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By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russian Helicopters Company is showing Ansat light twins in VIP and medevac configurations. The former will take part in flying display while the latter can be seen only at the static.

Swedish airframer Saab has revealed that the company’s proposals for Finland’s fighter contest also include the company’s GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft.

By Paul Jackson
Commuterliner or special missions platform; new build or upgrade; RUAG Aerospace Services is in both the static display and the German Pavilion offering sales and support for the Dornier Do 228NG turboprop twin currently in production at its Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, plant.

By Angus Batey
Predicting the future is never easy. But in the area of military simulation and training, at first glance, what’s coming next seems clear.

By Bill Carey
Committed to the concept of “fly-by-sight,” Universal Avionics is showcasing a new-generation flight management system at this year’s Paris Air Show that presents flight-plan and navigation data on head-up and wearable displays.

By Graham Warwick
Israeli startup Eviation is displaying the first prototype of its Alice all-electric regional aircraft at this year’s Paris Air Show.

By Graham Warwick
The de Havilland name has returned to aircraft manufacturing with completion of the $300 million sale of the Dash 8 program by Bombardier to Canada’s Longview Aircraft Capital.

By Tony Osborne
Spain is expected to formally sign up to the Franco-German fighter development at the Paris Air Show, local media reports have suggested.

As president and CEO of AIA, Fanning is facing numerous issues affecting association members representing manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military and business fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, space systems, engines, missiles and unmanned aerial systems.

By John Morris
Having renewed its commercial aviation portfolio with new engines good for another 15 to 20 years, GE Aviation is bringing resources to bear on its military business.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
CFM International is using the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX to catch up with deliveries of the aircraft’s Leap-1B engine and develop long-term fixes to address early in-service issues.

By Paul Jackson
U.S. aerospace has the largest presence of any at this year’s Paris Air Show, totaling some 350 civil and defense manufacturers and suppliers.

By Tony Osborne
The aircraft here at Paris, is the second machine destined for Pakistan, from an order placed by Islamabad in 2015. Work on the program started in January 2016.

The demise of the Shuttle program was the third time in Florida’s history where the “state was maimed by an overdependence on a large federal program,” recalled Frank DiBello, president and CEO of Space Florida.

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation departures in Europe declined 3% in May compared to a year ago to 77,189, marking the second successive decrease this year, according to WingX data.
European Business Aviation Special Report

Battery-powered drones are making lots of news these days but their larger VTOL siblings, capable of carrying passengers, are fast emerging as candidate vehicles for future urban mobility needs.
EBACE

EHang, one of the earliest and most successful developers of such aerial craft, signed a joint agreement in Guangzhou last November with FACC of Austria, designer, developer and manufacturer of aerospace components and systems.
EBACE

By Paul Jackson
1.Buy the airplanes; 2. Order the flight planning aids; 3. Collect an AOC. That was the strategy for the visiting president of HK Bellawings Jet Ltd, Zhang Yijia at EBACE this year.
EBACE

By the end of 2018, more than 1,650 Pilatus PC-12s were in service, the fleet leaders having 34,000 hours and more than 46,000 landings to their credit.
EBACE

Daher has introduced the latest version of its upgraded six-passenger TBM 940 single-engine turboprop, which succeeds the TBM 930.
EBACE

By Paul Jackson
It has already secured local patents, and has U.S. and European equivalents pending. Now, South African company Pegasus has made its international launch at EBACE 2019.
EBACE

AMAC Aerospace, VIP completion and maintenance center for the corporate and private aviation market, is building its fifth hangar at its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland to keep up with growth.
EBACE

Textron Aviation is nearing completion of its Cessna Denali prototype along with two flight test and three ground test articles.
EBACE

By Paul Jackson
As spacious as the smallest Airbus can be, SkyRetreat will feature a totally new approach by Lufthansa Technik’s designers.

Today, Air Hamburg Private Jets has a fleet of 29 aircraft for hire and is continuing its steady expansion to horizons farther beyond Europe.