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July 11, 2016 ADS Wants Brexit Response Association demands “bold” action on situation. PAGE 4

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Get Moving on MOM! Airlines demand new “middle- of-the-market” jet. PAGE 14

Boeing: Dennis Muilenburg C Series Flies to “Our future is not guaranteed.” PAGES 24-26 Impress the Press : Fabrice Brégier Brexit impact and the A320neo. Bombardier flew no fewer than three trips for the world’s press yesterday, just days before the first C Series enters service with SWISS. Watch video of one of the flights on aviationweek.com/shownews/farnborough-airshow-2016/videos. PAGES 28-30 Curado Looks at His Decade Boeing to Boost KC-390 Sales Embraer has become a genuine global powerhouse. PAGE 32 Embraer’s sales drive for the KC-390 multi-role an existing cooperative agreement to “pursue transporter, which is making its first appear- new business opportunities, both for the air- GE Sees an Electric Future ance here at Farnborough, is set for a dramatic craft itself and for aircraft support and sustain- boost following the announcement that Boeing ment.” The new deal is broader in both scope Disruptive technologies and supply-chain changes. PAGE 40 and the Brazilian manufacturer are expanding and geographical reach. —Page 6

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F-35’s UK Beneficiaries BAE, EDM, GKN, Leonardo, Rolls, Stirling all do well. PAGES 54-58

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Editor-in-Chief John Morris [email protected] Action Over Brexit +1 860-316-8750 Managing Editor Rich Piellisch The British government needs to be “relatively bold” in order to Senior Editors attract investment from business and stabilize the uncertainty Scot Greenan, Mike Jerram Writers caused by the country’s decision to “Brexit,” according to UK Angus Batey, Paul Jackson, Guy Norris, Tony Osborne, Lara Seligman trade organization ADS Group. Copy Editor Polly Watson Senior Art Director & IT Manager he government has a “menu” of options Kirk Fetzer it could use in the short-term to coax out Art Directors T Ariel Fristoe, Magdalena Long and trigger investments that people “might be Photographer holding off of,” Paul Everitt, CEO of ADS, told Mike Vines journalists in on June 30 as Britain’s Digital Photo Editor Fran Vines aerospace and defense industry prepared for Digital Data Manager the Farnborough Airshow. 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There are voice in it. sensible opportunities they [the government] Everitt said he was confident of continued can take to make the UK more attractive to success for the UK aerospace and defense Chief Executive Officer persuade people to trigger investments they sector, which now employs 128,000 people David Kieselstein might otherwise have waited on.” and has an annual turnover of GBP31 bil- Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development He suggests tax credits for research and lion (US$42 billion), of which GBP27 bil- Warren N. Bimblick Chief Financial Officer/Executive Vice President development programs that might go else- lion (US$36 billion) is exported. “Aerospace Nicola Allais where, as well as changes to investment and defense are long cycle businesses; we are Senior Vice President & General Counsel allowances and tax rates for capital such as not going to stop delivering aircraft, deliv- Andrew Schmolka equipment and infrastructure. 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Boeing Ups KC-390 Support, Lockheed Martin F-35B Will Help Embraer Sales The canceled appearance two years ago will be for- of Twinjet Transport given and forgotten once the F-35B makes its belated Farnborough debut today. Two F-35As that appeared Boeing and Embraer are expanding a four- at the Royal International Air Tattoo will not be dis- year-old cooperative agreement to jointly playing at Farnborough, and the visiting B models market and support the KC-390 tanker- will not perform a vertical landing: But, if its RIAT transport, providing a significant stimulus appearance last Friday was anything to go by, simply seeing the long-delayed, durably to the Brazilian multi-mission aircraft project controversial jet flying – and hovering – at the show will be enough to replace the skepti- and paving the way for greater sales of the cism that has surrounded the program with genuine and palpable excitement. aircraft as part of broader global defense campaigns. The two companies, which first forged Airbus A320neo links in 2012, say they will together “pursue Although not on static display here at Farnbor- new business opportunities, both for the ough, both versions of the re-engined Airbus A320neo are expected to perform a flypast – aircraft itself and for aircraft support and possibly on July 12. Offered with a choice of the sustainment. Embraer will provide the air- CFM Leap-1A or Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G craft while Boeing will be responsible for in- geared , the three variants of the neo service support.” Although Boeing no longer family are designed to succeed the A319, A320 and A321. With almost 4,600 on produces the C-17 airlifter, it continues to firm order, the A320neo family is the fastest-selling airliner ever developed by Airbus. market military derivatives of its commercial Initial deliveries of the PW1100G-powered A320neo began in January 2016, with models and, under the new agreement, will first delivery of the Leap-1A version expected to start within weeks. now be able to offer “the best medium-size airlift product available to customers, bol- stered by the best support available,” says MAX Jackson Schneider, president and CEO of Distinguished by its larger CFM LEAP-1B engines Embraer Defense & Security. and split winglets, Boeing’s 737 MAX is here at the The prototype KC-390, which is on display show for the first time. The aircraft on display is the at Farnborough for the first time, made its 737-8 variant, the first of three major family deriva- maiden flight in February 2015 and is on the tives designed to succeed the 737 Next Generation. initial leg of an eight-nation sales and dem- Boeing, which has firm orders for more than 3,200 MAX aircraft, is on track to obtain onstration tour of , the Middle East type certification of the 737-8 in the first quarter of 2017. The company is also expected and Africa. “We will be in more serious sales to bolster its portfolio by launching the 737-7X, a significantly redesigned variant of the 737-7. Studies are also under way of a stretched 737-9 version dubbed the 737-10X. talks after Farnborough,” says Schneider, who adds that “we can’t accommodate all the requests for visits during the two-week Bombardier C Series CS100 sales tour.” Bombardier’s strategy in its high-stakes poker game Embraer has two prototypes currently in seems to be paying off. Delta’s order in April was flight test and expects to receive certifica- secured at a price – estimates of the discount offered tion by the end of 2017. The T-tail aircraft to the carrier for its firm order of 75 with options for a has 28 firm orders to date from the Brazilian further 50 range between 50 and 75% of the list price Air Force and commitments from Argentina, – but should give the program enough momentum to see the Canadian company mount Chile, Colombia, the Czech Republic and Por- a sustained challenge to Airbus and Boeing. The aircraft here is the fifth prototype, in tugal to buy an additional 32. First deliveries Swiss Global Air Lines colors: It is not the first aircraft of the Swiss order, which was will begin early in 2018. —Guy Norris delivered in June and is due to make its entry into service on Friday. Embraer E190-E2 Coming to the show for the first time less than two months after its maiden flight, Embraer’s E190-E2 is the first of three re-engined and re- winged versions of the popular “E-Jet” series to be developed by the Brazilian manufacturer. The E190-E2, along with the next family member, the E195-E2, is powered by Pratt & Whit- ney’s PW1900G , a version of the C Series engine, while the E175-E2, the third variant, will be equipped with the smaller PW1700G derived from the Mitsubi- Embraer has two KC-390 prototypes in shi MRJ’s PW1200G. Entry into service of the E190-E2 is expected in 2018, while the and expects certification by the end of 2017. E195-E2 and E175-E2 are expected to debut in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

