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July 13, 2016 Farnborough Airshow Boeing Bides Its Time Muilenberg says he’s in no hurry to launch new programs. PAGE 4

MRJ90 Jets for Rockton As many as 20 for Swedish lessor as MRO LoIs celebrated too. PAGE 6

AirTanker Flies VIP Mission Firm formed for fueling moves people as well – in style. PAGE 22

RAF Is Buying Predator Bs General Atomics drones to fulfill ISTAR requirements. PAGE 26 VOLGA-DNEPR: Specialist cargo company Volga-Dnepr Group finalized an agreement for the acquisition of 20 747-8 freighters here yesterday. The aircraft have a list value of US$7.58 billion. Signing the deal were (l to r) David Joyce, president MI5 Warns on Security & CEO of GE Aviation; Stanley A. Deal, SVP of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services; Alexey Isaykin, president of Volga-Dnepr Buildings’ connectivity can lead to Group; Denis Ilin, EVP of Airbridge Cargo Airlines; and Ray Connors, president & CEO of Boeing Commercial. —Page 6 increased vulnerability. PAGE 30

ALIS System Guards F-35s Orders Here Top $54 Billion Interim cybersecurity measures Just when you thought the backlog of orders announced during the first day of the show, as aircraft are deployed. PAGE 32 for commercial aircraft could get no larger, a for a total of US$54 billion; we list them all on torrent of new deals emerged here yesterday page 8, along with orders for engines to power Farnborough Builds Future with the ferocity of the cascading water of the new airliners. Brexit is a nonissue for Monday afternoon. The largest deal was by AirAsia for 100 Airbus Airshow organizers. PAGE 34 Orders for a total of 478 firm sales and A321 neos, worth US$12.44 billion, as he 38 options for commercial aircraft were upgrades to larger aircraft. —Page 8 Airbus & Boeing: Bullish Narrowbodies sell, but wide- bodies are bigger business. PAGE 50

Opinion: The Supply Chain Lazard’s Michael Richter says consolidation is inevitable. PAGE 54

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#FreedomNotLegacy Bombardier, C Series and The Evolution of Mobility are trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. This document does not constitute an oer, commitment, representation, guarantee or warranty of any kind. The performance of the aircraft may dier from the images shown and, together with any related commitment, representations, guarantee or warranty, shall be determined in a final purchase agreement. All rights reserved © 2016 Bombardier Inc. 50% larger thanthecompetition’s. passengers abetter perspective, too, withwindows a wideraisle. Ourfresh designperspective hasgiven overhead binsin-class, more spacious lavatories and how we found room for 19-inch-wide seats, thelargest what’s possible andstarted at thedrawing board. That’s C Seriesaircraft, we discarded legacy notionsabout When we designedthepassenger cabinfor theall-new Boeing Bides Its Time oeing chairman and CEO Editor-in-Chief John Morris BDennis Muilenberg says the [email protected] company is getting “a lot of cus- +1 860-316-8750 Managing Editor tomer feedback” on the so-called Rich Piellisch middle-of-the-market aircraft but Senior Editors believes the company still has Scot Greenan, Mike Jerram Writers “time to decide.” Angus Batey, Paul Jackson, Guy Norris, Muilenberg told reporters at Tony Osborne, Lara Seligman the Farnborough Airshow that Copy Editor Polly Watson Boeing is evaluating three sce- Senior Art Director & IT Manager narios: continuing to rely on the Kirk Fetzer Boeing 737 MAX and the 787, Art Directors Ariel Fristoe, Magdalena Long adding new derivatives of the Photographer MAX such as the proposed -10X, Boeing chairman and CEO After the 777-9… the 777-10? the Mike Vines or going for an all-new aircraft. If Dennis Muilenberg 777X? the 777-10X? Digital Photo Editor Fran Vines Boeing added an all-new model to Digital Data Manager its portfolio, the aircraft would be planned to 777X, “but we still have work to do. We realize Theresa Petruso enter service around 2024 or 2025. “We are that it is a very real risk.” Muilenberg pointed Managing Director Iain Blackhall not stacking up multiple programs on top of out that it is important to align supply with [email protected] each other,” Muilenberg said, referring to the demand while not concretely hinting at poten- U.S./CANADA ADVERTISING SALES ongoing work on the 737 MAX and 777X. tial further production cuts for the 777 line. Beth Wagner – [email protected] Tom Davis – [email protected] He refused to reveal what option he preferred. Boeing has announced a rate cut for the Rob Howlett – [email protected] While Boeing is still confident about 777 from the current 8.3 aircraft to seven Leah Vickers – [email protected] Tim Reed – [email protected] demand for narrowbodies and is still over- in 2017. By contrast, Muilenberg pointed Richard Brown – [email protected] Greg Smith – [email protected] sold even at the target production rate of 57 out that “the 787 skyline looks healthier” David Seaberg – [email protected] aircraft per month, Muilenberg is noticing and says a rate of 12 aircraft per month “is Miguel Ornelas –[email protected] Chris Salem – [email protected] “some hesitancy in the widebody market” sustainable.” INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING SALES driven by slow trade and cargo weakness. The Boeing chairman and CEO confirmed Andrea Rossi Prudente [email protected] He still expects a book-to-bill ratio of “about “some customer interest” in a potential 777- Germany, Switzerland one,” but orders timing was “sometimes hard 10X. “We have full capability” to stretch the Robert Rottmeier – [email protected] to predict.” Boeing plans to deliver some 750 aircraft, he said. “The 777X was created with UK, France, Portugal, Spain, Benelux [email protected] aircraft this year. “But building order backlog growth in mind, but we don’t need to make a UK, Ireland, Middle East is not my big worry this year,” he said. decision now.” If Boeing was to make the 777 Ann Haigh – [email protected]

Muilenberg conceded that Boeing is still “in even larger, “it would be a relatively simple Operations Manager the middle of building the bridge” in produc- stretch,” Muilenberg stated. Erving Dockery Marketing Communications Manager tion from the current version of the 777 to the —Jens Flottau Elizabeth Sisk Printing & Distribution Management MM Print Services Limited www.mmprintservices.com Aviation Week, Chinese Partners Celebrate ShowNews is published by Penton Media Inc., 9800 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS 66212-2216. Also the publisher AVIATION WEEK’S MEDIA partners in of Air Transport World, Aviation Daily, Aviation Week & Space Technology, Business & Commercial Aviation, SpeedNews, The China helped celebrate the magazine’s Weekly of Business Aviation and World Aerospace Database. 100th anniversary here yesterday, while ShowNews at Farnborough Airshow: Chalet B14 tel: +1 860-316-8750 celebrating milestones of their own. Inter- national Aviation, China’s oldest aerospace magazine, was launched 60 years ago, and China Aviation News 30 years ago. Chief Executive Of cer David Kieselstein Aviation Week and International Aviation Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development have been partners since 1987, and the two Warren N. Bimblick have also jointly produced the bilingual Chief Financial Of cer/Executive Vice President Nicola Allais English-Mandarin ShowNews at major aero- Senior Vice President & General Counsel space shows in China for nearly 20 years. Andrew Schmolka

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Alcoa Aerospace Alcoa Aerospace & Automotive Products Visit us at the Alcoa stand Alcoa Defense in Hall 4, B120 Alcoa Fastening Systems & Rings Alcoa Forgings & Extrusions www.alcoaaerospace.com Alcoa Power & Propulsion Alcoa Titanium & Engineered Products 747-8 Lifeline Order From Russia pecialist cargo company Volga-Dnepr The deal at Farnborough SGroup has finalized an agreement for the is a follow-on to an initial Bloodhound, the British acquisition of 20 747-8 freighters, underpin- agreement signed at the end land-speed record contender, is seen being unloaded from ning the Russian operator’s confidence in the of March under which Volga- the cavernous gaping maw future recovery of the air cargo market and Dnepr agreed to take four air- of a 747-8F operated by providing a much-needed lifeline to Boeing’s craft on lease and order a fur- CargoLogicAir, a new beleaguered 747 production line. ther 13. These were not listed UK cargo airline The carrier, which has already taken four in the order book at the time, unit of the Volga-Dnepr of the aircraft announced in the package, was as financing had still to be group. the first to order the 747-8 freighter in Russia negotiated. It is not yet known and took delivery of its first aircraft in 2012. whether any of the Volga-Dnepr Boeing says the newly ordered aircraft will sup- aircraft will be 747s previously port Volga-Dnepr’s long-term strategy to grow deferred by other carriers such the fleet of subsidiary AirBridgeCargo Airlines as Atlas, or unsold aircraft and replace current 747-400s. The new air- already built. craft will be acquired through a mix of direct Boeing, which is in the pro- purchases and leasing over the next six years. cess of slowing down the 747-8 Boeing also signed an agreement with the production rate to 0.5 per month, has at least The decision to reduce production rate from AirBridgeCargo and Volga-Dnepr Airlines to one 747-8 that was previously unsold in 2016 one per month to the new rate reflects the con- provide long-term logistics support for 747-8 so far. Until the Volga-Dnepr contract was tinuing slowness of the cargo market. Boeing and Antonov 124-100 freighters. “Boeing finalized, Boeing also expected to have another plans to accelerate the rate back to one per and Volga-Dnepr Group will also enter into three unsold new 747-8Fs on its hands by the month again in mid-2019 based on forecasts an agreement to look at future services oppor- end of 2017, and the revised deal is believed of a solid market recovery in coming years. tunities,” adds the manufacturer. to reflect the sale of these additional aircraft. —Guy Norris

Rockton Aviation Signs LoI for Up to 20 MRJ90s MITSUBISHI IS CLOSING in on its first European order after ers about the MRJ yet because we didn’t have any aircraft on Swedish regional aircraft leasing specialist Rockton Aviation order,” Rockton president Niklas Lund said, announcing the signed a letter of intent (LoI) to take 10 Mitsubishi MRJ90s LoI at the Farnborough Airshow. He added that, if firmed, and options on a further 10. the MRJs will most likely be placed with European operators. Rockton Aviation is a Stockholm-based operating lessor Beyond the MRJs, Lund said Rockton plans to increase its that launched in 1998. It has a fleet of 28 Bombardier and fleet by 10-15 aircraft over the next couple of years. These Saab turboprops, placed with UK regional operators Eastern will be a mix of regional jets and turboprops. Airways and Loganair, Swedish regional Braathens and Nor- Rockton selected the MRJ90 because of its “clean sheet” wegian regional Widerøe. design, passenger comfort, modern flight deck and operating It started negotiations for the Mitsubishi order last fall and, efficiency. The lessor has the option to switch to the smaller if firmed, will start receiving the aircraft in 2020. MRJ70 variant if needed. “We haven’t had any in-depth discussions with our custom- Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. president Hiromichi Morimoto said he hopes to finalize the Rockton order within a cou- ple of months. He added that he is closing in on firming a previously announced letter of intent with Aerolease covering 10 MRJ90 orders and 10 options. “We have al- most finalized it, and I think we will be able to announce that soon,” he said. The first MRJ90 is due to be delivered to launch cus- tomer All Nippon Airways (ANA), which has 15 aircraft on order and 10 options, in mid-2018. Mitsubishi has accumulated orders, options and purchase rights for 407 MRJ90s to date, excluding the Aerolease and Rockton LoIs. If firmed, this would take it Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation president Hiromichi Morimoto, Rockton Aviation to a total of 243 orders with 180 options and 24 pur- president Niklas Lund, and Mitsubishi Aircraft sales and marketing VP Yugo Fukuhara. chase rights. —Victoria Moores

