All aerospace news – Page 616
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Civil push is new tack for Marshall
Marshall Aerospace is targeting a return to VIP conversions as part of its growing civilian activities to counteract the UK group’s reliance on the declining military market.
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Air Berlin bids to optimise aircraft surfaces
Air Berlin has developed a software tool to evaluate irregularities on aircraft exterior surfaces as part of efforts to cut fuel costs.
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NewsIsraeli Apache upgrade adds avionics pod
An under-belly compartment for electronic systems is part of an upgrade programme for the Israeli air force's Boeing AH-64A Apache attack helicopters.
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LHT expands widebody MRO capacity in Malta
Lufthansa Technik has adapted a narrowbody hangar at its Malta base to accommodate twin-aisle aircraft up to the Airbus A340.
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BlueBird scoops Latin American order
BlueBird has won a contract to supply its SpyLite mini unmanned air system to a Latin American country, where the equipment will be used mainly for "civil surveillance" tasks.
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Elop lands sensor deal with Asian air force
Elbit Systems' Elop subsidiary has been awarded a follow-on contract worth $33 million to supply Digital Compass electro-optical sensor payloads to an undisclosed air force in the Asia Pacific region.
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NewsA350 undertakes minimum-unstick testing
Airbus has been conducting minimum-unstick testing with the A350-900 prototype at Paris Vatry airport as part of the aircraft's certification programme.
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ESA set to Swarm over magnetic field
The European Space Agency is in the countdown phase to one of the highlights of its scientific year: the launch of its three-spacecraft Swarm mission to study the Earth’s magnetic field in unprecedented detail.
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NewsCanada may boost SAR fleet with former US presidential helicopters
Canada is considering the economic viability of resurrecting a number of mothballed helicopters - originally destined to provide VVIP transportation for the US government - to augment its long-range search and rescue fleet.
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NewsFirst commercial UAV flights meet mixed success
The first FAA-approved commercial flights of unmanned air vehicles (UAV) met with mixed results following a successful first flight and unsuccessful second.
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NewsSikorsky receives prototype S-97 Raider fuselage
Aurora Flight Sciences has shipped the largely carbon fibre fuselage for the S-97 Raider helicopter to Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach flight test centre in Florida.
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Surrey Satellite pushes smaller-lighter-cheaper principle down to 50kg
Small satellites pioneer Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) used last month’s International Astronautical Congress in Beijing to launch its latest bid to slash manufacturing and launch costs with a new platform of just 50kg – half the mass of the platforms that have for a decade made up its successful Disaster ...
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NewsBell picks Garmin for final piece of SLS jigsaw
Bell Helicopter has selected the final major system for its new Short Light Single with the announcement that Garmin will supply its G1000H avionics suite for the developmental rotorcraft.
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NewsSpaceX launches new rocket successfully
New version of Falcon 9 successfully launched, but not all objectives met.
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NewsOrbital Sciences' Cygnus docks with ISS
Orbital Sciences successfully docked its Cygnus cargo capsule with the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time on 29 September, becoming only the second company to do so.
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NewsUS navy grapples with different UCLASS philosophies
The Joint Requirements Oversight Council’s (JROC) recently revealed decision to fundamentally alter the goals for the US Navy’s unmanned carrier-launched surveillance and strike (UCLASS) aircraft programme may be at the centre of an ideological struggle for the future of naval aviation.
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NewsBell confident of FAA approval for higher-weight 429
Bell Helicopter remains confident that it can gain a Federal Avaition Administration weight exemption for its 429 medium twin, allowing it to boost the type’s...
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AAR to add third maintenance line at Duluth
Aerospace contractor AAR continues to expand its facilities at Duluth, Minnesota, announcing it will add a third maintenance line to help fulfill a multi-year MRO agreement with Air Canada.
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NewsUS, Europe poised to shake up upset training
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are preparing to issue rules requiring airlines to provide upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) for pilots,...