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Norway Flying F-35 Embraer KC-390 Against Vietnam-Era Embraer’s chunky-looking tanker-transport aircraft is A-4 Skyhawk Jets making its debut at Farnborough as the first stop on an international sales tour of Europe and the Middle East. In an effort to learn more about the F-35’s The twin-engine, T-tail aircraft has 28 firm orders to ability to find and fix an aircraft with a small date from the Brazilian Air Force and commitments signature, Norway is now training its from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Czech Republic Joint Strike Fighters in a limited-capability and Portugal to buy an additional 32. Powered by International Aero Engines V2500s, mode against the Vietnam War-era A-4 the two KC-390 test aircraft have so far amassed 360 flight hours and are targeted at Skyhawk. certification in 2017, with deliveries beginning early in 2018. Norwegian Air Force Maj. Morten “Dolby” Hanche, author of a report published earlier this year analyzing the F-35’s dogfighting Embraer Legacy 500 capability, described his experience flying On May 19, Flexjet’s Embraer Legacy 500 became the F-35 in scenarios against the tiny A-4 in the latest aircraft approved to use London City Air- port, after demonstrating compliance with the air- a July 10 blog post. port’s demanding 5.5-deg. approach and exacting Although Hanche deliberately restricted climb-out procedures. The 500 is the longer of the the F-35’s sensor capabilities, limiting him- related Legacy 450/500 pair that complete the broad self to the use of the radar with no support range of business jets that Embraer committed to developing a decade ago. Two Honeywell from ground controllers, Link-16 or data- HTF7500E power the eight-/12-seat Legacy 500 and give a reach from the U.S. sharing, he had no trouble detecting and East Coast into London. It differs from its other Brazilian bizjets in having fly-by-wire con- destroying the targets during several sorties trols, the development of which resulted in some delay to its marketing timetable. against two A-4s, he wrote. During the sorties, Hanche said, the F-35’s unique “fusion” of many different sensor Gulfstream G500 data into one unique tactical picture “worked The latest Gulfstream comes in two better than I have seen it before.” During a sizes, of which the shorter G500 is the first to two F-35 vs. four A-4 mission, both F-35s appear. First flown on May 18, 2015, the G500 were able to easily keep tabs on their four anticipates FAA and EASA certification next year, opponents, he wrote. and deliveries from 2018. Its G600 stablemate is “This is no trivial thing in the F-16,” Hanche following 12 to 18 months behind. Two rear-mounted Pratt & Whitney Canada PW800- wrote. series turbofans provide the power for this fly-by-wire-controlled 18-seater, the two pilots The sorties demonstrated just how hard having BAE Systems active side-stick controllers with tactile feedback for closer crew integration, these being claimed as the first on any business jet. it was for the A-4 to detect the F-35, Hanche wrote. The F-35s deliberately made high-risk tactical decisions to see just how far they Antonov An-178 could stretch their luck, and still remained First flown in May 2015, this rear-loading version undetected. of the An-148/158 is at Farnborough as part of a Hanche acknowledged that flying the fifth- campaign of intensive promotion asserting the new generation F-35s against the legacy A-4 may independence of Ukrainian aerospace, in which not be quite fair, but he said the training mis- it seeks to become a successor to the widely used sions can still generate valuable lessons. An-26 and An-32 . In military guise, “F-35 against A-4 might not be fair. Still, typical payloads include three HMMWV (Humvee) vehicles, 72 troops, 68 paratroops, or the A-4 started as the offensive part every 40 stretchers plus 30 walking wounded. Antonov has already picked up orders and com- time. At the end of each set, I was pointing mitments, the most significant from Taqnia Aeronautics for up to 30 An-178s, should at the A-4. Every time.” —Lara Seligman the type be ordered by the Royal Saudi Air Force. -8F Marking a rare appearance at Farnborough for the iconic 747 family, the 747-8F freighter is here at the show as part of an aggressive Boeing sales campaign for its largest product. Remarkably, other than a one-day appearance of a Airways 747-400 in 1990, the 747 has never previously featured in the static park. Although slowdowns in both the large passenger and freighter market are forcing Boeing to The sorties demonstrated just how hard it was for cut 747-8 production to just six per year from September, the company forecasts a recovery the A-4 to detect the F-35. in the cargo market and confidently expects to increase 747 rate to one per month in 2019.

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DISCOVER RPD™ / FARNBOROUGH / A114 Defense, Debuts Lead 2016 Farnborough Buzz The Farnborough Airshow More than US$200 billion worth of business was may be more sedate than conducted at the last Farnborough Airshow in 2014, but slow commercial orders may mean that will be a usual this year, with defense difficult record to break this year. highlighted ahead of commercial endeavors.

