All United States articles – Page 69
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P&W’s production capacity too pinched for further rate increases
Pratt & Whitney’s production capacity remains too tight to further boost geared turbofan output should demand for Airbus narrowbodies increase amid the 737 Max grounding, says the chief executive of P&W parent United Technologies.
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UTC expects hit from 737 Max grounding but maintains 2019 target
United Technologies (UTC) expects the global grounding of the 737 Max will dent 2019 profits, although the company still expects its aerospace business will meet financial targets amid strong demand for new equipment and aftermarket sales.
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P&W’s Q1 deliveries fall sequentially but profits creep higher
Pratt & Whitney’s large commercial aircraft engine deliveries declined in the first quarter to the fewest in the last three quarters, but the company’s profits inched up amid continued strong demand.
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Missiles and F-35 drive Lockheed Martin’s sales higher
Sales of various types of missiles and the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter pushed up Lockheed Martin’s revenue in the first quarter of 2019 about 23% year on year to $14.3 billion.
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Boeing executive defends 787 site after quality oversight report
A top Boeing executive has fired back at a recent New York Times article painting Boeing’s North Charleston 787 production site as suffering from quality oversights.
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Bell working to secure IFR approval on 407GXi 'by August'
Bell is still working towards gaining instrument flight rules (IFR) certification for its 407GXi to make the light-single compliant with the US Navy (USN) requirement for a new trainer helicopter.
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Opinion
No winners if Airbus-Boeing WTO saga carries on
The current sparring between Europe and the USA over subsidies paid to airframers Airbus and Boeing drags on.
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OpinionStratolaunch hopes to avoid Spruce Goose's fate
Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose – more formally known as the H-4 Hercules – was until 13 April this year the largest aircraft ever to have flown. Conceived as a WWII transatlantic troop carrier, the fighting had, mercifully, ended before the flying boat finally flew, for just a few seconds, in 1947. Retirement followed.
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US transportation chief appoints six members 737 Max review panel
The head of the US Department of Transportation has appointed a six-member team to review the Federal Aviation Administration’s process for certifying the Boeing 737 Max 8.
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Judge tosses Bombardier’s suit against Mitsubishi America
A federal judge has dismissed Bombardier’s claims that Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation America violated trade secret laws.
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Lockheed tries reducing F-35 costs with new supplier contracts
Lockheed Martin is trying to improve its parts inventory and reduce the cost to sustain the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter with more long-term Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contracts and Master Repair Agreements (MRA) with its suppliers.
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Silver Airways begins ATR 42-600 flights
Silver Airways has begun flying its new ATR 42-600 aircraft within Florida, the first step in its plan to replace its fleet of Saab 340Bs and expand its network.
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USA and Japan confident China won’t find missing F-35A wreckage
The defence chiefs of the USA and Japan are confident that despite being unable to find much of the wreckage of the Lockheed Martin F-35A that crashed off the coast of Japan on 9 April, China won’t be able to recover pieces of the jet.
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Spirit Aero clarifies Boeing will pay for surplus 737 fuselages
Spirit AeroSystems has clarified that Boeing will pay for each 737 fuselage that Spirit produces in excess of Boeing’s production rate, helping maintain Spirit’s financial position as Boeing slashes output.
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MagniX to supply Eviation Alice motors as all-electric advances
Electric motor company MagniX will supply powerplants for Eviation Aircraft’s in-development electric aircraft Alice, marking another win for the upstart motor maker and a second power option for Alice buyers.
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Bell promises to build 407GXi in USA if selected by US Navy
Bell has confirmed that if selected for US Navy’s TH-XX trainer contest, its 407GXi will be assembled at a facility in Ozark, Alabama.
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Nine aviation agencies will have seat on FAA’s Max review panel
Representatives from at least nine countries and regions will participate in a panel that the US Federal Aviation Administration convened for the purpose of reviewing the Boeing 737 Max’s flight control software.
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Bell to use 525 helicopter technology for US Army FARA bid
Bell broke its silence on the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competition on 17 April when it said in an earnings conference call it would offer a helicopter proposal, not a tiltrotor as some had expected.
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Honeywell reports sales gains and downplays effect of 737 issues
US aerospace giant Honeywell has reported strong gains in first quarter 2019 aerospace sales, with executives predicting little impact from Boeing’s reduction of 737 Max production.
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AnalysisStratolaunch makes first step to space
A notable aviation record fell earlier this month, with the maiden flight of what is now the world’s largest aircraft – the Scaled Composites-built twin-fuselage Stratolaunch, whose 117m (385ft) wingspan outstrips even the 97.5m (321ft) of the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat, better known as the Spruce Goose. As a more useful comparison, Stratolaunch also outstrips the 80m wingspan of an Airbus A380.