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Finance and economyNordic Unmanned: private placement to become publicly listed drone operator in Europe
Among its customers there are EMSA, Norwegian Armed Forces and UK MoD -VIDEO
Nordic Unmanned, an European provider of drone systems and services, is contemplating a private placement and listing on Euronext Growth Oslo in order to finance expected strong growth and international... more
Civil aviationEmbraer installs HEPA filters on ERJ-145 jet aircraft
The kits for the first 70 aircraft are already assembled and delivered by mid-December
With the main goal of supporting customers of the 50-seat ERJ-145 jet in their search for solutions to increase passenger safety and prevent the potential transmission of viruses on board, Embraer recently... more
HelicoptersSavback Helicopters opens in the UK
A presence with the appointment of Rick Andrew as commercial director
Savback Helicopters to be establishing a presence in the UK for the first time with the appointment of Rick Andrew as Commercial Director, effective immediately. He joins the family-owned business from... more
DefenseMBDA completes qualification firing trials of the Sea Venom/ANL missile
At the French DGA test site
The Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile has completed its qualification firings trials, with a successful final firing at the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) test site at Ile du Levant in the last... more
DefenseBundeswehr orders 31 NH-90 helicopters for shipborne operations
Replacement of German Sea Lynx fleet with an evolution of the Sea Lion
The German Bundeswehr has ordered 31 NH-90 NFH helicopters, to be known as Sea Tiger, for the German Navy’s shipborne operations. Nathalie Tarnaud-Laude, President of NH-90 Helicopter Industries (NHI) a... more
Finance and economyFincantieri awarded with financial communication prize "Oscar di bilancio"
The award is assigned annually; event was livestreamed
Fincantieri was awarded the 2020 “Oscar di Bilancio” financial communication award, the long-standing prize promoted and organized by Ferpi (Italian Federation of Public Relations), which, for over fif... more
IndustryFincantieri: agreement with the Yucatan Government for a new shipyard
The Group will take part in the design, construction and management of the Mexican site
Fincantieri has signed yesteday a letter of intent (LoI) with the Ministry of Economic Development and Labour of the Yucatán State (Mexico) to participate in the design and construction of a new ship r... more
HelicoptersFirst Ansat helicopter delivered to a client in Europe
It is equipped for medical operations
The Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has delivered a first Ansat helicopter to a client in Europe. The operator of the rotorcraft, which is equipped for medical operations,... more
Civil aviationPNG LNG adds H-145 helicopters for Papua New Guinea operations
The five-blade model provides a 150kg increase in useful load -DATA SHEET
ExxonMobil has signed a contract for two H-145 helicopters to support the PNG LNG (liquefied natural gas) Project in Papua New Guinea (PNG).The new model with a five-blade, bearingless main rotor provides... more
AerospaceSentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite lifted off into space
Around one and a half hours after it, the first signals from the spacecraft were received by a ground station in Alaska -VIDEO
The Airbus-built European ocean satellite "Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich" has successfully begun its “Seeing-the-Seas” mission. On 21 November 2020 it lifted-off from Space Launch Complex 4E... more
Civil aviationAero Locarno: five additional Sonaca 200 Trainer Pro aircraft
It doubles its order; the first six planes will be delivered from next February
Aero Locarno (Switzerland) has signed in March 2020 for 5 Sonaca 200 Trainer Pros. The Approved-Training-Organisation has just decided to double the initial order bringing the revised order to a total... more
IndustryVard (Fincantieri) secures contract for eight marine robotic vessels
For design and construction of units for Ocean Infinity
Fincantieri subsidiary VARD has signed a contract for the design and construction of eight robotic vessels for maritime operations worldwide for Ocean Infinity.In partnership with the client, VARD has... more
AerospaceLeonardo: "roller coster" on Stock Exchange
Profumo still bolted to the chair
Leonardo stock is recovering. On October 30, 2020 it reached its minimum of 4.06 euros, on November 20, 2020 it is at 5.7 euros. It has seen better times, of course (a year ago it was at 11.9 euros, for... more
AerospaceRoberto Scaramella strikes again
Former Italian ENAV would like to go to Boeing Italy
You will come back, I know you will come back: when he sang these lines back in 1965, the Italian singer Bruno Lauzi would never have imagined that they would be useful to deepen the figure of a manager... more
IndustryHungary signs contract for acquisition of two KC-390 airplanes
Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2023
