9 March 2010

Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI), has finalized an agreement to license Boeing engineering data to develop MD-80 passenger-to-freighter conversions. AEI will become a Supplemental Type Certificate holder for MD-81, MD-82, MD-83 and MD-88 Passenger to Freighter Conversions. As an STC holder, working with licensed Boeing engineering data, AEI customers will now be eligible for access to …

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Airbus will increase the monthly production rate for its single-aisle A320 Family from the current rate of 34 to 36, starting December 2010. The production rate for the long-range A330/A340 Family will be maintained at the current level of eight per month. Airbus’ decision to raise its single-aisle production rate is driven by the continuing …

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Rolls-Royce has been awarded a $75 million MissionCare contract by the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). Under the eleven-month contract, which includes four option years, logistics support will be provided for the Rolls-Royce AE 1107C-Liberty engines that power the U.S. Marine Corps

Parker Hannifin announced that Rolls-Royce has exercised its option to add Parker Aerospace’s heat management valves to the pneumatics package it already supplies on the Trent XWB engine program. Parker estimates that the package will generate approximately $175 million in revenues over the life of the program. Product design, manufacture, and support will be completed …

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