FANUC will join MAG Americas and Makino, Inc. as an eXperience Partner at imX interactive manufacturing eXperience held  at the Las Vegas Convention Center. imX is an innovative educational event for the manufacturing community centered on learning and collaboration. imX is sponsored by AMT –...
Infotech Enterprises has been recognized as Supplier of the Year in the international category by The Boeing Company. This is the second time in three years that Infotech has received the same award from  Boeing . Infotech was one of 16 companies and lone university honored for distinguished...
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) and Russian Airlines Aeroflot signed the Act of Delivery and Acceptance for the SSJ100 Full Flight Simulator (FFS).The device was installed by the Aeroflot Aviation School at Sheremetjevo airport and it will allow the airline to train pilots itself.  ...
The Supervisory Board of Messe Berlin appointed Ingrid Maaß, Dipl. Kauffrau, (50), as the new COO of Messe Berlin. She will take up her post on 1 August. In December 2012 the Supervisory Board had appointed Dr. Christian Göke to succeed the current CEO, Raimund Hosch, who is due to retire at the...
CADES, a leading Indian engineering design services and technology provider, has announced the signing of Memorandum of Understanding with ATOS Spain, to provide engineering services to EADS.     Both CADES and ATOS have the E2S certification status and are the preferred supplier...
Eurocopter and its leading transport provider SDV have put on the road their first hybrid truck in Germany which links the Eurocopter’s plant in Donauworth and the Munich’s airport.  “The implementation of this SDV Geis Hybrid shuttle truck is a very important step forward for us but it will...
Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)-K, demonstrating that the vehicle is functioning and ready to use its internal engine to boost it to its operational geosynchronous orbit. After reaching final orbit, it will undergo three months of...
Vislink International, the global provider of video communications technologies, have announced the immediate availability of the military spec. Mantis MSAT, the world’s smallest and lightest satellite data terminal.  At 12.5kg (27.5 lbs) MSAT is designed for one man operation in challenging...
The Africa Aerospace and Defence 2012 (AAD2012) exhibition is one of the world’s premier aerospace and defence events and holds a prominent position within the aviation and defence calendar. AAD2012 exhibition will return to the Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof in Tshwane from 19 – 23 September 2012...
A Soyuz rocket blasted off with an international crew of three toward the International Space Station on Sunday in a mission testing the reliability of Russia's crisis-prone space programme. NASA's Sunita Williams and Japan's Akihiko Hoshide and Yury Malenchenko of Russia started their journey on...
At the end of a busy trade week, orders and commitments announced at this year’s Farnborough International Airshow have been confirmed at US$72 covering a total of 758 aircraft. The figures represent a 53% increase on the 2010 show and close to the 2008 figure when sales peaked at US$88billion....
AMAC AEROSPACE (SWITZERLAND) AG has ordered the CTT Cair™ System to be installed in one VVIP B747-8 aircraft. The installation will be performed during 2013. AMAC Aerospace will be working again with CTT. We had a very strong collaboration on a previous project which was a driving factor for...
There are not enough qualified personnel and newcomers to fill all the present and future vacancies in various technical professions, and this is particularly the case in the aerospace sector. It is against this background that the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA 2012 (11 to 16 Sept.)...
Boeing has successfully demonstrated end-to-end communication using a terminal from the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) system and the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. This first on-orbit test with the AEHF SV-1 satellite accomplished both extended-data-...
  The Boeing Company has completed the fifth of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites the company is building for the U.S. Air Force. The spacecraft was built at the Satellite Development Center in El Segundo using the GPS IIF pulse-line manufacturing approach, which draws on...
Boeing and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed an in-flight demonstration of a satellite communications (SATCOM) system that, if implemented, will enable F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircrews to conduct two-way, secure voice and data communications with other SATCOM-enabled aircraft, ships, ground...
Elscint Automation, the leading vibratory bowl feeder manufacturer from India has developed an innovative Ball Sorting & Grading Unit for small balls. The Elscint Ball Sorting and Grading Unit is designed to feed, sort and grade small balls which require to be graded / sorted...
The Boeing Company today celebrates 50 years in Alabama, where employees play a vital role in building and sustaining the United States' space and defense programs. The largest aerospace company in the state of Alabama, Boeing maintains its Strategic Missile & Defense Systems headquarters in...
  Over the past three years the team behind Avinode, the world’s largest marketplace for air charter, has been working behind the scenes to develop the next revolution in air charter, SchedAero.  The system, which has already launched in the U.S. market, has quickly grown in...
  Cobham announced that Chief Executive Officer Andy Stevens had decided to take early retirement due to the recurrence of a long term serious back injury. The Chairman, John Devaney, assumed the position of Executive Chairman while a search for Andy’s successor was conducted.Cobham plc (‘...