Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter finally made its Farnborough Airshow debut this week, impressing visitors to the trade show with its hovering capabilities.
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Our editors are at the Farnborough Airshow this week. Listen in as they discuss key developments including the F-35, the future of the A380 and what a middle-of-the-market airplane will look like.
Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier believes this week’s decision to reduce production of the Airbus A380 bought the company about 2–3 years to find new orders and to continue producing its largest aircraft for a longer overall run.
To make up for a capacity shortfall caused by delays in the Airbus A350 delivery stream, Qatar Airways is considering an additional order for Boeing 777-300ERs, CEO Akbar Al Baker told Aviation Week.
A KC-46 equipped with a reworked boom has successfully refueled a C-17 heavy cargo aircraft, a sign that Boeing’s tanker troubles may finally be coming to an end.
Eight years after launching the Leap engine to succeed the CFM56, CFM is poised for service entry of the first Leap-1A-powered Airbus A320neo, with six operators expected to take the new engine-airframe combination in the first 100 days.
European low-cost carrier Wizz Air has placed orders and options for up to 432 Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofans worth US$2.5 billion for its future fleet of Airbus A321neos.
A 64-year old historic Auster originally restored by the editor of Aviation Week ShowNews is appearing over the public weekend in the static display at Farnborough Airshow.
Lockheed Martin is marketing its LM-100J civil Hercules variant in tandem with the newly unveiled LMH-1 cargo carrying hybrid airship as part of the company’s broader strategic initiative to grow its commercial aerospace business.
General Electric has set out to become the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming itself by using Big Data to shape everything from the way it makes things to supporting customers in the field.
RUAG has already completed and sold the start-up batch of eight “ex-228NGs” from its relaunched production of the modernized Dornier turboprop-twins and is expecting to fly the first of the follow-ons before the end of this year.
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Russian engineering company Progresstech has partnered with U.S. software specialist Altair to promote and distribute Altair’s software technology and methods in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Embraer is at Farnborough promoting its Sisfron border surveillance system, which includes electronic warfare, UAVs, radars and communications to work in conjunction with the A-29 Super Tucano turboprop for close air support.
Saab CEO Håkan Buskhe is betting on reactivity at development and production levels to keep its Gripen C/D and Gripen E fighters attractive to foreign buyers.
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