The new Embraer KC-390 multi-mission military transport and tanker jet will start a series of flight trials in the United States as part of its flight test campaign for certification. The aircraft left Brazil on November 18 and arrived at Embraer´s facility in Jacksonville, Florida on November 21. For the next two to three weeks, […]
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Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg has taken delivery of the SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) flying observatory for a scheduled C-check. The aircraft is a heavily modified Boeing 747SP and is a joint project between the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Coordination of the operation of SOFIA
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Boeing and Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, have finalized an order for 75 737 MAX airplanes. The confirmed order is for 55 MAX 8s and 20 MAX 10s, with options for 20 additional MAX 8s. The agreement, announced as a memorandum of understanding at the 2017 Paris Air Show, is valued at nearly US$11bn
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Bombardier has launched an offering of US$900m aggregate principal amount of new Senior Notes due 2024 (the Notes). The net proceeds of the offering are expected to be used to finance a tender offer (the Tender Offer) for all US$600m aggregate principal amount outstanding of Bombardier’s 4.75% Senior Notes due 2019 (2019 Notes) and the
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Aerospace Engineering Solutions (AES), a UK based aerospace design and certification organisation, has developed a retrofit solution for the Low Frequency Underwater Locator Device (LF-ULD) for Airbus and Boeing aircraft single aisle aircraft family. By January 1st, 2019, all aircraft with a maximum take‐off mass of over 45,000 kg operating over oceanic areas are to
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Airbus has been selected by Singapore Airlines (SIA) to provide cabin retrofit services for 14 A380 aircraft currently in service with the carrier. The retrofit programme, which will be undertaken at SIA Engineering Company in Singapore, will see the airline’s recently launched cabin products installed on the aircraft. The new cabin products will debut on
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Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) has been awarded a 15-year contract for Boeing 787 aircraft component support by Gulf Air. Under the agreement, ST Aerospace will provide comprehensive component Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBH™) support covering component exchange, repair, overhaul, modification, reliability monitoring and logistics services for Gulf Air’s new fleet of Boeing 787-9 aircraft. ST Aerospace provides
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U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded GE Aviation a US$143,481,258 Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract to build 22 T408-GE-400 engines that will power the U.S. Marine Corps’ CH-53K King Stallion helicopters. This contract follows the April 4, 2017 Milestone C decision by the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) approving LRIP production. After completing a series
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, has announced the re-pricing and partial repayment of its US$500m Term Loan B-1 (TLB-1) facility. The TLB-1 facility, with a September 2020 maturity, was originally priced in March 2017 at LIBOR plus 2.25% with a LIBOR floor of 0%. The facility has now been repriced at LIBOR plus 1.75%
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Boeing and Aircraft Philipp Group GmbH have signed a five-year contract to manufacture machine parts for the global fleet of the H-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter at its facilities in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. This is the first Boeing contract with Aircraft Philipp Group, which joins Boeing’s significant supplier base of more than 35 companies in Bavaria
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