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Embraer eyes WTO challenge to Bombardier state funding

May 16 Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA may challenge the state funding received by Canadian rival Bombardier Inc at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a senior executive told Reuters on Monday. Paulo Cesar Silva, the head of Embraer's commercial aviation unit, said in a telephone interview t...

Boeing's most important plane could be headed for trouble

The 787 Dreamliner is the first new plane Boeing has designed and built from scratch in 20 years, but its entry into service has been far from smooth. The program has been beset by engine and production issues. In 2013, the worldwide Dreamliner fleet was grounded after the lithium-ion battery...

Iran, Airbus in talks to finalize huge deal

Iran has begun negotiations with Airbus to finalize the first major deal for purchase of passenger planes since 1979, a senior Iranian official says. The two sides signed a preliminary agreement worth more than $27 billion in January for Iran's purchase of 118 planes from Airbus during a landmark trip to Paris by President Hassan Rouhani. “We started negotiations wit...

FAA approves Embraer's Sorocaba service center in Brazil

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified Embraer Executive Jets’ service center in Sorocaba, Brazil, today for maintenance of the company’s complete business jet portfolio. The approval followed the recent certification granted by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). With certification from these important aviation authorities, in addition to...

Boeing Reveals Just How Far 777 Output Is Poised to Fall

In late 2013, Boeing formally launched the 777X -- the next-generation version of its popular 777 widebody jet. The 777X, which features updated engines and a new wing to boost range, payload, and fuel efficiency compared to the 777, is scheduled to enter service in early 2020. Despite the fact that it has this 777 replacement in the works, Boeing insisted throughout most of 2014 and...

Airbus Helicopters plans to start producing H135 helicopters in Russia in 2017

The European helicopter manufacturer Airbus Helicopters can start producing H135 helicopters in Russia in 2017, press service of the company told TASS on Friday. The company closed an agreement with the Russian helicopter making plant UWCA for manufacturing of helicopters of this model early in 2016. "This kind of project takes time to implement and the planning is still being set up. The...

FLIGHT TEST: 8X, a Falcon formidablé

When the annual EBACE business aviation show kicks of in Geneva on 24 May, Dassault’s new flagship business jet, the ultra-long-range Falcon 8X, will be just days away from its planned joint European Aviation Safety Agency (CS 25) and US Federal Aviation Administration (FAR 25) certification. Its entry into service is planned for the third quarter of 2016. As a guest of Dassault, and on b...

Airbus Identifies ‘Cracking Behavior’ in A400M Military Aircraft

Airbus Group SE disclosed a cracking issue in its A400M military transport aircraft Friday and said its government customers must inspect the planes and make fixes if necessary. The issue doesn’t impact flight safety, the European planemaker said. The issue was first identified in 2011 in tests before the plane went into service, Airbus said in an e-mailed statement. The company has agree...

LHTEC aims for Turkish assembly of CTS800 engine

Helicopter engines joint venture LHTEC is negotiating with Turkish industry as it attempts to localise production of its CTS800 engine to support the nation’s developmental light utility helicopter programme. LHTEC – a partnership between Honeywell and Rolls-Royce – was selected by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) as the propulsion supplier for its twin-engined Tur...

Flight model of Russia’s heavy duty transformer drone undergoes trials

A scale model of Russia’s prospective multipurpose tilt-rotor drone, the Frigate, is currently undergoing trials. The UAV is designed to be used for surveillance, search and rescue operations and cargo transportation purposes. The Frigate unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), being developed by the St. Petersburg-based Kronshtadt Group, is expected to become part of the Russian aviation force, w...

Astronauts won’t be flying to space in Boeing’s Starliner until 2018

Since 2011, NASA has been trying to wean itself off Russian rockets as the only way of getting astronauts up to the International Space Station, and in 2014, Boeing and SpaceX won contracts to carry out launches. Now, though, Boeing says it's going to have to delay its crewed flights, pushing them back from 2017 to 2018. Boeing's executive vice president Leanne Caret made the announcement,...

The eye of the storm

Building a new plane to take on Airbus would be a huge risk for Boeing. BOEING’S factory at Everett, near Seattle, is the largest building in the world, as befits the world’s biggest planemaker. From within its cavernous halls a new passenger jet emerges every working day. After an empty fuselage enters at one end of the factory, it can take as little as a month for some models to e...

Honeywell works to silence objections to civil supersonic flight

Honeywell has embarked on the second phase of a NASA-funded initiative which could help to remove some of the legislative barriers preventing overland supersonic flight. US Federal Aviation Administration regulations have, since 1973, prohibited supersonic flight over land by civil aircraft to limit the potential nuisance of noise pollution generated by the sonic boom. But NASA has been...

Bell Helicopter expands capabilities in Europe

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company announced today that its Prague location officially opened a new paint facility and delivery center –providing full aircraft completion and delivery capabilities to its European customers. “Bell Helicopter’s continued investment in the region reinforces our commitment to our European customers to provide an in-region facility that offers...

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