Airbus Military rembourse 321 millions d'euros à l'Afrique du Sud

"Airbus Military règle ainsi le contentieux qui a suivi l'annulation d'une commande d'A400M. Armscor a accusé réception des fonds mardi 20 decembre" Usine Nouvelle

Fifth Airbus Military A400M development aircraft makes first flight

"The fifth Airbus Military A400M military airlifter has made its first flight, marking the end of a highly successful year for the programme and meaning that the full fleet of Grizzly development aircraft is now in the air, completing the flight-test programme."

L'OMC arbitrera le litige entre l'UE et Washington sur Airbus

"L'OMC a engagé une procédure d'arbitrage pour examiner la demande des Etats-Unis d'imposer des sanctions à l'Union européenne dans le dossier des subventions à l'avionneur Airbus." Boursier

Airbus expands order record, Boeing set to rebound

"Airbus is on course to end 2011 with well over 1,600 orders, pushing Boeing to the lowest market share of their 40-year rivalry, but Boeing has stored up momentum for a comeback as both companies put fresh vigour into their most-sold jets." MontrealGazette

South Korea Picks Sagem for Submarine Modernization

"Sagem has been awarded the contract to modernize South Korean submarines. This latest success reinforces the company’s leadership in the field of precision inertia." DefenseTalk

Thales and Safran sign optronics MoU

"Thales and Safran have signed an optronics Memorandum of Understanding that will see the two companies form an equally-owned joint venture for optronics systems and equipment. The announcement of the MoU was made on 20 December 2011." Shephard

RQ 170. Le drone secret en 3 morceaux (plus ou moins bien) recollés.

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All Nippon Plans U.S. Service With Boeing Dreamliner

"Japan's All Nippon Airways Co. plans to start flying the new Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner jet to the U.S. next year, with services from Tokyo to Seattle and San Jose, Calif." WSF

Coriolis Composites allie international, propriété intellectuelle et innovation

"PME bretonne installée à Lorient, le groupe Coriolis Composites développe et commercialise des équipements composites, des robots et des logiciels qu’il a breveté. Réunissant des savoir faire de différents secteurs (nautisme et automobile) et de nouveaux développements logiciels, Coriolis Composites a pris pied dans l’aéronautique via un grand défi proposé par Airbus Nantes..." Flyintelligence

Boeing South Carolina Site Achieves 787 Weight-On-Wheels Milestone

"The first Dreamliner to be constructed at Boeing's new South Carolina assembly plant achieved a significant milestone Sunday 19th december the airplane put weight on its landing gear for the first time." Aero-News

South Africa agreement over A400M after refund 

"Airbus Military has cleared a key hurdle to pursuing further business with South Africa by refunding pre-delivery payments on an order of eight A400Ms cancelled two years ago." DMI

La France reçoit ses nouveaux Casa

"Le premier des huit avions Casa CN235 commandés à Airbus Military en 2010 a été réceptionné par la direction générale de l’armement (DGA) le 17 novembre 2011, avec 2 mois d’avance sur le calendrier contractuel." Info-aviation

Airbus 2012 Concerns Include A350 Production Targets

" Airbus cites adherence to the A350 milestone as the biggest internal risk to executing next year’s plan and the turbulence of the Western economies as the largest external risk." Aviation Week

Airbus a livré son 7.000e appareil

Airbus a livré, sur son site de Hambourg en Allemagne, son 7.000e appareil, un A321, à US Airways, la compagnie qui exploite la plus grande flotte d’appareils Airbus dans le monde. Ce seuil des 7.000 appareils livrés est franchi deux ans seulement après la livraison du 6.000ème avion Airbus.

Rolls-Royce to Power 20 New Aircraft for Thai Airways International

Rolls-Royce Trent XWB and Trent 1000 engines will power 12 Airbus A350 XWB and eight Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft which are part of THAI's fleet modernisation programme and will further improve the airline's operational and environmental performance. ASD