his year’s Farnborough Airshow Tcould be memorable, not only for its planned lineup of industry debuts but also for the uncertainty surrounding the UK’s exit from the European Union With a UK aviation sector worth GBP65 billion (US$91.8 billion), British and European aerospace leaders are closely monitoring the situation follow- ing the UK’s June 23 “Brexit” referendum decision to leave the political bloc. Important debuts include the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as well as Embraer’s KC-390 airlifter and 190-E2 regional airliner test aircraft. Farnborough will be the first airshow with both the Airbus A320neo and Boeing Britain’s Hybrid Air Vehicles hopes its Britain has committed to its full complement 737 MAX on display together. Bombardier’s Airlander 10 hybrid airship can take part in of 138 aircraft. C Series is expected, too. Also performing will the daily flybys. This depends on its ongoing The UK defense sector is set to fare well at be Antonov’s An-178 twin-engine airlifter. ground testing. the show. Sources suggest that at least two Airbus may use the show to discuss a highly and possibly three significant procurement anticipated stretch of the A350. contracts could be signed. Among them is New Flying Display Because of the huge backlogs in place, the controversial Foreign Military Sale (FMS) Farnborough will be relatively quiet on the for nine Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol Restrictions order front – particularly for narrowbody aircraft, which critics have denounced as Flying demonstrations at this year’s Farn- aircraft – given that Airbus and Boeing are damaging to British industry. borough Airshow will face more challeng- essentially sold out for now. A deal to refurbish Britain’s Apache attack ing restrictions on aerobatic maneuvers Product strategy will also be in the forefront. helicopter fleet could also be signed. The as a result of the fatal Shoreham air show Sales of the -1000 will likely GBP2 billion contract has been hotly con- crash last August. remain sluggish until Airbus decides whether tested by Boeing and Leonardo-Finmeccanica “The new regulations make it clear to stretch the aircraft further and build the but is widely expected to go Boeing’s way. The 400-seat variant that sales chief Italian company is likely to benefit from sus- about where pilots can and cannot fly and has begun calling the A350-2000. tainment of the future fleet, however. perform aerobatics” explained Farnbor- Less of an issue is the A330/A330neo. Late- BAE Systems is expected to reveal more ough Flying Display Director John Turner. production A330s have been marketed suc- detail about Anglo-French plans for a joint The rules imposed by U.K. Civil Aviation cessfully, and A330neo development appears unmanned combat air system (UCAS) dem- Authority have an “increased emphasis to be on track. But the aircraft’s maximum onstrator. The GBP2 billion (US$2.4 billion) on third parties,” according to Turner and takeoff weight may be increased to improve program will develop UCAS Operationally prevent aerobatics being performed over its payload/range performance versus the Representative Demonstrators by 2025, with populated areas. Boeing 787-9. the goal of an operational system beyond The RAF’s acclaimed Red Arrows aero- The U.S. manufacturer may launch a fur- 2030. batic team will be limited to flybys only. ther stretch version of the 737 MAX that As in previous years, Northrop Grumman The team is planning to perform mixed uses the CFM International Leap 1A engine will not attend, and Leonardo-Finmeccanica formations featuring the F-35, A400M and developed for the A320neo. Discussions will have a smaller presence than in the past, A350. Other safety enhancements include about a 757-size New Midsize Airplane are as it scales back exhibition spending. road closures at the western end of the ongoing, but no decision is expected until Approximately 67% of the exhibitors are airfield during air displays and increased next year. from outside the UK, and five new interna- security of areas outside the airfield where The F-35’s appearance is crucial given the tional pavilions have been established for people gather to watch. —Tony Osborne UK’s share in the program. As a Tier 1 part- Austria, Brazil, China, the Republic of Ireland ner, the UK produces 15% of each aircraft. and South Korea.

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oeing is celebrating its 100th anniversary here this week with an Binteractive exhibit showcasing the company’s past, present and future. Open all week, the Boeing Centennial Experience Pavilion is a 1,640-sq.-ft. unique showcase of technological achievements that celebrate Boeing’s innovations, their place in history and their positive impact on generations around the world. Aviation Week, which is also celebrating its centennial this year, has teamed up with Boeing to digitize every issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology published since August 1916. Visitors can explore the 100-year archive inside the pavilion. The pavilion is located at OE5, opposite the main Boeing chalet (B1-6).

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Airlines around the world are eager to buy a new commercial middle-of- the-market (MOM) aircraft that Boeing is considering building, and views in the industry are crystallizing on what it should look like.

early 90% of 507 airlines and air cargo paired with carbon-fiber . “They’re Noperators responding to an Aviation going to have to make trade-offs,” he says. “If Week–Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey you can’t do it affordably, what’s the point?” confirm they would be interested in buying Nearly 90% of 507 airlines and Teal Group analyst Richard Aboulafia, a new MOM jet, and most of those airlines air cargo operators responding who was not involved in the survey but say they would want it before 2023. Boeing’s to an Aviation Week–Bank of reviewed its results, says the level of interest studies have assumed a service entry of America Merrill Lynch survey in a MOM aircraft is impressive, but ques- 2024-25. confirm they would be interested tions whether it has an expiration date. “A “There really is demand for this airplane,” lot of the enthusiasm comes from people says Ronald J. Epstein, Merrill’s senior U.S. in buying a new MOM jet, and who really want a [Boeing] 757/767 replace- aerospace analyst. The message to Boeing, most of those airlines say they ment,” he says. “But we’ve looked at the issue he says, is: “Get moving.” would want it before 2023. closely, and Boeing really can’t get this kind The survey responses provide clues to Boeing’s studies have assumed a of thing to market much before 2025. It’s what the U.S. airframer is hearing as it service entry of 2024-25. still worth doing, but some of this enthusi- talks with customers about an optimal asm might diminish by then.” design for the MOM jet. On the question of —Joseph C. Anselmo and Jens Flottau Among other survey results: narrowbody versus widebody aircraft, 60% `Eighty-three percent of respondents say of respondents said they would consider a aircraft, with 23% favoring a range of 4,000- they would remain interested in a MOM air- twin-aisle widebody jet – which would allow 5,000 nm, 25% favoring 3,000-4,000 nm craft, even if oil prices stayed below US$70 faster boarding and unloading of passengers and 24% favoring 2,000-3,000 nm. That per barrel. – as long as it was compatible with exist- varied interest “suggests to us that perhaps `About three-quarters express a need for ing airport infrastructure. About half of a multi-product family could be a possible cargo capacity similar to that of the Boeing respondents would prefer an aircraft sized solution,” Epstein and his team wrote in a 757. at 150-199 seats, with another 25% favoring July 8 research note to clients. `More than 80% say having a dual-sourced 200-249 seats. Not surprisingly, 69% of respondents engine with a “power-by-the-hour” program Respondents were more divided on the would prefer a composite carbon-fiber was very important or somewhat important. range they would like to see in a new MOM over aluminum, and 74% want `Fifteen percent would use a MOM jet composite wings and for domestic flights, 30% would for inter- empennage. But there national flights, and 55% would use it for is also a limit to how a mix of both. much they are willing Questions for the survey were developed to spend: 62% of air- jointly by Bank of America Merrill Lynch lines say they would and Aviation Week. Penton Research, the not pay more than research arm of Penton (Aviation Week US$72 million for the and Aviation Daily’s parent company), jet. Epstein estimates conducted the online survey of members of that translates into a the Aviation Week database June 9-30. Raw list price of US$140 data were then independently scrutinized by million-US$150 mil- Bank of American Merrill Lynch analysts. lion. “For this kind of Boeing officials have indicated they would airplane, that seems decide by the first part of 2017 whether to about right,” he says. move forward with development of a MOM Epstein says the need airliner. Epstein cautions that if the com- to keep costs under pany dithers, rival Airbus – which will see its control – particularly if R&D expenses tail off as the A350 program Boeing opts for a wide- matures – could pounce. body jet, which would “As the A350 [program] starts wrapping have higher per-seat up, Airbus doesn’t have anything else in costs – might require the pipeline,” he says. “If there’s a real a mix of old and new market out there, why not? They make Boeing released this conceptual rendering of its MOM – a new middle- technologies, such as airplanes, too.” of-the-market aircraft. an aluminum fuselage —Joseph C. Anselmo and Jens Flottau

