International News
Qantas reaches settlement with Rolls-Royce over QF32
Pubblicato da Naviganti.org il 22 giugno 2011 alle ore 09:56
DATE:22/06/11 SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence news Australia's Qantas Airways reached an agreement with Rolls-Royce in relation to the uncontained engine failure on an Airbus A380 in November. The carrier said that the settlement includes the end of legal proceedings that it had initiated after the incident, which resulted in the grounding of the airline's Leggi il resto...
PARIS: Elbit unveils airliner anti-missile countermeasures model
Pubblicato da Naviganti.org il 22 giugno 2011 alle ore 06:57
Israeli company Elbit Systems has unveiled a full-size model of its commercial multi-spectral infrared countermeasure (C-MUSIC) system for the protection of large jet aircraft against man-portable missiles at the show. The pod is 2.7m (9ft) long and will be carried under an aircraft's belly. The pod at the show is fitted with see-through windows to enable visitors to Leggi il resto...
PARIS: Irkut tests new wingbox for MS-21
Pubblicato da Naviganti.org il 22 giugno 2011 alle ore 03:55
Irkut president Alexey Fedorov said the carbon wingbox for the Irkut MS-21 regional jet was subjected to bench testing earlier this year as part of the next-generation narrowbody technology proving process. Most of the composite parts in its airframe will be made using an infusion-diffusion process that does not require big autoclaves. Although this technology is Leggi il resto...
PARIS: Perseus set to go on the attack
Pubblicato da Naviganti.org il 22 giugno 2011 alle ore 00:56
MBDA has unveiled a concept for a new ramjet powered surface attack missile capable of attacking ships and land targets with multiple smart warheads. The CVS401 Perseus is conceived as a weapon in the 800kg (1,760lb) class with a range of 300km (162nm). The weapon would replace missiles such as the Boeing Harpoon and the Exocet, as well as cruise missiles such as Leggi il resto...
PARIS: Martin-Baker seats save in Spain
Pubblicato da Naviganti.org il 21 giugno 2011 alle ore 21:55
While Martin-Baker has been displaying its wares here at Le Bourget, the UK-based firm's ejection seats have saved two more lives in Spain. On Monday, two Spanish air force pilots banged out of a Casa 101 aircraft at San Javier airport in the Murcia region of Spain after developing technical problems, said the UK's Aerospace, Defence and Security Industries (ADS) Leggi il resto...
PARIS: AgustaWestland acquires Bell tiltrotor
Pubblicato da Naviganti.org il 21 giugno 2011 alle ore 18:56
AgustaWestland has accomplished its long-rumoured acquisition of Bell Helicopter's BA609 civilian tiltrotor, now called the AW609. "The acquisition fits with AgustaWestland's strategy of new products for dual use, commercial and parapublic aircraft," said AgustaWestland chief executive Bruno Spagnolini. The announcement was made a day after AgustaWestland unveiled Leggi il resto...
PARIS: 747-8F biofuel pilot takes landmark flight in his stride
Pubblicato da Naviganti.org il 21 giugno 2011 alle ore 15:55
One of the pilots who flew the biofuel-powered Boeing 747-8 Freighter from Seattle to Le Bourget has described the landmark flight as uneventful, with nothing out of the ordinary to report. Speaking to Flightglobal on board the aircraft, Captain Rick Braun said the fact that all four General Electric GEnx-2B engines were powered by a blend of 15% camelina-based Leggi il resto...
PARIS: P&WC predicts engine step change
Pubblicato da Naviganti.org il 21 giugno 2011 alle ore 12:55
Pratt & Whitney Canada president John Saabas says a new turboprop engine being developed by the Montreal-based "small engine" arm of P&W US will exhibit a "step change" in performance over existing engines. Aimed at the 5,000-8,000shp (3,700-5,960kW) market for the 90- to 100-seat clean-sheet, large-cabin turboprop programmes being contemplated by several Leggi il resto...
PARIS: GKN seals CFRP recycling deal
Pubblicato da Naviganti.org il 21 giugno 2011 alle ore 09:57
GKN Aerospace took a step forward this month to cracking one of the big drawbacks of carbonfibre components: recycling. A deal with Recycled Carbon Fibre of Birmingham will see scraps from GKN's carbon aerostructures operation at Cowes, Isle of Wight, shipped to the West Midlands for recycling into paints and coatings, thermoplastic polymers, composite tooling and Leggi il resto...
PARIS: GE-AVIC accelerate Shanghai staffing for avionics joint venture
Pubblicato da Naviganti.org il 21 giugno 2011 alle ore 06:56
GE says its integrated avionics joint venture with China's AVIC is on track to gain final approval by the Chinese government by year's end as the two companies accelerate staffing and readying facilities in Shanghai. The two agreed to form GE-AVIC Avionics Systems in 2009 and were selected in 2010 to provide the integrated avionics system for the Comac C919 Leggi il resto...