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85052_GEAVCOMM_GE9X FETT_PrintAd_AvWeek.indd 1 6/21/16 3:48 PM value US$2.7 billion. Airliner Orders Roundup GoAir: 72 Airbus A320neos, list price US$7.65 billion. Gulf Air: 10 787-9 Dreamliners firm, plus six options, firm order list value US$2.646 billion. Japan Airlines: One E190-E1 valued at US$49.75 million. Jetstar Pacific of Vietnam: MoU for 10 A320ceos valued at US$980 million. By close of the show Tuesday, announced orders million. Kalstar Indonesia: Five E190- AWAS: 10 A320ceos, list value E2s valued at US$275 million, and commitments for airliners totaled 478 firm US$1.06 billion. plus rights for five more. sales, plus a total of 38 options, letters of intent China Aircraft Leasing: 60 Kunming Airlines: MoU for 10 and memoranda of understanding. ARJ21-700s, list price US$2.3 737 MAX 7s, list value US$902 billion. million. Air Asia: 100 A321neos, list valued at US$107.3 million. Donghai Airlines: 25 737 Nordic Aviation Capital: Four value US$12.44 billion. Arkia Israeli Airlines: Four MAX 800s valued at US$2.75 bil- E190-E1s valued at US$199 Air Lease Corporation: Six A330-900neos valued at lion, plus five Dreamliners valued million. B737 MAX 8s, list value US$660 US$1.15 billion, plus LoI for at US$1.323 billion. Porter Airlines: Three million. six E195-E2s, plus four pur- Germania Group: 25 Bombardier Q400s valued at Air Côte d’Ivoire: One A320neo chase rights, total value US$650 A320neos, plus 15 options, total US$93 million. Rockton Aviation: LoI for 10 MRJ90s valued at US$473 million. AirAsia Orders 100 Airbus A321neos Standard Chartered Bank: 10 AIRASIA ON TUESDAY at the Farnborough already ordered 300 A320neos, notes he 737-800 NGs for unnamed cus- Airshow signed a firm order for 100 Airbus has not picked Pratt & Whitney turbofans. tomer, value US$960 million. A321neos, in a bid to cope with slot scarcity He praises Airbus executives for having TUI Group: 10 737 MAX 8s, in Asia and at a time when exuberant group accepted to defer some deliveries in the list value US$1.1 billion, plus one CEO Tony Fernandes believes the carrier recent past. “Fabrice [Brégier, Airbus’ CEO] 787-900 Dreamliner, list value has weathered a period of uncertainty. Deliv- believed in us at a time when many people US$264.6 million. eries are scheduled to start in 2019. were writing AirAsia off,” he says. Since, the Unnamed Chinese customer: 30 737 MAXs and NGs. “We want to maximize our slots,” Fer- load factor has improved. It rose by 8 per- Virgin Atlantic: 12 A350- nandes says. He referred to an airport centage points to 85% in the first quarter, 1000s, list value US$4.2 billion, infrastructure problem that is taking place compared to the same period last year. plus four leased. “everywhere in Asia,” specifically mention- Therefore, AirAsia will next year be back Volga-wDnepr: 20 B747-8 ing China, Indonesia, Hong Kong and to its “usual growth of 15 aircraft per year.” Freighters, list value US$7.58 Phuket, Thailand. “Low-cost carriers have Deliveries may be twice as fast, as they will billion. exploded growth and airports have not kept feed both addition and replacement. WOW Air Iceland: Four Airbus up,” Fernandes asserts. It will take another In India, Fernandes is hoping a changing A321s, list value US$455 million. five to six years, at least, for them to catch regulation will prompt traffic growth and Xiamen Airlines: MoU for up, in his view. thus a further aircraft order. “We are grow- 30 737 MAX 200s, list value AirAsia expects the 50 additional seats ing the market; there is a massive potential US$3.39 billion. the A321neo provides (over the A320neo) in connectivity between secondary air- are the solution for now. The company is ports,” he says. Engine Orders planning on maintaining a 25-min. turn- The airline is gearing up to start opera- Air Lease Corporation: CFM around time. tions in Japan by January. LEAP-1Bs for B737 MAXs, value Fernandes predicts his company’s annual Overall, it is betting on ASEAN countries US$150 million. passenger traffic will grow from 60 mil- gradually moving to open skies policies. AWAS: CFM56-5Bs for lion to 100 million “in the not-too-distant Fernandes wants to make the most of that A320ceos, value US$320 million. future,” notably thanks to the type. Each of hoped-for trend, “not by flying from Beijing, Gulf Air: RR Trent 1000s for AirAsia’s neos will seat 236 in a single-class Shanghai or big metropoles” but rather by B787-9s, value US$900 million. configuration. The engine has not been developing secondary routes. TUI CFM International: chosen yet, but Fernandes, alluding to the —Thierry Dubois LEAP-1Bs for B737 MAXs, value US$200 million.

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AVIATION_WEEK_SHOW_NEWS_EUROFIGHTER_9x12+0,25.indd 1 23/6/16 17:20 THE NEW TRJ328.TM THE PERFECT AIRCRAFT FOR OPENING NEW ROUTES WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE ISN’T.

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Meet us at Chalet C12. TRJET.COM el performance at very going to stay as long as is needed to keep the Quebec Premier: ‘Not a program active. They have 370 firm orders and enough liquidity, with this help and the money they put in the program, to take it to Cent of Subsidy’ in C Series completion and deliver all the airplanes that A US$1 billion investment in Bombardier’s C Series program are on the books now. by the government of Quebec has shored up the program’s Quebec is buying a stake just in the C Series shaky finances and in turn helped secure crucial C Series program, not the entire company. orders from Air Canada and Delta Air Lines. But Bombardier’s We are concerned about supporting jobs and innovation in Quebec. We’re very happy that competitors are taking a close look at whether the cash infusion Bombardier is making trains in Europe, but at to the Montreal-based company is compliant with World Trade the end of the day what’s going to bring added Organization (WTO) rules. Philippe Couillard, the premier of value to our economy is the aerospace indus- try. The C Series is probably the largest and Quebec, sat down at the Farnborough Airshow with Aviation most promising innovation project in Canada Week editor-in-chief Joe Anselmo. right now – across all sectors.

Aviation Week: The province of Quebec is very happy, but I challenge anyone to find Will the Quebec government play any role in putting up US$1 billion for a 49% stake in anything [that would indicate this is not a] the management of the C Series program? the C Series program. Why? typical commercial investment. We will have people on the board – we will designate two people out of five. Three will be Couillard: In the market segment that they Will this be a long-term investment? designated by Bombardier, including the chair. chose, 100-150 seats, the C Series is a game We’re not there for speculation or flipping changer. We just could not afford for it not what we have. We want to make sure it’s going Bombardier is talking with the federal to succeed. to be very successful. Eventually another government in Canada about another player could come in, who knows, but we’re investment, but you said the C Series is set How do you make this investment and keep it now financially. WTO compliant? Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard (left) with Bombardier is OK in the short- and mid-term. There is not a cent of subsidy in this govern- Bomabrdier’s Alain Bellemare aboard the SWISS CS100 What they need is more flexibility longer term here Monday. ment intervention. It’s equity and warrants, if they want to add more programs, or if they similar to what any other investor would win many more orders. This is why the fed- have done. I know competitors will not be eral intervention would be helpful. But the survival or the longevity of the program does not depend on federal money now that we “The C Series is a game changer,” says Quebec have intervened. Premier Philippe Couillard. Is there an agreement to keep a certain number of jobs in Quebec? We have an agreement to keep engineering and assembly of the plane in the Montreal region. Also, with the Air Canada order, a center of maintenance will be set up in Quebec. The jobs attached to the C Series program are going to be protected and prob- ably increased with the new orders that they are taking.

The Delta and Air Canada orders were pretty big, but with the Delta order in particular they had to sell some airplanes at a loss to get some market traction. No other commercial airplane program has done differently. Any commercial airplane that has been developed in the world, includ- ing Boeing and Airbus, had to carve a place for themselves in the market. You negotiate hard, but you want to sell planes. As time goes by, my expectation is that we – the Quebec taxpay- ers – will make a profit out of this investment.

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wo of Canada’s provinces have signifi- “We are seeing significant interest inter- Tcant involvement in aerospace, but it is nationally,” he adds, “and already have Quebec that has made the headlines of late 15 of the world’s 25 aerospace companies – in no small measure because of its finan- in Ontario. The other 10 better get there cial bailout of the Bombardier C Series. quick.” Restoring the balance, Ontario is well But there is no room for rivalry between represented at Farnborough this week, the two provinces. “We work closely with through the presence of the Hon. Brad Quebec,” says the minister, “because of the Duguid, minister of economic development significant and growing supply chain. For and growth. example, Ontario companies contributing Bombardier is also significant in to the C Series.” Ontarian industry through what was the old And encouraging the next wave of inves- de Havilland plant, as well as in the com- tors is a ministerial responsibility dis- pany’s land-transport interests. Perhaps charged at air shows. Says Duguid, “Lots of less well known is the extent of other com- companies have tangible plans to invest in panies’ involvement, drawn by the fact Ontario. There is CA$500 million (US$382 that, in Duguid’s words, “Ontario has million) in the pipeline before the end of the best talent in North America for The Hon. Brad Duguid the year.” innovation.” —Paul Jackson

Turkish Chamber Airbus Creates ‘Services by Airbus’ With the world’s airline fleets due to boom over the next 20 years, Air- Orders New 328s bus is predicting a similar jump in the requirement for support services. In its first Global Services Forecast, the European airframer believes that the world commercial aviation aftermarket services market will stanbul Chamber of Commerce has signed a letter of intent (LoI) be worth US$3 trillion over the next two decades. The bulk of that – Iat the Farnborough Airshow to buy 10 TRJ328s, the updated, re- engined version of the former Dornier 328 regional jet that Turkey US$1.8 trillion – will be accounted for by MRO services, growing from intends to use as the basis of a commercial aircraft industry. US$53 billion in 2015 to US$132 billion by 2035, at an average of When it announced the program at last year’s Paris Air Show, the 4.6% annually. Turkish government said it intended to build updated versions of The demand for training will also be huge, with an anticipated both the turboprop and 562,200 pilots and 540,500 technicians required to operate and The Turkish government has ambitious jet versions of the 32-seat maintain the world’s growing airline fleets. plans for a new TRJ723. Dornier 328 as stepping- Airbus has created a business unit, Services by Airbus, to address stones toward the creation customers’ needs in the aftermarket arena, based on four pillars – of a clean-sheet 60- to maintenance, training, upgrades and flight operations. Its subsidiary 70-seater known as the Satair Group will handle the MRO materials sector, providing spare 628. This will also be built parts to both airlines and MRO operators, while its Flight Hour and in turboprop and turbofan Total Support Package services will provide availability and mainte- versions. nance “by the hour” solutions. The latter aircraft has Its upgrade services group will retrofit aircraft with aerodynamic recently been renamed the enhancements such as the company’s Sharklets wingtip devices, TRJ723, as the design will avionics and cabin revamps. be finalized by 2023, the centenary of the modern Turkish state. Its training operation The Chamber of Commerce intends to use its aircraft, which will Even the newest aircraft will require is expanding steadily, be delivered in 2021-22, as “proof of concept” aircraft to encourage maintenance and support. said Laurent Martinez, existing or new airlines to buy into the 328 project, which envisages SVP of services for Air- a network of routes between secondary and tertiary Turkish cities. bus, at the Farnborough At present, most domestic Turkish flights go via Istanbul, resulting Airshow, with recent or in lengthy, inefficient journeys between city pairs that are relatively imminent openings in close together. The government believes that instituting a network of regional air services will stimulate the economy. Jakarta, New Delhi and No value for the latest order has been released. São Paulo. —Alan Dron The 328 is designed to be capable of operating from grass or gravel strips and into locations with very limited infrastructure. —Alan Dron

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SEE US AT www.iai.co.il FARNBOROUGH 2016 [email protected] to address the segment. ATR CEO Proposes “We have two valid pro- Causeway Aero Takes posals on the table,” de Castelbajac said with- Flight at Farnborough Re-Engining, out disclosing further Northern Ireland Department for the details. Economy Minister Simon Hamilton has Discussions about welcomed the launch of Causeway Aero, a New 100-Seater the new 100-seater are new local collaboration in aerospace, during “still not very advanced” a visit to FIA 2016. because of the ongoing in Sequence Causeway Aero will bring together BASE, lack of clarity about Denroy Plastics, Moyola Precision Engineer- n an effort to overcome dif- ATR’s future share- ing, Dontaur Precision Engineering and Iferent approaches of the holder structure. The company’s shareholders, ATR company is 50% each Hutchinson AeroTech under one brand to CEO Patrick de Castelbajac is owned by Leonardo o„er a full design and manufacturing solu- proposing a sequence of initia- and Airbus Group. De tion for international aerospace companies. tives that includes re-engining Castelbajac does not “Causeway Aero brings together the com- of the ATR 72 and ultimately expect any “significant bined skills, capabilities and experience of a a new 100-seater. change in the share- number of our local aerospace businesses “Leonardo wants a holder structure” over to pursue larger and more complex work 100-seater and Airbus is favor- the next few months packages in the global aerospace industry,” ing a stretched ATR with a new and is unsure when a Minister Hamilton said. “This exciting new engine,” de Castelbajac said at ATR CEO Patrick de Castelbajac decision could be made. venture aligns with the Northern Ireland the Farnborough Airshow. “I Leonardo has made Aerospace Partnering for Growth Strategy, am trying to get the two to converge.” One way clear that it would take full control of the joint where local companies are committed to to reconcile the differing views and address venture, but Airbus Group has not agreed to doubling the size of the aerospace sector to market needs is to do both things. “We could sell its stake. One of the motivations not to GBP2billion [US$2.6 billion] sales annually re-engine the current platform to bridge sell could be using the ATR as a platform for and increasing employment from 8,000 to some years and then launch a 100-seater,” de hybrid technology later, de Castelbajac said. 12,000 by 2024.” Castelbajac said. “A two-step approach could Its slower speed and range would make it make sense.” “ideal” as a testing platform for the technol- ATR has entered discussions about pro- ogy, he pointed out. But there are no discus- viding a new engine for a larger version of sions about the applications at this stage, the the ATR with both Pratt & Whitney Canada ATR CEO said. and General Electric. De Castelbajac said the He conceded the start into the year has been current PW127M engine was still “doing a “very slow.” He stressed that the “volatility of good job, but it is old.” ATR therefore is hop- fuel was bad for us,” as was the strong U.S. ing a new powerplant could deliver at least dollar. A key order for 20 aircraft from Iran a 15% improvement in fuel burn and a 25% Air has not yet been finalized because the rel- reduction in maintenance costs. The fuel evant licenses are still missing. De Castelbajac burn improvement could even be higher with hopes ATR can achieve a book-to-bill ratio Marking the launch of Causeway Aero here are (L to R): Mark Hutchinson, Hutchinson AeroTech; some aerodynamic changes the company is of one this year. The manufacturer plans to Northern Ireland Economy Minister Simon considering. deliver some 90 aircraft in 2016. It has a back- Hamilton; Mark Semple of Moyola Precision “GE is quite eager to get into the regional log of roughly three years of production, and Engineering; network facilitator Paul Shields; and market,” de Castelbajac said. Providing a de Castelbajac “would like to keep that.” John Rainey, of Denroy Plastics. new engine to ATR could be its opportunity —Jens Flottau

