Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) aims to obtain type certification from China for its narrowbody C919 jet by the end of 2020, putting the state planemaker on track to meet its 2021 goal of delivering the first jet to its launch customer, a senior company executive said on Thursday. Read the full story https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/14/comac-aims-to-obtain-c919-jets-chinese-certification-by-the-end-of-2020.html […]
China to build world’s largest aircraft under licence
Image Courtesy-Antonov-Corporation By Charles F. Moreira, Editor The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AICC) will take delivery of an Antonov AN-225 aircraft from the Antonov Corporation in 2019, followed by licensed production of modernised versions of the giant aircraft and its Progress D-18T turbofan engines at the AICC’s production plant in Sichuan Province. Antonov is Ukraine’s […]
Russia’s Rostec proposes collaborative long-haul aero engine development with China
By Charles F. Moreira, Editor Following the successful maiden flights of China’s COMAC C919 and Russia’s Irkut MC21 in May 2017, Russia’s state-owned industrial giant Rostec proposed joint collaboration with China on the development of aero engines for long-haul passenger airliners, based upon the Russian-made PD-14 high-bypass turbofan engine developed for the MC21, Russia Today […]
Lockheed and Tata in agreement to make F-16 planes in India
Weeks ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. aircraft major Lockheed Martin and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) signed an agreement to make the F-16 Block 70 fighter aircraft in India to meet the IAF’s single-engine jet requirement. The IAF is about to initiate the process for selection […]
China, Russia and India join the home-grown civil airliner party
By Charles F. Moreira PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) forecasts that there are strong indications that over the next decade, the commercial aviation industry may see not only more passengers and aircraft worldwide but also more industry players, and also that China is on an aggressive course to build a world-class commercial aviation manufacturing base, whilst Mexico continues […]