RUAG has already completed and sold the start-up batch of eight “ex-228NGs” from its relaunched production of the modernized Dornier turboprop-twins and is expecting to fly the first of the follow-ons before the end of this year
Russian engineering company Progresstech has partnered with U.S. software specialist Altair to promote and distribute Altair’s software technology and methods in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Embraer is at Farnborough promoting its Sisfron border surveillance system, which includes electronic warfare, UAVs, radars and communications to work in conjunction with the A-29 Super Tucano turboprop for close air support.
Norsk Titanium AS has signed a long-term agreement to deliver finished aerospace structural titanium components produced by its patented Rapid Plasma Deposition process to current Mecachrome aerospace OEMs and their Tier-1 suppliers.
A 64-year old historic Auster originally restored by the editor of Aviation Week ShowNews is appearing over the public weekend in the static display at Farnborough Airshow.
By close of the show Tuesday, announced orders and commitments for airliners totaled 478 firm sales, plus a total of 38 options, letters of intent and memoranda of understanding.
The RAF’s senior intelligence and surveillance officer launched a passionate defense of the Sentinel program yesterday, as the perennially overworked yet permanently under-threat system faces yet another period of uncertainty about its future.
One of Britain’s most senior cyber warriors has a message for Farnborough’s SME community. You’ve got a problem, but there’s help available from the government and from some of the biggest names in the defense industry – and it’s free.
In March Norsk Titanium AS broke ground on a new 9,843-sq.-ft. European final assembly and test center near Oslo, Norway, that is due to be completed in October.
Northern Ireland Department for the Economy Minister Simon Hamilton has welcomed the launch of Causeway Aero, a new local collaboration in aerospace, during a visit to FIA 2016.
Getting the F-35 flying in Britain is vitally important to the public image of a program that has endured more than its fair share of negative coverage. Just as critical is the progress of the Autonomic Logistic Information System, the jet’s next-generation support network.
GE Aviation’s win of a US$1 billion contract to develop a sixth-generation variable-cycle fighter engine is seen as a crucial next step in the future of its $3.7 billion military engines business.
As well as the current and soon-to-enter-service technologies on view all over the air show site, there are a few glimpses of possible futures to be found. One of the most intriguing is buried deep in a sub-menu on a touchscreen installation on the future unmanned systems stand in BAE Systems’ exhibition hall.
An agreement announced at the show Monday commits Norwegian airline to a GoldCare support package for its 737 MAX fleet and an extension to the coverage it earlier purchased for its 787 Dreamliner fleet.
Qatar Executive on the first day of the Farnborough Airshow announced a firm order for a further three Gulfstream G650ERs, as part of a 2015 memorandum of understanding with the airframer.
Both Airbus and Boeing released bullish forecasts for the global commercial aircraft market on the opening day of the Farnborough Airshow, with Boeing projecting slightly stronger demand.
Boeing will source composite materials for its 777X aircraft from a new joint venture formed by United Arab Emirates-based Mubadala Development and Belgian composite materials and adhesives manufacturer Solvay, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Ray Conner said at Farnborough.
GE Aviation unveiled one of the first digital customer solutions built on its Predix software platform, an application developed through a collaboration with Flydubai.
In an effort to overcome different approaches of the company’s shareholders, ATR CEO Patrick de Castelbajac is proposing a sequence of initiatives that includes re-engining of the ATR 72 and ultimately a new 100-seater.
Esterline CMC Electronics has been awarded two key contracts to provide its high-performance avionics systems for the AN124 transport aircraft operated by Antonov Airlines, and for the AN148/158/178 series.
