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Alenia Aermacchi signs USD 141 million contract for the production of components and for the assembly of the first complete wing for the F-35 JSF programme
Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, has been awarded a USD 141 million contract by Lockheed Martin for the production of components and for the assembly of the first complete wing for the F-35 JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) programme.
Alenia Aermacchi… Continue reading
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group commences work on a three-aircraft maintenance and avionics modification programme for the Austrian Air Force
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has commenced work on the first of three Hercules C-130Ks for the Austrian Air Force; where the work comprises maintenance and an avionics modification to address obsolescence issues and to overcome operational restrictions in European… Continue reading
ESA Science Programme’s new small satellite will study super-Earths
Studying planets around other stars will be the focus of the new small Science Programme mission, Cheops, ESA announced today. Its launch is expected in 2017. Cheops – for CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite – will target nearby, bright stars already known… Continue reading
Anglo-French unmanned air systems programme contract awarded
BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation welcome today’s award by the UK and French Governments for a Future Combat Air System Demonstration Programme Preparation Phase (FCAS DPPP) contract.
The FCAS DPPP contract will propose a joint plan to mature and demonstrate… Continue reading
AgustaWestland Signs Key Supplier Agreements For The AW609 TiltRotor Programme
AgustaWestland, has signed agreements with three key suppliers for its AW609 TiltRotor programme. These three major agreements form part of a succession of contracts signed with AW609 TiltRotor component suppliers since AgustaWestland acquired the tiltrotor programme in November 2011. These… Continue reading
Airbus, EADS EFW and ST Aerospace finalise agreement for A330P2F conversion programme
• Paving the way for full industrial launch later this year • Expanding Airbus’ freighter portfolio
Airbus, ST Aerospace and EADS EFW have finalised the agreement to establish the collaboration for the launch of the A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion programme.… Continue reading
Airbus to launch A330P2F cargo conversion programme with ST Aerospace and EADS EFW
Airbus, ST Aerospace and EADS EFW have signed an MoU for a strategic partnership to develop the A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion programme. This agreement, setting out the project’s foundation and granting Authorisation To Offer[1]for the A330P2F, was signed by… Continue reading
AgustaWestland Completes 609 Tiltrotor Programme Acquisition
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that it has finalised the transaction with Bell Helicopter Textron for the acquisition of the 609 tiltrotor programme. All legal and regulatory approvals have now been successfully completed. The development of the… Continue reading
Airbus, Goodrich and VSMPO-AVISMA reinforce their partnership on the A350 XWB programme
Confirms VSMPO’s strategic position within the EADS/Airbus supply chain
Blagnac, 16 August 2011
Airbus, the leading aircraft manufacturer, Goodrich Corporation, the global supplier of systems and services to the aerospace and defence markets and VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation, the Russian titanium manufacturer,… Continue reading
Strong demand for used Airbus A320 aircraft drives joint decision to stop freighter conversion programme
Airbus, EADS EFW and their Russian partners, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and IRKUT, have jointly decided to stop the A320/A321 Passenger to Freighter (P2F) conversion development programme for economic reasons and, therefore, to launch the necessary legal procedures for the… Continue reading
New Head of A400M Programme appointed as industrial go-ahead reached
Airbus Military has given the green light to the industrial launch of the A400M airlifter and approved the start of series production.
This follows a thorough review of all aspects of the programme which demonstrated that all readiness criteria were… Continue reading
Gripen fire Meteor for Swedish Integration Programme
It was the first live-firing of the Swedish Integration programme. Gripen has also been the launch platform from the start of the development of the Meteor missile.
The purpose of this test was to verify the model on separation of… Continue reading