CIT Group Inc., a global leader in transportation finance, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus for 50 A320neo Family aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2016. The 32 Airbus aircraft that CIT ordered in June, 2007 are all scheduled for delivery by 2016. CIT chose CFM International’s LEAP-X1A engine to power 15 Airbus A320neo family aircraft.
Defence and security company Saab and Sikorsky have signed a Teaming Agreement regarding support and training services for the Swedish Black Hawk Programme. The agreement relates to support and training services for Sikorsky’s UH-60M Black Hawks to be operated by the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF). The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has purchased 15 Black Hawk helicopters
Bombardier Aerospace has selected Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation to provide key systems content on the new Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets. Hamilton Sundstrand will provide the aircraft’s electric system, including generation and distribution, the high lift actuation system and the auxiliary power unit system. The variable frequency electric power generation system also comprises primary and
Boeing and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA signed an order for 15 Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes at the international 2011 Paris Air Show. The order, valued at $1.2 billion at list prices, brings the total number of 737-800s Norwegian has ordered direct from Boeing to 78. The carrier also has finalized its contract to purchase three Boeing 787 Dreamliners,
MIAT Mongolian Airlines have announced an order for two Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes and one 767-300ER (extended range) airplane. The order, valued at $245 million at list prices, marks the first time in more than two decades that MIAT Mongolian Airlines will extend its route network by purchasing Boeing airplanes instead of leasing them.
A new Helicopter Centre will be developed within the Malaysian International Aerospace Centre and will become the hub for all rotary wing operations and activities. As the anchor tenant of the Helicopter Centre, Eurocopter Malaysia will begin operations at the new location from April 2012, with installation of a EC225/EC725 Full Flight Simulator also targeted
Crane Aerospace & Electronics signed multiple agreements at the Paris Air Show. The first agreement was signed with ECE, a Zodiac Aerospace company, to supply its Transformer Rectifier Units (TRUs) on the Electrical Power Distribution Systems (EPDS) for the Airbus A350XWB. There are seven TRUs within the Electrical Power Distribution System. The ECE Electrical Power Distribution Systems control
The CIRCOR Aerospace Products Group, a business unit of CIRCOR International, has been selected by Safran / Messier-Bugatti-Dowty to manufacture retraction actuators for their A330 and A340 main landing gear. CIRCOR Aerospace will support all versions of these actuators, including the basic configuration and enhanced configuration for each aircraft. CIRCOR Aerospace will perform the manufacturing, final
Boeing and Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), China’s largest state-owned aviation company, will open the AVIC-Boeing Manufacturing Innovation Center (MIC) in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China. Geng Ruguang, executive vice president of AVIC, and Ray Conner, vice president and general manager of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Supply Chain Management & Operations, signed the agreement on behalf of
SAS has placed an order for 30 Airbus A320neo with an option of an additional 11 Airbus A320neo with first delivery from the second half of 2016 and final delivery during 2019. SAS has selected CFM International’s advanced LEAP engine to power these 30 new Airbus A320neo aircraft scheduled to begin delivery in 2016. The engine order is valued
