IndustryLeonardo. Schisano: "By April the offer for the construction of the COMAC aircraft"

In case of victory, a plant will be built in China

IndustryAirbus: will be the A-400M aircraft the next "failure"?

It could be the new headache for the next CEO Guillaume Faury

AerospaceNASA. Bridenstine: "We will return to the Moon by 2028"

First step towards the exploration of Mars

Finance and economyAirplanes-helicopters. Airbus (2) reports strong 2018 results

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IndustryAirbus: the production line of the A-380 will close

A failure for the aircraft that was supposed to make the B-747 obsolete

AirlinesAlitalia: easyJet specifies that the negotiations will still be long

Participation and business plan still to be defined

The board of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) gave -yesterday late in the afternoon- the go-ahead to deal with Delta and easyJet to include them in the share ownership of the "new" Alitalia; decision followed... more

AerospaceUnited States: open investigation on SpaceX vectors

Doubts of the Pentagon on the conformity of the USAF certifications

From the Department of Defense there are doubts about the certification given by the US Air Force (USAF) to the carrier rockets of SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, as this could have been given inappropriately.... more

IndustryMC-21: production of the aircraft will be delayed of other one year

Problems due to the lack of composite materials

The director of the industrial consortium Rostec Serghiei Chemezov has confirmed today at "Interfax" the hypothesis that has been circulating since the United States understood the Russian company Aerocomposit... more

DefenseRussia: S-400 will be delivered within the year to Turkey

The US Vice President Pence opens at possible sanctions

By the end of 2019, Turkey should receive all 4 S-400 air defense missile systems ordered from Russia. This was said at "Interfax" by the director of the company Rostec Serghiei Chemezov, who underlined... more

AirlinesCityJet: SSJ-100 aircraft returned to Sukhoi

They were leased to Brussels Airlines

The Irish airline CityJet would have decided to refuse to continue using the Russian Sukhoi Superjet SSJ-100, for reasons that would be unknown even if -according to the Russian press- it seems that the... more

UAS-DronesM-40 target drone sees first action

During an exercise with Italian Navy

Leonardo’s new M-40 target drone flew its first live missions for the Italian Navy in a recent training exercise at an Italian joint armed forces test range. The exercise saw the aircraft carrier "Cavour" a... more

ReportLeonardo (2). Di Maio: "130 million euros for the Nola and Pomiglia...

Prime Minister Conte: "Italy leader in the industrial sector"

During the presentation of Aerotech Campus at the Leonardo di Pomigliano d'Arco (Naples) plant today, the vice premier, Minister of Economic Development and Labor Luigi Di Maio announced that € 130 million w... more

Science and technologyLeonardo and development of the aeronautical sector in Southern Italy

The AeroTech Campus established, a new hub for technological innovation

The establishment of the AeroTech Campus, the new HUB for thetechnological innovation of the Leonardo Aerostructures Division, was announced today at the Pomigliano d’Arco plant (Naples). The Italian P... more

Fair and shows"IDEX 2019" (17-21 February in Abu Dhabi)

The event takes place biennially at the ADNEC

The "International Defence Exhibition and Conference" ("Idex") is the most strategically important tri-service defence exhibition in the world."Idex" is the only international defence exhibition and conference... more

AerospaceLeoStella inaugurates smallsat production plant

Joint project Tas and Spaceflight Industries

LeoStella, a smallsat design and manufacturing company, announced the official inauguration of its production facilities in Tukwila, Wash. The company is a joint-venture between Thales Alenia Space, jv... more

AirportsEtna volcano: paroxysmal activity resumed. Airspace limitations

From yesterday evening; 6 aircraft per hour allowed to arrive

Sac, Catania Airport management company, announces that due to the resumption of Etna's eruptive activity and the simultaneous emission of volcanic ash into the atmosphere, the crisis unit has ordered... more

Civil aviationAirplanes and transport. Ensuring basic connectivity in the case of no-deal...

The EU Council defines its position

The EU is taking measures to mitigate the severe disruption to air connectivity for passengers and freight between the EU and the United Kingdom in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. Today,... more

AirlinesAircraft. Thomas Cook: 3 banks in charge of finding buyers

Lufthansa, easyJet and Ryanair are in the running

The Thomas Cook Group would -according to "Reuters"- contact three banks (Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch) to entrusted these for the task of finding potential investors... more

UAS-DronesLeonardo unveils its enhanced AwHero Ruas helicopter

For surveillance and disaster relief missions and inaugurates new facility in Pisa

Leonardo opened today its new facility in Pisa (Italy) dedicated to the development and production of the AwHero Rotary Unmanned Air System (RUAS). During the official ceremony, also attended by national... more

DefenseChina: under consideration a sixth-generation aircraft?

It will be important to avoid technological gaps with the West

Also China is part of the race for the construction of the sixth-generation plane that should start replacing the fighter currently used in the aeronautics of the main countries in the world between 2030... more

HelicoptersRussian Helicopters begins certification of Mi-171A2 aircraft in Br...

In 2005 the first Mi-171A1 model was delivered to the South American Country

The Russian Helicopters holding company, part of State Corporation Rostec, and the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) have delivered technical and operational documentation for the Mi-171A2 helicopter... more

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Civil defenseEU civil protection reform: more effective and rapid interventions

New resources and more airplanes

An upgrade of the EU’s civil defence mechanism, tested to its limits by 2017 and 2018 forest fires, storms and floods, received the support of the House on Tuesday. The aim of the new legislation, informally a... more

HelicoptersIsrael: 7 AW-119 Leonardo helicopters ordered

Good omen for the tender in the United States?

After yesterday's rumors, today the Ministry of Defense of Israel -by "Twitter"- has formalized the initials of the order of 7 Leonardo AW-119 Koala helicopters from Italy in an agreement of about 350... more