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Airbus A330-800 ready for service
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The United States increases tariffs on EU-imported aircraft
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Airbus A220: Bombardier withdraws from the program
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New delay for the Mitsubishi SpaceJet, formerly MRJ

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Airbus A330-800 ready for service

The Airbus A330-800 receives joint EASA and FAA type certification at the end of a program including 132 missions and 370 flight hours.
MRO

Willis Lease launches a MRO Blockchain Alliance

Willis Lease Finance Corporation launch a global MRO Blockchain Alliance with several key industry partners to trace, track and record aircraft parts.
Defence

Tupolev conducts first Tu-160M test flight

The first Tupolev Tu-160M, M as modernized, flew on February 2, 2020. The four-jet engine took off from the Kazan aeronautical plant airport for a flight lasting 34 minutes.
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The United States increases tariffs on EU-imported aircraft

The Trump administration is increasing the additional duty rate imposed on aircraft imported from the EU to 15% from 10%, effective March 18, 2020
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Airbus A220: Bombardier withdraws from the program

Bombardier has just sold its shares in the A220 airliner program to Airbus and the government of Quebec.
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Singapore Airshow 2020: Airbus anticipates $1.8 trillion for services in the Asia-Pacific region

This projection, over the next twenty years, represents more than a third of that concerning the world market for air services valued at 4.9 trillion dollars.
MRO

Dassault Aviation: Charles Wemaëre appointed Vice President Worldwide Spares

Charles Wemaëre is the new Vice President of Worldwide Spares, with responsibility for spare parts strategy and logistics efforts for the global Falcon fleet.
Industry

New delay for the Mitsubishi SpaceJet, formerly MRJ

The Mitsubishi SpaceJet program will experience another major delay. The parent company of Mitsubishi Aircraft has announced the first delivery of the SpaceJet in fiscal year 2021... or later.
Defence

PAK DA: production contract signed

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation signed every contract necessary for Tupolev to start the production of the Perspektivni Aviatsionni Kompleks Dalneï Aviatsii or PAK DA, to replace the Tu-95 Bear.
Industry

Bombardier's downfall

Bombardier continues to try to pay off its debts, which currently amount to $9 billion (about €8.16 billion). The Canadian company plans to leave the Airbus A220 program... but also to sell its business aircraft division to Textron. This would generate a deep change in the "bizjets" landscape.
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Coronavirus affects Airbus China

After airlines, it is now the aeronautics industry’s turn to be impacted, and especially Airbus’ Chinese facility in Tianjin.
MRO

Jazeera’s LEAP-1As entrusted to CFM for $1.3 billion

CFM International will support the LEAP-1A engines that power the Jazeera Airways’ fleet of Airbus A320neo aircraft and provide spare engines.
Industry

Heli-Expo 2020: Leonardo acquires Kopter

Leonardo shakes up the Heli-Expo 2020 helicopter show by unveiling the acquisition of the Swiss Kopter in order to “further strengthen its worldwide leadership and position in the rotorcraft sector”.
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Raytheon-UTC merger interests BAE Systems

BAE Systems intends to buy Collins Aerospace’s military Global Positioning System business for $1.9 billion and Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios division for $275 million, to be sold for antitrust clearances.
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Liebherr on the Boeing 777X

Liebherr-Aerospace supplies components for the folding wing tip system as well as electronic components of the main gear steering system, the power drive unit and the hydraulic motor of the Boeing 777X.
Defence

Saab starts production of T-7A’s aft

Saab starts to produce the aft fuselage section of the T-7A Red Hawk aircraft, the advanced trainer developed and produced together with Boeing for the United States Air Force.
Space

Thierry Breton addresses the European space community

The European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services concluded the 12th Conference on European Space Policy. A much awaited speech.
Industry

Boeing 737 MAX: no return before mid-2020

Boeing has just announced to its customers and suppliers that the 737 MAX would not return to service before mid-2020. This postpones both return to service and deliveries of aircraft stored for the fall.
Industry

Hybrid electric propulsion: the European Commission selects IMOTHEP

A consortium of thirty-three aviation research and industry partners led by ONERA officially launches the IMOTHEP project, an ambitious research initiative on hybrid electric propulsion funded by the European Commission under Horizon 2020.
Space

Europe invests €200 million for Ariane 6 and space SMEs

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group provide €200 million for the Ariane 6 program and SMEs in the space sector.
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Boeing 737 MAX: fear of rock-bottom prices

Meeting in Dublin, the plane lessors are worried about the risks of sales and leasing of the Boeing 737 MAX at rock-bottom prices.
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Airbus successfully tested its first fully automatic vision-based take-off

Airbus has successfully performed 8 take-offs with an Airbus A350-1000 test aircraft using a fully automatic vision-based system.
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Latécoère acquires Bombardier’s EWIS activities

Latécoère and Bombardier agree on the condition of the acquisition of the Electrical Wiring Interconnection System assets in Querétaro, Mexico, under which the French company will supply Bombardier with EWIS.
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Russian MC-21 and Chinese C919 medium-haul aircraft methodically continue their flight tests

Whilst the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX continues, the Russian Irkut MC-21-300 and Chinese Comac C919 medium-haul aircraft are methodically continuing their flight test programs.
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Boeing 737 MAX: wiring under study

