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Gulfstream Sees Stable Market for Its Bizjets
While deliveries dipped slightly in the first quarter, Gulfstream Aerospace executives maintain they are still seeing solid interest in its flagship G650 and newest mid-cabin G280. “Some deals are...
View ArticleAirbus CEO Considers A320 Production Boost
“Airbus is doing well globally,” said Fabrice Brégier, CEO of Airbus, told a recent gathering of French journalists. He said the market is still well oriented, and a book-to-bill of 1 remains a goal...
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Russia Rethinks Defense Modernization Spending Plans
Several years ago when then-Russian President Dmitri Medvedev announced the beginning of a modernization program for the Russian armed forces, many analysts voiced skepticism that it could be carried...
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Textron Seeks First Buyers for AT-6 and Scorpion Jet
Textron recently participated in U.S. Air Force student joint evaluations of its Beechcraft AT-6 light attack single turboprop and Textron AirLand Scorpion ISR/strike jet. The company has both models...
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Airbus Is Busy Hatching a Nestful of Derivatives
Airbus has no clean-sheet aircraft design under way but is busy with several “incremental” developments or derivatives–the A350-1000 XWB, the A320neo, the A330neo, new A330ceo versions and the Beluga...
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NHIndustries on Display Featuring France's Alat
NHIndustries (NHI, Static C2) is here highlighting its local customer, the French army’s light aviation division (Alat). An Alat NH90TTH is part of the daily flying display and a flight crew that is...
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Lockheed Martin Follows ‘Blueprint’ To Drive Down F-35 Costs
Lockheed Martin (Chalet 316) is taking steps to improve its manufacturing processes for the F-35 Lightning II. The company contends that more efficient manufacturing methods will help it drive down the...
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Bombardier Commercial Boss Looks To Set Record Straight on CSeries
Since assuming the post of president of Bombardier Commercial Aircraft in April, Fred Cromer has spent much of his early tenure assessing the strengths and weaknesses of an organization that has drawn...
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AgustaWestland Delivers AW139 to Ivory Coast
With the recent delivery of an AW139 to the government of the Ivory Coast for transport missions, AgustaWestland claims that the type is the market leader in the intermediate weight class. The company...
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Boeing Keeps World AWACS Fleet ‘Ready, Relevant’
NATO and user nations are modernizing their Boeing 707-based airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft with their distinctive, top-mounted radar domes, keeping them “relevant and ready” for...
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Russian Defense Minister’s Call to Resume Tu-160 Production
“Right now, we need to address not only keeping our long-range aviation assets intact through repair and upgrade, but also resuming production of the Tu-160,” said Russian defense minister Gen. Sergei...
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Dassault Still Hopeful For Full Indian Rafale Deal
Dassault Aviation remains “cautiously optimistic” that India will proceed with the full medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) requirement for 126 Rafales. So said Eric Trappier, chairman and CEO,...
View ArticleIndia's Rafale Buy Spurs Offset Biz
The clearance for the acquisition of 36 Dassault Rafales as part of India’s medium multi-role combat aircraft bid, following Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France in April, is...
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Lack of Funding Undermines Ukraine Air Power
Ukraine’s air force has struggled to find its role in the military conflict sparked by Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula and alleged support for pro-Russian militia occupying eastern...
View ArticleDassault To Open Parts Center In Louisville
Dassault Falcon Jet plans to open its fifth U.S. regional distribution center (RDC) by year-end in Louisville, Ky. The center will be located at UPS Worldport in Louisville, Dassault said, noting this...
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Embraer Rides ‘Next Wave’ of E2 Development
Now that the Embraer E2 program has entered its systems integration phase in earnest, program managers can start to turn their attention toward final assembly of the first of three family members–the...
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The Revolutionary but Thorny U.S. Predator-Reaper Program
Controversy is never absent from the U.S. Predator/Reaper program. Perhaps that is inevitable, with such a revolutionary capability. But 20 years after the first Predator went into service, the issues...
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'Make in India' Push Means More Open Offsets
Defense manufacturing in India is undergoing a transition from a traditional buyer-supplier relationship to a more open and transparent one. Easing of licensing policy, an increase in foreign direct...
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Mitsubishi Plays Catch Up with MRJ Program
Despite the announcement in April that Mitsubishi would delay the first flight of its MRJ regional jet from this spring to September or October, the company continues to cite a second-quarter 2017...
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Superjet Touts New Financing Options To Boost SSJ Sales
Visitors to Sukhoi’s Superjet SSJ100 regional airliner on display here at the Paris Air Show can get an expert guided tour using a new application that uses beacons to transmit information to their...
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