The new facility, located near Paris, is dedicated to next-generation, very-high-performance turbine blades.
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The Middle East will require $745bn in aviation services through 2037, according to a new market forecast from Boeing.
Dassault Aviation and Luxaviation have announced the acquisition by Dassault Aviation of the worldwide maintenance activities of ExecuJet, a subsidiary of Luxaviation.
A prototype of the autonomous PAV developed by Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences made a successful first flight on 22nd February.
Airbus Helicopters logged gross orders for 413 helicopters in 2018 (an 18% increase), maintaining its lead in the civil & parapublic market.
OXIS Energy is a leader in lithium-sulfur cell technology for high-energy-density battery systems.
Airbus has appointed Jean-Marc Nasr President Asia-Pacific, effective 1 January 2019.
Onera, the French aerospace research centre, will receive over €200m to condolidate research sites and modernise its large wind tunnels.
Rolls-Royce has received FAA and EASA certification for a redesigned intermediate pressure (IP) compressor blade designed to address durability issues on Trent 1000 Package C engines.
Airbus delivered 800 commercial aircraft in 2018, an 11% increase from the previous record of 718 units, set in 2017.
The concept is the latest version of the transonic truss-based wing (TTBW) concept.
Boeing delivered 806 commercial jets in 2018 and booked nearly 900 net orders valued at $144bn.
The Guernsey-based regional carrier will be the launch customer for ATR's ClearVision system.
Dassault Aviation delivered 12 new Rafales, up from 9 in both of the previous years, and handed over 41 new Falcons, compared with 49 in each of the two preceding years.
The Nexus features a Safran hybrid-electric propulsion system, Thales flight controls and six tilting ducted fans.
Airbus has delivered the 400th A320 Family aircraft from its Final Assembly Line Asia (FALA) in Tianjin.
The fifth issue of Air & Cosmos International webzine features a Special Report on China.
The first H160 to roll off the brand new Airbus Helicopters assembly line in Marignane made its first flight on 14th December.
Embraer and Boeing have approved the terms of a strategic partnership comprising joint ventures in commercial aircraft and services and in the promotion of the Brazilian firm's KC-390 airlifter.
Swissport continues to pursue its growth ambitions in the Middle East, signing a five-year contract with SalamAir for hub handling at Muscat International Airport.
Mhun, currently Head of Customer Services at Airbus, will succeed EVP Head of Programmes Didier Evrard, who is retiring.
After deliverying 89 aircraft in November, Airbus is slowly but surely closing in on its target of 800 aircraft deliveries in 2018.
Chinese-owned aircraft lessor Avolon has firmed up an order for 75 A320neos and 25 A321neos.
The 10,000m2 facility is expected to open in 2020, as UK government announces further support for aerospace sector.
At a Capital Markets Day on 29th November, Safran presented its strategic and financial ambitions for the coming years.
Franco-Italian joint venture ATR (Airbus/Leonardo) has celebrated its 1,500th aircraft delivery — an ATR 72-600 for Japan Air Commuter.
Airbus Helicopters is adding a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) complex adjacent to its existing facility in the Kobe Airport Facility in Japan.
After France and Canada, Singapore becomes the third country to welcome the Thales Digital Factory.
Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH, in collaboration with Siemens AG, has completed the maiden flight of what it calls the first serial-hybrid electric plane in the world with two electrically powered free-stream propellers and one combustion engine.
Boeing and Safran secure regulatory approvals to begin their joint venture for designing, building and servicing Auxiliary Power Units.
GKN Aerospace, COMAC and AVIC will jointly manufacture advanced aerostructures in China.
A Safran Ceramics research centre for ceramic matrix composites (CMC) located in the heart of Bordeaux Aeroparc, was inaugurated on 6th November.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has decided to increase the capitalisation of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (Mitsubishi Aircraft), a wholly owned MHI Group company.
The joint venture between AFI KLM E&M and Sabena technics has finalised a partnership agreement with Liebherr-Aerospace on heat exchanger maintenance.
Liebherr-Aerospace is introducing new capabilities relating to the ARJ21 and C919 at its liaison and customer service centre in Shanghai.
Leonardo has signed an MoU with Kangde Investment Group of China within the framework of the Chinese/Russian CR929 long-range airliner programme.
HES Energy Systems has unveiled plans to develop the world’s first hydrogen-electric regional passenger aircraft.
The company has completed static mechanical testing of the first full-scale photovoltaic modules for the future stratospheric airship.
The Latécoère cameras will be included in Sabena technics' upgrade offering for the A330 and Boeing 777.
Rolls-Royce reports that the Pearl 15 programme has successfully achieved 10,000 test cycles in over 2,600 testing hours.
Safran is presenting the first electric motor from its ENGINeUS range, designed for future hybrid and electric aircraft, at this year's NBAA Convention.
The expansion to Asia is an important part of the company's long-term growth strategy and global operating model.
Key sub-systems have successfully passed their preliminary design review (PDR) clearing the way for the launch of initial components manufacture.
Safran Helicopter Engines has announced improvements to its SBH (Support-By-the-Hour) service offering.
Embraer has taken the wraps off the Praetor 500 midsize and Praetor 600 super-midsize business jets on the eve of the 2018 National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE).
Safran Nacelles has inaugurated a new facility dedicated to the integration of the engine nacelle on the Airbus A320neo. The ceremony took place on 11th October.
Terra Drone, a Japanese commercial drone technology company, has acquired a stake in Swedish aerial robotics startup, Inkonova AB.
UEC-Klimov and Vietnamese Helicopter Technical Service Company have signed a distributor agreement on maintenance of TV3-117 and VK-2500 civil helicopter engines.
The Board of Directors of Airbus has selected Guillaume Faury as future Airbus CEO, taking over from Tom Enders.
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