As more debris was spotted in the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France A330-200 is suspected to have crashed Sunday night about 400 mi. northeast of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, French officials embarked on what they fear may be a difficult investigation owing to the depth of the sea at the crash site. [...]
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ICAO’s Group on International Aviation and Climate Change yesterday recommended “a global aspirational goal of 2% annual improvement in fuel efficiency of the international civil aviation in-service fleet,” but noticeably did not make any proposals on emissions trading. Link to the original site No tags for this post. Asiana Airlines suffered a KRW227.17 billion ($183.5 million) loss in 2008, reversed from a KRW106.26 billion profit the prior year as the value of the won collapsed against the dollar and the Korean economy faltered, and followed that with an even deeper first-quarter loss. Link to the original site No tags for this post. The specialist in big-size titanium and aluminium investment, castings TITAL from Bestwig, Germany, succeeded in reducing the scrap rate of a Eurofighter part by 30% at the customer’s shop floor. In cooperation with their British customer BAE Systems, TITAL succeeded within only 10 months in developing a redesign for a large-size sand-casting part for [...] YXLON International, a leading supplier of industrial X-ray inspection systems and industrial computed tomography (CT) solutions for the non-destructive testing of materials (NDT), is increasing its sales of standard rod anodes. Rod anodes from YXLON supplement the high-performance microfocus X-ray tubes from the Feinfocus product family. The innovative, cutting-edge technologies incorporated into the anodes make [...] Colibrys has confirmed launching the IRIS™ accelerometer family, the world’s best open-loop MEMS accelerometer, to displace traditional vibrating quartz and electromechanical solutions. MEMS establishes new competition for historical high-end motion sensors, as typically offered by Honeywell, by pushing the boundaries of its performances and offering higher robustness at reduced cost in safety-critical and harsh environment [...] Anecom AeroTest has released a new white paper detailing its range of products for the aerospace technology industry. Anecom remains one of the market leaders in the field of providing aero-thermal component testing of compressor, combustor and turbine services for the aerospace industry. To download AneCom AeroTest’s free white paper, click here. … Link to [...] Colibrys, a leading supplier of MEMS-based motion sensors for high-precision and high-reliability aerospace use, would like to thank all who visited the company’s stand at OTC 2009, the world’s largest offshore resources industry event, which was held between the 4-7 May 2009 in Houston, Texas, US. Attendance at OTC 2009 was excellent, reaching 66,820 [...] In response to market interest in the Phoenix CRJ in an air ambulance version, Project Phoenix, the Dubai-based specialist in converting airliners for VIP/executive use, has signed an agreement with Spectrum Aeromed of the US to develop such a variant – as either a dedicated air ambulance version or quick change fit option. Spectrum Aeromed, [...] The German precision casting expert TITAL, based in Bestwig, Germany, has engaged in a partnership with the Institute ACCESS of RWTH, Aachen and other industry partners on a research collaboration. The goal being to dovetail scientific knowledge and practice and develop an efficient casting process for the engine parts made out of inter metallic alloy [...] TITAL, Europe’s largest titanium casting manufacturer, will exhibit at Aero India 2009. TITAL has high expectations and will show mid-size titanium and aluminium casting at their stand in hall C, booth C26.15. In January TITAL began operating its new titanium investment castings furnace in Germany, an investment of about $14 million. TITAL is a specialist [...] The recent Investment Casting Days in Bestwig, which was sponsored by the TITAL foundry, concentrated on cost reduction, assembly-ready investment castings and increasing quality requirements. The Investment Casting Days at TITAL is a regularly scheduled workshop for development and design engineers from the aerospace industry. One of the main topics of these workshops is [...] Data Device Corporation (DDC) has introduced ARINC 575 support for DDC’s new ARINC 429 products including PMC, PC/104-Plus and PCI-104 cards, featuring various ARINC 429 receive and transmit channel counts. The addition of programmable ARINC 575 support for each ARINC 429 channel on the cards allows for compatibility with legacy systems. DDC’s ARINC 429 [...] Despite opposition from the Pentagon, one of the most powerful members of the House Appropriations Committee is considering including a provision in a supplemental defense bill that would split the $35 billion contract for Air Force refueling tankers between Boeing and a Northrop-EADS team. Link to the original site No tags for this post. |
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