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FARNBOROUGH: Stalled sales forced A380 rate cut
Airbus’s decision to slash the production rate on the A380 is the inevitable result of a clash between long lead times for the type and the airframer’s policy of avoiding building ‘white-tail’ aircraft.
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus to halve A380 output
Airbus is to halve its production output on the Airbus A380, aiming for just 12 deliveries annually from 2018.
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FARNBOROUGH: Norsk to open New York additive manufacturing plant
Component manufacturer Norsk Titanium will build in New York what it calls the world's first industrial-scale aerospace metal additive manufacturing plant.
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FARNBOROUGH: UTAS unveils OpsInsight electronic flightbag
UTC Aerospace Systems has unveiled a new integrated electronic flightbag system.
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FARNBOROUGH: KC-390's long way to show debut
Having flown for 13h, stopping at five airports on a journey spanning 4,500nm (8,320km), the Embraer KC-390 tanker-transport has probably made the longest journey to Farnborough. The company's first prototype – PT-ZNF – which has been flown from the Embraer facility in São José dos Campos, Brazil, is making the ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Thales to expand IFE business in Florida
Thales Group aims to create as many as 500 new jobs in Florida and invest more than $20 million in the US state over five years as part of an effort to expand its in-flight entertainment business, called InFlyt Experience.
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FARNBOROUGH: Gardner wins contracts from Airbus UK
Aerospace component manufacturer Gardner Aerospace has won new contracts and extensions to existing contracts from Airbus UK.
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FARNBOROUGH: L-159 set for Red Flag debut with Draken
Czech manufacturer Aero Vodochody is looking forward to its L-159 light attack aircraft taking part in a Red Flag-series exercise in the USA for the first time.
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FARNBOROUGH: Leonardo clarifies Yeovil's unmanned role
Although admitting it was “expecting to have a bigger role” in upgrading the British Army’s AH-64D Apache fleet, Leonardo's helicopter division believes the UK government still recognises its strategic importance.
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FARNBOROUGH: Parker acquires fuel vapour scrubbing system
Parker Aerospace has acquired rights to technology developed by Phyre Technologies that uses a catalytic process to make aircraft fuel tank vapours inert.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Heron UAV to receive sense and avoid capability
Israel Aerospace Industries and Honeywell have teamed to provide a sense and avoid system for the former’s Heron unmanned air vehicle fleet; a development that could eventually lend itself to the former’s offering for the German air force.
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FARNBOROUGH: Textron advances UAV control innovation
Textron is working on a new ground control system that will be able to switch between its Aerosonde and Shadow unmanned air systems with merely the flick of a switch.
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FARNBOROUGH: Air show launched in Turkey
There is a new air show on the calendar – in Turkey. Farnborough International is teaming with local company Medyacity to launch the Eurasia Airshow at Antalya Airport on 25-28 April 2018.
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FARNBOROUGH: Bravo Industries commits to LM-100J freighter
Bravo Industries has announced that it will purchase 10 Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial freighters.
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FARNBOROUGH: Saab boss reports record interest in Gripen
Less than two months on from the roll-out of its new-generation Gripen E, Saab is seeing unprecedented interest in its fighter at the show, says chief executive Håkan Buskhe.
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FARNBOROUGH: Antonov selects P&WC engines for An-132 production
Pratt & Whitney Canada has signed a memorandum of understanding with Antonov to supply PW150A turboprop engines for the An-132 airlifter being developed with Saudi Arabia.
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FARNBOROUGH: Nordam wins parts supply deal for A350
US airframe component specialist Nordam has won a contract from Airbus to supply structural parts for the cargo floor on the stretched A350-1000.
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FARNBOROUGH: GE wins raft of MRO follow-up deals
General Electric has won maintenance contract extensions with several airlines already supported under its aftermarket programme.
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FARNBOROUGH: Re-engining ATR could be bridge to 100-seater – CEO
ATR could potentially re-engine its existing turboprop aircraft before expanding the family to include a larger type, chief executive Patrick de Castelbajac has indicated.
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FARNBOROUGH: AirAsia orders 100 A321neos
Budget carrier AirAsia has ordered 100 Airbus A321neos, and will equip the jets with a high-density 240-seat layout.