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Embraer augments Praetor 500 and Praetor 600 cabins

Melbourne, Florida. 07 July 2020 . Embraer has a series of breakthrough cabin enhancements for its Praetor 500 midsize and Praetor 600 super-midsize business jets. In addition to…Read more ›

Tagged with: Covid-19 pandemic, Embraer, Michael Amalfitano, MicroShield360, OEMs, super-midsize business jets

MC-21-300 prototype will continue testing after painting

Moscow. 27 June 2020. The MC-21-300 test aircraft, painted at Spektr-Avia, Ulyanovsk, returned to Ramenskoye airfield (Zhukovsky, Moscow region), where it will continue its flights under the certification…Read more ›

Tagged with: MC-21-300 prototype, OEMs, Ramenskoye airfield

Russian Helicopters made the first civilian Mi-8AMT Arctic helicopter

Moscow . 19 June 2020. Russian Helicopters started serial production of Mi-8AMT Arctic helicopters for civilian customers. Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant made the first rotorcraft which is ready to…Read more ›

Tagged with: Andrey Boginsky, Federal Air Transport Agency, Leonid Belykh, Mi-8AMT Arctic helicopters, OEMs, Rostec State Corporation, Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant

GKN Aerospace and Eviation sign collaboration agreement for Alice all-electric aircraft

Solihull, UK. 18 May 2020. GKN Aerospace brings advanced lightweight wing, empennage and wiring systems expertise to the world’s first all-electric commuter aircraft designed from scratch The…Read more ›

Tagged with: Airbus A220, Civil Airframes, Dassault F6X, electric commuter aircraft, EWIS, GKN Aerospace, John Pritchard, Matteo Borghini Lilli, OEMs, Omer Bar Yohay

Rostec hands the first Ansat helicopter over to EMERCOM of Russia

Moscow . 14 May 2020. Russian Helicopters supplied the first Ansat helicopter for EMERCOM of Russia. The rotorcraft was handed over to the Fund supporting the development of…Read more ›

Tagged with: Ansat helicopter, Aviation and Rescue Center, EMERCOM, Kazan Helicopters, Mi-8MTV-1 helicopters, OEMs, Russian Helicopters, Zhukovsky Aviation

Indra and Microsoft migrate air traffic management to the cloud

Madrid. 13 May 2020. Indra and Microsoft have successfully completed the first phase of the project to locate and operate from Microsoft Azure cloud platform. This milestone strengthens…Read more ›

Tagged with: Air Traffic Management, cloud platform, GBAS, ILS, Indra, iTEC Alliance, Microsoft Azure, OEMs

Canada’s VIH Aviation Group Becomes Sikorsky’s First S-92A Kit Launch Customer

Trumbull, Connecticut. 04 May 2020 . Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company has signed an agreement with VIH Aviation Group for four S-92A+™ upgrade kits. VIH Aviation Group Ltd.…Read more ›

Tagged with: Audrey Brady, Cougar Helicopters Inc, Ken Norie, Lockheed Martin, OEMs, S-92B aircraft, VIH Aviation Group, VIH Aviation Group Ltd

Airbus develops solution for wide bodied aircraft cabin-cargo flexibility

Toulouse. 04 May 2020 . Airbus is developing a modification for A330 and A350 family aircraft which will enable airlines to install freight pallets directly onto the cabin…Read more ›

Tagged with: A350 family aircraft, Airbus Service Bulletin, Covid-19 pandemic, EASA, OEMs

Second Boeing 777X Completes First Flight

Everett, Washington. 04 May 2020 . Boeing recently conducted a productive and successful first flight of the second 777X airplane. Capt. Ted Grady, 777X project pilot, and Capt. Van Chaney,…Read more ›

Tagged with: 777X airplane, 777X project pilot, Capt. Ted Grady, OEMs, Second Boeing 777X

FAA and CAAI Certify IAI’s Conversion of Boeing B737-800 Aircraft From Passenger to Freighter Configuration

With the new certification, IAI becomes the only company to convert both B737-700 and B737-800 Tel-a-Viv. 14 April 2020. IAI announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the…Read more ›

Tagged with: CAAI, COVID-19, FAA, IAI, OEMs, Yossi Melamed