Content Archive: December 2006

Engines

GEnx orders may swell here

Orders for as many as 250 new General Electric (GE) GEnx engines are expected here at the Paris Air Show this week as the Boeing 787 program gathers pace a

NATO eyes surveillance plan

The largest multinational industrial consortium yet assembled for a defense program will gather this morning to brief on progress on the e4-billion-plus Al

Bombardier plans major parts storage

Bombardier is redoubling efforts to improve customer service through a series of initiatives designed to address customer complaints.
Aircraft

MA60 may become freighter

Xi’an Aircraft Industry is showing a model here at Le Bourget of a proposed cargo version of its MA60 regional turboprop.

Qinetiq sunscreens aircraft

Qinetiq is here at the Paris Air Show with a new sunscreen for heat-sensitive aircraft.
Aircraft

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

The Pilatus Porter never won any beauty contests and may look as if a committee designed it.

Elisra melds offense and defense

The maxim that attack is the best form of defense implies that the two modes are effectively two sides of the same combat coin.
Aircraft

New Grob jet features quick-change luxury

Selected by Grob to design and engineer the cabins for both the new SPn Utility Jet and the G-160 Ranger, Germany’s Rücker Aerospace could draw on the expe

MiG will upgrade Slovakian MiG-29s

During a press conference here at the Paris Air show on Tuesday, MiG announced it has been selected by the Slovak Air Force to upgrade its MiG-29s.

High-altitude, Solar-powered UAV

Qinetiq (Hall 2B in the UK Pavilion, Stand J13/4) announced it had received a contract from Belgian space systems company Verheart to build a solar-powered