Panasonic Avionics (Panasonic) will be providing inflight entertainment (IFE) for Kuwait Airways’ new fleet of eight Airbus A330-800neo aircraft. Kuwait Airways will become the first airline to operate the A330-800neo aircraft, starting in the second quarter of 2020 when it joins the airline’s existing fleet of Airbus A320 and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, which are already
StandardAero has completed its 3,000th workscope on the GE Aviation CF34 turbofan engine, which is widely used on regional jet airliners around the world. StandardAero was first appointed as a GE Aviation Authorized Service Provider (ASP) for the CF34-3 and CF34-8 in 2001. The milestone 3,000th engine workscope shipped was a CF34-8C5B1 powering a CRJ700
Honeywell is developing a line of lighter-weight, electro-mechanical flight controls to bring agility and safety to a new breed of urban air vehicles that can take off and land vertically. These actuators use small amounts of electricity to move control surfaces on the aircraft and are specially designed to withstand the vibrations and power requirements
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Saltillo, Mexico-based Aeronaves T.S.M. S.A. de C.V. (TSM) with two additional AEI MD-83SF freighter conversions. The first MD-83 (MSN 49945) will commence modification in March 2020, followed by the second MD-83 modification beginning in November 2020. Touch labor for both modifications will be performed by
During the end of 2019, TP Aerospace moved into a brand-new facility of MRO services and warehousing in Orlando, Florida. The new 60,000 ft² facility is conveniently located only six miles from Orlando International Airport and like all TP Aerospace MRO workshops, it has been installed with new machinery specific to repairing and overhauling airlines
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has won a US$240 million IDIQ contract to manufacture the wings for the T-38 jet trainers used by the US Air Force. IAI has been producing high quality T-38 wings since 2011, which contributed to the large award. In service with the US Air Force since the 1960s, the T-38 jet
GKN Fokker Elmo has signed a contract to supply electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWIS) for the new Boeing 777X family. Production will start at the end of the first quarter 2020. The 777X EWIS will be delivered out of a number of strategic global locations, such as China, the Netherlands, and the new state-of-the-art wiring
Rolls-Royce has appointed Arrow Aviation as the newest FIRST network™ Authorized Maintenance Repair & Overhaul Center (AMROC). Headquartered in Broussard, Louisiana, Arrow Aviation will provide certified MRO services for M250 and RR300 engine customers. Previously, as a Rolls-Royce M250 Authorized Maintenance Center, Arrow Aviation provided comprehensive in-house component repair reworks capabilities to customers worldwide. As
Spirit AeroSystems has reached an agreement with Boeing relating to the 737 MAX production rate. Under the agreement, Spirit will restart production slowly, ramping up deliveries throughout the year to reach a total of 216 MAX shipsets delivered to Boeing in 2020. Spirit does not expect to achieve a production rate of 52 shipsets per
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering), a global technology, defense and engineering group has released that for the fourth quarter of 2019, its business sectors secured more than SG$1.5 billion of new contracts, bringing the full year 2019 contract value to SG$7 billion. Including the contract for one unit of Polar Security Cutter, the Group’s