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The financial elements of Bombardier’s n June 23, the Quebec discounted sales to marquee relaunch of the C Series program are now in Ogovernment finalized its customers, including the crucial US$1 billion investment in the and place as Swiss International Air Lines introduces program. The assets, liabili- deals for which Bombardier will the first aircraft into commercial service. ties and obligations of the pro- record a $500 million charge this gram are being transferred to quarter to cover “onerous contract The letters S-W-I-S-S loom large for Bombardier. the C Series Aircraft Limited provisions.” Partnership (CSALP) owned The US$5.6 billion contract 50.5% by Bombardier and with Delta for 75 firm and 50 49.5% by the provincial govern- option CS100s was signed in ment through Investissement April. The February deal with Quebec. Fred Cromer, president Air Canada for 45 firm and 30 of Bombardier Commercial option CS300s has been awaiting Aircraft, also will serve as presi- Canadian federal government dent of CSALP. action on a law that prevented The government money will the airline moving its mainte- First C Series Aircraft Is Delivered to SWISS be used for cash-flow purposes, nance operations in Alberta, Bombardier delivered the first C Series aircraft, to and represents half the US$2 bil- Ontario and Quebec. subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), at ceremonies lion Bombardier says is required The federal government, at Mirabel, near , on June 29. Delivery of the first 110-seat to take the C Series program to meanwhile, has confirmed it is CS100 marks an important milestone in an aircraft program beset cash-flow positive production in continuing negotiations with 2020. Bombardier on investing in the with technical problems, delays and difficulty securing customers. The US$2 billion includes C Series partnership. SWISS originally ordered 20 CS100s and 10 CS300s, plus 30 funds to cover losses on —Graham Warwick options, but then converted five 100s to the larger, 135-seat CS300 variant. The handover should begin a process in which SWISS will receive nine aircraft by year’s end. The airline will take one aircraft a month in July, August and September. After that, deliveries will increase to two a month. The first will enter revenue service July 15, Bombardier says. Bombardier essentially relaunched the C Series after develop- ment delays and a slow start in sales put the program in question. On June 23, Bombardier signed a definitive agreement with the Quebec Government for a $1 billion investment in the C Series. The assets, liabilities and obligations of the program will be transferred to the C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP), 50.5% owned by Bombardier and 49.5% by the provincial govern- ment through Investissement Quebec. The money will be used for cash-flow purposes, and represents Money from Quebec will help make up for losses half of the US$2 billion Bombardier says is required to take the incurred behind Bombardier’s C Series program to cash-flow positive production in 2020. discount deal for —Karen Walker C Series jets to Delta.

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BAE Sees Opportunity in Defense Not long after the UK voted to leave the European Union, BAE Systems CEO Ian King sat down with Aviation Week London bureau chief Tony Osborne. King, who has led the British aerospace and defense company since 2008, foresees little impact from Brexit on UK defense budgets. Rather, BAE expects rising defense spending in Britain and abroad and intends to expand on its role providing service and support to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

But you urged your employees to vote to have just had to rekindle our skills at dealing remain in the EU? with the type of bank financing used for these A number of employees asked us what the kinds of programs. company’s position was. But there is no Britain’s joint work with France on an material effect on our business. Our deci- unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator sion to advocate “Remain” was more about looks like it will be extremely important on a the uncertainty of not being in the EU rather number of levels, particularly for retaining than the impact on our business. If you look key engineering skills. at our share price, the market views us as a safe haven.

Is there likely to be any impact from Brexit For the first time we have a much on the defense industry overall? BAE Systems CEO Ian King I don’t see any knee-jerk reaction at all.… I better definition of what [the AW&ST: So Britain decided to vote its would argue that this will be viewed as a call Defense Ministry] wants and the way out of the European Union (EU). What to arms – sorry for the pun – and will put a capability requirement. impact, if any, will that have on BAE’s greater focus on UK exports and maintain- —Ian King business? ing its defense and security postures. We KING: Our core markets are the U.S., UK have had lots of discussions, and the govern- Actually, there are a number of programs and Saudi Arabia, and that is where we ment’s message is that it remains business that protect that skills base. One is the have our technology and IPR (intellectual as usual. Typhoon, which will now stay in service property rights). I don’t see any reason why until 2040 – adding new capabilities, and the UK’s defense and security policies are Defense budgets appear to be increasing. getting the e-scan radar was a major part of going to change. The Strategic Defense and What is BAE’s outlook? that. Then there are high-end systems-engi- Security Review was a definition of the UK’s In the U.S., the answer to that is yes, we abso- neering and aeronautical skills that apply to defense requirements as a sovereign nation; lutely can see that defense spending is going the unmanned arena and the joint program it was unrelated to its continued member- up from the trough it was in. When we look with France. We are also in embryonic dis- ship in the EU. For the first time we have a at our portfolio across our electronic systems cussions with Turkey about supporting them much better definition of what (the Defense business, our ship-repair and land businesses, and their next-generation fighter. So I am Ministry) wants and the capability require- we are in the right spots. Saudi Arabia is con- not worried that there is not strong demand ment. This is not an issue with any immedi- tinuing to mature its defense capabilities. We for the very highly qualified skills we have ate direct impact on our business. know it has been operationally challenged of in this area. late as well, but the only impact we are BAE has spent a fortune on developing its seeing is on funding. unmanned capabilities, yet seems deter- The days of large mined to focus them on unmanned combat down payments and air vehicles as opposed to other potential cash advances are missions and roles. Why is that? gone, so we will go Well, it is not quite a fortune, but we have allo- back to normalized cated quite a bit of capital. Our view is that funding arrange- we want to retain our lead in this sector, but ments. But there is from a high-end perspective rather than the nothing new about low-end perspective of surveillance drones. this. We have gone Could we use these skills as this sector BAE Systems’ investment in Reaction Engines could potentially lead to a high-speed, through many cycles develops? Yes, we could, but it helps us to rapid-response surveillance or strike aircraft. of this before and CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

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www.mtu.de the Hawk trainer, but we also have ambitions of sell- ing the M777 howitzer. Our relationship with Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) goes back 70 years. We have other aspi- rations, and once you are in there, you are a credible sup- plier. We are working on an advanced Hawk that would be a collaboration with HAL. We are looking at a technol- ogy demonstrator. It is a com- bination of work by both of us, with the majority being done by us at the moment as the Hawk’s design authority.

