Mike Dumais

    News | 10 Jul 2012 05:00 | Stephen Trimble

    Thirteen years after Hamilton Standard merged with Sundstrand, the aerospace and industrial supplier continues to expand its reach and its technology. From...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/FARNBOROUGH-Interview-with-Hamilton-Sundstrand-president-Mike-Dumais-373570/

  • MROAM: MRO market for turbine power could disappear in 50 to 75 years

    News | 04 Apr 2012 13:27 | Zach Rosenberg

    <p>In the absence of feasible propulsion alternatives, gas turbines powering commercial aircraft will remain a key driver of the maintenance, repair and overhaul...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/MROAM-MRO-market-for-turbine-power-could-disappear-in-50-to-75-years-370388/

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  • ANA 787 grounding spotlights Hamilton Sundstrand gearbox

    Blog | 23 Jul 2012 08:14 | Stephen Trimble

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger//2012/07/ana-grounds-787.html

  • Week on the web

    Blog | 11 May 2012 09:00 | Miquel Ros

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs//2012/05/week-on-the-web-135.html

  • A short history of the subsystem that grounded the F-35

    Blog | 05 Aug 2011 17:14 | Stephen Trimble

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline//2011/08/a-short-history-of-the-subsyst.html

  • Aviation's high priest of design

    Blog | 20 Jul 2011 15:51 | Murdo Morrison

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flight-international-editors-blog//2011/07/aviations-high-priest-of-design.html

  • UPDATE: Pictures of EADS electric Cri-Cri off the Earth

    Blog | 02 Sep 2010 11:31 | John Croft

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/as-the-croft-flies//2010/09/eads-electric-cri-cri-off-the-earth.html

  • FARN10: Sikorsky to fly all-electric helicopter

    Blog | 19 Jul 2010 16:25 | John Croft

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/as-the-croft-flies//2010/07/farn10-sikorsky-to-fly-all-electric-helicopter.html

  • FARN10: Will Sikorsky reveal its electric intentions?

    Blog | 18 Jul 2010 16:05 | John Croft

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/as-the-croft-flies//2010/07/farn10-will-sikorsky-reveal-its-electric-intentions.html

  • Generic electric GA aircraft configuration

    Blog | 09 Apr 2010 05:21 | Will Horton

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/aircraft-pictures//2010/04/generic-electric-ga-aircraft-c.html

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