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Paris 2011: Safran Supplements Virgin America’s $1.4 Billion Order for CFM Leap Engines with $400 Million Support Contract

Virgin America’s eve-of-Paris-show $1.4 billion order for CFM International Leap engines to power its 30 Airbus A320neo airliners provided validation of pa

Paris 2011: ITT’s Gorgon Stare’s “Unblinking Eye” Providing Intelligence from Reaper UAVs in Afghanistan

The system has overcome early integration problems and is delivering actionable intelligence to warfighters in Afghanistan.

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Paris 2011: Hypersonic Hyperbole

HyperMach Aerospace Industries unveiled plans for its SonicStar V-tailed supersonic business jet (SSBJ) at the Paris Air Show.

Paris 2011: CAE Expands Global Footprint of Training Facilities and Simulators

CAE (Hall 3 C60) and Mitsui (Hall 4 F169) announced that they plan to establish a joint-venture training center in Japan for the new

Paris 2011: North Sea Weather Baptizes Le Bourget Debut of AgustaWestland’s AW189 Twin-engine Helicopter

Dark clouds and a strong breeze failed to prevent yesterday’s unveiling of AgustaWestland’s latest civil helicopter, the eight-ton multi-role AW189.

Paris 2011: Qatar Airways Orders Six Boeing 777-300ERs Worth $1.7 Billion

Qatar Airways has placed a follow-on order for six Boeing 777-300ERs, the companies announced yesterday at the show.

Paris 2011: ENAC Picks Daher-Socata for TB 20 Upgrades

Daher-Socata (Hall 2B C186, Static C63) has been s

Paris 2011: Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion Passes Certification Milestones

Four years after unveiling its next-generation

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Paris 2011: Boeing’s 747-8 Freighter Makes Green Entrance to Paris

The Boeing 747-8 Freighter landed here at Paris Le Bourget Airport yesterday at 5:35 p.m., after completing the first transatlantic flight of a commercial

Paris 2011: Bombardier Lands New C Series Order

A undisclosed “major network carrier” has placed a firm order for 10 Bombardier CSeries CS100s and has agreed to become the aircraft’s first operator, the

Paris 2011: Boeing must act now on narrowbodies, says ILFC chief

Boeing needs to “get on with it,” if it is to compete with the Airbus A320neo, according to International Lease Finance Corporation CEO Henri Courpron.

Paris 2011: Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. Plots Course To Become One of the Industry’s Top Three Companies

Paris 2011: Raytheon Targeting Infrared Countermeasure Products for U.S. Army and Air Force

Raytheon has used its missile experience to develop an infrared countermeasures (IRCM) capability that is vying to provide a LAIRCM (large-aircraft IRCM) s

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Paris 2011: Where Next for Russian Helicopters Following Share Flotation Flop?

Russian Helicopters has had to go back to the drawing board on plans to raise fresh capital, following last month’s failed attempt at a $500 million share

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Paris 2011: Rostvertol’s Upgraded Mi-26T2 Looks for Sales in India

Rostvertol is at the show promoting its Mi-26T2, an upgraded version of its popular heavy-lift helicopter, in the hope of securing sales to India and other

Paris 2011: Hawker Beechcraft’s Attack Version of Popular T-6 Texan TrainerAT-6 Awaits LAS/LAAR Aimed at USAF Programsdecision

While Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) the company waits on a decision from the U.S.

Paris 2011: Eaton displays top product enhancements

Eaton Aerospace (Hall 2B Stand D32) comes to Paris celebrating its centenary–100 years in which it has grown from a small axle business into a company with

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