General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, (GA-ASI) and GKN Aerospace have signed a contract for GKN Aerospace to manufacture the advanced composite V-tails for GA-ASI’s new MQ-9B SkyGuardian® Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) from its Cowes facility in the United Kingdom. SkyGuardian is the baseline system of the U.K. Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Protector RG Mk1 and […]
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Astronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced technologies and products to the global aerospace, defense and other mission-critical industries, has reported financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2020. Astronics has posted fourth-quarter revenues of US$114.8 million, down 42.1% from the comparator period of 2019, but up 7.8% sequentially from the third
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After an incident over Denver at the weekend where one of the Pratt & Whitney engines on a Boeing 777 caught fire, the U.K has banned all other 777s with this engine type from entering its airspace. In turn, Boeing has advised all airlines which operate this older model of aircraft, the 777-200 and 777-300,
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International Airlines Group (IAG) has confirmed two financing agreements that British Airways has reached that will increase total liquidity by £2.45 billion. On December 31, 2020, IAG announced that British Airways had received commitments for a five-year Export Development Guarantee term-loan of £2.0 billion underwritten by a syndicate of banks, partially guaranteed by U.K. Export
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Regional One, a purchaser, lessor, and seller of aircraft, aircraft parts, engines and engine parts, has chosen Acumen Aviation’s (Acumen) SPARTA Enterprise Asset Management software solution to support its entire fleet, comprising of more than 170 aircraft, engines, and other major assemblies. SPARTA is a cloud-based integrated platform designed, based on an in-depth understanding of
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Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has signed long-term lease agreements for seven Airbus A321neo aircraft with IndiGo, India’s largest passenger airline. All seven aircraft will be powered by CFM International’s Leading Edge Aviation Propulsion (LEAP) engines and are scheduled to be delivered in 2021. Firoz Tarapore, Chief Executive Officer of DAE said: “We are delighted to
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Revima, a leading independent APU and landing gear MRO specialist, has reached an agreement with Pratt & Whitney to renew and expand its authorized repair facility agreement on a worldwide basis for a variety of APU models (APS500, APS1000, APS2000 and APS2100) for both commercial and military applications, and for the remaining life of the
Air bp, the international aviation fuel products and service supplier, has announced that all its fuel hydrant dispenser vehicles in Portugal now have stop-start technology. This is the first country in Air bp’s operated network to achieve the milestone and forms one element of the business’ carbon management plan. Effective immediately, Air bp will have
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HAECO Group is establishing a new centralized commercialorganization, which will more effectively project the Group’s expanding capabilities, service and product offerings to a worldwide customer base, improving customer focus and advocacy. This development will supplement the existing network that HAECO maintains in supporting service levels to its customers globally. HAECO Group has named Richard Kendall,
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that from January 29 this year, it has been monitoring the flights of all Boeing’s 737 MAX jets using data supplied by Aireon LLC, a traffic surveillance company. In November 2020, both Aireon and L3Harris Technologies announced a new partnership with the FAA which gave the FAA
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