The European Commission (EC) has approved the proposed joint venture (JV) between Airbus Group and Safran, for space launcher activities, satellite subsystems and missile propulsion.
French software firm Dassault Systèmes and Solar Impulse have renewed their technical partnership on a solar-powered round-the-world aircraft project.
Researchers at the University of Florida have come up with an anaerobic digestion process to convert human waste into rocket fuel.
Vietnam-based low-cost airline VietJet Air has awarded $300m engine maintenance contract to CFM International for its fleet of 21 Airbus A320ceo aircraft.
Russian aircraft builder Sukhoi has received vertical navigation (VNAV) certification for its Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) from the Aviation Register of Interstate Aviation Committee.
GE Aviation has formed a joint venture (JV) with Italian firm Turbocoating, to produce thermal barrier coatings for ceramic matrix composite components used in aircraft engines.
Safran and Albany International have opened a carbon-composite components facility in eastern France.
Garmin International has received supplemental type certificate approval to equip its G950 Integrated Flight Deck on Metroliner and Twin Otter aircraft.
Final assembly of the first 787-9 Dreamliner has commenced at Boeing’s facility in South Carolina, US, integrating large fuselage sections of the super-efficient jetliner.
Airbus is to invest £48m in its manufacturing facility in Broughton, North Wales, UK, to develop new systems and technologies for aircraft wings.