In 2015, Typhoon production was slowed down to keep the lines warm in anticipation of additional orders. Will those orders still come? When we slowed down BAE Systems CEO Ian King Typhoon production, it was with staffer at the company’s in recognition of the timing Warton, UK, facility of future contracts and to make sure we had a continu- ous production line to be able retain the capabilities to do more unmanned What we are trying to do is form a relation- to bid and build for those programs. and manned as well. ship with Turkish Aerospace Industries, but The Typhoon is a highly supportable There will be another manned program.… they will be the national lead, and our rela- equipment set, and the UK has committed I am confident there will be one, though I tionship will be as a subcontractor. It is valu- to the next generation of capability in terms cannot define what it is today. Unmanned is able in terms of application of our skill sets. of the weapons fit, radar fit and 2040 out- not a replacement for manned; it is in parallel We are not a prime contractor, but we are of-service date, all of which bolsters other with manned aircraft. I think it was an urban supporting them in contract studies to define nations’ confidence that it will be continu- myth that this was the end of [the] manned what we can do for them. I am hopeful, but ously upgraded into the future. Our plans industry. But there are certain missions that Turkey has challenges of its own. have not changed in terms of the quantity of will make use of unmanned, and there are aircraft we expect to sell. There are a number missions for manned, in harmony with key Last year, BAE Systems invested in Reaction of opportunities around the world, so we are assets such as the Typhoon and F-35. Engines. Are you keen to get back into the still confident about selling Typhoon aircraft When it comes to the next generation of space sector? internationally. We will still be producing manned programs, we will have the capabili- There are opportunities to use (Reaction’s) them in the 2020s and hopefully still sell- ties to deliver our customers’ requirements, Sabre engine technology across a range of ing them. and that is what our planning is about. applications. It could be applied to our core business and may be potentially useful in And what about Hawk? There appears to be an increasing emphasis unmanned. It is a new form of and Hawk continues to sell, because where there on growth in Turkey, where BAE was selected has space applications as well. We can add is a next generation of fighters, you have to to assist with development of an indigenous our systems-engineering expertise and prime continually upgrade your training capability. fighter. What are the company’s Turkish contracting capabilities to something that is We have sold 1,000 of these globally, and we ambitions? technology-driven, and there is quite a syn- are in a definition phase with customers – do Turkey is a growing market, but it also ergy between the organizations. It is likely to they want to go through an upgrade or go requires industrial participation. We have find a commercial use first, but from a BAE through a replacement? So it is going to con- been there for 25 years in our joint venture, Systems perspective, we do not see ourselves tinue for some time. And we have longer-term FNSS (Defense Systems), which is seen as getting back into providing payloads in the aspirations: There is still a program with a Turkish asset and is the country’s largest commercial space sector. Northrop Grumman in the U.S., with T-X, defense exporter, and they are very proud of and a lot of that is based on Hawk technology. this. Nurol is our partner there, so we have Beyond Turkey, what other markets We have a substantive work share, and there a good working relationship, and this is an are you looking at? are parts of it that would be built in the UK if expanding business. We have one successful line in India with we are successful.

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Boeing: ‘Our Future Is Not Guaranteed’

In the run-up to this year’s Farnborough Airshow, Boeing completing the development (and) the tran- chairman, president and CEO Dennis Muilenburg sat down sition risk, in particular driving automation and advanced manufacturing technologies for an interview in the company’s headquarters with into our factories. Aviation Week editor-in-chief Joe Anselmo and senior editor Guy Norris. On the 777X you’re bringing the wing work in-house. Is this the beginning of a trend in Everybody is very curious about the new vertical integration? middle-of-the-market (MOM) sector. Is Boeing chairman, We still believe there is an advantage to hav- president and CEO Boeing any closer to deciding what you ing a global supply chain. We thrive on that Dennis Muilenburg are going to do there? Will it be one family business model. But we also think there is a or two? need for selective vertical integration, includ- Today that market is largely served by our ing doing the primary engineering work in- existing product lines. Customer demand house. One of our lessons learned from the shows that in the narrowbody sector the 787 is that we outsourced too much of the 737 MAX 8 is at the heart of the market at engineering. So for the 777X, we brought roughly 180 seats. At the higher end of that that back inside. middle market, we have the 787-8. Could that market grow? Possibly. That’s part of the Boeing has set an ambitious goal for grow- discussion we’re having with customers – in ing its services business. Do you see that the neighborhood of a 5,000-mi.-range air- being met more through organic growth or plane that has transcontinental capabilities. acquisitions? The big questions are: How big is the market? It is a combination but primarily organic Does the business case close? What technolo- growth. Our underlying principle is a “One gies would be needed? Could it be a derivative Boeing” approach to services. If you look at of an existing airplane, or does it demand an Commercial and Defense and Space as a all-new airplane? combination, we have the world’s biggest and best aerospace services. When we leverage Isn’t there a little urgency to respond to that globally, it gives us a competitive advan- Airbus, particularly to the A321neo? Airbus tage because we can share infrastructure, is saying the neo won 67% of the orders last We are through firm configuration and well networks, supply chains, support personnel year versus the MAX. into detailed design. We will be getting into and talent. When we look at organic invest- Since we launched the MAX, it has been production in 2018, flight testing in 2019 ment, we see opportunities in things such as about a 50/50 market share with the neo. and entering service in 2020. We just opened proprietary parts, low-cost modifications and Our competitor has enjoyed some success the Composite Wing Center, which will be upgrades that leverage our OEM knowledge at higher seat counts, between the MAX 9 an important internal capability in the long and information-based services. and the A321neo. That is where we’re hav- run. The performance of the airplane is ing discussions with customers. But I would looking solid. The propulsion technology Some of your suppliers feel as if the long- think of that more as an option for derivatives is coming along well. So I feel confident the term social contract is being torn up. They of the MAX family, as opposed to something development is going well… We are midway CONTINUED ON PAGE 26 all new. through development – this year and next will be the peak “Customer demand shows that in the Does Delta Air Lines’ order for up to 125 – so we have to be mindful of narrowbody sector the 737 MAX 8 is at Bombardier C Series jets mark a breakout risks. This airplane will be a the heart of the market,” says Boeing boss for that program? game-changer, the most effi- Dennis Muilenburg. That was the CS100, so it was not a head-to- cient two-engine widebody head competition with our 737. That said, (aircraft) in the marketplace I think it does raise the specter of down- (with) an operating cost stream competition. This is an attractive advantage of 10-15% over our marketplace. We should expect additional competitors across the family. competitors. What keeps you up at night The 777X is absolutely crucial to Boeing on this program? Commercial’s future. It’s a big year with the The key thing will be mak- Wing Center opening in Everett, Washington. ing a smooth transition Where are you with the program? Do you feel between today’s 777 and the like you are totally on track? 777X. I look at two risk areas:

