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PARIS: Accenture predicts defence growth at show
Defence exposure at the show is expected to increase this year, as stretched budgets undergo a gradual upturn and spending is on the rise, according to consultancy firm Accenture.
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PARIS: Woodward ready with new GE joint venture
For actuation and fuel systems supplier Woodward, a talking point of the Paris air show will be its evolving relationship with key customer GE Aviation, in the form of a joint venture the companies announced in May, that will design, develop, source, supply and service the fuel system for GE’s ...
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NewsPARIS: US firm lomax reveals armed variant of turboprop aircraft
US firm Iomax is displaying an armed variant of the Thrush S2R-T660 turboprop aircraft in the static park.
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NewsPARIS: Airbus and Textron to carry out UAV testing for French requirement
An Airbus Defence & Space and Textron Systems team is due to travel to Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, USA this week, to carry out testing of its offering for France’s tactical unmanned air vehicle requirement for the French DGA defence procurement agency.
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NewsPARIS: Embraer lands deals for 50 E-Jets
Embraer has secured firm orders from three airlines and one aircraft lessor for a total of 50 E-Jets, evenly split between the current generation and the E2 variants, the Brazilian airframer disclosed today at the Paris air show.
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NewsPARIS: Scorpion shows new sensor combination, as interest mounts
The phrase “well-travelled” can be easily used, but in the case of one Paris air show debutant, it is more than apt.
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NewsPARIS: GE Aviation working on new military engine project
GE Aviation is working on a new engine for the military market that includes technology advances introduced by the GE9X and "something a little more radical", says GE Aviation chief executive David Joyce.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Bell 505 Jet Ranger X technical description
Replacing an icon of the rotorcraft industry was never going to be easy. Since its arrival in the mid-1960s the Bell Helicopter 206 Jet Ranger had dominated – if not invented – the market for light, single-engined turbine helicopters. And then in 2010 production of the class-leader - by then ...
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NewsPARIS: P&W developing upgrade package for B-52 engine
Pratt & Whitney is developing a proposal for a package of performance upgrades for the existing Boeing B-52 engine after the US Air Force again postponed a plan to replace the venerable bomber’s 60-year old TF33 engine.
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PARIS: P&W evaluates options for T-X requirement
Pratt & Whitney is evaluating engine options in the 10,000lb-thrust to 15,000lb-thrust range for the US Air Force’s next-generation T-X training requirement, says P&W military engines president Bennett Croswell.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Cost challenge rises as 787 ramps up
A familiar and at times unsettling rhythm of crisis management has gripped the 787 programme since it entered production. A major issue – say, a fastener shortage, a side-of-body redesign, a systems reliability breakdown, a production bottleneck – emerges, seizes global headlines and then… subsides. The 787 orderbook, meanwhile, might ...
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OpinionOPINION: How feasible is a 757 replacement?
There would have to be a market of at least 2,000 aircraft to prompt one of the big airframers to launch a product to fill the middle-of-the-market gap between their largest narrowbodies and smallest twin-aisles, Flightglobal's Ascend consultancy concludes in a new white paper.
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NewsPARIS: Raytheon’s robust weapons offering at Paris packs punch
Raytheon Missile Systems has set up shop at the Paris Air Show with hopes of expanding its customer base for advanced weapons like the traditional advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM), AIM-9X sidewinder and joint standoff weapon, but also newly developed offerings like the small diameter bomb (SDB) II.
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NewsPARIS: Honeywell looks towards Global Hawk sense and avoid testing
Honeywell is in discussions regarding testing of its unmanned air vehicle sense and avoid capability on the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk.
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NewsPARIS: Honeywell debuts its 757 test aircraft
Honeywell has brought an industry veteran to Paris in the form of its Boeing 757 test aircraft, with this particular example making its Le Bourget debut.
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NewsPARIS: Bell bullish on V-22 and V-280 tiltrotors
Bell Helicopter arrives at Paris confident that production of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor will extend well into the mid-2020s, despite output falling this year to 21 aircraft from 2014’s high of 37 units.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: F-35B poised for prime time at last
On an Arizona runway nearly 4,900nm removed from Le Bourget’s festivities, 10 selected Lockheed Martin F-35Bs will be preparing to make history as the Paris air show gets under way.
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NewsKrossblade adds cargo drop capability to SkyProwler UAV
Krossblade Aerospace has added a cargo drop capability to its SkyProwler unmanned air vehicle, further increasing its potential use for parcel delivery applications.
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Virgin America upgrades Red inflight entertainment system
Virgin America has started upgrading its Red inflight entertainment system, announcing today that three aircraft will begin flying with new seat-back touch screens powered by an improved operating system later this month.
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NewsBell confirms delay to 525 service entry
Bell Helicopter has confirmed that service entry of its new clean-sheet 525 Relentless super-medium-class rotorcraft has slipped to 2017.