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  1. 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...
  2.   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 2012.
  3. 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 2007.
  4.   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 airline.
  5.   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 aircraft.
  6. Emirates Airlines ordered 30 GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The engine order, including spare engines, is valued at $2 billion (USD) list price. Deliveries will begin in late 2011.
  7. The 5th generation F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter will serve as the centerpiece for 21st century global security while strengthening international political and industrial partnerships, a senior Lockheed Martin F-35 Executive said at the ongoing...
  8.   BAE Systems unveiled its next generation Headborne Energy Analysis and Diagnostic System (HEADS) helmet sensor at the ongoing Farnborough International Air Show.
  9. Etihad Airways received the first Airbus A330-200 freighter aircraft, yet to be produced, in a handover ceremony at Farnborough International Air Show this week.
  10.   Russia signed agreements to sell 16 Sukhoi fighter planes to Algeria and 20 of these planes to Vietnam.
 



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