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Airbus: $28 Bn Commitments at Farnborough
2010-07-27 Read More...
Airbus announced commitments at last week's Farnborough Air Show for 255 aircraft, valued at around US$28 billion. The commitments so far include firm orders for 133 aircraft worth more than $13 billion, plus memorandum of understanding (MoU)

NGC:Operational Software for JSF
2010-07-27 Read More...
Northrop Grumman announced the delivery of the operational software package for the AN/AAQ-37 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (EO-DAS) to Lockheed Martin for integration into the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter

Raytheon Delivers 200th APG-79 Radar
2010-07-26 Read More...
Raytheon delivered its 200th APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar to Boeing for installation on U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft and the Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super

Boeing Celebrates 100th CH-47F Chinook
2010-07-26 Read More...
Boeing celebrated the 100th CH-47F Chinook helicopter built at the company's Ridley Township facility in the US this past

Gulf Air Fleet Renewal on Target
2010-07-24 Read More...
Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air is on target with its fleet renewal programme following the delivery of the 8 Airbus A320-200 last

ADAT in 5-Year Maintenance Deal
2010-07-23 Read More...
Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT), signed a 5-year agreement to conduct airframe heavy maintenance for Thomas Cook's Boeing 757

Etihad Finalizes $4.3bn GE Engine Deal
2010-07-23 Read More...
During the ongoing Farnborough Airshow, UAE national airline Etihad finalised a $4.3 billion deal with GE Aviation for purchase of 70 GEnx-1B engines to power its 35 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft along with a multi-year OnPoint solution services

Bahrain International Airshow 2012
2010-07-23 Read More...
Bahrain International Airshow and Farnborough International Limited (FIL) signed an agreement to formalise their partnership to jointly organise the Bahrain International Airshow from January 19 to 21 in

Air Arabia Selects CFM Engine
2010-07-23 Read More...
Air Arabia selected the CFM56-5B engine produced by CFM International, a joint venture between Snecma and GE, to power its 44 Airbus A320 family aircraft order announced in

Mubadala Unit Wins Thomson Airways Deal
2010-07-23 Read More...
SR Technics, a unit of Mubadala Aerospace's global MRO network, signed an integrated component solutions (ICS) contract worth GBP66.4 million ($101.5 million) with Thomson Airways, UK's third largest

Sikorsky in Major Saudi Deal
2010-07-22 Read More...
The Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) signed a contract with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation to procure 12 S-76D helicopters and took options to acquire 8 additional S-76D

Etihad: First Airbus Freighter
2010-07-22 Read More...
Etihad Airways received the first Airbus A330-200 freighter aircraft, yet to be produced, in a handover ceremony at Farnborough International Air Show this

Royal Jordanian: 3 more Dreamliners
2010-07-21 Read More...
Royal Jordanian, the national carrier of Jordan, placed an order worth $500 million for 3 Boeing 787-8s at the ongoing Farnborough Airshow.

Qatar Orders 2 Bombardier Jets
2010-07-21 Read More...
Qatar Airways placed an order for 2 Bombardier Global 5000 jets for its executive jet unit and a new medivac plane in a deal worth about $90 million, but failed to clinch a deal on the C-series passenger

Mubadala Aerospace Aims High
2010-07-21 Read More...
Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Aerospace expects to seal aircraft component leasing deals worth up to $500 million this year and is eyeing acquisitions in the United States and Asia, its Executive Director

Boeing Dreamliner: Debut at Farnborough
2010-07-20 Read More...
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its international debut at Farnborough International Airshow (London, 19-25

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