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PARIS: Solar Impulse founder joins Swiss helicopter project
Marenco Swisshelicopter (MSH) has offered a possible glimpse of its future with the latest appointment to its board, as management continues to reshape the business following the departure of its founder in late 2016.
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NewsPARIS: Lessor Stellwagen orders 12 C295 transports
Stellwagen Group has signed for 12 C295 medium transports, with manufacturer Airbus Defence & Space describing the agreement as a "pioneering deal".
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PARIS: Emirates seeks clarity ahead of any A380plus order
Airbus has pitched Emirates an attractive offer for the proposed winglet-equipped A380plus, but the Dubai airline is reluctant to place an order until there is more clarity around the future of the programme.
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PARIS: How many laptop batteries could power a 747 to takeoff?
Although there is lot of talk these days about electronic aircraft, technology required to develop a large electric transport aircraft remains more than elusive.
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Safran introduces Euroflir
Safran has introduced its new Euroflir 410 airborne electro-optical sensor, which will be integrated on the French army’s new Patroller unmanned air vehicle.
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PARIS: Autonomy and supersonics among Boeing research pursuits
Boeing is back in the moonshot business.
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PARIS: Leonardo works to clear Falco for non-segregated airspace
Leonardo is working on certifying its Falco family of unmanned air vehicles for flight in non-segregated airspace, as part of a new services-based offering that it has introduced at the show.
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PARIS: Legacy 450 holds its own against bigger brothers
It may be the smallest of Embraer's Paris air show debutantes, but the airframer believes the super-light Legacy 450 can still hold its own against its bigger commercial and military siblings.
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PARIS: GKN Fokker to complete Dutch head of state BBJ
GKN’s Fokker business is to design and carry out the completion on the Dutch government’s new Boeing Business Jet.
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PARIS: Irkut explores MC-21 wing configurations
Russian airframer Irkut has tested various configurations of the MC-21's high-lift devices during its latest flight.
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PARIS: Airbus unveils MRO alliance within digital strategy
Airbus has disclosed the six initial members of a new maintenance alliance which will capitalise on new digital capabilities being developed by the airframer.
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PARIS: Wizz orders another 10 A321s
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air is ordering another 10 Airbus A321s.
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PARIS: Daher eyes US expansion opportunities
Daher is a long-established business from over here with big ambitions over there. The Paris-headquartered family firm – whose roots stretch back to the 19th century and with a portfolio that spans aerostructures and aircraft parts, supply chain management and the TBM turboprop – is at its home show to ...
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PARIS: A350 first in line for deployable flight recorder
Airbus is entering a partnership to develop a deployable flight recorder which will be initially introduced on the A350 from 2019.
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PARIS: Air Lease signs for 12 more Max jets
US lessor Air Lease has signed a memorandum of understanding for another 12 Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
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PARIS: Leonardo nets €100 million Chinese helicopter order
Leonardo and its Chinese distributor Sino-US Intercontinental Helicopter Investment (Shanghai) have inked a deal for 17 rotorcraft worth more than €100 million ($111 million).
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NewsPARIS: Rafale's F3R update on target after latest tests
Flight test activities involving two key elements of the Dassault Rafale's future F3R operating standard have recently been conducted at DGA defence procurement agency sites.
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PARIS: Airbus Helicopters secures X6 launch aid approval
Airbus Helicopters has received a boost for its X6 with European Commission approval for €377 million ($420 million) of French and German funding for the programme.
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PARIS: Leahy unsurprised by lessors' big share of order activity
Airbus's chief operating officer for customers John Leahy has offered a rationale for lessors' strong contribution to order activity at the Paris air show.
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PARIS: Japan coast guard orders three H225s
The Japanese coast guard has ordered three Airbus Helicopters H225s.