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A United Technologies Company Connect with us CONTINUED FROM PAGE 24 are being squeezed on price on new programs, and you have this ambitious services-growth goal that they feel is going to eat into their business. Is Boeing at risk of pushing its suppliers too hard? I don’t think so. We place high value on our partnerships with our suppliers. Now it does get back to the competitive reali- ties we face. Although we operate in a very attractive marketplace and arguably are healthier and stronger than we have ever been, our future is not guaranteed. And that means we have to work with our sup- ply chain to drive our future competitive- Boeing’s KC-46 fuels an F-16 ness. But it’s not just about negotiating fighter. Boeing is in the process leverage. We can do things to help our of upgrading the fueling boom. suppliers be more successful.

Leanne Caret (president and CEO of Boeing’s this done. Every day I can see the progress. is investing in future innovation. It always Defense, Space and Security unit) listed Relative to this recent issue on the boom axial has been. Our second priority is to return her top six business priorities for us, and loads, we had been working both software- value to shareholders, and we have increased fighters were not among them. Will Boeing and hardware-based solutions in parallel. We dividends 125% over the last three years and exit the manned fighter business when the had some initial testing that gave us hope the repurchased about 150 million shares of F/A-18 and F-15 lines close? software solution would be sufficient. And stock. You have seen many of our competi- Not at all, and I think Leanne made that in flight test it showed that it worked reason- tors reduce R&D spending while they’ve been point. She’s focused on those market seg- ably well but was not as robust as we would returning value to shareholders. But if you ments where we can and should be No. 1. like in the long run. So we decided to go with look at Boeing’s data, that is just not the case I think she is being realistic about where we the hardware-based solution for the boom (for us). We have been sustaining and growing stand in the fighter sector, but do not assume upgrade, and that is costing us some time R&D spending. Our R&D spend this year is that means we intend to get out. We think the and schedule. higher than it was last year, primarily driven F-15 and F/A-18 lines, including the Growler, by the 777X. will be extended into the 2020s with a combi- Boeing is expected to have about US$10 nation of domestic and international oppor- billion in cash flow this year, and some inves- Boeing celebrates its 100th anniversary this tunities. We are continuing to invest in down- tors want all of that returned to sharehold- year. What is your vision of Boeing in 2116? stream products, whether it be the F/A-XX or ers. Can you help us understand why invest- In the first 100 years of aviation, we went the [sixth-generation] combat aircraft. That ing that money in Boeing’s long-term future from riding horses to flying airplanes and to me is a stable business foundation, and wouldn’t be a better use of it? spaceships. I would argue that as we look for- we are going to be in the fighter business for You’ve heard talk about investing in R&D ward, the opportunity for advances is even the long run. versus investing in returning value to share- greater. So our goals ought to be bolder, more holders. We are doing both and will continue visionary, more inspiring. Could that come in Last summer, Boeing took a charge on the to. We have been very clear with our share- the form of supersonic, hypersonic travel – the KC-46A Tanker program that came as a holders that our first priority for use of cash ability to go anywhere in the world efficiently surprise. At the time you in an hour or two? Could said, “The work to go it be new energy sources is well understood.” At such as solar satellites that Boeing’s 2016 investor provide abundant clean day in May, it seemed as energy? Ubiquitous, high- if everything was fine. bandwidth connectivity Yet 16 days later another everywhere in the world? delay was announced. I think it would be very How does Boeing keep reasonable that we will getting bitten on this see humans on Mars and program? that it will be in the earlier The Tanker develop- part of the next century, ment program has been “This airplane will be a game- not the latter part. There more challenging than changer,” Dennis Muilenburg says are all kinds of avenues for of the 777X, “the most efficient two- we originally antici- advancement in front of engine widebody” on the market. pated. That said, we Service entry is slated for 2020. us, and Boeing is right in are clearly going to get the middle of that.

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Fabrice Bregier, 54, has been CEO of Airbus year-end target. It is not easy and not ideal, but I believe we since 2012. He had been COO since 2006 and can manage it. was in charge of implementing the Power 8 You are still confident that you program. Bregier joined Airbus from the former can make up for the delay? Eurocopter, where he was CEO. At Airbus, I am confident because I have Bregier has overseen the introduction of the seen the progress. And P&W A350 and A320neo into commercial service. is also confident. By the way, reaching the target also depends He and his company now face the daunting on CFM, so that is why it also task of ramping up single-aisle production to was extremely important for us unheard-of rates. Bregier spoke with AW&ST’s to have certified the Leap-1B- powered A320neo at the end of managing editor-commercial, Jens Flottau, in Airbus CEO May. We will also deliver the first Fabrice Bregier his office in Toulouse about the ramp-up and CFM-powered aircraft in July, to other challenges. Pegasus.