The Hungarian Government and Embraer signed in the last days a contract for the acquisition of two new generation multi-mission transport aircraft C-390 Millennium, in its air-to-air refueling (AAR) configuration,... more
Civil aviationEmbraer and EDP: joint efforts in electric aircraft research
First flight of prototype is scheduled for 2021
Embraer and EDP, a company that operates in all segments of the Brazilian energy sector, have signed a partnership for electric aircraft research. Through its EDP Smart division, the Portuguese-based multinational... more
Civil aviationStrategies of air carriers to reassure passengers on 737 Max
Aircraft have just been cleared to return to the skies
For B-737 Max yesterday, Wednesday November 18, 2020, was very important: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave the green light to the use of the aircraft after endless months of investigations following... more
IndustryAirbus and Germany submit Eurofighter aircraft offer to Switzerland
It has been prepared in cooperation with the other Nations of the program
Airbus and the Federal Republic of Germany submitted yesterday their official offer to the Swiss Federal Office of Armaments Armasuisse for the sale of Eurofighter aircraft to Switzerland. The offer has... more
Civil aviationB-737 airplane (2).Boeing responds to FAA approval to resume MAX operations
The declarations by the leadership - DATA SHEET
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today rescinded the order that halted commercial operations of B-737/8s and B-737/9 airplanes. The move will allow airlines that are under the FAA's jurisdiction,... more
AirlinesFAA ready to authorize B-737 Max flights
Plane was the subject of in-depth investigations for two years
Today, on Wednesday November 18, 2020, could be decisive for the certification of the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) to the flights of B-737 Max plane after two years of waiting. As has been known... more
IndustryFincantieri: "Star Breeze" delivered in Palermo
It is the first of three ships of the Star Plus Initiative program
“Star Breeze”, the ship marking the beginning of the extension and modernization Star Plus Initiative project of Windstar Cruises, one of the main operators in the field of high-end small ship cruises, was d... more
AirlinesAircraft. Boeing released its World Air Cargo Forecast
More freighters needed to support global supply chains and e-commerce expansion -ATTACHMENT
Boeing released yesterday its biennial World Air Cargo Forecast (WACF), reflecting COVID-19 impacts and opportunities as well as substantial long-term demand for freighters over the next two decades.Enabled... more
AerospaceAirbus: ESA’s LSTM temperature-check mission for Copernicus NG
Contract valued at € 380 million
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus Defence and Space as prime-contractor for the new Land Surface Temperature Monitoring (LSTM) mission. LSTM is part of Copernicus, the European Union's... more
AerospaceOnly silence from PM Conte and Minister Gualtieri about Profumo's problems
Sentence on Leonardo's CEO is a risk for company reputation
It is called reputationin the Anglo-Saxon economic world which now considers it a fundamental asset for the evaluation of a company. And today in Leonardo, led by Alessandro Profumo (sentenced in first... more
DefenseUS DoD exercises options for 36 TH-73A helicopters
Production and delivery to be completed at the end of 2022
Leonardo welcomes the announcement made by the US Department of Defense to award AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp. a 171 million USD modification to the previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space to build Copernicus CIMR satellites realizzerà satelliti Copernicus Chime
To respond to high-priority requirements from key Arctic user communities
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) announced last Friday that it has signed a 93 Meuro, first tranche of the 495 Meuro global contract, with the European Space... more
Civil aviation50 years ago the second Italian raid Rome-Tokyo by a tourism plane
La lunga trasvolata di 19 mila km compiuta in 26 tappe e 90 ore di volo
On November 15, 1970, one month after its departure from Rome-Urbe city airport, the SIAI-Marchetti S-205 single piston engine four seater aircraft, piloted by Mario Panvini Rosati (1935-1997) landed in... more
DefenseMBDA to develop the combat missile for the Tiger helicopter
French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly announced it
French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly has announced that MBDA is to develop the Future Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile (MAST-F) program as the main French Army air to ground armament for... more
Civil aviationOGMA (Embraer) becomes new P&W maintenance center to support GTF engines
Used on A-320neo, A-220, E-190E2 and E-195E2 aircraft
OGMA (Embraer) is the new authorized maintenance center for Pratt & Whitney engines. This is the culmination of a project developed by OGMA, with the support of Embraer, over the past 12 months, which... more
Finance and economyFincantieri: the BoD approves 9M 2020 results
100th cruise delivered -ATTACHMENT
Total backlog fully preserved at EURO 36.8 billion more