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IndustryAIRBUS-RUSSIA AGREEMENT FOR TITANIUM ALLOYS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, According an announcement make at Paris Air Show, French aeronautical industry Airbus signed an agreement with Russian Verkhnaya Metallurgical Production Association for the supply of... more
IndustryEADS TRY THE OVERTAKING
LE BOURGET, PARIS, The European aerospace and aviation group Eads, could be the number two in the world's industries, raising of a place the classification where currently is at the third place after Lockheed... more
Industry1,5 USDBN MOU FOR BOMBARDIER
LE BOURGET, PARIS, A memorandum for the sale of 50 aircrafts, between CRJ900 and CRJ700 has been signed between Canadian industry Bombardier and German Deutsche Structured Finance associated with Deutsche... more
IndustryJOINT VENTURE BETWEEN TRW AND THALES FOR A380 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, A joint venture to participate the bid for the new air giant Airbus A380 electrical generation system has been signed today at Le Bourget Air Show by French industry Thales (former Thomson... more
IndustryBOEING. SUKHOI AND ILYUSHIN SIGNED MOU
LE BOURGET, PARIS, As announced yesterday by WAPA, the expected agreement between Boeing, Sukhoi and Ilyushin is now reality,with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, for the feasibility... more
IndustryPHILIPS ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH GE FOR JET NOZZLE PRODUCTION
LE BOURGET, PARIS, An agreement between Philips ETG and General Electric has been signed today at Le Bourget Air Show for the production of jet engine nozzles, particularly for the models F110, F414,... more
IndustryKLM ENGAGE BOEING FOR MAINTENANCE SERVICES
LE BOURGET, PARIS, In a press conference held at Le Bourget Air Show, Boeing announced that Dutch flag airline Klm signed a contract to entrust maintenance of its fleet to Seattle industry. Have been not... more
Industry1 USDBN TO ROLLS-ROYCE TURBOMECA FOR NH-90 ENGINES
LE BOURGET, PARIS, A contract worth 1 USDbn has been signed between Eurocopter and French-British industry Rolls-Royce Turbomeca, for the supply of engines for 399 NH-90 helicopters which will be acquired... more
IndustryTHALES ENGAGED TO DEVELOP AVIONICS FOR AIRBUS A380
LE BOURGET, PARIS, The French avionic and defense industry Thales, former Thomosno csf, has been engaged by Airbus to develop a project for the new transport giant aircraft A380. The works will be performed... more
IndustryBOEING AWARDED A CONTRACT TO UPGRADE CANADIAN CF-18 FIGHTERS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Boeing has been awarded a contract to upgrade the Canadian Air Forces CF-18 fighters. At the ceremony, held at Le Bourget Air Show in Paris, were present boeing officials and a representative... more
IndustryJOINT VENTURE BETWEEN ENGINE MAKERS FOR A-400M
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Has been officially announced at Le Bourget Air Show, the joint venture between the engine makers of six countries involved in different quantities, in A-400M airbus military aircraft.... more
IndustryWESCAM EXPOSE ITS NEW STEALTH SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
LE BOURGET, PARIS, WEscam ,a world leader in the provision of visual information, either for military and civil users, presented at 44th Paris Air Show, its new package system calle Stelath, which could... more
IndustryPOSSIBLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOEING AND SUKHOI
LE BOURGET, PARIS, According to what reported by Boeing, some talks with Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi could have interesting developments. Sukhoy general director, Mikhail Pogosyan affirmed that these... more
IndustryLOCKHEED MARTIN COULD OFFER A CONTRACT TO ISRAEL FOR TRAINERS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Seems that U.S. aeronautical industry Lockheed Martin could be interested to offer Israel a contract "pay by the hour" for the use of AT-63 jet trainer, a single engine aircraft with... more
IndustryCAPORALETTI: GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR AGUSTA WESTLAND
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Agusta Westland CEO, Amedeo Caporaletti, positively commented at the Paris Air Show Le Bourget the merger of the two companies, which has become operative since last February,12. "Individually,... more
IndustryWITH GREAT BRITAIN ARE 196 THE A400M ORDERED BY 8 COUNTRIES
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Also in the military aircraft sector as in the civil one, Airbus has reached great satisfaction, now that Great Britain decided to join the other countries which have choosen Airbus'... more
IndustryBISCHOFF, MTU: WE ARE NOT SELLING OUR COMPANY
