All Systems & Interiors news – Page 855
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Boeing's next-generation 737 has European debut at Le Bourget
Boeing has brought the fifth Boeing 737-700 to Le Bourget - the European debut for the next-generation 737 family. The 737, which is destined to be delivered to Germania in 1998, is painted in a special colour scheme for the show, and is configured with examples of the new cabin ...
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Matra seeks to broaden European space alliance
Matra-Marconi Space and proposed partner Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) want to widen pan-European space-industry co-operation to encompass alliances with France's Aerospatiale and Alenia of Italy. The planned Matra-Marconi/ Dasa joint venture is keen to expand existing bilateral collaboration with state-run companies Aerospatiale and Alenia to compete more effectively against ...
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Airbus makes Trent 500 deal with Rolls-Royce
Airbus Industrie has struck a non-exclusive deal with Rolls-Royce for the supply of its Trent 500 engines. The agreement ends Airbus's search for a powerplant supplier for the A340-500 and -600 ultra long-range/stretch versions of the A340. It is believed that Airbus continues to keep the ...
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United tests weather display on a DC-10
United Airlines is flight-testing an advanced cockpit weather information (CWIN) system on a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10 under a contract from the NASA Langley Research Center. The six-month, in-service evaluation will "-determine the cost savings from use of the system", says MDC, which is leading the CWIN consortium. ...
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Reed Aerospace poised to launch 24h information service
Reed Aerospace, publisher of Flight International and Airline Business, is to launch the world's first round-the-clock air transport-dedicated newswire as part of a major new electronic information service. An initial team of eight journalists worldwide is being recruited to provide the first-hand news that will make up the ...
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-including powerful on-line database
Alongside its rolling news service, Air Transport Intelligence (ATI) will offer customers an extensive online database. ATI's data modules will cover suppliers, aircraft, airlines, airports, powerplants, other organisations, a who's-who of key industry personnel, events, jobs, safety statistics and data from sister company OAG. The databases ...
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Robin revs up all-wooden DR400 President
French general-aviation manufacturer Avions Pierre Robin is presenting a more-powerful version of its all-wooden DR400 at the Paris air show. The four-seat aircraft, now called the "President", has been re-engined with a more powerful 150kW (200hp) Textron Lyco-ming engine, replacing the previous 135kW model, and is now fitted ...
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Horizon deal landed
Messier-Dowty has been selected to design and manufacture a complete integrated landing-gear system for Raytheon Aircraft's Hawker Horizon corporate jet. Supply of the landing gear, wheels, tyres, brakes, door mechanisms and linkages for the medium-range 13-passenger aircraft will initially be worth over $70 million to the Anglo-French company. ...
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Honeywell forms Russian alliance
Honeywell and Avia-pribor, a Russian-based equipment supplier, have formed an alliance aimed at supplying avionics and landing systems for use in the CIS. The Honeywell initiative is focused on a broad range of short-, medium- and long-term projects, unlike previous pioneering moves in the CIS by AlliedSignal and Collins. Those ...
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Burnham: service is the key to growth
AlliedSignal Aerospace is not a company that wastes time - its own or anybody else's. So when company president Dan Burnham calls a press conference, reporters should be on red alert that he has something to shout about. So it proved on Monday at Paris, when Burnham coolly ...
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Jetphone to pick up C&W clients
Air/ground telephony provider Jetphone is set to pick up at least two airline customers left without a supplier by the market exit of Cable and Wireless Flightlink (C&W), reports Reed Aerospace news and data service Air Transport Intelligence (ATI). The electronic news service, formally launched yesterday, says Crossair ...
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Computer lends assistance at take-off
Dedicated to his job and not wanting to miss an air show, Morten Raaby, Sales and Project Engineer from Dataflight, is delaying his honeymoon to be here at the Paris show. "I got married last week, but couldn't let that stop me from being here," he laughs. ...
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Contract for F-18 cockpit panels awarded
A US multi-year contract for the supply of hundreds of Up-Front Control Panels (UFCP) for the F-18 cockpit has been announced by Aero-Maoz. The Israeli firm, found here in the Israeli Pavilion, has been selected on the basis of competitive price and experience in upgrading aircraft. ...
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Homing device tracks illegal mobile use
Airlines are ringing the changes to prevent mobile phones from being used on their aircraft, thanks to Innovint. The German firm has just launched a product called Mobifinder which can be seen here at the Paris show in Hall 4/E8. This device enables a stewardess to ...
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Avionics suite
A complete suite of avionics from AlliedSignal Aerospace is on display at the show in the new Boeing 737-700. The company's latest flight safety and other avionics to be found on the aircraft, includes the Quantum Line of communications and navigation systems with its voice/data radio, instrument landing ...
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Are you listening? Then I'll begin...
Pilots could soon be talking their aircraft through manoeuvres, thanks to the latest in voice activated technology from British Aerospace. BAe has chosen Paris to unveil its Direct Voice Input (DVI) system which allows pilots to give oral instructions to their aircraft. Visitors to the BAe stand in Hall ...
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Free flight solution launch by Honeywell
Honeywell has launched what officials claim to be the world's first "total system solution" to the challenges of free flight. WorldNav is here at the show. "We are excited to offer our customers a total system solution to the technology breakthrough we call free flight," says Don Schwanz, president ...
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Sighting success
The German optronics company Zeiss-Eltro Optronic (ZEO) is setting its sights on success in Hall 2C E/23. Among other things, the firm is showing its new Airborne Targeting and Navigation Pod called Litening. The low-cost, high-performance multisensor Laser Designator Pod is designed for day and night air-to-ground attack ...
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Dry season
Since the invention of the pressurised cabin, water and the condensation it produces have been problems for airlines. Swedish manufacturer CTT Systems, a first-time visitor to Paris, has solutions on show (Hall 5/G10). Visitors to the stand can see the problems and the potential solutions on ...
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Embraer sales keep rolling in
Embraer expects to announce more orders for its EMB-145 regional jet during the show, confirms Mauricio Botelho, the Brazilian manufacturer's chief executive officer. Botelho's apparent confidence raises speculation that Embraer might be the winner of a long-awaited order for regional jets from American Airlines' subsidiary AMR Eagle. ...