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GE Aviation’s win of a US$1 billion contract to develop a sixth- incorporating the latest technologies and generation variable-cycle fighter engine is seen as a crucial next materials, says Lydon-Rodgers. The company is developing a range of turboshaft engines step in the future of its US$3.7 billion military engine business. that bracket 3,000 to 10,000 shp to cover almost all future military vertical lift he Adaptive Engine Transition Program in 2024), keep- requirements, and potential commer- T(AETP), awarded by the U.S. Air Force ing the cial applications too. Life Cycle Management Center’s Propulsion They are: Directorate to design, develop and test a ¨ T408. Developed as the GE38, this next-generation, variable-cycle com- 7,500-shp engine powers the Sikorsky bat engine, will give GE Aviation the CH-53K. “With over 4,500 hr. of ground opportunity to power sixth-generation and 700 hr. in flight testing, this is one Air Force and U.S. Navy fighters as well GE is designing, of the best-executed programs I have ever as to potentially re-engine Lockheed developing and testing seen,” she says. Low-rate initial produc- a next-generation, variable-cycle Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. tion (LRIP) has just begun, and entry into combat engine, to power sixth-generation Rival Pratt & Whitney won a similar award, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy aircraft under AETP, the USAF’s service will be 2019. but this keeps GE Aviation in the game on Adaptive Engine Transition Program. ¨ ITEP (improved turbine engine pro- future-generation combat aircraft after losing gram). Also known as the GE3000, this to Pratt to power the F-35 and the Air Force’s production line going through 2032. 3,000-shp-class engine is GE’s bid to meet new B-21 bomber. “Five years ago we were looking at the the U.S. Army’s requirement for a drop-in “This is extremely important to us,” says sunset for this engine,” says Lydon-Rodgers. replacement for the T700 that powers the Jean Lydon-Rodgers, VP and general man- Since then it has also been selected for Saab’s Black Hawk and Apache helicopters. A ager of GE Aviation’s military systems. “We Gripen E, and the F404 for India’s Light winner-takes-all contract is expected to be have already demonstrated the highest-ever Combat Aircraft Mk.2. Other opportunities awarded this fall. “Development is meeting combination of pressure and temperatures in include the KAI-Lockheed Martin T-50-based all expectations,” says Lydon-Rodgers, with a jet engine” running up to the award. contender for the U.S. Air Force’s TX trainer a demonstrator engine completing its sec- The engine will not only bring variable- program, and a potential upgrade of the F414 ond test. The GE3000 will have 25% better cycle technology but also a third stream of air for the F-18 Growler with 3-D aero, a new fuel economy, 20% longer life and 65% more that acts as a heat sink. It could solve many of six-stage compressor and advanced materials power than the T700. the operational issues in today’s F-35 fighter to bring 18% more thrust and fuel efficiency ¨ FATE (future affordable turbine engine). as well as help define future combat aircraft, and greater durability and reliability. The first engine in this 10,000-shp develop- she says. The 45,000-lb.-thrust-class engine “The Growler needs more power to ment program will go to test this September. could be ready for flight tests in an F-35 in the enhance the whole weapons system,“ says “The technologies are very far reaching,” 2019 timeframe, should the Air Force decide Lydon-Rodgers. “This upgrade would [yield] Lydon-Rodgers notes. “This engine has the to do so, she says. a two-times improvement in power extrac- highest compression ratio on a single-spool New technologies in the engine include 3-D tion,” and could be developed in five years design in GE’s history, in excess of 27:1, additive manufacturing and ceramic matrix from go-ahead. It has been, she noted, one and its technologies can be scaled right back composites whose manufacturability is being of the highest-priority programs in the U.S. through the GE3000.” Goals are a 35% reduc- de-risked in GE Aviation’s commercial engine Navy to remain unfunded. tion in specific fuel consumption, 80% better business, Lydon-Rodgers says. It is the first power-to-weight ratio, a 20% improvement in engine to contain rotating parts made of Rotorcraft Booming design life and a 45% reduction in produc- ceramic matrix composites. Business is booming in the rotorcraft mar- tion and maintenance costs compared with “Pressures and temperatures are signifi- ket, where new and future engines are also today’s engines. —John Morris cantly more demanding than commercial,” she notes. “We’ve had a history of develop- GE Aviation VP and ing military technologies and putting them general manager of into commercial; now commercial is coming military systems into advanced military, with a more mature Jean Lydon-Rodgers design and manufacturing learning curve. We will advance all of this and eventually bring it back to upgrade our commercial engines.” Meanwhile, GE Aviation’s fighter engine business is scoring new wins in the inter- national arena with the F404/414 family, for which there is no direct competitor. The engine has been selected to power Korea’s 120-aircraft KF-X program (entry into service

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Textron Airland’s Scorpion light attack aircraft may be used for ASDOT, the UK defense ministry’s Air Support to Defense Operational Training program, following an agreement signed here Monday.

consortium of QinetiQ and According to the bidders, of sensors and jamming pods as As part of the trials, Thales AThales have chosen Textron the contract is expected to be well as ensure that the program I-Master synthetic aperture radar Airland’s Scorpion light attack awarded in September 2018, with complies with the complex UK was integrated into the aircraft. aircraft as the platform for its bid a service delivery start in January Military Aviation Authority rules. The Scorpion also operated with into a major UK live flying train- 2020, and could be worth up to QinetiQ will also ensure the air- the Royal Navy’s Sea King air- ing program. GBP1.2 billion (US$1.5 billion) craft have provisions for synthetic borne-early warning helicopters. The companies want to offer over 15 years. training and airborne aerial tar- Victor Chavez, Thales UK CEO, the Scorpion the UK defense Several other companies have get towing. said: “Through this unique part- ministry’s Air Support to Defense also expressed an interest in bid- Thales will install sensors nership with QinetiQ and Textron Operational Training (ASDOT) ding for the contract, which will onboard the aircraft to boost sit- and the complementary expertise program. replace Cobham Aviation’s Falcon uational awareness, threat repli- within our respective fields, we CEOs from the three com- 20s and Fleet Requirements cation and targeting training as have the opportunity to offer all panies signed a memoran- and Aircraft Direction Unit BAe well as some electronic warfare three armed services the most dum of understanding at the Hawks operated by Babcock. capability. effective, cutting-edge technol- Farnborough Airshow on July 11. The consortium says the Last year, British pilots from ogy coupled with world-leading The ASDOT requirement will see Scorpion was selected after eval- both the Royal Air Force and training and services expertise. the selected commercial opera- uations of 50 different aircraft Royal Navy evaluated the Steve Wadey, QinetiQ CEO, tor deliver red air and electronic types. Scorpion after the Paris Air said: “Collaborative working of warfare (EW) training across the QinetiQ’s role will be the pro- Show. As part of that evaluation, this nature is vital within the aero- UK armed forces, replacing a vision of both the fleet and its they participated in a number of space and defense industries, and number of individual contracts pilots as well as aircraft mainte- exercises in the close air support I believe this partnership puts us with a single umbrella contract nance. The company will also and intelligence-gathering mis- all in a strong position to succeed.” with a single operator. get involved in the integration sions supporting ground troops. —Tony Osborne

Sweden Declares Meteor in Service The Swedish Air Force has declared an initial operating capability with “This is the most the MBDA Meteor air-breathing air-to-air missile on its Gripen fighters, lethal radar-guided making it the first air arm to introduce the weapon. air-to-air missile in the The ability to use the Meteor has been introduced through a software world…and the Swedish upgrade called MS20, which also integrates the GBU-39, the Boeing Air Force is the first op- Small Diameter Bomb, as well as some additional upgrades to electron- erational user,” said Hel- ic warfare, maintenance and logistics systems in the aircraft. gesson. “That means a Maj. Gen. Mats Helgesson, chief of the Swedish Air Force, speak- lot to the air defense of The Swedish Air Force is to be the first to deploy the MBDA Meteor missile. ing at the Farnborough Airshow on July 11, announced that the MS20 a small country.” software upgrade had now been installed on all of its Gripens and that Sweden’s relationship with Meteor goes back some 16 years, when the weapon had entered service, but personnel now had to learn about the Air Force began looking for a more advanced long-range air-to-air the weapon and squadrons had to develop tactics to use it before a full weapon. Since then the Gripen has been involved in a number of firing operational capability could be declared. campaigns to develop the weapon. —Tony Osborne

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LAURENT MARTINEZ MIKE HULLEY SVP SERVICES BY AIRBUS CEO & PRESIDENT OF NAVBLUE Valor’s engines remain to gas up, and is capable of aerial Bell Unveils Next-Gen in place for transition refueling. This capability makes it to forward-flying posi- much easier for the armed forces tion, while the rotors to strategically deploy and quickly V-280 Tiltrotor and drive shafts tilt. respond to threats all over the Unlike the Osprey, globe, he stressed. the V-280 will have a Bell and Lockheed are 60% forward-firing capa- finished with the build, and the bility, and will incor- Valor will fly for the first time in porate an advanced September 2017 as part of the glass cockpit that uses JMR tech demonstrator program, technology similar to Mathias said. the F-35’s. FVL will eventually replace Mathias estimates the Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk, the Valor will be com- AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook parable to a UH-60 and OH-58 Kiowa aircraft. The Bell’s proposed V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft in terms of price, or U.S. Navy will likely join as would have twice the speed and twice the range of current helicopters, the company says. about US$20 million. they retire their aging MH-60 The aircraft gets its Seahawks, as well as the U.S. name from its antici- Marine Corps’ UH-1Y utility and As part of an effort to market its new tiltrotor pated cruise speed of 280 kt., AH-1Z attack helicopters. technology to potential foreign customers, and has an estimated 500- to Boeing and Sikorsky’s coaxial 800-nm combat range, Mathias helicopter, the SB-1 Defiant, is Bell Helicopter unveiled a full-size mockup said. V-280 will be able to self- also competing as part of the of its V-280 Valor on the first day of the deploy with internal fuel tanks for JMR program. Farnborough Airshow this year. a 2,100-nm range with two stops —Lara Seligman

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IM (building information modeling) Bsystems became mandatory for all cen- trally procured public construction schemes in the UK from the beginning of April, yet BIM cannot be fully secured, and failure to appropriately restrict access could lead to non-vetted workers obtaining classified building-security data. The case for using BIM is clear. If different A BIM diagram showing a utility corridor under the Liverpool Street rail station in London. structural, mechanical and electrical plans are superimposed for the first time when building of the security implications. This does not physical barriers. Making such data public is already underway, delays and cost increases always happen. could enable an attacker to circumvent the are inevitable. BIM brings all the design data “We found one [project] recently where, if protection. together in a virtual I was a lectern supplier, I “[With] an airport terminal building, the environment, allowing would be allowed into the roof is visible on Google Earth, and you can different trades to align BIM model to click on the walk past and photograph it – so I’m not plans before construc- lectern, see what the spec that concerned about its security in the BIM tion begins. The trouble is, the was, and see if I had one model,” Paul says. “You can go to Heathrow “The trouble is, the resultant model [from to offer,” Paul says. “But Terminal 5 and admire the structure – it’s resultant model is the BIM] is the most fantastic with how that BIM model beautiful. But the blast counts behind it no- most fantastic hostile hostile reconnaissance has been set up, because one really should know about, and all the reconnaissance tool you tool you could look for.” the lectern is touching the baggage-handling and access to control sys- could look for,” “Paul” stage I can also get the stage tems I wouldn’t want anyone to know about (identities of Security —The head of cross-cutting security details; because the stage is either.” knowledge at the MI5-run Center for Service staff are not touching the floor I get the The answer is to cultivate better under- Protection of National Infrastructure made public), the head floor details; because the standing and management of security risks, of cross-cutting secu- floor is touching the wall I which in turn means reassessing all the rity knowledge at the MI5-run Center for get the wall details; and as the wall is touching security implications when granting wide- Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI), the locking mechanism on the door I get to ranging BIM access to participants in major told the Counter-Terror Expo in London ear- see the lock details. Remember: I’m a lectern infrastructure projects. The CPNI has worked lier this year. supplier.” with the British Standards Institute to pub- “On one project we’re advising on at the These problems appear to arise because lish what Paul calls “the fastest ever British moment, some 80,000 people have unfettered managers may have a limited view of what Standard,” Publicly Available Specification access to every layer of the model,” Paul says. constitutes a potential security risk. For 1192-5, which sets out advice on embedding “Not one of them has been security-cleared, example, cybersecurity will be part of a BIM security-mindedness across different and 160 don’t even work for the project robust BIM implementation, but even the disciplines (physical, digital, human) and anymore but haven’t been removed from best cyber defenses will not, on their own, throughout the supply chain. Adhering to the the access privileges of the system. Some of address all of a project’s potential BIM- standard will require new ways of thinking - them left under a cloud: and if you left under a related security problems. even entirely new career fields. cloud you might just have a grievance against Major infrastructure programs, such as “There is no way of doing BIM securely – your ex-employer to either steal data from the rail stations or airport terminals, are not you can only do it in a security-minded way,” model or inject bad data that could completely classified in the traditional sense, but that Paul says. “It involves the appointment of a compromise the construction.” does not mean that every aspect of their new role, which I think will become a burgeon- Configuration of a project’s BIM systems design is appropriate for public release. The ing profession, called the Built Assets Security can eliminate some of the most worrying prob- CPNI advises projects on security measures Manager, who has got to identify that this lems, but decisions need to be taken early, including suitable blast-protection tech- plus that is greater than the sum of its parts.” and by people with a thorough understanding nologies and the projected effectiveness of —Angus Batey

