The French government has ring-fenced €135m per year in funding for civil aerospace research under the CORAC programme.
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Safran has named Philippe Bardol General Delegate for China and Chief Executive Officer of Safran China.
On 29th November, Air France-KLM and Jet Airways signed an ‘Enhanced Cooperation Agreement’ said to be the first of its kind on the India-Europe market.
Eric Schulz — until now Rolls-Royce President – Civil Aerospace — has been selected to replace Airbus Commercial Aircraft marketing chief John Leahy, who is retiring.
GE Aviation Czech and Russia's United Engine Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore turboprop engine business opportunities and identify areas of synergy for developing a turboprop portfolio in the Russian market.
Airbus has selected Shenzhen to establish its Airbus China Innovation Centre (ACIC) and has established a partnership with Invest Shenzhen to accelerate innovation and shape the future of flight.
Mubadala Investment Company has announced a partnership between its Strata Manufacturing business and AAA of France, along with plans for a major R&D investment at its Aerospace, Renewables & ICT platform.
Rolls-Royce is preparing for the first run of its Advance3 demonstrator, as part of development of its future Advance and UltraFan engine designs.
Dassault and its Indian partner Reliance Aerospace have held the groundbreaking ceremony for their new production facility in Maharashtra, to be operated by the Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL) joint venture.
Boeing and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) have announced an agreement to reduce costs in MHI production of wings for the 787 Dreamliner.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has signed collaboration agreements with two South Korean entities in the field of RPAs.
Leonardo and Hanwha Systems of South Korea have agreed to jointly provide avionics and mission systems for the Republic of Korea and other international customers.
Production of the second member of the A330neo Family, the A330-800, is under way at Airbus sites throughout Europe.
The largest-ever Q400 order makes SpiceJet the launch customer for the high-density 90-seat variant.
Arianespace has orbited Intelsat 37e and BSAT-4a and announced orders for 10 Vega and VegaC launchers.
Airbus has joined forces with an early stage investor in hardware start-ups to explore the future of urban air mobility through a four-month accelerator programme based in Shenzhen, China.
The giant Stratolaunch aircraft, which is designed to carry the Orbital ATK Pegasus launch vehicle, has completed the first phase of engine testing, starting its six Pratt & Whitney turbofans for the first time.
Stelia Aerospace has delivered the fully equipped cargo door for the first BelugaXL. The 3.1t door is the largest of its kind ever built in Europe.
Rafale International (Dassault Aviation, Safran Group and Thales) is highlighting business opportunities for French SMEs in India in connection with the Rafale offset programme.
The so-called EcoTitanium facility gives the aviation industry a new source that is totally independent from existing American and Russian suppliers.
Less than two weeks after UTC bought Rockwell Collins, Northrop Grumman is to acquire Orbital ATK for approximately $7.8bn in cash, plus the assumption of $1.4bn in net debt.
The single-aisle MC-21-300 started the second phase of flight testing with a two-hour flight on 13th September.
Boeing has signed a strategic agreement with the Orbital Propulsion unit of ArianeGroup covering joint development of a new generation of ion propulsion systems for satellites.
Pilatus has announced that production of the PC-6 will cease in early 2019, bringing one of the world’s longest aircraft production runs to an end.
Thales has inaugurated an industrial Competence Centre in Casablanca specialising in metal additive manufacturing — part of the group’s digital transformation initiative.
The latest edition of Boeing's annual China Current Market Outlook projects demand for 7,240 new aircraft over the next 20 years, valued at $1.1trn.
United Technologies Corp. (UTC) and Rockwell Collins have reached a definitive agreement under which UTC will acquire Rockwell Collins for $23bn.
The aerospace gearbox, destined to play a key role in the company’s future UltraFan engine, reached 70,000 horsepower during testing in Dahlewitz, Germany
The new plant, Daher’s second in Mexico, is a logistics centre serving a nearby Airbus Helicopters facility that produces A320 doors.
The Israeli Ministry of Defence says it has placed a follow-on order for 17 F-35A fighters, bringing the total fleet of F-35A “Adirs” ordered by Israel to 50 aircraft.
Latest Eurocontrol figures reported by the European Business Aviation Association confirm that traffic growth in 2017 to date is the strongest in a decade.
The Indonesian light twin turboprop transport aircraft, based on the Casa C-212, made its long-awaited maiden flight on 16th August.
Lockheed Martin is building a full-scale prototype of a NASA cislunar habitat to identify system requirements for a future Deep Space Gateway.
Throughout the Proxima mission onboard the ISS from November 2016 to June 2017, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet took many superb photographs of Earth, which he posted on social media. Here, the Jebel Arkanu, in Libya.
Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody and its partner Omnipol have launched production of new parts for the new-generation L-39NG, under a plan to produce an initial total of four aircraft.
Dassault Aviation has delivered its 2,500th business jet — a Falcon 900LX recently handed over to a longtime Falcon customer based in the United States.
Airbus Defence and Space has successfully tested a UAV demonstrator called SAGITTA, which completed an autonomous flight over a test site in Overberg, South Africa.
The XIESA joint venture between Safran Landing Systems and China Eastern Airlines has broken ground on its first MRO facility, located in Xi’an.
Safran Helicopter Engines has launched a new online technical publications service for its entire engine range, known as Web Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (IETP).
The heads of Eurosam, Aselsan and Roketsan have signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) that paves the way for in-depth cooperation in air and missile defence.
The contract includes maintenance of the airframe, components and engines, along with a major avionics upgrade, to be carried out in partnership with Boeing.
Emirates and flydubai have unveiled an extensive partnership. The two airlines will continue to be managed independently, but will take advantage of each other’s network to scale up operations and accelerate growth.
Latécoère has held the ground-breaking ceremony for its future smart factory at Toulouse-Montredon, designed to accelerate the digital transformation process within the company.
Pilatus has mated the fuselage and wings of the first production PC-24, clearing the way for cabin installation and commissioning and testing of aircraft systems.
Stelia Aerospace has delivered the fully equipped upper fuselage section of the first BelugaXL, the enlarged version of the aircraft used to transport major assemblies between the different Airbus sites.
StandardAero, which is owned by Veritas Capital, has entered into exclusive negotiations to buy Canada’s Vector Aerospace from Airbus.
The European Commission has approved €377m of state aid for the Airbus Helicopters X6 project to develop a next-generation Super Puma.
Safran has announced an equity investment in Cailabs, a French technology start-up specialized in optical beam shaping.
An MQ-9 Reaper flew over France for the first time on 4th July, marking the first flight by the U.S.-built remotely piloted aircraft in French airspace.
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. has announced two cooperation agreements to address the needs of the Indian UAV market and to support production of composite aerostructures in India
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