A400M production plans slot into place: new or upgraded facilities are taking shape across Europe as industry targets 2008 first flight.
The contract signature in Bonn, in May 2003, which finally gave the go-ahead for the development and production of Europe's long-delayed and much-needed A400M strategic airlifter, has led to a flurry of investment decisions by the partners in the programme. Taken mainly from the industrial arrangement adopted...

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DATE EVENT CONTACT JUNE 3-7 12th International Flight ifis2002@enav.it Inspection Symposium, Rome 6-7 Homeland Security Summit and www.mcgraw-hill.com Exposition: Threats and Solutions, confe- rence, Washington 11-13 AHS International 58th Annual www.vtol.org Forum and Technology display, Montreal. 16-19 Aircraft Maintenance Planning & www.tsc-corp.com Contzrol, seminar/workshop, Clearwater Beach, FL. 17-21 Eurosatory,...

Pioneering industrial consolidation in Europe: Astrium, the first tri-national space group is a major actor of civil and military space in Europe. (Astrium).
Astrium, the first European Space Company, has activities in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain. Astrium is a pioneer of European consolidation. The national consolidation in Germany in 1989 led to the formation of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, followed by the merger of the space activities of Matra Espace and...

SAR-Lupe, European reconnaissance asset: OHB-system made a breakthrough in military and SAR markets with its SAR-Lupe system for Germany. (OHB-System).
By OHB-System On December 17, 2001, OHB-System and the German Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) signed the contract for the design, manufacturing, installation, and operation for the national reconnaissance satellite system SAR-Lupe for an amount of approximately M [euro] 300. OHB-System has...

Outsourcing trends in the space industry: tecnologica's aim is to be fully integrated in the customers' production flow. (Tecnologica Componentes Electronicos).
BY TECNOLOGICA Outsourcing has become a major trend in most industrial sectors due to the large number of clear advantages it offers: * conversion of fixed costs into variable costs (staff and infrastructure). * customer ability to focus' on core business and competences,...

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Calendar DATE EVENT CONTACT OCTOBER 1-2 9th Annual MRO Regulations confs@aviation-industry.com Quality & Safety Conference, Amsterdam 1-3 ERA2002 General www.era.org/generalassembly Assembly, Salzburg 7-11 ACI World/Pacific aci@airports.org conference & exhibition, Tokyo 9-10 The 2nd Annual CIS sofie@aviation-industry.com & Eastern Europe Airline Engineering & Maintence conference, Budapest 9-10 ATC Asia Pacific...

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DATE EVENT CONTACT MAY 7-9 EBACE, European Business Aviation wwww.ebace.com conference & exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland 10-11 AIAA 9th aeroacoustics conference & www.aiaa.org exhibit, Hilton Head, NC 12-24 Aviation Safety and Security Certi- www.gwvirginia.gwu.edu ficate Program, George Washington University, Virginia 13-15 World Mail & Express Europe confe- www.triangle.eu.com rence, Rome...

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DATE EVENT CONTACT MARCH 3-4 Creating Airport Cities, Dubai simone@insightgrp.co.uk 12-13 A Global Aviation, Aeronautics & www.AviationNow.com Space Symposium, Toulouse 12-13 ERA Regional Airline conference, www.eraa.org Stuttgart 16-18 LABACE First Latin American www.labace.org Business Aviation conference and exhibition, Sao Paolo 17-19 Flight Safety Foundation and ERA www.flightsafety.org 15th annual...

Airbus technology key: technological innovation is at the core of Airbus strategy in the long-range, high-capacity section of the market. (Special Report).
With the the first A340-600 now in commercial service with Virgin Atlantic and the A340-500 well on the way to Certification, the future A380 superjumbo is moving to centre stage in Toulouse. The site of the A380 final assembly line at the new Aerqconstellation site was officially inaugurated by...

Europe's key MRO facilities in air transport. (MRO Industry).
AAR AIRCRAFT COMPONENT SERVICES (unit of AAR Corp, USA) 35 Willow Lane, Mitcham, Surrey CR4 4UQ, UK Facility location(s): Mitcham, UK and Hoofdorp, The Netherlands Tel: +44 20 8640 2225 Fax: +44 20 8640 2855 Web site: www.aarcorp.com Activities: repair and overhaul of instruments, avionics, electrical, pneumatics, fuel, hydraulics...