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territory, no nation has as yet reached a deci- sion on what level of sharing it will allow. ALIS Arrives in the UK Data shared do not include mission-specific information except where that has a bearing Getting the F-35 flying in Britain is vitally important to the on platform health – aggregated data about “how the airplane is flown aerodynamically” public image of a program that has endured more than its fair is collected by ALIS, he says, “so we can deter- share of negative coverage. Just as critical is the progress of the mine if it is at or is exceeding its design crite- Autonomic Logistic Information System (ALIS), the jet’s next- ria,” but operational military data will “never go back” to Lockheed. generation support network. The system is likely to require significant bandwidth. Speaking at RIAT, the USAF’s ust like the jets, ALIS is making its UK Gen. Herbert Carlisle acknowledged that this Each country then makes an Jdebut too. Both air and ground crews was a concern but stressed that it was not have used the system to bring F-35As and Bs individual decision about what expected to be a problem. to Fairford, albeit not using the same equip- information they want to upload “Right now, we’ve been able to operate ment and networking construct that will be in or share to the ALOU, which looks [ALIS] just about everywhere we’ve gone,” he use when F-35Bs are based in the UK. at fleet health. We can look at who said. “In a very austere environment? We’ll “Because the deployment is on a short-term figure it out. Is it perfect? No. Has it got work basis, the jets are being connected back up needs spares, what the predictive to do? Yeah. But we can do it. There’s some through a secure connection to standard models are, and we perform work-arounds to do it. But right now, we’ve operating units [SOUs] in the U.S.,” says failure-trend analysis across the been able to operate just about everywhere David Scott, Lockheed Martin Training and fleet – not just one country’s fleet. we’ve gotten.” Logistic Solutions’ VP of business develop- So there’s a benefit to sharing Those work-arounds for bandwidth-con- ment and strategy. “The SOU is a rack of strained environments include an ability to computer servers that sit at each squadron; data, but each country makes that not have to synchronize data back from the they connect into a CPE – a central point of decision on their own.” SOUs to the ALOU more often than approxi- entry – for each country. The CPE in turn —David Scott, Lockheed Martin Training and mately every 30 days. The limiting factor is connects back to the autonomic logistics Logistic Solutions’ VP of business development data storage. operating unit [ALOU], which is in Texas and strategy. “It depends on the number of flights and currently, and that’s the repository for the operational tempo,” Scott says. “The idea is information that is uploaded from each of the controlled by the country,” Scott says. “Each that 30 days will be sufficient for you to con- SOUs, and ultimately from the jets.” country then makes an individual decision duct deployed operations before you have to The promised gains from ALIS are predi- about what information they want to upload connect back up.” Continued use beyond 30 cated on this construct. Aircraft data flows up or share to the ALOU, which looks at fleet days would be possible, but data collected the chain, from the squadron to the nation health. We can look at who needs spares, earlier in the deployment would be lost. and into Lockheed’s ALOU, where company what the predictive models are, and we per- The next iteration of ALIS software – 2.0.2 staff can monitor the global fleet down to the form failure-trend analysis across the fleet – – is running between 60 and 90 days late for component level. But the plan will only work not just one country’s fleet. So there’s a benefit release. Also speaking at RIAT, Lockheed’s if users are happy to share what may be quite to sharing data, but each country makes that F-35 program manager, Jeff Babione, sensitive information. decision on their own.” explained the holdups had involved integrat- “Information uploaded from the coun- Scott notes that as no user outside the ing ALIS with commercial SAP systems used tries through their system is contained and U.S. currently has an F-35 based in its own in the purchasing phase of operation, and with one of 2.0.2’s four main advances – the integration of what is thus far a stand- alone system for monitoring the F-35’s engine. “Getting SAP integrated with all our sub- tiers and also with Pratt & Whitney was probably a little bit more complex than we appreciated,” he said. “So we’ve had to take time and ensure the architecture was appropriate before we could begin the test- ing. What we’re seeing now is that taking that time was important. The testing we’re doing is showing that we’ve got it all linked up right, and now we’ve just got to make sure the communication is correct and all Lockheed Martin’s ALIS operations center in Texas the ordering functions are working.” —Angus Batey

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The new conference center will replace the existing Hall 1.

The UK’s recent referendum decision to leave the European Union may it’s a much better utilization of resources than might otherwise have caused uncertainty in the currency and stock markets, but the vote be the case. I always look on has had no impact on the Farnborough Airshow’s future plans. it in much the same way I do Paris: Just as a successful Paris aul Everitt, chairman deals, with the typical contract weekend’s Gloucestershire show Air Show helps Farnborough be Pof Airshow organizers covering three shows. Some seeing the UK air show debut of successful the next year, so a suc- Farnborough International Ltd., exhibitors are on five-show deals. the F-35. cessful RIAT helps us to have a and CEO of the UK’s aerospace The confidence this helps gen- “It’s a very deliberate arrange- successful Farnborough. From and defense trade association, erate is a factor in FIA’s broader ment,” he says. “The prospect our point of view it’s definitely a ADS, sees no reason to alter strategy to redevelop the site. of flying at both shows means win-win.” —Angus Batey course on an ambitious plan to Long-mooted plans to redevelop redevelop the Airshow site, while Hall 1 are now confirmed, with the 2016 edition will see the show construction set to start after this Display Rule-Changes consolidating its international year’s show closes. position. “That’s very much top of our Are Prudent, Says FIA “There’s been an increase in list,” Everitt says. “The creation Changes to air show flying display rules introduced by the UK Civil the number of nations hosting of a permanent exhibition and Aviation Authority (CAA) following the deaths of 11 people and pavilions,” Everitt tells ShowNews. conference center is a game- injuries to a further 16 outside the Shoreham Air Show in 2015 will “I think we’re up from 18 in 2014 changing development for the not aect Farnborough’s ability to stage an “exciting, enthralling, to 22 this year. We also have the Airshow, and for Farnborough entertaining air display” in 2016, despite the cancellation of the Red largest-ever U.S., Chinese and International as a business. Our Arrows’ formation routine, says Paul Everitt. African representation at the focus is on creating the best facili- “I think we must accept that after Shoreham, the public mood show. China and Africa may not ties for the Airshow, but there are has shifted,” he says. “We’ve worked really closely with the CAA seem unusual, but the fact that a number of other events in our post-Shoreham both to input some of their review of the regula- the U.S. – and U.S. businesses - are sectors, both national and inter- tions, and in implementing the changes required to ensure that so interested in the Farnborough national, that might well see this what we do at Farnborough is as safe as it can be.” Airshow is extremely good news site as a good place to be.” The regulations make multi-ship fast-jet displays di’cult over for us. Farnborough has always The building will open for the the Airshow site because of new considerations of risk beyond the had strong U.S. presence and 2018 Airshow, but plans are representation. The fact we are already in place to expand the airfield perimeter. “That doesn’t mean to say that there won’t be growing that reflects that we’re site’s between-show use. FIA has some multiples,” Everitt says, “but the Red Arrows is a big cohort, reaching out beyond our tradi- hired former Dubai World Trade flying at very high speed in close proximity, spread out over five tional exhibitor base.” Center commercial director miles.” More companies are also taking Michael Whatton to the new post Everitt stresses that the flying display is just one part of Farn- up the option of semi-permanent of venue director, with a remit to borough’s oering. “We have a mission that is clearly about the facilities on the site, following the bring new conference and exhibi- next generation,” he says. “People seeing exciting air displays is multi-year model adopted previ- tion business to the site. part of that mission, But other parts are we will have people on the ously by GKN and users of the Meanwhile, Everitt dismisses ground, and there will be a whole range of activities taking place new permanent infrastructure suggestions that there may be during the Futures Day and public weekend, which are all about on Chalet Row A. Everitt says some “airshow envy” between young people getting close to, talking to and being inspired by the “between 10 and 20” exhibitors Farnborough and the Royal people in our industry.” —AB have committed to multi-year International Air Tattoo, with last

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atar Airways is to take a through a capital increase in which is likely to take place “in Oneworld, we see [the LATAM Qstake of up to 10% in South LATAM, worth US$613 million around one month,” said LATAM transaction] as an extension of America’s LATAM Airlines through the issue of new shares. Airlines Group CEO Enrique Qatar Airways’ global network Group, it was announced at the The investment is subject to Cueto. alongside our successful invest- Farnborough Airshow July 12. approval by an extraordinary Qatar Airways Group CEO ment in IAG,” said Al Baker. The The investment will take place LATAM shareholders’ meeting, Akbar Al Baker said that Qatar agreement, if approved, will lead had decided to take to code sharing, loyalty program a stake in the South reciprocity and operational effi- American group after ciencies, among other links. careful analysis. “This Al Baker added that Qatar transaction repre- recognized the “short-term local sents an opportunity challenges in some of LATAM’s to support LATAM markets” – a reference to the reces- through a long-term sion in Brazil – but the growth relationship.” potential for Latin America was It marks the sec- considerable, he said. ond investment by “Qatar Airways is a company Qatar Airways in I personally admire for its strat- a fellow Oneworld egy, great brand and deep care alliance member. It for its passengers,” said Cueto. already has a 15.01% “Qatar’s investment in our com- stake in International pany underscores its belief in the Airlines Group (IAG), project we are undertaking. We parent company of believe this investment will also Aer Lingus, British allow us to explore new possibili- Airways, Iberia and ties to connect South America LATAM Airlines Group CEO Enrique Cueto (left) with Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker Vueling. with the Middle East and Asia.” at Farnborough 2016. “As a member of —Alan Dron Qatar Orders Three More G650ER Jets atar Executive on the first day of the Farnborough Airshow Qannounced a firm order for a further three Gulfstream G650ERs, as part of a 2015 memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the airframer. The aircraft will support growing demand for luxury charter flights, notably from private individuals, according to Qatar Airways group chief executive Akbar Al Baker. As an addition to the three G650ERs already operated, the three newly ordered aircraft will make Qatar Executive the largest operator of the type. The first one will be delivered early in 2017 and the remaining two will follow within months, Al Baker says. They will be based “in different regions,” but he does not give any detail on the locations. Qatar Executive is making the most of the range, which allows nonstop flights from Hong Kong to New York, London to Tokyo or Doha to Los Angeles. “We don’t have to worry about payload because Gulfstream specifies the range with maximum payload,” Al Baker says. The average passenger load is said to be between four and five. With three more aircraft, Qatar Executive will become the largest operator of the Qatar’s G650ERs carry “very rarely” 13 passengers, while 15 is their long-range Gulfstream G650ER. maximum capacity. They also operate for the country’s government, when requested. The final MoU, announced in May last year, is for 30 firm and The company is disposing of its Bombardier business jets. Three optional G500s, G600s and G650ERs. Challenger 605s will be converted to air ambulances. —Thierry Dubois

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ore than 30 years in Marut in the 1960s and improv- systems as planned, including respectively, in the JF-17. Mdevelopment, India’s first ing the Folland Gnat light fighter the Kaveri afterburning engine However, the Tejas is overweight, two Tejas light fighters entered as the Ajeet in the 1970s. and multi-mode radar. with a similar empty weight to service on July 1. The Tejas Aircraft development does not Thus, rather than 70% indig- the JF-17 but for a smaller air- Mk1 is late, and falls short of its go fast in India, but the Tejas pro- enous as planned, the Tejas is craft. It is underpowered on its requirements, but it has created gram has been painfully slow. 65% imported. This includes 19,000-lb.-thrust F404-IN20, so an industrial ecosystem better Taiwan’s F-CK-1 become opera- the General Electric F404-IN20 speed, acceleration and maneu- positioned to deliver planned tional in 1997, 15 years after for- engine and Israeli Elta EL/M- verability fall short of specifica- upgrades, and future aircraft, mal launch; Korea’s T-50 in 2005 2032 radar, and cockpit displays tion. Insufficient internal fuel than India had three decades ago. after nine years; and Pakistan’s and flight control actuators origi- capacity limits range. The Tejas is usually compared JF-17 in 2007 after eight years. nally to be developed in India. The Tejas Mk1 does not yet with regional rival Pakistan’s have full operational capabil- JF-17 Thunder, the product of ity (FOC), which adds in-flight a Chinese industry now on its refueling and a new radome to fifth generation jet fighter. But increase radar range. FOC is technically, perhaps the best hoped for by 2020, when the benchmark is against others new full complement of 40 Mk1s is to building combat aircraft such scheduled to be delivered. The as Korea Aerospace Industries’ IOC Mk1 is armed with Russian (KAI) T-50 and Taiwan’s AIDC R73E short-range air-to-air mis- F-CK-1. siles and laser-guided bombs. AIDC’s experience before the FOC adds the Israeli Rafael Indigenous Defense Fighter Derby beyond-visual-range mis- (IDF) program began in 1982 sile, now in flight tests. was designing the AT-3 jet trainer India is working on a rede - (with Northrop). Lockheed signed Tejas Mk2, powered by Martin (then General Dynamics) a 22,000-lb.-thrust GE F414- provided assistance and the IDF INS6, to meet the original resembles the F-16. KAI’s experi- India’s Tejas digital fly-by-wire light fighter features Israeli multi-mode radar, a U.S. requirements, but now the air ence before beginning work on a engine and composite structures. force plans to buy 80 improved Mk1As as a next step. This will The bulk of delays came before add Elta’s EL/M-2052 active the first of two LCA technology electronically scanned array demonstrators flew in 2001 – (AESA) radar and an electronic- Aircraft development does not go fast in India, 18 years after launch compared warfare pod, as there is no room but the Tejas program has been painfully slow. with seven years for the IDF, for the planned internal self-pro- five for the T-50 and four for tection jammer, as well as reduce the Chengdu FC-1/JF-17. But weight. supersonic trainer was license- The 33 years it has taken India to the pace did not pick up much. HAL plans to fly the Mk1A building the KF-16, and the T-50 field the Tejas is extraordinary by India flew another 12 prototype prototype in 2018 and complete was developed with Lockheed, comparison. But there is a miti- and pre-production aircraft deliveries by 2025. It also has to hence its similarity to the U.S. gating factor. before achieving limited initial ramp up production, from eight fighter. The arms embargo imposed operational clearance (IOC) a year to 16 – no easy task for India had experience license- in 1988 in response to India’s in 2013. the state-owned manufacturer. building Soviet and Western air- nuclear tests cut off access to How does it compare? The But, as New Delhi says the Tejas craft when it launched the Light U.S. suppliers, most critically Tejas ticks the boxes for a mod- has cost just US$1.1 billion to Combat Aircraft (LCA) program Lockheed for the digital flight ern fighter: digital fly-by-wire, develop – US$2.1 billion includ- in 1983, but its design creden- controls, forcing India to develop multi-mode radar, composite ing the carrier-based naval ver- tials were limited to Hindustan its own fly-by-wire system. Other structures. The aircraft has a sion – it already deserves an A for Aeronautics (HAL, Chalet K7), delays were down to India’s U.S. engine and Israeli radar, affordability. developing the supersonic HF-24 failure to develop its own key versus Russian and Chinese, —Graham Warwick

