Drones to test the waters

AMPHIBIOUS drones are being developed to collect and test potentially dangerous water samples from difficult to access watercourses. Dan Squire founded Drones Over Water last year in South Australia and has developed a sensor unit, which attaches to amphibious drones to allow the collection of samples from watercourses. He said the drones were highly efficient … Dowiedz się więcej

Vietjet Chooses PurePower® Engine for A320neo, A321neo Aircraft Order

Vietjet has signed a Definitive Agreement for the PurePower Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) engine to power their order of 63 Airbus A320neo and A321neo family of aircraft. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2017. Pratt & Whitney is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The PurePower Geared Turbofan engine family has about 7,000 orders, including … Dowiedz się więcej

Thales to equip over 700 Airbus Single-Aisles in Asia

Thales cements its position as the most successful aerospace systems supplier in Asia with contracts signed with 16 airlines, including China’s Air China and Shenzhen Airlines, India’s GoAir and Singapore’s BOC Aviation. Singapore is Thales’s primary regional hub for avionics, and handles both production of key systems as well as Repair and Overhaul. Locally, the … Dowiedz się więcej