Lufthansa Technik AG has developed a new method for significantly shortening the “Fitcheck” and has filed a patent application for significant elements of it. The “Virtual Fitcheck” will revolutionise today’s normal... Read more
Fastest Flying Vehicle
The Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 (Falcon HTV-2) aircraft is a wedge-shaped plane equipped with thrusters and aero-surfaces designed to provide control during hypersonic flight. Read more
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At the 59th Annual Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture in Oshkosh, Rockwell Collins unveiled the industry’s first touch-control primary flight display for business jets and turboprop aircraft. Read more
• MMRCA bids open, who will it be? On November 4, the Indian government opened the financial bids of the two European contenders – Dassault's Rafale from France and Eurofighter Typhoon from the EADS European (Germany, Spain, Britain and Italy) consortium for the mega deal of acquiring 126 medium multi role combat aircraft.
• Saab confirms Gripen not on shortlist Swedish aerospace major Saab AB has confirmed on its website that Gripen has not been shortlisted for the medium multi-role combat aircraft programme of the Indian Air Force. The IAF is buying 126 MMRCA in a deal worth over $10 billion.
• Boeing Statement on India’s MMRCA Decision Boeing today was notified that our Super Hornet proposal for India’s MMRCA competition was not short listed in the initial down select. We are obviously disappointed with this outcome.