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d3p38 FINAL.indd 38 7/12/16 12:47 PM activities. Meanwhile, Italian authorities AW189 Certified for Full Ice have released the third prototype of the com- pany’s AW609 commercial tiltrotor after it he European Aviation Safety Agency now operated under government contract by was seized by Italian prosecutors probing Thas finally certified the full icing protec- Bristow Group. the fatal loss of the second prototype last tion system (FIPS) of Leonardo Helicopters The AW189 was chosen, along with October that claimed the lives of test pilots AW189 super-medium helicopter. Sikorsky’s S-92, by Bristow as the preferred Herb Moran and Pietro Venanzi. FIPS certification was achieved a week platform following the UK Department for An interim report, released in late June by before the Farnborough Airshow, but the Transport’s decision to select the company the Italian air accident investigation board, company announced it as the show opened in 2013 as the operator for helicopter search- suggested that the tiltrotor had entered a on July 11. and-rescue services from 10 bases around condition called divergent Dutch roll during The certification was the last hurdle in the the UK. high-speed testing. The condition had not long path to introducing the AW189 into the But the lack of FIPS meant that the AW189 been predicted by any of the company’s flight UK’s helicopter search-and-rescue network has not been introduced to service; instead, models or simulations. the company bought additional A company spokesman here at Sikorsky S-92s and an interim Farnborough confirmed the company will fleet of AgustaWestland AW139s. now transfer the third prototype to the U.S. by The system includes electrically the end of September, ready to restart flight heated main- and tail-rotor testing. The first prototype, currently based blades, heated windscreens and in Philadelphia, will be transferred back to an ice detection system. Italy to support testing there. The company The company says the system is currently working with the FAA to establish is fully automatic once switched when test flying can be restarted. on by the pilot, allowing the pilot The company still plans to achieve certifi- Leonardo’s AW189 super-medium twin-engine helicopter at Farnborough 2016 to concentrate on other flying cation in 2018. —Tony Osborne LOOK UP AND YOU’LL SEE OUR WORK

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-35 test pilots have begun crosswind limit is currently 15 [the deployable ALIS],” said Lt. conducted to “produce a body Ftesting the aircraft’s ability to kt., although the aircraft can Col. Richard Rusnok, command- of work to prove whether or not carry asymmetric external loads translate at speeds of 20-25 ing officer of the Marine Corps’ SRVL is fundamentally safe pro- in powered-lift flight. The trials kt. The team wants to confirm VMX-22 operational test and cedurally,” Wilson says. are one of the final hurdles before computer models and prove evaluation squadron. “We have The program will fully occupy the aircraft embark on the USS how the aircraft will operate in used the deployable kit – shore BAE Systems’ simulator in America at the end of October such conditions. The issue was based – and we have an expe- Warton for between two and for at-sea developmental testing rarely a concern for older genera- ditionary environment out to three months. Up to 10 STOVL- phase 3 (DT3) – the last of three tions of STOVL, as they did not Twentynine Palms, California, qualified pilots will be flying sim- maritime trials that will give the often bring back such high-tech and that kind of stuff, but we are ulated SRVLs in combinations green light for the Marine Corps munitions. going to actually be able to take of “every load you can fly, day F-35Bs to deploy onto amphibi- The DT-3 trials have been this deployable kit, load it up and night, every ambient tem- ous assault ships. The trials will timed so that the test team can and do it like we would for a real perature, pressure, all the wind explore the aircraft’s ability to take advantage of rougher seas deployment.” conditions and ship speeds,” operate safely onto decks with a several hundred miles off the With Britain wanting to rebuild Wilson says. Simulated failures 1,000-lb. asymmetric load as an Pacific West Coast to test the its carrier strike capability, the – to brakes, nose gear, comput- external store under one of the aircraft’s ability to operate onto UK plans to begin maritime ers and helmet-mounted display wings, but not the other. the deck in high-sea states. The flight trials of the F-35B from – will also be included. “In normal high-speed flight plan is to be able to operate in the new HMS Queen Elizabeth The developing SRVL conops we deal with asymmetric loads conditions up to sea state six, in late 2018. “This will not be a involves the jet maintaining a by adjusting the flight controls,” equivalent to wave heights of DT phase,” said Wilson. “Testing speed of 35 kt. relative to the says BAE Systems test pilot Pete 13-20 ft. The DT-3 tests will on the Queen Elizabeth will be carrier, which permits bringing Wilson, but this is not as straight- involve two instrumented air- like DTs 1, 2 and 3 combined.” the aircraft to a halt with the toe forward when the aircraft enters craft, likely BF-5 and either “We don’t need to use fully brakes inside 200 meters (657 the powered lift stage of flight BF-1 or 4. instrumented aircraft; we already ft.). Wilson expects the difficult just before recovering onto the The Marines will support the understand most of the loads on parts of the envelope to be air- deck. Tests have already begun DT-3 trials with a deployable the aircraft systems, as we have craft approaching at lower air- in no-crosswind conditions, and version of Lockheed Martin’s tested that during earlier tests,” speeds in asymmetric configu- the team is now beginning to Autonomic Logistics Information added Wilson. The trials, off rations. “If we come out of that test what may occur when stron- System (ALIS), marking the the East Coast of the U.S., are [simulator trial] looking good, ger crosswinds are introduced. deployable system’s debut on a expected to take several months. then we know that we’re ready,” During most carrier landings, naval ship. Previous DT trials on The ship rolling vertical land- he says. “And if we don’t, then we ships will point into the wind and the USS Wasp used a less opera- ing process, developed for the UK may have more work to do.” the aircraft will be able to recover tionally representative version of to increase bring-back capabil- —Tony Osborne, Lara Seligman safely, but at times the ship may the ALIS system normally used at ity, will also be tested during the and Angus Batey be constrained by geography, shore bases. 2018 trials. In the first quarter forcing aircraft to recover with a “This is the first opportunity of 2017, a major project will be crosswind component. we have had to actually take it The F-35B’s vertical landing F-35 sea trials are becoming far more complicated.

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d3p40 FINAL.indd 40 7/12/16 12:47 PM Through the conversion process, the 737- IAI Converts Boeing 737-700BDSF 700 aircraft is fitted with an 84-by-134-in. cargo door on the left side and additional from Passenger to Freighter modifications of the main deck to Class E cargo compartment. The converted B737- srael Aerospace Industries is developing a According to Yosi Melamed, corporate 700BDSF can carry a total of 10 ULDs – eight Isupplemental type certificate for a Boeing executive vice president and general man- full 88-by-125-in. AAA, plus one 80-by-43-in. 737-700BDSF cargo conversion. A first pro- ager of Bedek Aviation Group, the group AYK, plus one 88-by-79-in. AYF, providing a totype aircraft is under conversion from pas- is expecting the B737-800BDSF conver- total useful volume of 3,673 cu. ft., enabling senger to full freighter configurations at IAI’s sion STC approval a year from the B737- it to carry up to 45,000 lb. —Noam Eshel facility. The conversion includes the instal- 700BDSF STC approval, with lation of a cargo door on the fuselage, addi- 12 positions and carrying up tional structural modification to support full to 52,000 lb. In the future, IAI load capacity, and implementation of smoke plans to introduce more nar- and fire detection in the cargo bay. rowbody airframes, including The prototype work is done in Israel, toward the 737NG and Airbus 320 the approval of an STC expected during the and 321. Introduction of a fourth quarter of 2016. Serial production of new widebody platform, based the 737-700 conversions will ultimately shift on the Boeing 777-200, is also to China and possibly Eastern Europe, where on Bedek’s road map. IAI (Chalet A29) is seeking to expand MRO opera- IAI’s 737-700BDSF cargo conversion tions. In the past, Bedek had converted 737- includes a fuselage cargo door, 400 aircraft; it is now gearing up to offer the structural mods to support full stretched, more efficient variant that is begin- loads, and smoke and fire detection ning to be phased out of service with airlines. systems in the cargo bay.

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d3p41 FINAL.indd 41 7/12/16 3:41 PM A Turning Point in UK Space… Since 2012, Britain has boosted space spending with new money for telecommunications, Earth observation and propulsion technologies – investments based on the notion that growth in the space sector is outpacing other elements of the nation’s economy. Four years later, however, the promise of the industry’s dynamism may not be enough to justify a sustained investment in space.

he UK space economy in 2012 saw a Already Britain has seen an increase in the More recently, Britain saw the return of astro- Tturnover of GBP11.8 billion (US$17 bil- number of contracts awarded as a result of naut Tim Peake from the International Space lion), with more than 35,000 direct jobs in the its ESA investment; most recent was a 229 Station (ISS). Although the UK is not a sizable industry. At the end of 2013, the space sector million euro (US$260 million) award in April contributor to the orbiting outpost, Peake’s was reportedly growing at about 8% per year. to Airbus Defense and Space UK to build the mission was expected to stimulate interest in Globally, the UK government and its indus- spacecraft for ESA’s carbon-mapping Biomass so-called STEM education and inspire a new try partners targeted a rise in growth in the mission. generation of scientists and engineers. space economy from 6.5% in 2013 to 10% by The boost in ESA spending has also But a new report from the House of 2030, or GBP40 billion in annual turnover. helped space start-ups, with support from a Commons says the government should not To this end, the UK Space Agency in 2012 business incubator affiliated with the new rest on the laurels of its astronaut but rather pushed through a large increase in its annual European Center for Space Applications and seize on the public enthusiasm for his return contribution to the European Space Agency Telecommunications, ESA’s newest facility to support an expansion of Britain’s role in (ESA). Beginning in 2013, the five-year plan and its first in the UK. Situated at the Harwell space with a separate national program to was to invest GBP240 million over five years Campus in Oxfordshire – also known as the address the skills shortage in technical fields. in the 22-nation ESA, with the expectation UK’s Space Gateway – the center was relocated “It should be a call to arms, not a cause of about a 90% return on investment in the from the Netherlands in 2013, bringing jobs for complacency,” the June 7 report says of form of industrial workshare. to the local economy. Peake’s Principia mission, from which the

Britain has invested in Skylon, a UK technology that promises a major breakthrough in launch economics and one that could lead to development of a single- stage-to-orbit vehicle.

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d3p42&43 FINAL.indd 42 7/12/16 3:48 PM …But Is It Sustainable?

British astronaut returned to Earth June 18 is an enabling regulatory environment and developments in the U.S. space sector. following a six-month stay aboard the ISS. that we work through all the complex regula- “Space is one of the areas where, if you “Now is also the time to address the missing tory and technical issues that having a space- are a new entrant or you have an idea that piece in the UK’s space ambitions and estab- flight capability involves.” may not have maturity or is very innovative, lish an expanded national space program The UK has, however, signaled support for people are naturally hesitant,” says Patrick alongside our contributions to ESA.” cutting-edge propulsion technologies that Wood of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., a The parliamentary report notes that more could lead to an indigenous launch capability, subsidiary of Airbus Defense and Space that than 75% of UK spending on space goes to notably the Sabre powerplant in development leads the nation’s smallsat industry. ESA – with much of it coming back to Britain at Reaction Engines Ltd. (REL), a UK start-up Further, the report suggests the govern- via industry contract awards. But while the with a long-term plan to produce a single- ment could be doing more to provide finan- committee admits the return on investment at stage-to-orbit launch vehicle dubbed Skylon. cial incentives for space players. UK Finance ESA is good, the nation could do better, thus – the British equivalent of the U.S. Export- the call for a homegrown program that would Import Bank, France’s Coface and Export be funded in parallel. Development Canada – is not doing as much In 2013, the government identified sat- as it could to foster low-cost loans for satellites. ellites as one of eight “great technologies” Globally, the UK government and “Government should provide details of its that should be pursued for the future, nota- its industry partners targeted progress on developing an export promo- bly in the area of small spacecraft, which a rise in growth in the space tion plan for space,” the report asserts. “This has become a burgeoning niche in the UK economy from 6.5% in 2013 to should include information on export finance space sector. That year alone saw 92 satel- 10% by 2030, or GBP40 billion initiatives that will assist the space sector and lites weighing 1-50 kg (2-110 lb.) launched how these compare with our international globally in a market that is expected to have in annual turnover. space and satellite competitors.” a value of US$7.4 billion in 2015-19. The government should likewise fund flight With this in mind, the commit- demonstrations to attract new tee says the government should investment to unproven tech- develop an indigenous smallsat nologies; the report cites a lack of launch capability and space- flight heritage as a barrier to new port to serve as a catalyst for the entrants in the UK space sector. market. While some companies, “Given the scale of this barrier, notably Glasgow, Scotland-based we recommend that additional smallsat maker Clyde Space, are resources are made available to supportive, others suggest that Innovate UK, so that it is able improving the business environ- to expand further its In-Orbit ment for small-spacecraft manu- Demonstration Program,” the facturers would prove more ben- committee urges, citing the gov- eficial to the satellite sector. ernment agency that competi- Specifically, a regulatory regime tively fast-tracks funding for new that motivates the manufacturing developments. of small satellites is “more impor- The UK government is investing in the nation’s burgeoning small-spacecraft industry Finally, the report notes that tant than having a spaceport,” and has promised regulatory changes to enable development of a British spaceport. the current licensing and regu- says Inmarsat COO Ruy Pinto. latory regime has not kept pace Whether the UK government would actually However, the committee says that as of with innovations in the space sector, and that fund a new commercial spaceport is a great February, the UK government’s GBP60 mil- although efforts to evolve the regulatory status unknown. lion promise to invest in REL had not yet quo in the UK are under way, progress has In May, Queen Elizabeth II’s speech to materialized. been slow and too narrowly focused on the Parliament suggested the spaceport would “This was a bold decision, but it has not specific case of cubesats, rather than small not be built with public funds, although the been followed by solid action,” the report says satellites more generally. government could possibly ease regulatory of the UK investment announced in 2014. “It is vital that, while the UK space agency burdens and thereby remove any unneces- “The government seems to have fallen short maintains its reputation as a responsible sary stumbling blocks for potential investors. of the professional standards of investment regulator, it also does not adversely impede Likewise, UK minister for universities and that we would expect.” innovation and growth in the sector,” the com- science Jo Johnson said the government’s The report also chides Britain’s lack mittee states. “We are concerned that…draft role in supporting the spaceport was more to of appetite for risk. Aside from Richard regulatory proposals, as they currently stand, facilitate it than to fund it. Branson of Virgin Galactic, the UK lacks risk complicating the process when the inten- “We have always made it clear that this is the start-up culture of SpaceX and Blue tion is to simplify regulation and make it more primarily a commercial enterprise,” Johnson Origin, companies that are pioneering proportionate.” said. “Government’s role is to make sure there new business models and technological —Aviation Week

