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Airbus’s A350 XWB Airliner Soars at Farnborough Airshow

Airbus’s A350 XWB Airliner Soars at Farnborough Airshow
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Boeing’s F/A-18F Super Hornet Shakes the Farnborough Airshow

Boeing’s F/A-18F Super Hornet Shakes the Farnborough Airshow
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A400M Airlifter Demonstrates Its Agility at Farnborough Airshow

A400M Airlifter Demonstrates Its Agility at Farnborough Airshow
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Saab JAS 39 Gripen Fighter Flies Over Farnborough

Saab JAS 39 Gripen Fighter Flies Over Farnborough
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Neo & Max Backlogs Beef Up As Show Orders Top $52 Billion

Both Boeing and Airbus have achieved significant new business so far this week at the Farnborough International Airshow.
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Avionics

BAE Develops Laser Air Speed Sensor

The Laser Air Speed Sensing Instrument (LASSI) is on display at Farnborough Airshow.
Aircraft

Bravo Industries Orders 10 LM-100J

The Brazilian logistics group will use the commercial aircraft for cargo delivers once it receives FAA certification in 2018.
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Raytheon Touts T-100 Jet as a Full Training Solution

Raytheon is pitching its T-100 proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s jet trainer replacement program as a robust training solution—with a jet attached.
Maintenance and Modifications

Mubadala-Solvay Venture Will Provide Composites for Boeing 777X

Plans call for the 50/50 joint venture to supply prepreg composite materials for the empennage and floor beams of the 777X beginning in 2021.
Avionics

Elbit Advances with Hercules Upgrades

The new system includes a large HUD that shows video imagery with flight and navigation symbology overlaid in 2D and 3D.
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Aircraft

FCS Takes Second Diamond DA62

Private air navigation calibration service adds second light twin piston one month after delivery of its first DA62.
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Training and Workforce

Martin Baker Has Fix for F-35 Seat Safety Issue

Low-speed ejection testing in 2015 revealed an increased risk of neck injury for lightweight.
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Avionics

EasyJet A320s to Get Thales/ACSS T3CAS

T3CAS incorporate collision and terrain avoidance capability.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Lightweight EW Protection for UAVs

Elbit Systems and Sigint–Elisra have developed a very lightweight self-protection/jamming system particularly suited to unmanned air vehicles.
Aircraft

Hurkus Trainer Good to Go

Turkish type approved by EASA.
Maintenance and Modifications

Ruag Touts New-build Do228 Turboprops

Swiss manufacturer breathes new life into a long-successful airframe design.
Maintenance and Modifications

Crane Announces SmartStem Win

Mix of military and commercial deals enhance bottom line as it also signs AAT as distributor.
Maintenance and Modifications

MB Aerospace Acquires Poland’s Vac-Aero

Plans call for the business to remain at its two current sites and assume the brand name MB Aerospace Technologies Poland.
Maintenance and Modifications

Click Bond Reveals Lightweight Screw

The LoMas hollow steel screw, lighter than equivalent titanium screws, is kicking off a range of lightweight components from Click Bond.
Rotorcraft

LM-Armed Black Hawk Made in Poland

Lockheed Martin’s acquisition of Sikorsky has led to a version of the Black Hawk helicopter with mostly LM weaponry.
Aircraft

Legacy 450 Bizjet Stretches Its Legs

Range extended by 329 nautical miles, to 2,904 nm.
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Liebherr Showcases Flight Control Products

German manufacturer touts environmentally friendly anti-corrosives, 3D printing, and electronic control components at its display.
Regulations and Government

ARSA Warns of 'Backroom Deal' in FAA BIll

The association is objecting to measures involving mandatory drug and alcohol testing and background checks.
Engines

GE Preps To Manufacture Advanced Turboprop in Europe

Initially rated at 1,300 shp, future iterations of the ATP will range from 850 to 1,650 shp.
Airports

FAA Scales Back Proposed Airport SMS Rule

Originally proposed in 2010, the new rule will tighten its focus on the airports, involving approximately half the number originally considered.
Engines

Continued Success for Unison

Unison has won contracts with Dubai-based Emirates, and Safran of France.
Aircraft

250th F-35 Fuselage Rolls Out

P&W and Rolls-Royce will work together at RAF Marham to support F135 engines and the LiftSystems.
Maintenance and Modifications

Nordam to Manufacture Major Structural Components of F-35

Through an agreement with Northrup Grumman, Nordam will produce three new components made of composite materials.
Aircraft

IAI Toasts 10th Shipset of Lightning II Wing Components

Contract calls for 811 pairs through 2034 valued at $2 billion.
Aircraft

See the Future in the Show’s Innovation Zone

Display area hosts some two dozen research & technology organizations showcasing developments and capabilities that will shape tomorrow.