The largest helicopter trade show and exhibition in the world, the Heli-Expo, starts on February 26th and goes on until March 1st in Las Vegas, Nevada. Honeywell, the world renowned company, is determined to turn eyes with their up-to-date technical products along with information in regards to maintenance for their turboshaft engines.
For the year 2017, Airbus Helicopter has noticed a slight decline in their sales due to various factors in the industry. Speculation In the market states that larger more heavier helicopters are no longer needed or wanted due to the fact that companies are buying medium sized helicopters that have almost similar potential at a fraction of the cost.
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) has just bought Rockwell Collins Incorporated for $140 a share, two-thirds payable in cash and one-third in stock. UTC’s chief executive officer Gregory Hayes approached Rockwell Collins’ CEO Robert K. Ortberg in January about the acquisition, starting a long negotiation that would last for the better part of the year.
18 aircrafts belonging to the United States Air Force have been halted due to continuous malfunctions. There has been two repeated incidents within a 60 day time period that has caught the attention of the Air Mobility Command (AMC). Issues having to do with the nose aircraft landing-gear has been the main concern for the cease of the aircrafts. The type of aircraft landing gear can be found in the 1620 Aircraft landing gear FSC category. The order was given on July 17th by the AMC to hold all 18 C-5s aircrafts stationed in the Dover Air Force Base located in Delaware. 12 out of the 18 aircrafts were used in the first line of use for the Air force having the remaining 6 as back up aircrafts. Fortunate for the Air Force the only the aircrafts stationed in Dover will be the only aircrafts being ceased. The aircrafts stationed in Dover, Delaware are 18 of 56 that the air force has worldwide.
USS Gerald R Ford is the lead ship of her class of the United States Navy supercarriers. It is worth $13 billion and the most advanced aircraft carrier in the world due to its enormous flight deck and a new electromagnetic system to launch aircraft. The ship is able to hold more than 75 aircraft at a time because of its length of 1100 feet long. The warship can cruise at speeds of more than 30 knots and operate for 20 years without refueling, according to the Associated Press. It turned out to be the most expensive warship the US military has ever build since it manufacturing which started in 2005.
Anglo-French is under speculation to continue their development on their latest project due to Europe’s current Brexit scandal. The production of the unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) is what is said to be at stake if companies do not decide to coincide. Dassault, one of the main contributor to this project has stated to be very concerned to on the upcoming descions.
A new announcement came from commercial aircraft company Bombardier came in late March 2017, stating that CityJet, a Dublin-based regional carrier, is moving forward with four options that were included in the purchase agreement that was created earlier in the year. That agreement was composed of an order for six CRJ900 aircrafts and the option for four others in addition to the six. The order is estimated to run up a bill of roughly US $467 million.
On March 17th 2017, there was an article posted by Gregory Polek which talks about how International Airlines created a new brand that is targeted towards those that are money conscious in the market for low fares. This low fare brand will be called Level.
Test Pilot Schools is something that catches our attention here at ASAP Semi since these school’s order plenty of parts for teaching purposes. Here at asap semi we provide the best price and the quickest lead time to keep programs like these going. Recently, QinetiQ a British multinational defence technology company signed a deal with Airbus to provide four H125 helicopters for their Test Pilot Program that manages alongside with the UK’s Ministry of Defense. This deal was worth about 15 million Euro, that will be invested in a 3-axis autopilot, traffic awareness system, and dedicated communications equipment. These things are critical parts for a successful flight test engineer training. Not only will this deal include these upgrades but also aircraft modifications and a plan that will help deliver full availability for 10 years. Hopefully by 2019 these new upgraded advanced aircrafts will be released.
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) welcomed the European Union (EU)’s acceptance of Commercial Air Transport (CAT) using Single-Engine Turbine aero planes at night or in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (SET-IMC) in Europe. Here at ASAP Semi we deal with many international customers. Having knowledge of projects going on around the world are great for us so that we can stock our inventory to accommodate orders that might be placed. We are very knowledgeable of which parts go on specific airplanes and if not we have services to inform us.