Astrium, the world's second largest space company, held the Astrium Awards ceremony in Paris on 9 December. Among those attending the event were Jean-Jacques Dordain, the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Jean-Yves le Gall, the CEO …
When delivered in 2015-2016, these EC145 T2s will provide the southwestern German state's police force with a highly capable multi-role fleet to replace a mixed fleet of two other helicopter types. Eurocopter's EC145 T2 is the latest member of its …
One month after Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded, struck the Philippines, thousands of people are still left homeless and without food or water. Since the disaster happened in early November this year, Airbus’ Corporate Foundation has …
EADS (stock exchange symbol: EAD) today presented a restructuring plan for its future Airbus Defence and Space Division (Airbus DS) to the European Works Council. This presentation follows a decision by the EADS Board of Directors in July this year to …
EADS (stock exchange symbol: EAD) today presented a restructuring plan for its future Airbus Defence and Space Division (Airbus DS) to the European Works Council. This presentation follows a decision by the EADS Board of Directors in July this year to …
Kuwait Airways, the National airline of Kuwait, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to buy ten A350-900 and fifteen A320neo Family aircraft. The order is part of Kuwait Airways’ fleet renewal strategy. The carrier already operates three A320, …
Cassidian has supplied a customer with the world’s first prototype of a mobile TETRA LTE radio system, which will allow voice and broadband data services to be used in parallel. As part of the German Armed Forces’ highly mobile cellular networks study, …
Turkish Airlines will become the first European airline to operate A320 Family aircraft with production-retrofitted Sharklet wingtip devices. This will follow the installation, which has just been completed, by Turkish Technic MRO of Sharklets onto the …
Airbus has signed a research agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the use of digital manufacturing in aerospace. Working with Neil Gershenfeld, director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) and his team, the …
During the last few months, Cassidian, together with its partner Alcatel-Lucent, successfully conducted extensive Long Term Evolution trials in 4G LTE pilot networks in France, Spain, the Middle East and Mexico. The partnership of Cassidian and Alcatel- …
Indonesia's national airline Garuda Indonesia today officially celebrated the first take-off of its very first ATR 72-600. The aircraft took to the sky from Denpasar (Bali) at 08.00 am (local time) in the presence of the management teams of the airline …
In addition to providing opportunities to experience the performance and capabilities of these rotorcraft, Eurocopter’s Asian tour also will include a two-day symposium for the oil and gas sector, where the region’s operators and customers will participate …
The Airbus Corporate Foundation and Aviation Sans Frontières have transported clothing and school supplies donated by Office Depot to Thailand from Toulouse, France, aboard the delivery flight of Thai Airways International (THAI)’s most recently delivered …
After Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded, struck the Philippines beginning of November, the country is still in great need, with thousands of people remaining homeless and without food or water. After a relief flight from Toulouse with an …
The helicopter is in St. John’s for three days to highlight its ideal suitability for use as a crew transport aircraft, and in search and rescue missions for offshore operations. Flight opportunities will be provided for more than 30 representatives of the …
EADS and its Divisions – Airbus, Astrium, Cassidian and Eurocopter – is planning to increase significantly its industrial footprint in Poland to take advantage of the country’s dynamic economy, GDP growth and engineering expertise. In a call to Poland’s …
This no. 1 assembly – consisting of the integrated upper and lower fuselage sections – was built at IAe’s Bandung, Indonesia facility in West Java. It is scheduled for delivery to Eurocopter’s Marignane, France headquarters site during December, to be …
Nearly four years after its maiden flight, the first Airbus Military A400M new generation airlifter has been retired and is to be placed on public display. Development aircraft MSN1 – affectionately known as Grizzly 1 – made its final flight from Toulouse …
According to the latest Airbus Global Market Forecast (GMF) the Brazilian air travel market will need 1,324 aircraft by 2032 to address the country’s rising international and domestic air travel requirements. The 896 single-aisle, 353 twin-aisle and 75 …
At this year’s PMRExpo (Professional Mobile Radio), Cassidian will be unveiling the first Tetra paging device P8GR to fully comply with the functional, interoperability and security requirements of the digital radio network of German security authorities …
