All Fixed-wing articles – Page 642
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PARIS AIR SHOW: The real deal
Armed forces are increasingly working with OEMs and simulation equipment suppliers to develop sophisticated, highly realistic modelling that allows them to rehearse complex missions involving multiple assets - without risking aircraft
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NewsPW stands by F135 upgrade plan for JSF
Two days after F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) engine rival Rolls-Royce unveiled plans for a dramatic engine upgrade after 2020, a Pratt & Whitney executive...
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Canada buys new operational autonomy, but at what cost to domestic industry?
Canada's renewed zeal for defence spending has strengthened its services, but how will it affect its industrial base?
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Bell Canada: composites not a grey area
Modern materials are taking over from the traditional in a very visible way on the Bell Helicopter final assembly lines in Montreal
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Canadian aerospace: planting the seeds of green success
Status quo might as well be an expletive in the lexicon of the diverse Canadian aerospace industry, where government and the civil aviation industry have recently taken a hard, honest look at an all but certain future.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: CMC's latest flight bags and cockpits on display on Paris
CMC's latest electronic flight bags and glass flight deck for military trainers are on display at the show "Being the key element of most avionics integration, the FMS has put us in a position where we now own real eastate in a number of key programmes" JEAN-MICHEL ...
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Mechtronix: Technology born in the dorm brings power to the people
Simulator experience: Almost the real thing - Flight International sampled at first-hand the value of R&D dollars invested in simulator maker...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Skunk Works nears flight for new breed of all-composite aircraft
An experimental aircraft is about to emerge from the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. Is it going to be the most significant since the early 1970s?
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NewsRolls-Royce: F136 survival is key for major F-35 engine upgrade
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) could be the beneficiary around 2020 of a major engine upgrade if the F136 is not eliminated, a Rolls-Royce executive...
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PICTURES & VIDEO: Organisers report 'roaring' ticket sales for RIAT 2009
Next month's Royal International Air Tattoo is enjoying a surge in ticket sales, bucking the economic downturn ...
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A30X wing work a must-win, says Society of British Aerospace Companies
Airbus could look outside the UK when it is time to manufacture wings for the next generation of narrowbody aircraft unless the country makes further investment...
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China second-largest defence spender in 2008
China's efforts to modernise its armed forces has seen it become the second biggest military spender behind the United States, according to the Stockholm...
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Japan makes another push for F-22
Japan is making a final push to buy the Lockheed Martin F-22 from the USA, and its defence minister has confirmed that Tokyo will consider alternatives including...
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UK gives $2.5 million for less-wire aircraft
Prototype wireless data systems could be tested in 2011 as part of the UK Wireless Technologies for Novel Enhancement of Systems and Structures Serviceability (Witnesss) initiative.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Rafale's fighting chance
The Dassault-led Rafale industry team will arrive at Paris on a high, with the type recently back from Afghanistan and also on the shortlist in three major competitions
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PARIS: Epic F-35 production ramp-up to draw upon Toyota, Airbus for lessons
Can Lockheed learn lessons from commercial airframers Airbus and Boeing as it strives to keep production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on schedule?
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A400M - Rescue mission
Airbus has pulled out the stops in a bid to save Europe's troubled airlifter programme from possible cancellation. Le Bourget will show whether its strategy has worked
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PARIS AIR SHOW: France's Caracal proves its worth in Afghan battles
Praise is being heaped on the Eurocopter EC725 after the helicopter's impressive debut in theatre in Afghanistan
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Rockwell Collins launches Core full flight simulator system
Rockwell Collins today launched the Core simulation architecture with a modular design to customize training between military and civil customers.
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NewsPICTURES: Crashed A330's vertical fin among recovered wreckage
Recovery personnel have located the vertical fin of the Air France Airbus A330 which crashed in the South Atlantic on 1 June. The Brazilian defence...