IAI Signs Agreement with Air Canada for B787 Line Maintenance.

January 5th, 2015 – Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) Bedek Aviation Group recently signed an agreement with Air Canada to fulfill the airline’s B787 line maintenance requirements at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel-Aviv. Alan Butterfiel..

Elbit Systems Awarded Approximately $100 Million Contract to Purchase New Firefighting Aircraft and Operate Firefighting Squadron.

  Haifa, Israel, January 5, 2015 - Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems”) announced today that it was awarded an approximately $100 million contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) to procure six new firefigh..

Douche écossaise pour le Bell 429.

La carrière de l'hélicoptère super-léger Bell 429 oscille entre succès et contrariétés. Les livraisons vont bon train, en particulier en Europe où un centre de formation va ouvrir en 2016. Mais la FAA vient de rejeter l'appel de Bell Helicopt..

GE’s Passport engine for Bombardier Global 7000/8000 begins flight-testing on historic 747.

GE AVIATION NEWS RELEASE Victorville, CA – January 5, 2015 – GE Aviation's Passport Integrated Propulsion System for Bombardier’s new Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets began flight-testing on GE Aviation’s 747-100 flying test-bed..

Highly Impressed With Embraer.

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 07:50 AM PST To paraphrase Churchill, for decades I've had my own ideas about Embraer, and I didn't want them changed by any Embraerians. I'd always respected Embraer, as does much of the aerospace industry – if aerospace compa..