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d3p42&43 FINAL.indd 43 7/12/16 3:50 PM STEM to Space: Let’s Launch More Flight Careers! If you had told me when I graduated from “Our workforce has not the United States Military Academy in 1955 kept pace,” says Col. Al that my career would take me via the U.S. Air Worden, USAF-Ret. Force to the Empire Test Pilot School here in Farnborough to the moon on Apollo 15 and back to Farnborough 52 years later – with so many extraordinary experiences and personal connections along the way – I certainly would have laughed it off with a big “No way!”

here are probably a lot of you consider the manpower it took to There this week who, simi- fly 23 other astronauts and me larly, could not have guessed at to the moon and back between the start of your careers that you December 1968 and December would find such rewarding work 1972. By some estimates, the in the most exciting industry in Apollo space program employed the world. half a million people – 34,000 We can’t predict where our pas- directly at NASA and 375,000 sions will take us, but we can all outside contractors. of the Team America Rocketry each of these programs will have agree, no industry enables man- Since then, our industry’s Challenge in the U.S., or the a presence at Farnborough kind to reach as far as aerospace. ambitions have only grown, but Royal Aeronautical Society’s this week. Consider that just over a century our workforce has not Among his many Schools Build-a- Two additional STEM pro- ago, the Wright brothers discov- kept pace. If today’s Plane program. grams will generate interest in ered controlled, powered flight, dreams of colonizing accomplishments These industry- STEM among professionals and today, we’re orbiting Jupiter! Mars and commer- in a career that supported initia- and students during the show. This industry is chock-full of cializing space are to spans some 50 tives excite and On Thursday morning in the such historic human accomplish- be realized, the pipe- years, Al Worden inspire thousands Hub presentation area in Hall 3, ments, achieved by millions of line for STEM talent was command of young people Kallman Worldwide, organizer of professionals, connected across must be expanded. module pilot of to experience the the U.S. International Pavilion, the continuum of time by the The good news is the Apollo 15 excitement of flight will host a panel discussion about four cornerstones of STEM – sci- aerospace is at the lunar mission. He firsthand in collab- industry initiatives to attract, ence, technology, engineering forefront of STEM is the author of oration with volun- train and retain workforce tal- and math. education. For exam- Falling to Earth. teer industry pro- ent. And Friday, Farnborough Yes, millions. For perspective, ple, look at the success fessionals. Notably, Futures Day will bring young people ages 11-21 to the show to learn about careers in aerospace Getting Down to Earth at FIA 2016 and defense. Aerospace is an industry that HERE AT THE Farnbor- of the Earth, and covered a never stops giving back. For my ough International Air- total distance of some 125 part, I chaired for seven years show, British astronaut Maj. million km. and still represent the Astronaut Tim Peake will be making He is scheduled to appear Scholarship Foundation, a not- his first public appearance in the Space Zone and on for-profit group founded by the in the UK since completing the Airshow Live! stage on Mercury 7 astronauts to help his 186-day mission aboard Friday, Futures Day, when STEM-driven students pursue ISS, the International Space FIA 2016 opens its doors their college education. Station. During his time to the general public. On If you also love what you do, in space, European Space Saturday, Peake returns to take advantage of these initia- Agency astronaut Peake, take part in the Airshow tives or others to share your pas- a former British Army he- Live! stage show, where sion with young people. Together, licopter pilot and graduate he will be interviewed and let’s inspire the next generation of the Empire Test Pilots’ then will launch the flying of innovation and launch more School, made 3,000 orbits display. Maj. Tim Peake careers in flight! —Col. Al Worden, USAF-Ret.

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he Italian Air Force has Tbegun acceptance trials of a new fleet of maritime patrol The fourth P-72A maritime patrol aircraft, a derivative of the ATR-72 regional airliner, is to be delivered to the Italian Air Force next year. aircraft based on the ATR-72 regional airliner. 7300 electronically scanned a standard crew of eight – two in Istanbul in 2013, Alenia It has ordered four P-72As array search radar; and a self- pilots, four mission system opera- Aermacchi and Turkish from Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s protection suite based on the tors and two observers. Maximum Aerospace Industries (TAI) aircraft division. Three are cur- Elettronica’s ELT800V2 elec- endurance is 10 hr., although a signed a memorandum of under- rently undergoing acceptance tronic support measures system. typical mission will last 6-8 hr. standing to offer the ATR-72 as tests and are due to be delivered The fourth aircraft will be deliv- The aircraft have been config- a maritime patrol aircraft, with to 41 Stormo, based in Sigonella, ered in mid-2017 in fully opera- ured so that an anti-submarine the Italian company supplying Sicily, in the coming weeks. tional configuration that also warfare capability could be added the basic airframe and carrying The P-72As will carry out mar- includes Ku- and Ka-band satellite in the future. The wing can be fit- out the final integration and test itime patrol, electronic surveil- communications and the ability ted with hardpoints for torpedoes, work, while TAI made modifica- lance, and command and control to use Sicral, an Italian military and the rear fuselage has been tions to the aircraft and installed missions, as well as secondary strategic communications system, strengthened to allow fitment mission equipment. To be known tasks such as search-and-rescue and Vortex, a line-of-sight video of a magnetic anomaly detec- as Meltam-IIIs, they will be oper- and anti-piracy. They will sup- data-link system. The original tor. An area in the rear cabin has ated by the Turkish Navy and the plement but not directly replace three aircraft will be retrofitted to been earmarked for a sonobuoy first of six ordered will shortly be Italy’s aging fleet of Breguet this standard later. launcher. transferred to Turin, Italy, after Atlantic anti-submarine warfare The Italian Air Force had “The aircraft operates very fitting out by TAI in Turkey. The aircraft. ordered the aircraft in 2008 and comfortably at low altitude,” aircraft are fitted with the Thales Leonardo-Finmeccanica (Booth expected them to enter service in said a company source. “As it is Airborne Maritime Situation & L1) has fitted out the aircraft with 2012. However, Leonardo offi- designed as a passenger aircraft, Control System (AMASCOS) its in-house Airborne Tactical cials say the program was rede- it is comfortable for the crew. “In mission system and should Observation and Surveillance fined and the timing resched- many ways propeller aircraft are be delivered back to Turkey in (ATOS) mission system, which uled after the air force asked for better than jets for maritime 2017. Two more ATR-72s have links the aircraft’s onboard the aircraft’s configuration to be patrol as they are less susceptible already been supplied to Turkey sensors; Star Safire HD elec- changed. to bird strikes.” for utility missions. tro-optical turret; Seaspray The P-72s will be operated by At the IDEF defense show —Tony Osborne

nEUROn Makes First Public Flight The nEUROn unmanned com- was joined by a Rafale and a Falcon 8X and the three aircraft then bat air vehicle demonstrator flew past in formation along the runway at an altitude of 150 me- took flight on June 4 at the Das- ters in front of thousands of spectators. In March 2014, nEUROn sault Aviation flight test center became the world’s first unmanned combat air vehicle to fly in at Istres in what is claimed formation with other aircraft, then a Rafale and Falcon 7X. to have been the first time a “This flying display, in a limited airspace, represents a real stealth aircraft controlled from achievement, both technically and in terms of flying skills,” says the ground has flown in public. Dassault. “Outside of the U.S., the nEUROn team is the first in The 15-min. flight was carried the world to have designed, built and flown a stealthy unmanned out by teams from Dassault, combat air vehicle demonstrator and the first to have submit - the French defense procure- ted it to a comprehensive test program, including tests involving The nEUROn flew in public outside ment agency DGA and l’Armée operational detection systems [radar and infrared], and launch of Marseille on June 4. de l’Air. After takeo†, nEUROn a weapon from an internal bay at high speed.” Chalet J1.

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d3p46 FINAL.indd 46 7/12/16 3:41 PM As a pure freighter, the Mi-8M More Grist for the Mil’s Mill can transport 4,000 kg (8,818 lb.) in the cabin, or 3,000 kg purpose-equipped, quick- Mil “Hip” medium rotorcraft is Ukrainian Helicopters is offer- underslung. Achange medium helicop- being promoted on Booth 3/E110 ing a versatile aircraft that can For search and rescue, the inte- ter will transform the United and has a presence (and a half) change its interior at short notice rior includes one medical module, Nations’ humanitarian activities in the static display. to tackle the next task on the list. three stretchers, two attendants’ in underdeveloped countries. The “add-on” display, compris- Transformer is the outcome of the seats, foldable bench seats, a res- It’s a Transformer, but it’s not ing a section of fuselage, is nec- company’s more than a decade cue winch and a stock of survival a toy. Ukrainian Helicopters’ essary to represent the optional of experience in numerous stabi- equipment. In all cases, the heli- Skytransformer version of the passenger interior, because lization, peacekeeping, humani- copter is fitted in the chin posi- tarian and relief missions in tion with an infrared turret on a Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The white-painted helicopter has its tail rotor on the left side, which means that it is what the East calls an Mi-8M and the West says is an Mi-17. Either way, it’s a TV-1 subvariant. Ukrainian Helicopters’ sales pitch is, “Air ambu- lance: Transformed to Elbit’s operational concept for Light Spear shows the pod mounted on a anything in 40 min- representative current-generation unmanned aircraft. utes.” In humanitarian form, the helicopter Elbit Offers Self-Protection accommodates two in System for UAVs intensive-care modules, three on stretchers and ELBIT SYSTEMS HAS used the Farnborough Airshow to two attendants. No, they didn’t build it here. Ukrainian launch a new platform-protection product aimed at the A SkyTrack commu- Helicopters brought an extra display fuselage, as the manufacturer is offering a versatile unmanned market. Light Spear leverages Elbit and sister nication system allows “Skytransformer” aircraft allowing an operator to company Elisra’s experience in electronic warfare, signals medical attendants to change its interior at short notice. intelligence and digital systems integration to provide a wide range of capabilities in a small, lightweight, low-power- Flir Systems Polytech mounting. consumption package. The necessity of a Flir sensor White-painted Mils have Light Spear incorporates electronic support measures is confirmed, says Ukrainian and electronic countermeasures (ESM and ECM) pack- already done much for Helicopters, from the company’s ages, utilising DRFM (digital radio frequency manage- humanity. Thanks to experience in Somalia, where ment) technology. DRFM allows detected RF signals to be Ukrainian Helicopters, medical flights on behalf of the recorded, manipulated and retransmitted to jam and defeat they can now do more. UN cannot be flown between threats by fooling receivers in missile countermeasures. 1600 and 0400 hr. Further consult with specialists on the capability comes from an infra- Promotional materials issued by Elbit posit the podded ground during the return flight, red searchlight coupled to the Flir system for carriage on a Reaper-like UAV platform. Current the system also transmitting the and pilots’ night vision goggles. unmanned systems have had little need for advanced coun- patients’ vital parameters to assist Perversely, some factions even termeasures or jammers, as they have tended to operate in diagnosis. object to UN mercy flights, so uncontested environments, and the lack of a pilot onboard That medical interior can be there is Kevlar armor that pro- has meant defensive features have not been high on the swapped for folding bench seat- tects the helicopter from small- agenda for customers. Future unmanned combat aircraft ing for 21 passengers, plus a lug- arms fire, and an airborne mis- concepts leverage stealth technologies to permit operations gage compartment for 320 kg sile-protection system operating in denied airspace. Podded countermeasures could provide (705 lb.); or the Combo configu- in an automatic mode to defeat a halfway house, protecting the expensive and operation- ration, with between five and 10 surface-to-air missiles. ally sensitive equipment onboard while enabling informa- individual “comfortable” seats, White-painted Mils have already tion-gathering – and potentially strike – operations to be separated by a partition from done much for humanity. Thanks conducted in hostile airspace. —Angus Batey between 2,000 and 3,000 kg to Ukrainian Helicopters, they can (4,409 and 6,613 lb.) of cargo. now do more. —Paul Jackson

