Aero Vodochody of the Czech Republic has begun producing a new batch of L-159 ALCA/advanced light combat aircraft for the Czech Air Force, a move the company hopes will pave the way for additional export orders.
The world’s airlines will need 255,000 new airline pilots over the next 10 years, according to Canadian company CAE, which bills itself as the industry’s leading training organization for commercial aviation with a market share of about 25%.
While detailed design of the projected New Midsize Airplane is still years away, Boeing has confirmed for the first time that the concept will be based around a composite fuselage.
Boeing will officially launch the 737-10 on the first day of the Paris Air Show, marking the go-ahead of the fourth major member and fifth derivative of the MAX family.
Known primarily as an avionics and communications company, Rockwell Collins has diversified over the Past three years into flight services with the acquisition of Arinc, and now with the US$8.6 billion acquisition of B/E Aerospace’s cabin interiors business. Rockwell Collins president, chairman and CEO Kelly Ortberg described to ShowNews where the company is headed.
Two years after Bombardier reintroduced the C Series with a new senior management team at the 2015 Paris Air Show, the Canadian manufacturer hopes to build off the aircraft’s successful service entry to win new orders.
With increasing demand for electro-optical equipment for surveillance and security, Israel’s EO specialist Controp Precision Technologies is set on a growth path.
IAI MLM will supply the Israel Air Force the latest generation of EHUD air combat maneuvering instrumentation pods, to be carried on conventional fighter jets.
The airline sector is 17% over-ordered when it comes to the commercial aircraft they need from OEMs Airbus and Boeing, according to a new UBS analysis.
Pratt & Whitney President Bob Leduc is bullish about the engine maker’s future and says the company and its Canada sister unit are on track for the busiest growth period since the 1960s.
Russian Helicopters has not brought any of its rotorcraft to Le Bourget this year. But a few weeks before the Paris Air Show, the Russian manufacturer reported the first horizontal flight of its newest Kamov Ka-62 medium twin.
Even as Saab celebrates the first flight of its JAS 39 Gripen E-series aircraft, the bulk of its near-term international sales opportunities center around the in-production C/D model.
Taqnia, the Saudi company partnered with Antonov to develop the An-132D airlifter, plans to begin building the aircraft in-country from 2020. The aircraft’s first flight took place from Antonov’s Gostomel facility near Kiev on March 31.
Slow ATR 42/72 turboprop sales last year are the result of combining adverse market forces that put the airframer in a position its executives could have thought a thing of the past – competing against jets.
Sukhoi Superjet 100 celebrates its 10th anniversary since rollout this year, but the Russian manufacturer already is already planning a new generation of this regional jet.
The secretary of the U.S. Air Force has stressed that the OA-X light attack initiative “is not a procurement, it's an experiment” as participants such as Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and Textron wish for a return on investment.
Imagine the calm in the center of a whirlwind. There sits David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation and vice-chair of GE, as future technologies, new materials and the developing world of digital flash by at blurring speed.
Six years ago, Gaël Méheust landed the second launch order for CFM International’s Leap engine, with an order to power 30 Airbus A320 neo aircraft for Scandinavian airline SAS.
