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Pilatus: successful business year 2018 and now ready for the future

The business year 2018 was an exceptionally successful one for Pilatus, but also a challenging one. At around 1.1 billion Swiss francs, sales revenue was brought back to the billion mark again. The 128 aircraft... Read More...

Leonardo: 380 mln EUR contract for helicopters AW101 with the Polish Ministry of National Defense

Four AW101s and a comprehensive integrated logistics and training package

Leonardo announced today that it has signed a contract valued at approximately 380 mln EUR (1.65 bn PLN) that will significantly enhance the Polish Navy’s helicopter capability. Through its fully owned Polish c... Read More...

Airbus’ Skyways drone trials world’s first shore-to-ship deliveries

Airbus has begun shore-to-ship trials in Singapore with its Skyways parcel delivery drone. This marks the first time drone technology has been deployed in real port conditions to deliver a variety of sm... Read More...

Airbus delivers first FANS-C-equipped A320 to easyJet

Airbus has delivered the first *FANS-C-equipped A320 aircraft to easyJet. In the framework of Europe’s SESAR Air Traffic Management (ATM) research programme, this aircraft – and others to follow – will take par... Read More...

Boeing unmanned combat drone "Loyal Wingman"

Boeing unveils new unmanned combat drone “Loyal Wingman”

Boeing has unveiled its newest unmanned platform "Loyal Wingman", the Boeing Airpower Teaming System. Designed for global defense customers by Boeing Australia, it is the company’s largest investment in a new u... Read More...

Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters ready for flight test

Two fully assembled HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters (CRH), built by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, are preparing for their maiden flights, which will occur before mid-year at the Sikorsky West Palm Beach... Read More...

Airbus delivers first upgraded Tranche 1 Eurofighter to Spanish Air Force

Airbus on February 25, 2019 has delivered the first upgraded Tranche 1 Eurofighter to the Spanish Air Force, the aircraft C.16-23. The upgrade was carried out at Airbus facilities in Getafe and involved the int... Read More...

Certified the Airbus A400M cargo hold tanks refueling unit

Airbus has successfully completed the certification flight tests for the A400M Cargo Hold Tanks (CHT) refueling unit, taking a new step towards the full certification of the aircraft for air-to-air refueling op... Read More...

swiss government pc24 super versatile jet

Swiss government officially took delivery of the Pilatus PC-24

The Swiss government officially took delivery of the Pilatus PC-24 ordered in 2014 on 18 February 2019. The brand-new PC-24 Super Versatile Jet replaces a business jet supplied by a North American manufacturer ... Read More...

Emirates signs deal for 40 A330-900s, 30 A350-900s and Airbus will close its A380 programme

Airbus and Emirates reach agreement on A380 contract – with the airline to receive 14 more A380s by end 2021, bringing its total A380 order book to 123 units. With this decision Airbus will close its A380 prog... Read More...

boeing PAV - Autonomous Passenger Air Vehicle

Boeing: completed the first flight of autonomous PAV – Passenger Air Vehicle

Boeing successfully completed the first test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) prototype in Manassas, Virginia. Boeing NeXt, which leads the company's urban air mobility efforts, utilized Boe... Read More...

France: development contract for the Rafale F4 aircraft

On 14 January 2019 Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, received the F4-standard development contract for the Rafale combat aircraft during the visit of the Dassault Aviation Mérignac plant by ... Read More...

Boeing to modernize entire spanish Chinook helicopter fleet from D to F-model

Boeing will upgrade all 17 of Spain’s CH-47D Chinook helicopters to the F-model configuration, adding features such as the digital automatic flight control system, common avionics architecture system and advanc... Read More...

First A380 All Nippon Airways rolls out in special livery

First All Nippon Airways Airbus A380 rolls out from paint shop with unique special livery

The first A380 for All Nippon Airways (ANA) has rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg, Germany, bearing the airline’s distinctive and unique Hawaiian green sea turtle livery. ANA has firm orders for... Read More...

Boeing delivers the 787th B787 Dreamliner

Delivered the 787th B787 Dreamliner

Special milestone airplane to be operated by China Southern Airlines

Yesterday December 13 2018 Boeing delivered the 787th 787 Dreamliner to come off the production line, marking a special milestone for the super-efficient airplane family and the fastest-selling twin-aisle jet i... Read More...

Two more F-35 for italian defence, while Belgium is ready to order it

Notwithstanding the uncertainties affecting the Italian Joint Strike Fighter program, fueled by declarations of new Government’s exponents, the production lots contracted and financed by the Italian Defense up ... Read More...

Tecnam-P2002JF delivery to hellenic air force

First delivery of Tecnam P2002JF trainer to the Hellenic Air Force

Tecnam announced today the delivery of the first Tecnam P2002JF aircraft to Hellenic Air Force (HAF). The aircraft was welcomed at the home of Hellenic Air Force Academy at Tatoi/Dekelia (Athens) Air Base by t... Read More...

U.S. Air Force has selected the Boeing T-X advanced pilot training system

U.S. Air Force pilots will soon train for combat with T-X jets and simulators from Boeing. The U.S. Air Force has selected the Boeing T-X advanced pilot training system which features an all-new aircraft design... Read More...

The Italian helicopter of Leonardo MH-139 chosen by the US Air Force

An Italian success story that announced today by Leonardo. The United States Air Force selected the MH-139, based on the Leonardo AW139 and offered by Boeing as prime contractor, to replace its fleet of UH-1N “... Read More...

Boeing wins the contract for the MQ-25A Stingray

MQ-25A Stingray will be the first unmanned aerial refueler on carrier decks around the world

US Navy awarded a contract to Boeing on August 30, 2018 for the MQ-25A Stingray, the first operational carrier-based unmanned refueling aircraft. MQ-25A Stingray is an unmanned aircraft system designed for t... Read More...