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HelicoptersSB>1 DEFIANT helicopter achieves first flight
The aircraft is developed by Sikorsky (LM) and Boeing -VIDEO
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT helicopter achieved first flight yesterday at Sikorsky's West Palm Beach, Florida site. This aircraft, developed by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, and Boeing, will... more
AirportsAci Europe: passenger traffic growth further softens in January
Freight keeps falling
European airport trade association, ACI EUROPE today releases its traffic report for January 2019, during which average passenger traffic in geographical Europe grew by +4.2% compared with the same mont... more
IndustryMBDA: more cooperation to keep growing
Crucial theme for the future of the European missile company
Reinforcing investments in next-generation technologies and creating high-level products for the armed forces are the main themes for MBDA to remain competitive and continue to grow in the global missile... more
IndustryAll Nippon Airways receives first A-380 aircraft
The airplane has a premium configuration with 520 passengers
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has taken delivery of its first A-380 at a special ceremony in Toulouse, becoming the 15th operator of the passenger aircraft. The delivery ceremony was attended by ANA H... more
AirlinesAsiana Airlines: 2018 budget not signed by one of the auditors
It could open up scenarios of uncertainty for the carrier
The second South Korean carrier for the number of passengers carried, Asiana Airlines, explained that one of the independent auditors (Asiana Samil PwC) did not sign the 2018 financial statements due to... more
AerospacePrisma (2). Vega: 14th launch, an all Italian mission
The launcher built by Avio
Italy is behind tonight’s 14th successful VEGA space launcher mission, built by Avio. At about 3AM tonight, the rocket produced in Colleferro, near Rome, took off from the space base in French Guiana, b... more
AerospacePrisma satellite launched (Italian Asi): take-off aboard Vega launcher
It will provide hyperspectral images of Earth -VIDEO
Starting tonight Italy’s PRISMA satellite has begun its mission orbiting Earth. Its hyperspectral eyes will soon observe and acquire new images of Earth giving insight into its natural resources. PRISMA i... more
Science and technologyTAS takes 3D printing into series production
To make components for telecommunications satellites on an electric platform
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) first used additive manufacturing a few years ago with the 3D-printed aluminum antenna brackets for the TürkmenÄlem/MonacoSAT satellite, launched in 2015, and the polymer tu... more
PeopleLufthansa Cargo: J. Florian Pfaff changes to Asia
Current VP Germany to take over management in Asia
Predecessor Frank Naeve changes to Lufthansa German Airlines in New York more
AirlinesB-737 MAX 8: Garuda in negotiations with Boeing to cancel the order
It would be practically impossible for several reasons
Garuda Indonesia -according to the US press- wrote to Boeing to explaine the willingness to cancel the order made for 49 B-737 MAX 8 worth $ 4.9 billion. Of these, only one was delivered by the aerospace... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: Giorgio Saccoccia will be the new president
The engineer is also highly respected by Roberto Battiston
The possibility that the engineer Giorgio Saccoccia will be appointed, these days, as the new President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) is increasingly concrete. The choice is up to the Minister of Education,... more
AirlinesAlitalia: partners are sought for 45% of shares
Losses in 2018 would have been limited, but EBIT still negative by 400 million
If Delta Air Lines' willingness to take 10% of the shares of the Alitalia carrier is confirmed, Ferrovie dello Stato and the Government will need to find other partners who can acquire the remaining 45%... more
IndustryBoeing (2): a warning light will alert pilots in case of an error
It will be installed on all B-737 MAX products
The news that Boeing will be introduced on its B-737 MAX aircraft not only software and specific training for all pilots, because an extra warning light will be installed in the cockpit to allert the crew... more
Civil aviationRyanair. Jacobs: "Nothing changes for the B-737 MAX 200 aircraft"
They will remain the cornerstone for modernizing the fleet
Despite the two incidents involving the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft, Ryanair's plans to purchase the model (in the MAX 200 version) have not changed and are unlikely to change, especially because using... more
Civil aviationGermany: software failure at Frankfurt ACC
DFS Reduce air traffic over the affected area
A problem with the software of the Frankfurt Area Control Center (ACC) forced the German flight assistance service (DFS) to reduce the number of planes in flight in most of the country this afternoon,... more
Military aviationUS: 4 billion to Boeing for 78 F / A-18E / F Super Hornet aircraft
