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General Electric to buy Italy’s Avio.
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US industrial giant General Electric is on the verge of a deal to buy Italian aerospace group Avio SpA for as much as three billion euros, or nearly $4 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
The newspaper said… Continue reading
Boeing Begins NASA Solar Electric Propulsion Study
The Boeing Company has begun work on a four-month NASA contract to develop a mission concept study for solar electric propulsion technologies. Under the $600,000 firm, fixed-price contract, Boeing will evaluate concepts that combine high-power solar arrays with advanced electric… Continue reading
Eurocopter innovation puts the focus on safety with the worlds first flight of a hybrid helicopter combining an internal combustion engine and an electric motor
Eurocopter has successfully tested a hybrid helicopter that combines a turboshaft internal combustion engine with an electric motor for a world premiere, marking a new milestone in its innovation roadmap that opens the way for further enhancements in rotary-wing aircraft… Continue reading
CFM International and COMAC Sign Master Contract to Finalize LEAP-powered C919 Agreement
In a special ceremony here on the opening day of the 2011 Paris Air Show, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), its subsidiary, Shanghai Aircraft Manufacture Company, and CFM International signed the Master Contract for the C919 / LEAP… Continue reading
China Southern Selects CF34-10E-powered Embraer E190s
China Southern Airlines today has selected 20 CF34-10E-powered EMBRAER 190 aircraft to add to its fleet. China Southern is leasing the E190s from China Development Bank (CDB) Leasing. Aircraft deliveries will begin this year.
“China Southern Airlines and GE Aviation… Continue reading
Air Lease Orders GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777-300ERs
Air Lease Corporation has ordered five GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The aircraft will begin delivery in 2013.
“The GE90-powered Boeing 777 aircraft have proven to be extremely popular aircraft for their performance and exceptional fuel burn,” said Kevin McAllister, vice… Continue reading
Virgin America Launches LEAP Engine with $1.4 Billion Order
- Fuel efficient engine can save $1.6 million per airplane, per year
- CFM bringing revolutionary technologies to A320neo (www.cfm56.com/leap)Â
Virgin America today launched CFM International’s advanced LEAPâ„¢ engine with an order to power 30 new Airbus A320neo aircraft.… Continue reading
GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers Twelve New Airbus A320s to Saudi Arabian Airlines
January 10, 2011 – GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, today announced delivery of a new Airbus A320 aircraft to Saudi Arabian Airlines.
It is the 12th of 15 A320s… Continue reading
Cri-Cri, the all-electric aircraft, is airborne
Paris/Le Bourget, 2 September 2010 – The all electric Cri-Cri, jointly developed by EADS Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintonge and the Green Cri-Cri Association has made its official maiden flight at Le Bourget airport near Paris on Thursday. This Cri-Cri… Continue reading Sikorsky Introduces “Project Firefly,†Electric Helicopter Demonstrator
Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft, today officially introduced “Project Firefly,†an all-electric helicopter technology demonstrator, at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture exhibition. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).
The Firefly Technology… Continue reading
GE and AVIC Providing Systems for China’s First Large Commercial Aircraft
COMAC’s C919 aircraft will have leading open-architecture avionics
July 12, 2010 — Shanghai — Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd (COMAC) today announced that GE Aviation Systems and AVIC Systems, the partners to a proposed AVIC GE joint venture, have… Continue reading
Cri-Cri, the all-electric aircraft
Innovation and eco-efficiency are the buzzwords at EADS. Following the flight of an aircraft powered by algae-based fuel, EADS is now tackling the new challenge of a zero-emission propellant.
Partnered by Aero Composites Saintonge and the Greencri-cri Association, EADS Innovation… Continue reading