UK voters have decided in favor and Pratt & Whitney had no time would have appreciated being When it comes to launching the of Brexit. What are the conse- to fix it before certification. But on track for every parameter on all-new narrowbody, Airbus has quences for Airbus? what counts is where we stand Day One (but) our customers fly referred to breakthrough tech- It is clearly a sad decision for now. And now we see very good the A320neo and then compare nologies that are needed before Europe, and it is not the decision performance at entry into ser- each and every detail with the proceeding. Which ones do we expected. We have 10,000 vice. This is confirmed by the air- A320ceo, which has been flying you mean? employees working in the UK lines, which communicate very for 20 years. Those systems are, We have always been consistent and we hope to see in the com- positively. They see higher fuel- of course, fully mature. If one in saying the new-generation ing months that the government burn savings than what we com- new parameter is not in line, it aircraft would make sense only is oriented toward business. mitted to. That is a very strong is noticed immediately. when you have these technolo- Everything will depend on the positive point. We see that all gies, and we do not see them relative competitiveness of the the false-alarm soundings in the How quickly will the new before 2030. There can be new- economies and the openness of cockpit have been fixed so crews standard Pratt engines be generation engines and not just the market. can fly the aircraft. The start-up introduced? upgrades of the GTF (geared time has improved to something We will deliver the first aircraft turbofan); there can be a more- Are you putting any concrete that looks acceptable for the air- to Lufthansa this month. One set electric aircraft, you know them projects on hold? lines. And the maturity issues (of engines) is on a test aircraft, all. When you invest in a new air- No. also were fixed. We can ramp up we need to complete some tests, craft, you invest a lot of money – more aggressively in the second but the first customer (aircraft) you disturb your current produc- And will there be an impact half and have advanced the pro- will come soon. tion. We are not in a hurry. on air travel? duction of some aircraft to make No. And even if there were some sure we can meet our year-end impact on travel from the UK, this target. is minor compared to the global We have 10,000 employees working in the UK and market. And I do not think this But are there lessons to be we hope to see in the coming months that the learned for Airbus regarding will change the domestic market government is oriented toward business. in China. We are no longer the maturity at entry into service? center of the world. In the current circumstances, I —Fabrice Bregier do not think so. This new engine Airbus flew the A320neo for is totally different from the cur- How many of your famous The MS-21 was just rolled out a a year in flight test, and now rent one. It is a piece of art, with gliders have you built? few weeks ago. Do you think it is deliveries are held up by the a new concept, new materials, Around 25 A320neos are await- a good aircraft? PW1100G engine-cooling issue. a new design. It is already very ing engines. This looks like a On paper, the (Irkut) MS-21 and Why wasn’t that caught earlier in good that we could certify the big number. However, it is only (Comac) C919 are probably good the process? aircraft on time. Then we were two weeks of production. It is aircraft. What counts for custom- This was not a certification mat- caught by some maturity issues not 25 A380s. We are now actu- ers is that you develop them on ter, it was about performance and lack of performance that ally advancing the production time, you have the appropriate acceptance by airlines. It also Pratt had to fix. And they did of some aircraft, otherwise we maturity, you can support them came up pretty late in flight tests, it in just six months… Yes, I would not be able to meet the everywhere, and you are more

28 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews competitive than the two best- several segments reinforces your When will the A350-1000 fly for 6%, which is greater than what sellers: the A320neo and 737 sales. And then the market will the first time? we had planned. International MAX. This is their challenge for decide. The most difficult ques- In October or November, it will traffic to and from China has market entry. If you take a low- tion to answer is whether there not be the very end of the year. increased by 34% in the last year. cost airline, it is looking for low is a market (for an A350-2000) In spite of our plan to ramp up unit cost and 100% reliability. or whether the -900 and -1000 You saw last week that (A320 production) to Rate 60, Even the 99.7% that we offer on are enough to address most Southwest delayed the delivery we are still cautiously manag- the A320 is sometimes seen as requirements. of 67 of its 737 MAXs. ing our backlog. We still have being not enough. And they were right. It is not an overbooking. There were some reports about a appropriate aircraft for them. You You recently said you are unlikely shift in the A350 schedule. do not know this yet, but they will Emirates president Tim Clark to launch a stretched version of Yes, and I do not know where that buy A320neos instead. I am jok- said the talks with Airbus about the A350 at Farnborough. Has it came from. Visit the final assem- ing, of course. But on a serious the A380neo have lapsed. become more likely since? bly line. You will see the A350- note, this is normal business. Let’s say they have been put on No, we will not launch it at 1000 that is being assembled and Sometimes, customers choose to hold. Emirates is by far the big- Farnborough. We are not con- prepared for flight tests this year. defer deliveries. What counts is gest A380 customer and its stron- vinced there is a huge market We might be caught by some sur- the balance, and I see many more gest supporter. They asked us to above the -1000, which is a one- prise later, but so far we are on airlines are asking to advance study an evolution of the aircraft for-one successor to the (Boeing) track. I would not disagree if you deliveries than defer them. This and we did. We concluded that 777-300ER. We have to be sure said we are a few weeks behind, also confirms the robustness of the conditions were not right for there is a market of significant but it is not three or six months. the market. I am sure Boeing will him and us – for us in terms of the size. And we have a lot on our find other airlines that take the business case. But there are two plate in terms of development Is Rolls-Royce on time, too? slots. pieces of good news: We know we and production. Rolls-Royce has a bigger chal- can launch an A380neo one day lenge. (The A350-1000 means) So you don’t see this as a sign and that it will be competitive, Are you also concerned that the a big (engine) upgrade, but they of slower growth? and the A380ceo is extremely proposed -2000 would cannibal- are progressing, too. Next year, The (International Air Transport competitive in the current envi- ize the -1000? the A350-1000 will be certified Association) just announced the ronment. But we need to con- The past has demonstrated first, and then we will get to the highest profit figures for its mem- vince more airlines to buy this that having a family that covers A330neo at the end of 2017. bers and that traffic is growing by fantastic aircraft.

Delays in the A350 program are forcing Airbus to take a closer look at how it controls supplier performance.

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SEE US AT www.iai.co.il FARNBOROUGH 2016 [email protected] We are talking to the Brazilian Embraer: ‘The Pillars Are Solid, government about it. A com- plaint would be an issue from government to government. We the Momentum Is Strong’ just want to have a level playing field. But I would expect that if Frederico Fleury Curado, 55, has been Embraer’s CEO since 2007. Just artificial support is found, yes, weeks after the May 23 first flight of the Embraer 190-E2, he announced that should lead to action. Many years ago, Brazil and Canada his departure, effective July 1. Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva, who has run fought each other for years over the commercial aircraft division since 2010, has taken over as CEO. This export credits. We have an abso- interview with AW&ST managing editor-commercial Jens Flottau was lutely transparent mechanism in place for the industry that has his first after the announcement. Curado discussed how Embraer has worked for many years. Export changed over the years, and the current challenges it faces. credit financing is bound to cer- tain conditions. Now there is a How different is Embraer new situation; it is no longer today compared to when you about export finance but about became CEO in 2007? injection of equity. Artificially I believe we are more diversi- low prices are also a distortion. fied. We were very dependent on commercial aviation. By What new aircraft comes revenue, it was by far our next after the E2? largest segment. Now, more That is a question my suc- than a third of our revenues cessors will have to answer or 40% is noncommercial. [laughs]. We are in intense That is an important diversi- flight tests of the KC-390 and fication for Embraer. We are the E2. That accumulation also in the process of evolving was not in the original plan, into a global company that is so there is a lot of work to do Frederico Fleury Curado, Embraer’s CEO since 2007, passed the reins to Paulo Cesar de Souza headquartered in Brazil. We now and an intense focus on e Silva (right) just weeks after the first flight of the Embraer 190-E2, effective July 1. have an industrial footprint the E2. But the people (work- in the U.S., China and Portugal, which are the E1 and E2, and with the principles of ing on the KC-390 and E2) will and we just moved our European then the A320neo and 737 fair competition? become available in the next few headquarters from Paris to MAX that are around 30% larger. The rules are clear. Anything in line years, so we will have to decide Amsterdam. What may not be These are all very good products, with market conditions is fine. The what to do. I don’t know whether so visible outside the company is and the natural upward evolution question is: Was the investment the next aircraft will be commer- that we have gained significantly for an airline is to go straight made according to market condi- cial; it could also be an executive in efficiency. We have invested from a 120-seater to an A320 or tions, or did they pay more? What jet. But it is not my decision. We in automation. On the product 737. So they are in direct com- scares us is that on the one side they have been looking at a next-gen- side, the KC-390 is on the way petition with Airbus and Boeing. got this recapitalization, and on the eration for the past to certification, the E2 is in flight You need something really spe- other side they sell at a loss. 10 years. As of now, I still do not tests. The pillars are solid, and cial to displace these compa- think the fundamentals are there, the momentum is strong. nies, an absolute breakthrough. So should Brazil launch but maybe two years from now You just don’t move the bulk of a formal complaint? the conditions (will be) right. Bombardier scored a big win demand without a break- recently when Delta Air Lines through (aircraft). And the The Embraer 190-E2 made its first flight on ordered the CSeries, among Delta deal is likely to prove me May 23, a key milestone for the program – others, against a competing E1 right. I don’t know the break- and for the company. bid. Were the skeptics all wrong down of the US$500 million about the aircraft? charge Bombardier had to I continue to believe the CSeries take between the Air Canada business case is not very good. I and Delta orders. But I don’t never questioned Bombardier’s think this is sustainable. You ability to bring an aircraft to the cannot depend on continued market. The question is its posi- impairments. tion in the marketplace, and I still think there is no 130-seat Do you think the recent niche. You have a very efficient Quebec investment in the 110/120-seat aircraft family, CSeries program complies

