Farnborough Show News - July 14, 2008 - (Page 1) MONDAY, JULY 14 FARNBOROUGH 2008 Thirty More Years CFM partners GE and Snecma –Page 4 reaffirm their alliance. CFM Reveals New Engine LEAP-X engine for narrowbodies to be ready by 2016. –Page 13 Boeing Reduces Forecast There’ll be more replacement craft –Page 34 due to fuel costs. Launching the CSeries were (l to r) Bombardier Aerospace president & CEO Guy Hachey, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft president Gary Scott, Lufthansa Corporate Fleet svp Nico Buchholz, and Bombardier president and CEO Pierre Beaudoin. UAVs’ Quiet Revolution The RAF is now using drones as –Page 36 offensive weapons. Bombardier/Lufthansa Launch CSeries Bombardier launched its CSeries airliner here yesterday with Lufthansa as launch customer. The German airline signed letters of interest for up to 60 aircraft with options for 30. –Pages 9 and 90 Finmeccanica: U.S. Success But Italian firm looks eastward –Pages 40-41 to Russia too. A Plethora of AESAs Northrop, Raytheon, Thales for Lockheed, Saab, more. –Page 44 BAE North America Plus The New York-based unit is a growing global player. –Page 48 Pratt & Whitney Flies Geared Fan Pratt & Whitney flew its Geared Turbofan demonstrator engine for the first time on the eve of the Farnborough Air Show. The engine is expected to combat soaring oil prices with an improvement of more than 12% in fuel burn over today’s most efficient engines. The event marks a double for Pratt & Whitney– it is also celebrating the launch of Bombardier’s CSeries airliner, which is powered by the GTF. –Pages 4 and 98 L-3 Becomes a Prime A far cry from early days as group –Page 52 of Loral spin-offs. Better Late Than Never Airbus A400M transport rolled out –Page 84 on June 26. A Peek Behind the Curtain Mikhail Pogosyan of Sukhoi talks –Page 92 technology. China’s J-10 Revealed The aircraft is being readied for –Page 96 display in Beijing. Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner It’s late, but will be worth the wait, –Pages 104-105 Boeing says. VISIT US AT CHALET C-6. Breaking LM’s Hegemony Dassault reportedly sells 30+ –Page 109 Rafales to the UAE. The F-22 will make its sole appearance here today at 3:08 p.m.
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Farnborough Show News - July 14, 2008 Farnborough Show News - July 14, 2008 Contents Thirty More Years CFM Reveals New Engine Boeing Reduces Forecast UAVs’ Quiet Revolution Finmeccanica: U.S. Success A Plethora of AESAs BAE North America Plus L-3 Becomes a Prime Better Late Than Never A Peek Behind the Curtain China’s J-10 Revealed Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner Breaking LM’s Hegemony Farnborough Show News - July 14, 2008 Farnborough Show News - July 14, 2008 - Contents (Page 1) Farnborough Show News - July 14, 2008 - Contents (Page 2) Farnborough Show News - July 14, 2008 - Contents (Page 3) Farnborough Show News - July 14, 2008 - Thirty More Years (Page 4) Farnborough Show News - July 14, 2008 - Thirty More Years (Page 5) Farnborough Show News - July 14, 2008 - Thirty More Years (Page 6) Farnborough Show News - July 14, 2008 - Thirty More Years (Page 7) Farnborough Show News - July 14, 2008 - Thirty More Years (Page 8) Farnborough Show News - 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