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d3p47 FINAL.indd 47 7/12/16 3:41 PM Ikhana Aims for Twin Otter MTOW Increase California-based Ikhana Aircraft Services will soon begin flight testing a DHC Twin Otter 300 in pursuit Ex-Im Bank of an FAA Standard Commuter Category Supple- Banks on a Political Solution mental Type Certificate (STC) raising the aircraft’s to Stalled Deals maximum takeoff weight to 14,000 lb. The original Twin Otter 300 had a 12,500-lb. MTOW. Modifi- Inevitably, U.S. aerospace’s current dis- cations required for the STC include an upgrade to satisfaction with the Export-Import Bank Pratt & Whitney-Canada PT6A-34 engines, instal- of the United States (Ex-Im) was high on lation of Raisbeck swept four-blade turbofan propellers, and structural, aerodynamic the list of questions posed to its chairman and systems changes. The upgrade will be packaged so that it can be accomplished at and president, Fred P. Hochberg, when he a customer’s maintenance facility. IKHANA expects to gain STC approval by year-end. addressed a “round- table” organized by CAE Signs Long-Term Pilot Training Deals the U.S. Pavilion at CAE has signed a 10-year agreement with Vietnam Airlines for Airbus A320, A350 and Farnborough on Boeing 787 pilot training, and a seven-year contract renewal with Asiana Airlines for A330 Monday. training. In addition, it has renewed for five years an agreement with Jet Airways of India. The crux of the CAE will also supply one flight simulator each for Airbus A320, A350 and Boeing 787 problem is that aircraft to the Asian Aviation Centre of Excellence, and an A320 full-flight simulator and Ex-Im is one board A320 flight-training device to ChongQing Yu Xiang Aviation in China. CAE is at Chalet B38. member short of Fred P. Hochberg the quorum of three needed to approve any guarantee exceeding Diamond Delivers Flight Inspection DA62 to UK US$10 million, so while it is able to provide Diamond Aircraft Industries (OE18) has delivered its much-needed assistance to small firms, a DA62 to UK flight inspection service provider the bigger deals remain stalled. In fact, con- Flight Calibration Services Ltd. (FCSL). The air- cedes Hochberg, overall activity is merely a craft is equipped with 28 EASA-certified anten- third of one year ago. nae. FCSL Director Matt Taiyeb commented, “In But the holdup is a political one. The Sen- combination with our recently developed, state- of-the-art flight inspection system, the DA62 has ate Banking Committee refuses to allow new the performance and payload we require to further nominations, so the best that Hochberg can optimize the delivery of flight inspection and calibration services to airports worldwide. Add hope for is that the situation will be resolved, lower fuel burn, reduced emissions and reduced noise, and the DA62 is a great example “at the end of the year, after the election.” of how FCSL is working to minimize the impact of its operations on the environment.” Meanwhile, 85 similar agencies in 67 other countries are functioning normally – against U.S. industrial interests. U.S. Navy Launches Last MUOS Satellite That’s not to say that Ex-Im is impotent. On June 24, the U.S. Navy successfully launched its fifth and final Mobile User Objec- Its role is to support “hard to finance” deals, tive System (MUOS) satellite on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The Navy a definition that applies to a lot of aerospace. handles acquisition of the Pentagon’s UHF narrowband satellite communications, In fact, 32% of Ex-Im support is normally which keeps the military connected through foul weather and across complicated ter- of aviation. rain. The new MUOS satellite will function as a spare. The other four are providing Although not a narrow interpretation near-global coverage that enables communications even in Polar regions. The next of American aerospace, noted Hochberg, step is upgrading software for thousands of radios across the U.S. military so they can Brazilian Embraer’s assembly plant in Mel- receive signals from the MUOS. bourne, Florida, qualifies for support, as does any similar business. Seastar Windscreen Win for GKN Examples of those needing ongoing assis- GKN Aerospace has been awarded a GBP4.8 million tance, said Hochberg, are the Air Tractor and contract to design and manufacture the cockpit wind- Thrush companies, both of which export half screen for the Dornier Seawings Seastar all-composite, the agricultural aircraft they build. They and twin turboprop amphibian. The windscreen will use their local communities would su—er griev- advanced lightweight materials designed to maintain ously if overseas deals were to dry up. optimum clarity in the rigorous maritime environ- Regrettably, those with larger fish to fly ment. GKN (Chalet G1) will complete design and quali- will just have to be patient. —Paul Jackson fication of the windscreen by December 2016 at its Kings Norton, UK, facility. Flight trials and production will start in 2017 in anticipation of Seastar type certification scheduled for the following year. The windscreen will meet Euro- pean Aviation Safety Agency and Federal Aviation Administration safety requirements.

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d3p48 FINAL.indd 2 7/12/16 3:41 PM CMC Esterline: Antonov & More PC-21s Esterline CMC Electronics (Hall 1, Booth B60) has been awarded two satellite communications services. CMC has been supplying satcom antenna systems to the key contracts to provide its high-performance avionics systems aviation industry for more than 25 years, and for the AN 124 transport aircraft operated by Antonov Airlines, has delivered electronically steered, phased and for the AN 148/158/178 series. array, high-gain and intermediate-gain systems for use with the Inmarsat satellite network to nder the terms of the first contract, CMC Finnish Air Force will have a fleet of 31 glass some 120 airline customers as well as to OEMs, Uwill supply its CMA 9000 flight manage- cockpit-upgraded Hawk Mk51s and Mk66s. military, corporate and VIP customers. ment system, CMA5024 GPS sensor and Esterline’s Korry Electronics divi- MFD 2068 multifunction display in a dual con- sion has introduced its Quick Switch The Pilatus PC-21 figuration for the upgrade of seven AN 124s. LED- illuminated 5/8- inch switch. By cockpit will include For the second contract, the company will focusing on streamlining its lean manu- Esterline CMC flight provide dual CMA 9000 FMSs and five MFD- facturing processes, Korry has reduced management system 3068 multifunction displays for 60 new-pro- production time of the most popular ver- and GPS. duction AN 148/158/178s that are destined sions of the switch to just three days after for commercial and military customers. receipt of order. Pilatus Aircraft has awarded CMC contracts CMC has made the milestone delivery to provide avionics for the Royal Australian Air of its 3,500th high-gain satcom antenna Force’s forthcoming fleet of 49 PC- 21 turbo- system. The unit has been installed on prop trainers, deliveries of which will start in a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 777. June 2017, and for eight PC-21s ordered by the CMC’s latest CMA 2102SB high-gain sat- Royal Jordanian Air Force. The company will com antenna system supports Inmarsat supply four CHDD 268 cockpit head down dis- Aero H+, Swift64 and SwiftBroadband plays and two smart MFD 2068 multifunction displays that are in the PC-21’s front and rear cockpits; dual flight management systems; GPS landing system sensors; and head-up displays. CMC has been selected to carry out a glass cockpit avionics upgrade on a further seven Finnish Air Force BAE Hawk jet train- ers. Finland’s existing upgraded Hawk fleet provides basic and advanced training at Tikkakoski Air Base for pilots destined for Boeing F/A 18C/D-equipped frontline squad- Please join us: Hall: 2 Booth: B2 rons. This new contract covers the adaptation of CMC’s Cockpit 4000 integrated avionics suite for an additional seven Hawk Mk51s currently held in reserve that still have their original analog avionics. Upon completion, the

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d3p49 FINAL.indd 49 7/12/16 6:25 PM Airbus and Boeing: Both Are Bullish oth Airbus and Boeing released as “some 13,000 passenger and Bbullish forecasts for the global freighter aircraft will be replaced commercial aircraft market on the with more fuel-efficient types.” opening day of the Farnborough Boeing projects the world’s com- Airshow, with Boeing projecting mercial jet fleet (including regional slightly stronger demand. jets) will grow from 22,510 today The Airbus A350XWB Boeing forecasts demand for to 45,240 by 2035. and Boeing 747-8F 39,620 commercial aircraft over Both manufacturers said the freighter are among the the next 20 years valued at US$5.9 single-aisle market will dominate high-value widebodies trillion. The number of aircraft, new aircraft deliveries over the on show at Farnborough which includes regional aircraft next 20 years, with both Airbus 2016. below 90 seats, is 4.1% higher and Boeing projecting narrow- than the 20-year forecast issued bodies will account for 71% of by Boeing in 2015. new additions to the global com- The Airbus forecast calls for mercial fleet during the forecast 33,000 new commercial aircraft period. through 2035 valued at US$5.2 Though widebodies will make billion. The disparity between up a decided minority of deliver- the forecasts is smaller than it ies, widebody aircraft will account appears, since Airbus is only for 54% of the value of commercial near-term concerns about the to 2.5 million.” including aircraft with more jet deliveries from 2016 to 2035, global economy in making their Boeing projected that the than 100 seats; Boeing’s forecast Airbus noted, projecting demand forecasts. “Middle classes in growth of developing markets will includes 2,380 regional jets. for 9,500 widebody passenger and emerging markets will double drive air traffic growth: “Emerging A more accurate signifier of the freighter aircraft over the next 20 to 3.5 billion people by 2035,” markets throughout the world narrow split in the manufacturers’ years valued at US$2.8 trillion. Airbus said. “Globally, by 2035, have shown that air travel is one views can be seen in their projec- Boeing sees demand for 9,100 62% of world population will be of the first discretionary expendi- tion of the average annual global widebody aircraft over the fore- city dwellers and the number of tures to be added as consumers commercial passenger air traffic cast period, “with a large wave aviation megacities will rise from join the global middle class. As growth rate from 2016 to 2035: of potential [widebody] replace- 55 to 93 by 2035. These centers emerging market demand begins Airbus projects growth of 4.5% ment demand in the 2021-2028 of wealth creation, many of which to develop, it may take the form of per year over the forecast period, timeframe.” Boeing noted that it are already schedule constrained nonscheduled services to leisure while Boeing sees annual growth “projects a continued shift from airports, will account for 35% of destinations. Later, the same of 4.8%. very large airplanes to small and world GDP. In 20 years, the num- demand may migrate to scheduled Airbus said the world’s com- medium widebodies such as the ber of daily, long-haul passengers services of low-cost carriers or to mercial jet fleet will double from 787, 777 and 777X.” traveling to, from or via aviation network airlines.” 19,500 today to 40,000 by 2035 Both manufacturers dismissed megacities will more than double —Aaron Karp Engine Alliance Adds New Overhaul Centers

ngine Alliance (EA) is adding two new engine of efficiency.” EEMC has already completed 25 light Eoverhaul centers to its GP7200 MRO network: engine repairs, and its first piece-part overhaul is Emirates Engine Maintenance Centre (EEMC) in now under way. Dubai, and Pratt & Whitney Eagle Services Asia Engine Alliance is also expanding capability in (ESA) in Singapore. The new facilities will add capac- Singapore, where ESA, previously a center of excel- ity to accommodate the growing fleet of GP7200 lence for GP7200 low-pressure compressor (LPC) engines as they begin to enter their first shop visits. overhauls, now becomes a full engine overhaul center. “We’re thrilled our partnership with EA now “ESA makes perfect sense because of its multi-model includes full overhaul capability in Dubai,” said Iain flow lines,” noted Kevin Kirkpatrick, P&W Eagle Lachlan, divisional SVP at Emirates Engineering. Services Asia’s executive director of aftermarket oper- “The ability to perform maintenance work locally ations, Asia. “We don’t need a dedicated line for each will translate to cost and time savings, allowing us Engine Alliance is adding GP7200 engine family. Instead, each line can handle multiple to keep our A380 fleet running at the highest level overhaul centers in Dubai and Singapore. engine types. Engine Alliance is at Hall 4, Booth H71.

