Civil aviation

Morpho Partners with UK’s Cornwall Airport Newquay for Advanced Baggage and Passenger Screening

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Morpho (Safran), through its subsidiary Morpho Detection, today announced a contract with U.K.’s Cornwall Airport Newquay to supply and service advanced detection solutions that screen passengers and baggage for explosives and contraband. Morpho CTX 5800 Following competitive tendering, Cornwall Airport Newquay selected Morpho’s compact CTX 5800™ explosives detection system (EDS) to screen all passenger checked … Dowiedz się więcej

ESA: Landing on an asteroid

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This is the micro-lander that ESA’s proposed Asteroid Impact Mission would put down on its target asteroid. The asteroid body in question is just 170 m in diameter – the smaller body of the binary Didymos system – so roughly the same size as the Great Pyramid of Giza. It orbits just 1.2 km above … Dowiedz się więcej

Airbus Helicopters selects Thales and Helisim for its H160 full flight simulator deployment

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Airbus Helicopters has partnered with Thales and Helisim to develop and deploy the full flight simulator (FFS) for the H160. In line with the “born ready” strategy implemented by the H160 since the beginning of its development, the FFS will be available to support the H160’s entry into service. This partnership between experienced and recognized … Dowiedz się więcej

IATA: IATA Welcomes New CO2 Emissions Standard for Aircraft

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Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the decision by representatives at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to agree a CO2 efficiency Standard for commercial aircraft. The Standard, which has taken six years of painstaking negotiation and technical work, was approved by ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection. The Standard, to come … Dowiedz się więcej

Emirates signs Boeing 777 landing gear exchange and overhaul contract

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Emirates has contracted Lufthansa Technik to overhaul the landing gear of its Boeing 777-200ER/300 classic fleet. The 5-year agreement covers 13 shipsets. The formalisation of this contract reflects Emirates’ long-standing relationship with Lufthansa Technik, which dates back to 2005. The work will be performed by Lufthansa Technik Landing Gear services UK (LTLGS) located in Hayes, … Dowiedz się więcej

Thales Alenia Space has signed €450 million ESA contract to build Sentinel-3C and D satellites for Copernicus program

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Thales Alenia Space is celebrating today the signing with the European Space Agency (ESA), for the contract worth €450 million, to build the Sentinel-3C and D environmental monitoring and oceanographic satellites for the European program Copernicus. Thales Alenia Space is once again prime contractor for these two new satellites, as for the Sentinel-3A and 3B … Dowiedz się więcej