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Denying the rumours which said that MTu Aero Engines could be sold to Snecma, Manfred Bischoff, chairman of the supervisory board of MTU, company owned by DaimlerChrysler, declared that... more
IndustryPRATT & WHITNEY CANADA IN FULL MOMENTUM WITH THE REVOLUTIONARY PW800 ENGINE FAMILY
LE BOURGET-PARIS, Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (P&WC) is bringing a game changer to the marketplace with its new family of geared turbofan engines, the PW800. Leveraging the vast experience and advanced... more
IndustryWTO DECISION IN CASE BETWEEN BOMBARDIER AND EMBRAER RELEASED WITHIN TWO WEEKS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, From rumours at the Le Bourget Air Show, seems that World Trade Organization, WTO, decision in matter of the reciprocal accusations between Canadian and Brazilian government about illegal... more
IndustryLAST CONCORDOSKI SOLD TO A TEXAN MULTIMILLIONAIRE
USA, The last russian Concordoski, the supersonic plane built in the 60s to compete with Concorde, was sold to a texan multimillionaire over the internet for a price of $11 million. The identity of the... more
IndustryRAYTHEON AIRCRAFT SELLS 35 AIRCRAFT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY PARIS SHOW
LE BOURGET, "Raytheon Aircraft has taken orders for 35 aircraft through noon on Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at the Paris Air Show. Included in the airplanes ordered at Paris are: 1 Hawker Horizon super mid-size... more
IndustryAGREEMENT BETWEEN AIRBUS AND FAIRCHILD DORNIER RECONFIRMED
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Fairchild Dornier and Airbus confirmed their agreement, for which Fairchild Dornier will supply to Toulose based aircraft industry, 1693 subsystems for Airbus aircrafts. The dal worth... more
IndustryILFC SELECTS PRATT ENGINES
PARIS, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) has selected Pratt & Whitney PW4168A engines for seven new Airbus A330-200 aircraft in a transaction valued at approximately $200 million to the engine... more
IndustryHUSH KITS FOR LANDING GEARS?
LE BOURGET, PARIS, According Louis Le Porz, chairman of Messier-Dowty, the world's largest aircraft landing gear maker, could be started soon the realization of "silenced" landing gears. According studies... more
IndustryMONTI, EC, LASHES OUT THE POLITICAL INTERFERENCE IN HONEYWELL/GE MERGER
LE BOURGET, PARIS, The European competition commissioner, Mario Monti, in a press conference, condamned the political interferences raised over the merger between Honeywell and General Electric, and declared... more
IndustryGE EXPECTS THREE ENGINE CERTIFICATIONS FOR THE FIRST QUARTED OF 2002
LE BOURGET, PARIS, According to General Electric managers declarations, is to be expected for the first quarter of 2002 the certification of three new versions of the well-known CF34 engine, the 8C5, 8D... more
IndustryAAR BECAME EMBRAER AUTHORIZED MAINTENANCE CENTER
LE BOURGET, PARIS, A contract for three years has been signed today between Brazilian air industry Embraer and Aar, Aircraft Component Services division of Aar Corporation, for maintenance and repairs... more
IndustryTHE NEW JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THALES AND RAYTHEON HAS AMBITIOUS EXPECTS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Has been officially announced yesterday at Le Bourget Paris Air Show the born of a new joint venture between French Thales (former Thomson csf) and U.S. Raytheon. Managers of the new... more
IndustryAGUSTA WESTLAND TO EYE AN AMERICAN PARTNER TO COMMERCIALIZE EH-101 HELICOPTER
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Agusta Westland is reported to be looking for a commercial agreement with an american company concerned with defense to produce its medum-tactical transport EH-101 helicopter. A model... more
IndustrySINO SWEARINGER SJ30-2 CERTIFICATION TO BE PUT OFF
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 certification is expected to be put off because of several problems the company had to handle with. These troubles caused the sacking of about 100 employees. About... more
IndustryITALY KNOCKS AT EADS DOOR
LE BOURGET, PARIS, According to Finmeccanica managers, the company would work in the next months to define the last items in Emac, European Military Aircraft Company, thus, as declared by Alberto de Benedictis,... more
IndustryVITROCISET AWARDED WITH A NATO CONTRACT FOR NETMA INFORMATION SYSTEM
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Vitrociset, a leading Italian company for logistic systems for Defense, civil aviation and space, has been awarded a three years contract (until May 2004) with an option for further... more
IndustryMANY ORDERS AT LE BOURGET FOR AIRBUS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Great satisfactions for Airbus at the 44th Paris Air Show. The French industry received yesterday orders for a total of 66 aircraft, worth over 5USDbn. According to Airbus sources,... more
