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PARIS: Triumph continues on its transformation journey
One year into what he calls a “three-year journey” to repair the balance sheet, reputation and fortunes of Triumph Group, chief executive Dan Crowley is “pleased with progress”. Crowley, brought in to head the aerostructures, aircraft systems and precision components specialist in 2015 after a period of untrammelled expansion led ...
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PARIS: How Russia and China plan to work together on a new widebody
Russian president Vladimir Putin traveled to Beijing in June last year to meet with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang about facilitating the transfer of Russian space technology to the Chinese government, but the trip served a larger purpose.
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PARIS: Safran secures EASA certification for Ardiden 3G engine
Safran Helicopter Engines has received European Aviation Safety Agency certification for the 3G variant of its Ardiden powerplant for the Kamov Ka-62 medium twin.
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PARIS: Emirates in talks for A380 winglets
Airbus is in discussions with Emirates over installation of winglets on the A380, as the airframer shows off the installation concept on a test aircraft at the Paris air show.
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PARIS: Superjet confident of securing orders fast
A larger and improved Superjet is coming after 2020, but the new head of civil aircraft at United Aircraft Corporation is not waiting to restock the programme’s order backlog.
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PARIS: Russian parts maker Technodinamika eyes Western supply chain
As much as fixed-wing Russian commercial aircraft remain a novelty outside domestic and ex-Soviet markets, Russian aircraft systems and electronics seem even more scarce in Western aviation supply chains.
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PARIS: Lord beds in FbW as it looks to further acquisitions
If Lord wanted to make its mark in the European fixed-wing market it could hardly have chosen a more apt acquisition than Fly-by-Wire. The US corporation bought FbW from SKF in June last year, adding to its diverse portfolio of “tip to tail aircraft systems” the French company’s range of ...
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PARIS: How MC-21 realised years of Russian hopes
At the moment the MC-21 rotated to take off into the southern Siberian sky on 28 May, an elated Irkut chief executive Oleg Demchenko reached forward and with both hands gripped the shoulders of his boss, United Aircraft CEO Yuri Slyusar.
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PARIS: Boeing to unveil Global Services site
Boeing will unveil the headquarters of its new Global Services company in Dallas, Texas, this July, creating a third leg of its enterprise by combining its existing commercial and defence aviation service companies.
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PARIS: Boeing forges ahead with advanced F-15 upgrades
Despite rumors of a possible retirement, reassurances in President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget and ongoing upgrades have given Boeing’s F-15 line a new lease on life.
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PARIS: CAE wins key battles for its military business
CAE has achieved a number of successes in the military domain over the last 12 months, having capitalised on a move towards providing integrated training systems to its key defence customers.
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PARIS: Boeing's ubiquitous C-135 family
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is the predominant variant of the C-135 Stratolifter family of transport aircraft. The KC-135 was the US Air Force's first jet-powered refueling tanker and replaced the Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter, the military derivative of the Stratocruiser piston airliner.
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PARIS: USAF trainer competition heats up
For a time it seemed another competitor in the US Air Force’s T-X trainer recapitalisation would bite the dust any day, with Raytheon and Northrop Grumman withdrawing their trainer bids in quick succession earlier this year. Raytheon bowed out in late January, ending its partnership with Italian aircraft manufacturer Leonardo, ...
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PARIS: Boeing hopeful of third V-22 navy deal
Boeing is executing its second multiyear contract for the V-22 Osprey and hopes the US Navy will award the third multiyear contract by the end of 2017, according to Boeing’s director of tilt-rotor business development.
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ANALYSIS: What hopes for the A380 on the secondhand market?
Does anybody want a used A380? A few months off the 10th anniversary of the Airbus double-deck airliner entering service, orders have virtually dried up, production will fall to one a month from 2018, and there is increasing uncertainty over whether there is a viable secondhand market for the world’s ...
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PARIS: CFM nears ETOPS approval for Leap engines
CFM International’s engines for the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 Max families should be cleared to operate up to 3h from an available runway by the end of the month, the GE-Snecma joint venture has disclosed.
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PARIS: CFM not ruling out geared turbofan for Boeing NMA
CFM International executives are not ruling out a geared turbofan concept as they consider architectures for an engine to power a new Boeing aircraft.
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PARIS: Lockheed raises target for international sales
Lockheed Martin has made a habit of under-promising and over-delivering on growing the international business in 2013.
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PARIS: Chinese-owned Gardner looks at aerostructures expansion
With a warchest from its new Chinese parent, UK aerospace supplier Gardner Aerospace is eyeing acquisitions and expansion into China – aiming to benefit from what it believes will be further consolidation in the aerostructures sector, alongside an eastward shift in the supply chain.