Delivery schedule will be completed by April 2024
Boeing awarded a new contract for the US Armed Forces after the others signed in recent months, in a series of agreements that prompted the Pentagon to also open an inquiry into the current Acting Secretary... more
Military aviationUS start to study the possibility to stop the deliveries of the F-35s to Turkey
Last move to force Ankara to cancel contracts for the S-400s
The US Department of Defense has started the preparation to suspend delivery of the fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft to Turkey, mainly because the Ankara government intends not to block the... more
AirlinesAlitalia. China Eastern the possibile new shareholder name
Delta's CEO would be in Beijing to try to involve the carrier
There is a new name for the possible future composition of the Alitalia shareholder, because -according to "La Stampa"- the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Delta Air Lines Ed Bastian in these days should... more
DefenseUS Defense: open inquiry into Pat Shanahan
He would have favored his former company Boeing
The Inspector General Office of US Department of Defense said that it has been opened an inquiry to see if the current Acting Secretary of Defense, Pat Shanahan, tried to help Boeing to get orders "illegally"... more
Civil aviationBoeing: ready the software upgrade for the B-737 MAX aircraft
It must be certified again by the FAA
According to what was declared by the Federal Aviation Administration Boeing will soon issue a bulletin with which it permit to start the installation of the updated software for the B-737 MAX 8 and MAX... more
AccidentsEthiopian accident: pilot had not been trained in the new airplane simultaneous?
It could be one of the causes of the disaster
Yared Getachew, the 29-year-old commander of the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft of Ethiopian Airlines -which crashed in Addis Ababa on 10 March killing the 157 people on board-, would never have been trained... more
Military aviationKazakhstan Border Service places order for C-295 aircraft
It becomes the 31st operator of the model
The Border Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan has signed a firm order for one C-295 medium transport aircraft. Through this new agreement, which includes training, spares and ground support equipment,... more
AirlinesANA receives first A-380 airplane
Ceremony held in Toulouse
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has received the first of its three A-380 aircraft. The airline and Airbus held a ceremony in Toulouse, France to mark the handover of the plane as well as acknowledge the importance... more
Finance and economyLeonardo: filing of financial documentation
It is available to the public through various channels
According to applicable law and regulations, you are hereby notified that the Annual Financial Report as at 31 December 2018 (including the Draft Annual Financial Statements and the Consolidated Financial... more
ReportBrexit. May: "We will ask for the extension to June 30"
From the EU they stress that the UK in that case would participate in the elections
Speaking to the House of Commons, the Prime Minister Theresa May explained that "the date for the Brexit will be extended to June 30", but this would not exclude "the risk of a no deal, especially if the... more
PeopleBoeing announces trio of leadership moves
To accelerate key global partnerships and capabilities
Boeing announced today three leadership moves aimed at further strengthening the company's global presence and partnerships:Marc Allen named senior vice president of Boeing and president of Embraer Partnership... more
Civil aviationB-737 MAX: investigation by the DoT confirmed
Checks on the aircraft certification process
The doubt that the same malfunction caused the two accidents of the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft -of Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines- in addition to causing the global grounding of the US aircraft, also... more
AirlinesJet Airways: criticism to the Government for the use of public money
The State bank opens a bailout plan
"Bankruptcy is the last of the options on the table for Jet Airways". So this morning the president of the State Bank of India (SBI) Rajnish Kumar speaking to the press, with which he also specified that... more
DefenseUSAF studies "targets" planes that simulate the Su-57s?
The goal would be to foil all threats on a global scale
The US Air Force (USAF) would publish a tender to identify a company that could build air targets that imitate "potentially enemy fighters". Among these there would also be the fifth-generation Russian... more
AirlinesAircraft. Malaysia Airlines receives expressions of interest
The premier ensures that "the government will evaluate every proposal"
The Malaysian government -according to what Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad declared- received several expressions of interest for the acquisition of Malaysia Airlines, after the same executive representative... more