All aerospace news – Page 510
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Transavia renews 737 support deal with AFI KLM E&M and Boeing
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance will continue to provide rotable support to corporate sister Transavia under a programme the MRO provider jointly operates with Boeing for 737s and 777s.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters and CAAS team for university UAV trial
The National University of Singapore will soon be seeing unmanned air vehicles flying over its campus, as Airbus Helicopters and the nation’s aviation authority team up to trial parcel delivery at the site.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Transformation continues at Airbus Helicopters
Airbus Helicopters, says chief executive Guillaume Faury, is on a “journey” of transformation, as it attempts to go from being the “biggest to the best” rotorcraft manufacturer in the world.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Bell 505 poised to answer hovering questions
Bell Helicopter arrived at Heli-Expo in 1966 with the prototype 206 JetRanger and a business formula that would launch an entire industry: the packaging of a single turbine engine into a light airframe with a price point accessible to an individual entrepreneur.
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SINGAPORE: Airbus Helicopters targets Asian sales expansion
Airbus Helicopters is eyeing military and parapublic sales opportunities across Asia which could lead to it greatly expanding its industrial presence in the region.
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Condor signs with Ameco Beijing for 767 heavy maintenance
Ameco Beijing has won a heavy maintenance contract from Condor Airlines for four Boeing 767-300ERs.
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Virgin Galactic rolls out Unity
Virgin Galactic on 19 February rolled out its latest SpaceShipTwo flight-test spacecraft - named Unity - nearly 16 months after pledging to continue the commercial spaceflight programme despite the tragic loss of its first prototype.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Sikorsky 'laser-focused' on being the mission choice
With oil prices dipping below $30 per barrel and global energy stocks declining, one sector of the aviation business has industry analysts feeling particularly pessimistic in 2016: civil rotorcraft. In an overcrowded oil and gas transportation market where new American and European helicopters are competing for fewer and fewer orders, ...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Sikorsky seeks next leap in rotorcraft technology
Sikorsky officials have hinted at potential commercial derivatives of the company’s military S-97 Raider and SB-1 Defiant technology demonstrators, which are being developed for US Army missions. Powered by rigid, counter-rotating main rotors and a pusher propeller with fly-by-wire controls and active vibration dampeners, the S-97 and SB-1 advance the ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Pave Hawk replacement finally beckons for US Air Force
Ten years ago, the US Air Force was charging full speed towards the procurement of 141 Boeing HH-47s to replace the Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk for the personnel recovery mission. That combat search-and-rescue (CSAR-X) Chinook derivative would have entered service with 10 combat-coded examples in 2012. But fast-forward to today ...
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SINGAPORE: Indonesian firm eyes H130s to beat Jakarta traffic
Indonesian industrial estate developer Jababeka has entered a memorendum of understanding with Airbus Helicopters for up to 12 H130 rotorcraft.
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SINGAPORE: Indonesian flight calibration firm buys two Bell 429s
Bell Helicopter will supply Indonesia’s PT Carpediem Mandiri with two Bell 429 medium-twin helicopters for flight calibration work.
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NewsSYERS-2 integrated on Global Hawk ahead of first flight test
Northrop Grumman has completed integration of the UTC senior year electro-optical reconnaissance system (SYERS-2) on board its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle, ahead of an imminent first flight test with the type.
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SINGAPORE: Satair and UTC sign support agreement
Satair Group and UTC Aerospace have signed a global distribution agreement to support the latter’s smaller and medium customer base for three of its product lines.
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SINGAPORE: Zephyr contract confirmed as UK commits to regional defence sales
The UK Ministry of Defence has placed a highly anticipated order for two Airbus Defence & Space Zephyr 8 high-altitude pseudo-satellites.
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ROUTES: VivaLatinAmerica shelves Costa Rica start-up
VivaLatinAmerica has shelved plans to launch a Central American airline this year in favour of a new and more attractive opportunity that has emerged elsewhere in the region, says chief executive Joe Mohan.
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NewsMQ-4C clears step before production decision
The US Navy has completed the first of two operational test events on the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton that could prompt a rethink of procurement quantities.
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SINGAPORE: Triton assessment edges Australia closer to purchase agreement
Completion of operational assessment (OA) testing on the US Navy's Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned air vehicle has edged the manufacturer closer to an agreement with Australia for a planned purchase of the system.
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SINGAPORE: Bell sells first 429s to Indonesian police
Bell Helicopter has secured a number of firsts at the Singapore show, including the sale of a pair of twin-engined 429s to the Indonesian police.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Finmeccanica Helicopters aims to bring clarity to market
Like it or not, executives at a certain Anglo-Italian helicopter manufacturer will have to fend off innumerable questions at the forthcoming Heli-Expo convention about which company precisely it is they work for.