The new frontiers and new air power trends are accelerating the development of new capabilities and technologies for military pilot training Airbus and Leonardo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint promotion of integrated training systems and the development of answers to future challenges of Air Dominance. In the context […]
read more
The Polish Defense Ministry has signed an agreement to acquire two observation satellites from the French company Airbus Defense and Space. Poland thus wants to boost its military reconnaissance capabilities after Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak and the Minister of Forces [...]
read more
The US authorities have asked the two largest telecommunications companies, AT&T and Verizon, to postpone the introduction of the new 5G frequency bands by two weeks. The deadline, initially scheduled for 5 December, had already been postponed to 5 January, but Airbus and Boeing recently returned to express their "concern" [...]
read more
European aerospace multinational Airbus has fired 16 of its employees for illegal possession of classified documents belonging to the German army. The Netherlands-registered airline, one of the largest in the world, cooperated in an investigation into the accident. The investigation has been conducted by the German authorities since September 2018. The incident, which the German authorities defined [...]
read more
(Giovanni D'Agata, “Rights Desk”) Half an hour of pure terror for 157 passengers and 6 crew members of Iberia flight IB 3254 which took off from Madrid-Barajas. A failure in the right reactor of the Airbus 321 Madrid-Malpensa caused an emergency at Milan Malpensa airport. Fortunately, the aircraft, which carried 157 passengers and 6 crew members, landed regularly at [...]
read more
The first full-size model of the European Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft (MALE RPAS - remotely piloted aircraft for intermediate and long-range operations) was unveiled today at a ceremony at the ILA Air Show in Berlin at Schönefeld Airport. The ceremony, attended by Dirk Hoke, [...]
read more
Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron had announced the birth of a series of joint projects, including a new fighter superjet. And tomorrow in Berlin, at the ILA, the International Aeronautics and Space Exhibition, the "next step" should arrive, according to what die Welt on line writes. "It does not have a name yet, it is defined as the sixth [...]
read more
Airbus has awarded Leonardo's Aerostructures Division as Best Performing Supplier, one of the best suppliers in terms of sustainable and consolidated performance: OTD (On Time Delivery) equal to 100% and a significant improvement in quality. The award ceremony took place today in Toulouse as part of an initiative called SQIP (Supplier Quality Improvement Plan), aimed at [...]
read more
Airbus today delivered the first A350-1000 widebody aircraft to its customer Qatar Airways in Toulouse. This is the first of the 37 A350-1000 aircraft ordered. The first Airbus aircraft equipped with the revolutionary Osuite armchairs, the first double bed in Business class. Qatar Airways is the largest customer of the Airbus A350 XWB family with 76 […]
read more
Emirates signed a contract on Sunday to purchase 36 Airbus A380s worth $ 16 billion. The order guarantees the future of the largest passenger aircraft in the world. The order, for 20 double-decker aircraft with an option for 16 more, was announced in mid-January, but nothing concrete. Today with the [...]
read more
Airbus ultimately succeeded in its main intent as Emirates announced that it had ordered the purchase of 36 A380s for $ 16 billion. Just three days ago, during a press conference for the presentation of the 2017 commercial report, Airbus sales director John Leahy admitted the stalemate [...]
read more
Airbus announced today that it was ordered to pay 104 million euro penalty for the sale of missiles to Taiwan in 1992. And 'the last act of the French company to resolve a matter that has dragged on for years and concerns the sale of biggest weapons ever. The scandal concerning the [...]
read more
Airbus is trying to take the lost ground relative to competitor Boeing, with a series of multi-billion dollar deals to end a traumatic year haunted by management upheavals and corruption investigations. The offers announced this week include the confirmation of a record order of 430 aircraft traded by private equity firm Indigo Partners […]
read more
Following the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Airbus group, held last Thursday, it was decided to renew the management of the company to ensure a succession within the Airbus top management. The aeronautical group Airbus thus announces that Fabrice Bregier, number two of the group, will step down in February 2018. To replace him as [...]
read more
The European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) has issued a "warning" of the highest level of urgency for the new Airbus A350-941, introduced into service in 2014. Complaint no. 2017-0154-E, was filed for a problem with the hydraulic fluid cooling system, which, if not fixed, could potentially lead to an engine explosion. [...]
read more
Airbus delivered the hundredth A350 XWB to China Airlines. Thus, said Fabrice Brégier, coo of Airbus and president of Airbus Commercial Aircraft: "we exceed the threshold of 100 deliveries of the A350 XWB at a time when this aircraft is experiencing the fastest increase in production rates for a widebody, and is on the road to reach [...]
read more