Aircraft Manufacturers

Saab cars are an acquired taste

ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | yesterday

Half a century ago, a small automobile and aircraft manufacturer in Sweden, Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, started exporting cars to the United States. read more

Rolls-Royce prospects look powerful

The Herald (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Rolls-Royce boosted Scottish engineering with news of strong growth in earnings that will bode well for the jobs of more than 2000 people in the central belt.

Nigeria's Arik Air orders engine spares, goes international

Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Nairobi, Kenya - Nigeria's domestic airline, Arik Air, has ordered aircraft engines valued at US$ 500 million from American aviation engine manufacturers, General Electric, to power its fleet of seven new Boeing 787 aircraft.

CESSNA: Briles good for Bears

Aggie Sports Football (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- This time, the Baylor Bears got it right. If anyone can resurrect the Big 12's worst football program it's Art Briles. The en ...

Aviation growth may return by Dec: Boeing

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

The number of airline passengers in India will continue to fall, at least until the end of the year, a senior executive with aircraft manufacturer Boeing said.

ICON Aircraft Successfully Flies ICON A5 Sport Plane Prototype

Aerospace Online News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

ICON Aircraft, a new light-sport aircraft manufacturer, achieved an important milestone with a successful maiden test flight of the ICON A5 amphibious (land and sea capable) sport plane

Another New Jet Engine Enters the Fray

Autopia (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

With the reality of alt-fuel powered aircraft at least a decade away, it's no wonder there's been so much hype around engine design. So far Pratt & Whitney's Geared Turbofan (since renamed PurePower) has grabbed most of the headlines, but...

CESSNA: Stars' absence sends team message

The Eagle (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Quarterback Graham Harrell and wide receiver Michael Crabtree are Texas Tech's best players. Heck, they might be the best in the c ...

Qatar buys C-17 Globemaster from Boeing

The St Louis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Boeing said Monday that Qatar bought a C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to provide new strategic-airlift mobility capabilities for the Qatar Armed Forces, the aircraft manufacturer said Monday. (BA)

Fly-by-wire control

The engineer (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

Parker Aerospace has been selected as the exclusive supplier for a fly-by-wire flight control system for all new Bombardier Aerospace widebody aircraft programmes.

Pratt & Whitney Starts Flight Tests On Engine For M'bishi Jet

Nikkei (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Pratt & Whitney Starts Flight Tests On Engine For M'bishi JetFARNBOROUGH, U.K. (Nikkei)--U.S. aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney has begun flight tests of the engine that will power the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, the domestic passenger jet being developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (7011).

GKN's Airbus factory plan stalls

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

A plan by aircraft manufacturer Airbus to sell a UK factory to engineering company GKN has run into trouble, but the two sides continue to be in advanced negotiations.

Fuel-hit aircraft manufacturers play up their green cards

Indian Express (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

The air show here can often feel like aviation's World Cup, with makers of jet fighters, commercial aircraft...

• Sustainability is in the air at Farnborough - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

boeing gets ready to come to india

World Affairs Board (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

---Quote--- Defence > Defence production labels: Defence general, Government / regulatory, Military aircraft Boeing to submit detailed proposals for development of Indian aerospace industry news 17 July 2008 New Delhi: US aircraft manufacturer Boeing is all set to submit a detailed proposal to the Indian government by 4 August aimed at developing the country's aerospace industry and transferring defence...

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NOTCOT.ORG (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

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Indian entrepreneur rotting in US jail

rockport | 07/15/2008

Check out latest Business News Not many would have heard of Parthasarathy Sudarshan, an engineering graduate from REC Trichy and a scientist from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd who is rotting in the jail in USA. He has been sentenced with a 30-month prison term for helping our scientific research.

• Indian entrepreneur rotting in US jail - Sify
• Cry beloved motherland, for Parthasarathy Sudarshan - Daily News Analysis

New multirole vehicles for Savona's harbour

legionofmarduk | 03/04/2008

Rino Canavese, president of Savona-Vado Port Authority signed the contract for the acquisition of two new Bombardier vehicles, built in the very Vado plant of the canadian railroad transportation giant. The two machines will be used to move loads within the Savona and Vado harbour area and they will contribute to speed up this job considerably...

Bombardier shuttles for Beijing's airport

legionofmarduk | 12/18/2007

Bombardier Transportation has just finished installing an automated shuttle train system in Beijing's international airport. The "Cx-100" system (pictured) already operational in several European, Asian and Canadian cities, will start moving people around in march 2008...