Boeing announced the selection of its Everett, Wash., site as the location for a new composite wing center for the 777X program. Boeing evaluated criteria that were designed to find the wing fabrication location that would best support the 777X business plan. The new composite wing center will be located north of the Everett factory
AerData, the provider of software and services for the aviation industry announced that Engineering Holding, Russia’s largest domestic MRO provider, is to acquire STREAM aircraft records software. STREAM (Secure Technical Records for Electronic Asset Management) is the industry’s foremost web-based solution used by some of the world’s largest airlines, lessors and MROs to manage aircraft
MTU Aero Engines AG has built on the record year of 2012 with its business figures for 2013: MTU improved its all-time high in revenues to €3,741.7m (2012: €3,378.6m), and is thus fully in line with its revenue forecast of around €3.7bn. Earnings matched the record level of 2012: At €377.3m, operating profit clearly met
Fokker Services, part of Fokker Technologies, opened its brand new component maintenance facility in Singapore. The facility is co-located with the existing airframe heavy maintenance facility at Seletar AeroSpace Park, Fokker Services Asia. The shop’s capabilities are focused on regional aircraft types including ATR 42/72, Bombardier Dash 8 and Fokker, as well as narrowbodies such
AAR’s aircraft maintenance operation in Lake Charles received certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to work on European aircraft. It’s the latest milestone for the facility, which opened in September and specializes in wide-body aircraft. The Lake Charles repair station previously handled European aircraft under a short-term approval granted through AAR’s EASA-certified maintenance,
Boeing and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) have successfully completed the Mid-Life Upgrade modification on the first of four E-3F Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, for the French Air Force. The upgrade is part of a Foreign Military Sale in 2010 between France’s Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA)
Astronics Corporation reported consolidated sales increased by $38.0m, or 56.4%, to $105.5m compared with the same period last year. The acquired businesses accounted for $23.8m of sales in the 2013 fourth quarter, all in the aerospace segment. Consolidated gross profit was $25.2m, up $7.6m from the fourth quarter of 2012. Consolidated gross margin was 23.9%
Airbus Helicopters has signed a contract with the Spanish Traffic Department to supply a total of seven helicopters: four AS355NP Ecureuils and three EC135s, with the latter aircraft to be operated by Spain’s National Police Force. Delivery will begin in 2014 with one EC135 and one AS355NP and will be completed in 2016. Spain’s Traffic
EPCOR can henceforth offer its expertise and MRO services to all carriers operating Boeing 787 aircraft equipped with the APS 5000 auxiliary power units (APUs) manufactured by Hamilton Sundstrand. The offer includes APU repair and maintenance including warranty repairs, along with the supply of spares. In the second half of 2014 EPCOR will have its
Aviation training management software, MOMook, has added the reporting system which is based on Aeronautical Radio Inc. (ARINC) Standard Measurements for Flight Simulator Quality. From now on, MOMook is capable to provide comprehensive full flight simulator utilization data for a better monitoring and operation management. MOMook now includes such reports as Synthetic Training Device (STD)