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s well as the current and soon- “These are concepts; we haven’t and the B-1 have changed their concept poses is software-related. Ato-enter-service technologies worked out how to engineer configuration in flight. And BAE Current aircraft that change con- on view all over the Airshow site, some of these ideas yet,” cautions have already demonstrated using figuration in flight do at least have there are a few glimpses of possi- Martin Rowe-Willcocks, BAE’s bleed air to control flight on an someone onboard to manage the ble futures to be found. One of the future combat air systems (FCAS) earlier UAV program. Still, the transition. If the system has to do most intriguing is buried deep in a business development director. concept raises far more questions that itself, some new techniques submenu on a touchscreen instal- “We’re trying to ask, if you want than it answers, but, as Rowe- around reconfigurable autopilots lation on the future unmanned a vehicle that does more for its Willcocks points out, that’s really are required. Extant work will systems stand in BAE Systems’ shape, how does that work? Would the point of the exercise. also inform this discussion, if and exhibition hall. a core airplane with disappearing Take, for example, the shape- when it takes place. In a piece of forward-scanning fins, reconfiguration of the shape changing idea. It implies a flexible “We’ve not specifically explored work that sits at the very low end for different speeds and control outer skin on the aircraft, which reconfigurability in flight, but of the technology readiness level regimes, and so on, be something will not fold or kink as the struc- we’ve done reconfigurability scale, BAE is positing a cranked- that was worth exploring?” ture underneath it shifts, if the between shapes,” Rowe-Willcocks kite stealthy UAV that can change Perhaps the biggest surprise airframe is to maintain stealthy says. “If you look at the line of shape during flight, deploy retract- is that none of these ideas are characteristics. development from Raven to Corax able fins from internal bays to aid unprecedented. Aircraft from the “That’s the challenge. A tra- to Taranis, they have slightly dif- maneuverability and that uses air Mirage Milan to the T-144 have ditional aircraft that changes its ferent shapes but a common core bled from the engines instead of had retractable control surfaces; shape like a Tornado or F-111 has architecture inside them. And moving control surfaces. airplanes as different as the XB-70 some fairly sharp corners and quite in the very early concept phases big gaps. To us, that’s the purpose: we had a single flight-control Animation on the BAE tablet shows a UAV deploying to ask, if we wanted to do that, how system that worked across three retractable tail fins from internal bays during flight. would we achieve it? I’m not saying very different airplanes in Raven, we know yet! But what I am saying Corax and [still partly classified is, we need to try to test the bound- UAV] Herti, all at the same time, ary, so we’d know if we decided we by putting different control laws needed to do that whether we’d in there. Of course, you’re not have to run an individual technol- changing the shape of the airplane ogy program that explored that while it’s flying. That’s the next piece of the airframe.” thing: How would you do that?” Another obvious challenge the —Angus Batey

Older Project Demon-strates Surface-Free Control The Demon program, which culminated in flights on Walney Island in September 2010, has already proven one novel capability. Air bled from the engine is routed to openings along the top and bottom of the wing’s trailing edge. Variably controlling the airflow through the four apertures allows the aircraft to be steered. “We sponsored this work inside the university network to build one of these and see if it worked,” Rowe-Willcocks says. “As a concept, we found it works quite well, but the big challenge would be engineering it into a full-scale airplane.” Another challenge would be incorporating the concept into a stealthy design. Demon’s wing trailing edge had long gaps for the air to flow through, which leave edges that would not be tolerable on a low-observable design. “So we know flowing air can move the aircraft, but that’s not a stealthy trailing edge,” Rowe-Willcocks acknowledges. “But if you think of the way the conformal air data [system] works on the nose [of Taranis] – it’s a streamlined nose but you’ve got holes there that you’re using for air-data management – could you do the same thing? “It’s about building blocks,. “It’s not proven – you’re not going to put it in a fighter yet. But it shows it’s possible to do these things.”—AB

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d3p51 FINAL.indd 51 7/12/16 5:36 PM New Boeing 777X: Composites From UAE

Boeing will source composite materials for its 777X aircraft from a new joint venture formed by United Arab Emirates- based Mubadala Development and Belgian composite materials and adhesives manufacturer Solvay, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Ray Conner Solvay executive committee member Roger Kearns, Boeing Commercial Airplanes supplier management VP Kent Fisher, and Mubadala aerospace & engineering services said at Farnborough. CEO Homaid Al Shimmari.

he Mubadala-Solvay joint pre-impregnated] pre-preg mate- composite materials produc- resin – reduce weight and there- Tventure will produce primary rial for the 777X meets several tion in order to expand the sup- fore improve fuel efficiency in structure composite material for important goals for Boeing, from ply chain and create a materials aircraft,” Boeing says. The 777 use in manufacturing the 777X further advancing aerospace ecosystem. The creation of a new was one of the first commercial empennage and floor beams. The industry development in the UAE manufacturing facility at the airplanes to contain structurally companies plan the joint venture to expanding high-quality materi- Nibras Al Ain Aerospace Park significant composite parts, and to become operational by 2021; als in our supply chain.” supports our efforts of delivering “composites account for 50% a new facility will be built in Al “Boeing has been a key global on Abu Dhabi’s Economic Vision of structural weight of the 787 Ain, UAE. partner of ours for years,” 2030 by developing a regional Dreamliner.” “Boeing is pleased to be the Mubadala aerospace & engineer- aerospace hub for Abu Dhabi.” “The 777X will have the world’s first customer for their new ing services CEO Homaid Al “First introduced in the 1970s, largest composite wing,” Boeing joint venture in the UAE,” Shimmari said. “Together with prepreg composites – a com- says: “Production of the 777X Conner said. “Our commitment Solvay, we will further develop bination of high-strength car- will begin in 2017, with its first to purchase this [carbon-fiber our capabilities in advanced bon fiber and toughened epoxy delivery in 2020.” —Mark Nensel

GE and Flydubai Collaborate on Predix Data App GE AVIATION UNVEILED one of the form at the end of June and will use it officer for engineering and technology, first digital customer solutions built on across its all-737 fleet to minimize air- said the engine maker would ideally its Predix software platform, an applica- craft delays, improve pilot operational like to set up another collaboration tion developed through a collaboration understanding and manage scheduling center in Southeast Asia in 2017, with with Flydubai. and revenues in a real-time setting. the exact location still to be decided. GE worked with the low-cost carrier Along with the center in Dubai, “When looking at the region and on the network operations insights the U.S. engine specialist opened its where our customers are, it makes application at its first data analytics second data collaboration center in sense to put a center there,” Daily said. center in Dubai, which was opened last Paris in mid-June, which it will run in “Ideally, I’d like to identify a specific year. The airline implemented the plat- conjunction with GE Digital. It plans location this year before setting up to open two more cen- sometime in 2017.” ters this year; the first in Daily also revealed that GE’s aviation Shanghai next Wednesday arm is exploring ways to further grow (July 20), which will also its ties with GE Digital with oppor- be operated in conjunction tunities for crossover collaborations with GE’s digital business, through its Predix platform. and the other in Austin, “We’re trying to do as much as we Texas, later this summer, can in conjunction with GE Digital. which GE Aviation will run While there are instances unique to independently as its digital aviation, there’s also room for a lot of headquarters for aviation. crossover and the Predix platform was GE Aviation worked with Flydubai to apply its Predix software to a Jim Daily, GE’s vice designed with this mind,” he said. versatile app. president and chief digital —James Pozzi

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d3p52 FINAL.indd 52 7/12/16 5:38 PM CYBERSECURITY You Are Not Alone, Says Cyber-Defender

One of Britain’s most senior cyber warriors has a message for Farnborough’s SME community. You’ve got a problem, but there’s help available from the government and from some of the biggest names in the defense industry – and it’s free.

hris Gibson is the director of CERT-UK research that puts the The CISP allows companies and individuals to exchange information about C– the British government’s Computer figure at over 99% – network threats via a social media-style interface. Emergency Response Team, established to can be fixed or avoided help protect the critical national infrastruc- if companies follow the steps set out in the UK defense primes BAE Systems, QinetiQ and ture (CNI) from digital attacks. But preven- government’s Cyber Essentials scheme. Yet Babcock, as well as banks, telecom providers tion is always better than cure, and cybersecurity companies. so the majority of CERT-UK’s Membership of CISP is rising efforts are spent building resil- – more than 6,200 individuals iency. The organization con- Ultimately, we’re here to help and 2,200 companies have ducts awareness-raising out- resolve a national incident that signed up. Although initially reach, holds exercises and runs restricted to companies clearly an ambitious crowdsourced affects the UK. If the prime connected to the CNI, the remit intelligence network, the CISP minister is banging the table in has broadened. (Cyber Information Sharing COBRA, that’s when I really care “We’ve got all the CNI, realis- Partnership). – but we’re here to help make tically, that we expect and want “Ultimately, we’re here to help everyone better, so we don’t have a on there,” Gibson says. “That’s resolve a national incident that under a thousand companies. affects the UK,” Gibson says. “If national incident.” The other 1,500 companies the prime minister is banging —CERT-UK director Chris Gibson include everyone from the the table in COBRA, that’s when retail sector to academia and I really care – but we’re here to help make many businesses – particularly SMEs – don’t charities. We even have a primary school everyone better, so we don’t have a national seem to realize this. on board.” incident.” “This is where the CISP comes in, “Gibson As that audience has broadened, a need The traditional view of what is critical says. “It provides situational awareness to help has developed to provide different levels of to a nation includes the supply of energy, you understand the risks you’re running.” technical detail. food, water, communications and financial The CISP is, in essence, a private – and very “Originally it was very bits-and-byte-y, very services, but cyberattacks on other kinds of heavily secured – social-media platform where network-defender kind of stuff,” Gibson says. companies have shown that the definition individuals can discuss cybersecurity issues “We still have that high-level stuff, because needs to be more elastic. Worse, a cyberat- in differently themed chat rooms. There are that helps us protect the CNI as fast as tack on one company can affect others its rooms for different industrial sectors, and possible. But we also need to help SMEs networks connect with. It is these long supply others grouped by region, subject or specific understand that it’s a dangerous world out chains that have become CERT-UK’s preoc- cyber vulnerability. Members can post under there, and help them learn how to defend cupation, and where much of Gibson’s time their real names or anonymously. themselves.” and attention is spent. To ensure information about an attack in The message to the UK’s aerospace and “There are two things that we try to point one sector or region does not become stove- defense supply chain is clear. out,” he says. “If your suppliers get hacked piped, the CISP has a Fusion Cell that moni- “The importance of doing the basics can- and go out of business, you haven’t got a sup- tors all conversations in real time, and is able not be overstressed,” Gibson says. “It’s about ply chain. And if your suppliers get hacked to alert adjacent sectors to problems that may understanding your network, understanding and they have access to your systems, that’s be affecting other businesses. A third of the what data you want to protect, and under- even more worrying. Small companies don’t Fusion Cell’s staff is drawn from CERT-UK, standing the best way of doing that. Focus have those big teams of people who can look other government departments and law- your defenses where you need to: Don’t try at threats and vulnerabilities, and can keep enforcement agencies; the other two-thirds and defend everything. Do Cyber Essentials – on top of making sure their systems are up to are seconded from industry. that would really solve a lot of your problems, date. It’s a real problem for them.” Industry staff typically spend two days per and would mean I could focus on the ones I The vast majority of digital-security prob- week at the Cell, and are not paid by the gov- really care about. And join the CISP – I can’t lems – Gibson cites Lancaster University ernment. Companies participating include recommend it highly enough.”—Angus Batey

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d3p53 FINAL.indd 53 7/12/16 4:51 PM OPINION BY MICHAEL RICHTER

Supply Chain Will Continue to Consolidate In an active M&A market for the industry, Michael Richter, managing director and head of Lazard’s Aerospace and Defense investment banking group, shares his observations from Farnborough. The industry has witnessed a robust 12 months as debt markets deterrence and cyber provides a road map for defense contrac- continue to support private equity participation in aerospace tors in pursuit of growth. The technologies and qualifications and defense M&A, the latter of which is firmly back in vogue and necessary to compete for these programs can take years and benefiting from increased investor comfort. significant capital expenditures to develop, so M&A can be an at- Transactions worth a total US$88.3 billion in defense and tractive alternative. Platform investments and bolt-ons continue commercial aerospace were consummated in 2015, according to be in focus for private equity firms. to DACIS’s M&A database Jan. 1 – June 16, 2016. The primary In the commercial aerospace sector, a positive macro environ- driver of transaction volume (in dollars) in 2015 was the US$37.2 ment exists for aerospace suppliers, which continue to benefit billion acquisition of Precision Castparts by Berkshire Hathaway, from the stability provided by the OEMs’ large order backlogs and he agrees. increasing aircraft production rates on many platforms. M&A is Whether or not we see additional large-scale M&A transac- expected to play a prominent role, whether it is ongoing supply- chain consolidation or the emergence of interest in the mainte- nance, repair and overhaul (MRO) sector. Consolidation can help drive down costs and help OEMs better compete on pricing. While these dynamics may continue to attract investor inter- est in the sector, it is the emergence of two new factors that could have the most impact on the pace of acquisitions. First is the scarcity factor, or the game of musical chairs among suppliers that has largely come to an end. New platforms (including the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350) and derivative updates like the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo, have created an unprecedented opportunity for existing and new sup- pliers to secure large future revenue streams. These long-term contract opportunities are now committed, so for those suppliers that were unsuccessful in winning a role on these platforms, M&A may o£er a second bite at the apple. The second factor is “scale.” As OEM production volumes increase, managing the risk of parts shortages from suppli- Michael Richter is managing director and head of Lazard’s Aerospace and Defense investment banking group. ers has become an important component of ensuring on-time aircraft delivery to customers. However, aggressive OEM pricing tions within the aerospace segment, this transaction highlights campaigns require significant price concessions from the the relevance of the continuing supply-chain rationalization supply chain through programs such as Boeings Partnering trend. We continue to see suppliers across the supply base work for Success. These competing pressures of significant volume to deliver value to their OEM and Tier I customers through simpli- increases and price reductions are benefiting suppliers of scale fied value streams, integrated capabilities and scaled operations. with significant competitive advantage. In the defense sector, a stand-out transaction was Lockheed Size enables investments in e§ciency tools – such as auto- Martin’s acquisition of Sikorsky for US$9 billion, and there mation, next generation machinery and tooling, and sourcing may be more buying to come, following on the heels of KKR’s – to be funded from a larger capital base and amortized across acquisition of Airbus’ defense electronics unit and Marlin Equity a larger organization. Here, benefits of improvements in cost Partners’ acquisition of Cobham’s surveillance business. structures can be amplified by a larger statement of work. These For participants within the supply chain, M&A continues to be investments deliver the pricing required by OEMs at levels of one of the primary tools for accelerating these types of strate- profitability that can also satisfy investors. gies. More consolidation in U.S. government services and federal While consolidation o£ers the potential for lower prices and services is also anticipated as the segment remains fragmented reduced going-concern risk associated with larger, more stable and EBITDA margins generally hover below 10%. suppliers, the OEMs must contend with increased single-point- The need for – and thus likely future spending in – critical of-failure risk should a supplier stumble. This raises enhanced op- capabilities such as communications, power projection, nuclear portunities for well-run, well-capitalized Tier 1, 2 and 3 suppliers.

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