The audit carried out by Boeing about its 737 MAX, at the request of the FAA, revealed a potential risk due to the proximity between two bundles of wires playing an important role in the control of aircraft tail.
Defence

Tempest: Rolls-Royce manufactures electrical starter generator

The future sixth-generation British combat aircraft, Tempest, intended to replace the Eurofighter Typhoon within the RAF, will benefit from additional electrical systems, including an embedded turbine engine starting device developed by Rolls-Royce.
Industry

Airbus stays at 768 net sales in 2019

Spirit Airlines having decided to confirm its 100 Airbus A320neos in 2020, Airbus did not near 900 net sales in 2019 but rather 800 thanks to the A321XLR and the A330neo.
Space

Maxar sells its Canadian subsidiary MDA

On December 30, Maxar announced the sale its Canadian commercial unit MDA to Northern Private Capital, a private investment company based in Toronto.
Defence

Italy boosts Piaggio Aerospace activity with several orders

Piaggio Aerospace ends 2019 with three new contracts worth €246 million. The Italian Ministry of Defense signs contract for nine copies of Avanti EVO turboprop aircraft as well as the modernization of the 18 copies in service within the Italian Armed Forces and technical-logistic support for Chinook.
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Leonardo launches the Aerotech Academy

Leonardo and Federico II, University of Naples, Italy, institute the Aerotech Academy, an advanced training course on leading engineering issues, to start in March 2020.
MRO

EASA awards maintenance certification 145 to EME Aero

On December 12, 2019, EME Aero — a 50/50 joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and MTU Aero Engines — obtains EASA 145 certification as a maintenance organization.
Defence

Crash of a Su-57

A Sukhoi Su-57 crashed into the taiga, in Khabarovsk Krai territory. The pilot managed to eject. According to the preliminary investigation, the cause is due to a malfunction of the tail flight controls.
Industry

Boeing: Dennis Muilenburg resigns

Dennis Muilenburg, Chief Executive Officer and Board director of Boeing, resigns. He will be replaced by David Calhoun, currently Chairman of the Board of Directors. Greg Smith, CFO, will take over the interim.
Industry

Aeronautics: a growing industry for Europe

An ASD Communication study shows the crucial place of the aeronautical and defense industry in Europe.
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Lisi Aerospace on the Pratt & Whitney GTF

MTU Aero Engines and Lisi Aerospace sign a major contract to supply high pressure compressor blades for the Pratt & Whitney GTF, whose variants equip the Airbus A220 as well as the A320neo and Embraer E2 families.
Industry

Boeing 737 MAX: no return before the second quarter of 2020

According to the U.S. investment bank Jefferies, deliveries of the Boeing 737 MAX should start from the second quarter of 2020. Delivery of stored aircraft won’t end before the end of 2020.
Industry

Boeing suspends production of the 737 MAX

Boeing has decided to suspend production of the 737 MAX from January 2020. Faced with a longer than expected re-certification, Boeing had no other choice.
Defence

The SLON blown at TsAGI

The future strategic transport aircraft to succeed the Antonov An-124 Ruslan is currently undergoing a wind tunnel testing campaign at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in Zhukovsky, Russia.
Industry

Gulfstream relocates its European parts distribution Center in Amsterdam

Gulfstream moves the European Customer Support Parts Distribution Center from the London area to near Amsterdam, in preparation for Brexit.
Defence

Russian Helicopters expects to sign a big contract in 2020

Russian Helicopters is moving towards the signature of a contract with Moscow for its Kamov Ka-52M attack helicopter project, according to Andrei Boginsky, General Director of the company.
Defence

The first modernized Tu-160M starts testing

Russia has assembled its first Tupolev Tu-160M, a strategic missile transport bomber that began its ground tests, preliminary to flight tests.
Defence

FCAS: Safran and MTU Aero Engines define partnership

Safran Aircraft Engines and MTU Aero Engines finally settled the details concerning their partnership to develop the engine of the next-generation European fighter aircraft NGF.
Industry

Boeing 737 MAX: The FAA takes full control of certification

Boeing lost its authorization to certify 737 MAX twin-jets for the flight as a result of an FAA decision to prohibit the manufacturer from issuing its own certificates of airworthiness.
Industry

UAC plans to produce six MC-21s for 2021

United Aircraft Corporation plans to manufacture six MC-21s in 2021 and twice as many aircraft of the type in 2022, bringing production to 72 by 2025.
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Piaggio Aerospace launches call for tenders

The Italian Ministry of Economic Development formally authorized the execution of the program for the re-launch of Piaggio Aerospace. The Italian manufacturer seeks a new owner interested in “its entirety”.
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Dubai Airshow 2019: Mubadala rationalizes its MRO business activity with Sanad

The Abu Dhabi Emirate government's Mubadala Investment fund has decided to rationalize its various activities in the MRO sector within a single subsidiary called Sanad.
Industry

CAAC authorizes AFI KLM E&M for CFM LEAP maintenance

Following on from its approval by the EASA and FAA, the AFI KLM E&M group has now received authorization from the CAAC to carry out maintenance operations on CFM International LEAP engines.
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Boeing announces debut of the 737 MAX 10

On November 22, thousands of employees gathered at the Boeing’s Renton, Washington, factory for the debut of the first 737 MAX 10.

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