All articles by Niall O'Keeffe – Page 10
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Acquirers of Airbus factory eye Boeing business
Diehl and Thales intend to serve Airbus's airframer rivals and airline customers from the Laupheim plant, which they acquired from EADS on 1 October, Thales...
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Saab plays to its strength
As the market toughens Saab’s boss is keenly aware of the need to win Gripen orders and build on its aerostructures know-how
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CTT overcomes AD woes to gain major ANZ endorsement
CTT Systems is now to supply the 787, A380 and A350 XWB, despite a small workforce and a run-in with the regulators
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Sweden: the game changers
Sweden's scaling down of its military has had a huge impact on the nation's aerospace industry, forcing it to develop new capabilities, extend existing ones, and scout for business the world over. The challenge has been taken up. Saab's fighter jet, the Gripen JAS39, is in the frame for several ...
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Gripen International confident ahead of crunch decisions
Patience is a virtue in the business of selling fighter jets. Hungary's decision to take 14 JAS39 Gripens ...
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Volvo Aero's outgoing president talks about technology strategy
Volvo Aero's shift from blueprint manufacturer to lightweight pioneer has yielded involvement in the A380, 747-8 and 787
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Swedish Space looks to ride homeland security wave
An order from Vietnam marine police has boosted Swedish Space's presence in the maritime surveillance market.
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Sweden Consolidates
Sweden's aerospace and defence industries have undergone a transformation over the past decade. One major trend has been a reverse in the split between military and civil business.
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GE voices concerns on CFM56 spare engine availibility
The spare engine ratio on the CFM International CFM56-5B and -7 engine is "below where it needs to be", GE Aviation's vice-president services Tom Gentile...
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Qantas pushes Boeing on 787-10 stretch
Qantas is pressing Boeing to commit to developing the proposed 787-10 "double stretch", as the airline evaluates its long-term widebody needs. Speaking...
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TATEM health management researchers reveal progress ahead of final report
The TATEM project team is soon to report on its research into aircraft health management, with the benefits of collaboration and integration likely to be emphasised
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US airlines cross swords again with EU on legality of emissions scheme
Representatives of US airlines and the European Commission have again crossed swords on the legality of the emissions trading scheme at an environmental...
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Business-briefing
EADS TO EXTEND POWER8 PROGRAMME RESTRUCTURING Airbus owner EADS is to extend its cost-cutting programme in a bid to diminish...
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Good Week - Bad Week
airbus The airframer managed to record a first-half EBIT of €712 million ($1.12 billion), up from just €19 million in the first half of 2007 - despite a...
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C-27J confusion deepens as Alenia U-turns on Boeing talks
Alenia Aeronautica chief executive Giovanni Bertoleone has revealed that his company is still in talks with Boeing over joint production of the C-27J Spartan...
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UK MoD awards Seawolf support contracts
BAE Systems Insyte and MBDA have won MoD contracts to maintain the Seawolf air defence missile systems that equip Royal Navy Type 22 and Type 23 frigates....
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VH-71A to gain operational capability in 2010
The VH-71A presidential helicopter will finally attain operational capability in 2010, after what programme manager Donald Gaddis admits has been "a painful...
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Regional jet leasing yet to take off
Major aircraft lessors remain wary of entering the regional jet leasing market, and new programmes seem likely to bring only incremental changes