IndustryPROBABLY AN EH-101 WILL BE THENEXT POPE HELO
LE BOURGET, PARIS, An AgustaWestland EH-101 will be probably the next helicopter which will be used by the Pope for his travel. Up to date, has been used aircraft from Italian Air Force 31th Air Wing based... more
IndustryFORGEARD, AIRBUS, FEELS ''POISONED'' BY STONECIPHER, BOEING DECLARATIONS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Declarations of Harry Stonecipher, Boeing vice chairman about the fact that would be Airbus to try to damage the GE-Honeywell merger, have raised the tension between the two industries,... more
IndustryCHINA WILL BUILT REGIONAL PLANES BY ALLIANCE AIRCRAFT
LE BOURGET, PARIS, According to an agreement signed in the secnd opening day at Le Bourget Paris Air Show, AVIC II, a Chinese aeronautical industry willl built in China the Alliance aircraft regional plane... more
IndustryNORTHROP SUPPLY EGYPT WITH A EC-2 HAWKEYE
USA, Northrop Grumman signed a contract with Egypt for the supply of a EC-2 Hawkeye 2000 aircraft in export configuration. In the contract, worth 163 USDm,is comprised also the upgrade of another Egyptian... more
IndustryDSF TO BUY 50 CRJ AIRCRAFTS FROM BOMBARDIER
PARIS, Bombardier Aerospace today sai, during Paris air show, that Deutsche Structured Finance (DSF) intended to buy 50 of its CRJ series aircraft. The $1.5 billion deal covers 30 70-seat CRJ700s and 20... more
IndustryBOEING: THE SONIC CRUISER ISN'T A ''PAPER PLANE''
LE BOURGET, PARIGI, In a interview released at Le Bourget Air Show, Boeing commercial airplanes division President, Alan Mulally, declared that the Sonic Cruiser, the Boeing project for an aircraft capable... more
IndustryALSO LUFTHANSA IN BOEING'S CUSTOMERS WALLET FOR INTERNET CONNECTIONS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Is Lufthansa the first customer outside United States to have signed a contract with Boeing to use its Connexxion Internet access system on board own aircrafts. Boeing yet signed contracts... more
IndustryNOT YET READY THE ROCKWELL/SMITHS REPLY TO GE/HONEYWELL MERGER
LE BOURGET, PARIS, In a interview released at Le Bourget Paris Air Show, officials of Rockwell Collins and Smiths Group Plc have not been able to give futher information about possibility that forecasted... more
IndustryAIRBUS CONFIDENT TO REACH 100 ORDERS FOR A380 AIRCRAFT BY THE END OF THE YEAR
PARIS, Noel Forgeard, Airbus Industrie's ceo, yesterday said to be confident that the french aviation industry will reach the "100-firm-order milestone" for the A380 by year end, "plus or minus three months".... more
IndustryBEEL OPENS BELLAERO
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Bell Helicopter opened a new maintenance support division called BellAero, which will supply to all military helicopters customers the technical support, maintenance and design and production... more
IndustryBOEING PRESENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME ITS NEW 737-900
LE BOURGET, PARIS, After less than a month of the first delivery of a 737-900 at launch customer Alaska Airlines, Boeing presented, for the first time in an AirShow, its aircraft to the public, which has... more
IndustryBOMBARDIER SHOWS ITS NEW CRJ900 AT PARIS AIR SHOW
PARIS, Bombardier yesterday unveiled its new 86-seat CRJ900. The aircraft has Mesa Air Group as launch customer that has already ordered 20 planes and another 10 were ordered from GECAS. Certification... more
IndustryEC ASK GE TO DISMISS HONEYWELL ACTIVITIES FOR 2,2 USDBN
LE BOURGET, PARIS, According General Electric sources, European Commission for competition would ask GE to dismiss activities in Honeywell, which GE want to acquire, for a value of about 2,2 USDbn. This... more
IndustryEC SUSPENDS DECISIONS FOR GE IN HONEYWELL ACQUISITION
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Seem that an agreement between European Commission and General Electric on GE's proposed acquisition of Honeywell International is still were far from to be reached. Concerning about... more
IndustryAIRBUS REPLY TO BOEING FOR ''AIRBORNE INTERNET''
TOULOSE, FRANCE, Aeronautical French industry Airbus, in reply to Boeing's Connexxion on board internet connection system, announced that has acquired a 30% stake in Seattle-based (as Boeing) Tenzing Communications.... more
IndustryLOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED A NEAR 211 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Lockheed Martin Technology Service Group, Cherry Hill, N.J., is being awarded a near 211 USDm contract to provide for operational and maintenance of the Air Combat Command's Tethered Aerostat Radar... more
IndustryBOEING UNVEILS PLANS FOR ITS ''AIRBORNE INTERNET''
SEATTLE, USA, U.S. aeronautical industry Boeing unveiled some details of its Connexxion system to allow passengers to connect to Internet when on board aircrafts. Three major U.S. airlines, American Airlines,... more