All aerospace news – Page 609
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NewsWater contamination behind EC135 fuel probe errors
Eurocopter is working to reassure operators over the safety of the EC135's fuel probes in the light of an EASA emergency airworthiness directive relating to the type.
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Astrium wraps up 2014 on high note but faces months of uncertainty
EADS’s Astrium space division ended 2013 on a note of triumph, with the Gaia star-mapping satellite it built for the European Space Agency enjoying a perfect Soyuz launch from the agency’s spaceport in French Guiana.
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NewsNorway and AgustaWestland finalise deal for SAR AW101s
Norway has finalised its order for 16 search and rescue-configured AgustaWestland AW101s in a deal which, including spares and training provision, is worth NKr6.25 billion ($1.02 billion).
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CHC's EC225 fleet to make full return by year-end
Canada's CHC Helicopter will have returned its entire fleet of Eurocopter EC225s to service by the end of 2013 following the successful deployment of an interim fix for the previously grounded type.
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NewsFirst Klimov TV7-117V-powered Mi-38 completes first flight
Russian Helicopters has flown the third Mil Mi-38 prototype – the first to be powered by Klimov TV7-117V engines.
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Boeing promotes Muilenburg and Conner, names new defense head
Boeing has promoted the top two executives from its commercial and defense divisions, and named a new chief for its defense business.
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NewsEurocopter evaluates scale of EC135 fuel probe issue
Eurocopter is working to understand the scope of a problem with the fuel probes on some EC135 light-twin helicopters that could cause flightcrew to overestimate the amount of fuel remaining on the aircraft.
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Boeing to open Moscow training campus in 2015
Boeing is building a flight simulator centre in Moscow in partnership with Russian safety equipment specialist Transas.
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NewsPICTURES: Eurocopter expects EC175, EC145T2 certification in early 2014
Eurocopter is confident of gaining certification for both its EC175 and EC145 T2 helicopters in the first half of 2014.
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When seeking innovation, don't discount organisation
Tom Enders closed 2013 with some inspiring words on innovation. Giving the annual Wilbur and Orville Wright lecture at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London, the EADS chief executive urged a packed house to support the aggressive pursuit of new technical horizons – because the alternative is stagnation in aviation ...
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India's GSLV rocket to return to flight in early 2014
The Indian Space Research Organisation hopes to have its troubled Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) programme back on track in early 2014, making a flight scrubbed in August 2013, when engineers discovered a fuel leak in the second stage of the three-stage vehicle.
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NewsBond finds more EC135s with fuel indicator fault
Bond Air Services, the operator at the centre of the probe into the EC135T2 crash in Glasgow, says it has identified "a number" of helicopters with a fuel indication problem, following its precautionary grounding of the type on 11 December.
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NewsA350-1000 approaches end of concept phase
Airbus is to freeze concept work for the A350-1000 by the end of this month, and shift to a more detailed design stage in the new year.
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NewsEthiopian 787 damaged in fire to fly before Christmas
Ethiopian Airlines expects to have completed by Christmas the repair of a Boeing 787 damaged in a fire incident at London Heathrow airport in July.
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NewsFuel the focus of Bond EC135 grounding
The UK National Police Air Service (NPAS) has mandated that all police-operated EC135s fly with more fuel on board and increase minimum operational fuel levels, in the light of an unspecified technical error that has seen Bond Air Services ground its 22-strong fleet of the type.
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India's Mars mission makes first key course correction
India’s bid to put a spacecraft into orbit on Mars continues on track, following successful completion of the planned first major trajectory correction manoeuvre following the Mangalyaan mission’s boost away from Earth orbit.
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Bond Aviation grounds EC135 fleet as precaution
Bond Air Services is temporarily grounding its fleet of 22 Eurocopter EC135T2 and P2 helicopters after an unspecified fault was discovered yesterday on an example operated for North-West Air Ambulance.
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Airbus sees A350 service entry in fourth quarter 2014
Airbus is aiming for certification of its A350-900 in the third quarter of 2014, and entry into service in the fourth quarter.
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NewsBell selects Lafayette, Louisiana for SLS assembly base
Bell Helicopter has selected Lafayette Regional airport in Louisiana as the assembly base for its Short Light Single. The decision follows a highly competitive, five-month selection process in which a number of sites in Canada, Mexico and the US were “seriously considered”, it says.
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Eurocopter secures launch customer for law enforcement EC145T2
Eurocopter has secured a launch customer for the law enforcement variant of its updated EC145T2, with an order for six examples from the Baden Württemberg state police.