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By Sean Broderick
The Paris Air Show’s muted aircraft-order expectations and preoccupation with the Boeing 737 MAX’s struggles took unexpected turns late June 18.

By Angus Batey
Pratt & Whitney has made a raft of announcements during the Air Show, involving sales of geared turbofan engines for Airbus A320neo series aircraft.

By Guy Norris
As aerospace accelerates toward a more electric future, Rolls-Royce has secured a head start on its strategic goals in this sector with the surprise

By Angus Batey
The GE veteran has been running Avio Aero since the American-headquartered conglomerate acquired the aerospace portions the Italian propulsion-system specialist in 2013, and assumed the role of CEO the following year.

CFM International followed mid-Monday’s $20 billion record IndiGo order with a plethora of orders late Monday and Tuesday, including yet another record deal, this one with AirAsia for $23.1 billion.

By Sean Broderick
Airlines are opting for more long-term agreements to maintain their CFM International Leap engines

By Guy Norris
Supersonic airliner developer Boom has slipped first flight of the XB-1 high-speed demonstrator to 2020 but despite the latest schedule change says the follow-on full-size airliner is still on track to make its service debut in the 2025-27 time frame.

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
Embraer's E195 E-2 'Profit Hunter' arrived at this year's Paris Air Show in new livery, but how much longer will the aircraft retain its name? Also, Mitsubishi is showing its rebranded MRJ, the SpaceJet at the show. Watch as our editors discuss the commercial air transport market at Le Bourget.

By Thierry Dubois
Thales is demonstrating its new FlytX avionics suite at the 2019 Paris Air Show. Watch as Aviation Week takes a look at how Thales is pitching the new system as an option for reduced training and optimizing workload in the flight deck.

By Paul Jackson
Four Gulfstream business jets grace the Le Bourget static display this week, illustrating the high level of innovation.

By Guy Norris
Boeing is leaning towards offering the larger of the two proposed new midmarket airplane variants first for delivery in 2025 as it nears closing the business case and obtaining board permission for formal authority to offer later this year.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Boeing’s return-to-service plan for the 737 MAX will focus on treating each aircraft as if it’s just been delivered, with the manufacturer reiterating that the model’s safe return is its top priority.

Norsk has announced it has completed design of a new, larger RPD printer. The G-IVL will be able to print larger and more complex metal parts, and to do so more quickly than current printers.

By Angus Batey
The Luftwaffe is committed to operating the Tornado until at least 2030 – with any further delay in selecting a replacement inevitably extending the type’s in-service life.

By Angus Batey
Attacks progress faster than most humans can think so it is easy to understand why technologies based on machine learning and artificial intelligence have taken hold in the cybersecurity marketplace.

By Tony Osborne
Six years since Finmeccanica, now Leonardo, first touted its M-345 High Efficiency Trainer (HET) proposal in Paris, the company has finally brought the first prototype to the show.

By Guy Norris
Boeing is revising the 777X test plan to maximize ground evaluations as it attempts to compensate for a lengthy delay to first flight following the recent discovery of a durability issue on the aircraft’s General Electric GE9X engines.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
As part of the definition phase of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), the French Ministry of Armed Forces is here with a demonstration movie of a “new-generation collaborative combat” mission in 2040.

By Alan Dron
UK long-haul specialist Virgin Atlantic is to acquire 14 Airbus A330-900s, with a further six on option, in a move that CEO Shai Weiss said positioned the London-based carrier for future growth. But he called on changes to slot allocation at Virgin’s London Heathrow base to make it possible for the carrier to achieve its ambition of being the UK’s second flag-carrier, alongside British Airways.

By Alan Dron
United Airlines is to top up its fleet of Embraer E175s with a further firm order for 20 of the type, plus 19 options.

By Paul Jackson
Since leaving the German motor glider company that continues to bear his name, Dr. Reiner Stemme has devoted his energies to utility air systems for surveillance and monitoring, generating several designs based on the sailplane formula for two related firms.

By Tony Osborne
With the grand reveal of a mockup of the Next Generation Fighter in the presence of President Emmanuel Macron on the first day of the Paris Air Show, France, Germany and Spain have now agreed on a plan for a series of demonstrator programs for the wider FCAS.

By Paul Jackson
Airbus’ decision, announced in February, to terminate the A380 after the 274th production example leaves a large hole in the Paris Air Show static display. But, while down, the superjumbo is not quite yet out.

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s aerospace and defense industry will be making noise both in the air and on the ground at this year’s Paris Air Show.

By Angus Batey
CAE has set itself to turn around and though there was never any expectation that the process would be swift, Gene Colabatistto, argues that the process is proceeding apace.