26 October 2014
ExxonMobil and Pratt & Whitney to test synthetic jet engine oil
ExxonMobil and Pratt & Whitney have partnered to test synthetic jet engine oil Mobil Jet Oil 387 on PurePower engine variants.
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23 October 2014
Kunming Airlines to buy ten Boeing 737 aircraft
China-based Kunming Airlines has agreed to buy ten Boeing 737s, including four Next-Generation 737-700s and six 737 MAX aircraft.
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23 October 2014
Kuwait lessor Alafco plans to buy 15 aircraft
Aviation Lease & Finance (Alafco), a unit of Kuwait Finance House (KFH), is preparing to buy 15 new aircraft in the next two years with an investment of around $600m.
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23 October 2014
Northrop Grumman to build microwave sounder for JPSS-2 satellite
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems has secured a contract from Nasa to provide advanced technology microwave sounder (ATMS) instrument for flight on the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) 2 mission.
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22 October 2014
GKN Aerospace reveals innovative wing technology
GKN Aerospace and Airbus have partnered to develop an ultra-high performance, natural laminar flow (NLF) wing for the next-generation of low emission aircraft.
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22 October 2014
Boeing and COMAC open demonstration plant for sustainable aviation biofuel
Boeing has partnered with Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) to open a demonstration facility, to produce sustainable aviation biofuel from waste cooking oil in China.
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22 October 2014
Russia’s Proton-M rocket launches Express-AM6 telecommunications satellite
Russia's Proton-M rocket has successfully blasted-off with the Express-AM6 telecommunications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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21 October 2014
GE Aviation to provide avionics and power systems for Gulfstream business jets
GE Aviation has secured a contract from Gulfstream Aerospace to provide avionics and power systems for the recently launched Gulfstream G500 and G600 business jets.
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21 October 2014
Rockwell Collins unveils ARINCDirect for business aviation
Avionics firm Rockwell Collins has revealed ARINCDirect, a new suite of flight support services for business aviation.
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21 October 2014
Boeing begins 777X composite wing centre in US
Boeing has started construction on a new $1bn composite wing centre for twin-aisle 777X at its facility in Everett, Washington, US.