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Airbus Aircraft has been one of the most successful aircraft manufacturing companies, they have been recognized for their state of the art manufacturing capabilities and edge technologies. Their recognition has delivered them customers from all over the globe including military and government forces that depend on reliable equipment that will last them in the line of duty. Having said that, Norwegian’s subsidiary Arctic Aviation Ltd. has received their first order of an Airbus airplane, the Airbus320neo. This is not the only airplane that they will receive but instead this is the first airplane of an order of 70 aircrafts that have been requested by the Norwegian company. This has also been the first order of 12 aircrafts for the Hong Kong carrier HK Express, because there are business relationships between Arctic Aviation Assets Ltd (AAA) and HK Express.
Learn MoreThe UK Royal Air Force has decided to invest an approximate 1 billion dollars into their medium altitude long endurance division of aircrafts. They will put their moneys toward producing 16 Certifiable Predator B (CPB) airframes in addition to the production of their ground controls stations and sensors (GCS). Due to the price fluctuation of the armed Reaper UAVs from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and other reasons the contact is still under review.
Learn MoreThe Italian Army has received a grant fund of 487 million dollars from the Italian Parliament’s Defense Committee to create a new helicopter which will replace the current 1980’s AW129 Mangusta attack helicopter. Agusta Helicopter's AW129 Mangusta was originally produced and designed by Agusta and holds the distinction as being the first attack helicopter to be wholly produced and designed in Europe. It entered service in the Italian Army back in 1990’s.
Learn MoreQingdoa has allegedly chosen to allow well known aviation company Pratt & Whitney to supply them with their Purepower geared turbofan (GTF) engine. With an order placed of 18 GTFs to be installed into their newly bought Airbus A320neo aircrafts. Per Pratt and Whitney, the GTF will,” reduce fuel consumption by 16% minimize regulated emissions by 50%, and lower noise by 75 %.” The GTF has been making a well-known name for its self already being implemented in 24 aircrafts in a total of 8 airlines worldwide.
Learn MoreGregory Polek wrote an article for AIN Online talking about how Airbus has been under a lot of heat in order to his 2016 delivery goals. It seems as if CFO Harald Wilhelm is having trouble with certain suppliers as he has having problems resolving issues. In order to meet the goal for A350 airplane goal, Airbus Group would need to delivery 24 more planes. As of October 26th 2016, the company already has plans of delivering in 50 more A350s by the end of the year. In total, this would bring Airbus to 670 airplanes by the end of the year.
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Raytheon has been given the chance to be able to replace the entire US Air Force Northrop Fleet. This process will only be valid if and when Raytheon Aircraft's partnership with Leonardo is successful in a four-way competition to replace the T-38 Talon fleet. The other competitors are amongst some of the most well-known companies in the Industry. With Raytheon being one of the top choices it is competing with Boeing/SAAB, and Northrop Grumman. AS Boeing/SAAB, and Northrop Grumman have not quite picked their assembly location they have sent for some of their beginning clean sheet prototypes to tested in places such as St Louis and Palmdale.
Raytheon has agreed on a final site for the assembly of the T-100 to be held in Meridian Mississippi. Shortly after the Raytheon decision, Lockheed Martin released that they will assemble the T-50 model in Greenville, South Carolina with the help of the Korea Aerospace Industries. Raytheon has a slight advantage with staying put in its primary location and just expanding its manufacturing operations. The plant is located in east Mississippi and will continue to expand to about an approximate 72km west and will be home to the assembly of active electronically scanned arrays for airborne radars. These competitors continue to work vigorously around the clock to be the number one selection for the US Navy contract. Sources say that the Air Force is scheduled to release its final request for proposals for the T-X contract in December. The Ending reward will be the opportunity to replace more than 420 T-38C aircrafts that hare currently serving in the air force as an advanced trainer for fighter and bomber pilots. Raytheon / Leonardo’s team has respectfully agreed to use their M346 model as their bid.
The Production of Bombardiers C series shipment has been delayed due to the delivery delays of the PW1500 geared turbofan produced by Pratt & Whitney. The Shipment commenced with a total of 15 C series to be shipped by the year and has slowly decreased to load of 7. Pratt & Whitney calls a “supply chain difficulty” as a leading reason for the delay but have not yet completely addressed the entire issue. They have agreed on to inform on the step by step of the completion of the order to any customer as they carry out the delivery process.
Learn MoreAirbus Group SE has just announced that they will combine all of its existing divisions into a single company sixteen years after it was initially formed. This represents a major step towards simplifying a business that is a major player in everything from jetliners to space launchers. Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders has made it his personal mission to cut costs and speed up the decision-making process within the company. The number two in the company is Fabrice Bregier who becomes the chief operating officer while also retaining his position as head or president of the main plane making unit which has since been renamed to Airbus Commercial Aircraft. Bregier will have oversight of the company’s entire portfolio as the chief operating officer which includes missiles, satellites, helicopters and defense electronics.
Learn MoreIndia and Russia are having talks about joining intelligence in the aerospace industry and they are agreeing to start a joint business in building the multitask Kamov-226 helicopter in India. This has been stated by the manufacturer Russian Helicopter to Reuters. The Russian President, Vladimir Putin has agreed to travel to India in order to speak with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi about future plans and investments, that are going to happen between the two countries. There has been constant communication between the two countries for months on end in regarding this joint deal of Helicopter Parts and Cargo.
Learn MoreAmphenol has released its end launch SMA connector its newest addition to its RF high frequency connector family. The SMA connector offers a total of two applicable connecting options that are available to choose from. A through hole legs or a traditional slide on mounting leg option designed to make an ideal PCB connector solution for high frequency applications. Designed to create incredible VSWR performance going up to 26.5 GHz. Now Being able to accommodate applications of all sizes of PCB thicknesses aside from Amphenol’s traditional 0.010” and 0.015” diameter center contacts. Amphenol Aerospace is open to optimizing Custom solutions for customers that demand specific PCB launches for customary applications. This latest connector was intended for the use on many projects to house hold appliances. “Amphenol’s High Frequency SMA End Launch connectors are ideal for use in most microwave filter, cellular and broadband amplifier, and wireless infrastructure applications.”
Learn MoreThe Iranian airbase received a Russian spacecraft which too first in combat mission the following day. While the Russian aircraft flew around on the sixteenth of August, it attacked Syrian Provinces named Aleppo and Deir Ezzoir. The Middle East is an oil-rich country and they have accepted Russians again and unfortunately, this is going to cause problems with power inside the Middle East. August 15th concluded with Russian aviation making an appearance at the airbase located in Iran.
Learn MoreTwo billion dollars was given to The Boeing Company received from the Pentagon due to the midcourse defense system that is based on the ground. However, the money was still collected even though targets were not destroyed, like they were intended to. The USA held a regulation on eleven flights for the Defense system. The goal was to shoot the missiles over the Pacific Ocean using an underground cellar procedure. Unfortunately, the targets were not hit, only five out of the eleven were a success. With that being said, this defense system is not dependable on an attack towards North Korea nor Iran. Even though the defense system failed, Boeing still received 21 billion dollars from the Pentagon because of the administering of the system that they provided.
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