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When Alain Bellemare was brought in as Bombardier’s new CEO in working closely with the government February 2015, the Canadian manufacturer of commercial and business structure and all the right way so that aircraft, as well as trains, was in difficulty. Development of the C Series we will respect all rules, regulations and requirements. There’s no issue. airliner had taken longer and cost more than planned, raising questions about the company’s survival. Bellemare, a French Canadian who headed You have made several key changes Pratt & Whitney Canada and then United Technologies’ wider propulsion in business aircraft. Are these paying off? and aerospace business, rapidly brought his dynamic style to bear. With All these changes were critical. I think both investors and customers now looking at Bombardier in a distinctly we were proactive in adjusting rates different light, Bellemare talked to Graham Warwick, AW&ST managing because later in 2015 our competitors editor for technology, and Air Transport World senior editor Aaron Karp. did the same thing. I look at where we are today – first in product range, Would you agree customers and com- first in market demand for the prod- petitors seem to be taking the C Series Bombardier CEO Alain Bellemare says that a new management team, including Bombardier Commercial Aircraft president uct lines we have – and I think we’re more seriously? Fred Cromer (right), has proved crucial to restoring the well balanced. I’m not going to say no A year ago people didn’t think the air- Canadian corporation’s credibility. further adjustments may be needed, craft would survive. Today they are talk- but nothing as material as we made ing about what is the next big order. last year.

Where are you going to go? What are When will you feel confident enough you going to do next? It’s clear the to begin developing new product(s)? aircraft is there to stay. Both the CS100 and CS300 are going We’re getting great momentum. There’s to be largely done from an engineer- more to come. We’re a newcomer in the ing standpoint by the end of 2016. 100-150-seat class with the best prod- On the Global 7000, by the end of uct. Clearly, people will react to this. 2018 we will also be largely done. We will soon start thinking about what You deeply discounted the C Series to we are going to do next because we win at Delta. Can you afford to keep need to plan it. I want to make sure discounting? we retain the knowledge and lessons It is built into our plan. We knew we we’ve learned on the C Series, Global would have to do more aggressive pric- 7000 and Learjet 85… I want to build ing to relaunch the program, which we have company), but it’s making excellent progress. on that for our next platform. done as per plan. We have a plan that still On the federal side, it’s a bit more complex. carries some contingency (for discounting) We’re in ongoing discussions with them and Are you looking at a larger version but believe we are now in a good place. We looking for the right structure, something that of the C Series? have over a solid 300 orders. Including Air will work for them and for us. These discus- We’re not there yet. The focus is on the Canada’s, we’ll be in the range of 370 orders. sions are confidential…we’re at a critical stage CS100/300. We have gained momentum and That’s where we wanted to be, and we have in our negotiations, and I would rather not are seeing increased customer interest, but we momentum. comment on it. want the focus to stay on those aircraft. We have opportunities (for a larger C Series), but Will the discounting reduce the prices Do you think government investment in the we’re not ready for that yet. We need a bit of you can expect other C Series customers C Series will lead to a subsidy challenge? time, and we need to do it the right way – and to accept? No. There’s no sure (thing) with this, but, when we’re ready to announce some- The price of the aircraft is going to be market- clearly, we know how it works. We’ve been thing, we will let the world know. driven at the end of the day. We need to price it to be competitive and to win. I don’t know exactly where the price is going to land, but we have a pretty good idea of what the bracket is going to be.

Where do you stand on Quebec and potential federal government investment in C Series?

On the Quebec side, we’re almost done. We’re Bombardier C Series fine-tuning the details now. We’re not ready jet for SWISS landed at to talk about the structure (of the new joint Farnborough on Friday.

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FIGHTERS IN EUROPE Fighters Top European Shopping List In recent years, the fighter’s place within European air arms has become more important as Russia’s aggressive activities in Ukraine and the recapitalization of its armed forces have given European countries a new impetus to upgrade the capabilities of their combat aircraft.

ver the next decade most of Europe’s air the Netherlands and Norway Oarms will be re-equipped, or be in the – only Belgium still has to process of re-equipping with new fighters. But choose its F-16 successor. As F-35 production takes off, so does at the same time, some nations will be left However, the country’s wish business for a bevy of UK companies. behind, continuing to suffer the effects of the to hold on to its dual-key global economic downturn. arrangement with the U.S. for During the , the combat aircraft B61 nuclear weapons, as well as the influ- foreseeable future. Romania will soon receive inventories of Europe’s NATO members – as ence of its strong defense partner Holland, a batch of former Portuguese Air Force well as those of Europe’s Warsaw Pact coun- is likely to mean that Belgium may well opt F-16s to start replacing its MiG-21s. Neutral tries – stretched into three figures. But today’s for the F-35 as well. But the Eurofighter, F/A- Finland is also looking for a new fighter to and tomorrow’s European fighter purchases 18, Dassault Rafale and Saab Gripen are also meet its HX F/A-18 replacement requirement are or will be a fraction of these numbers. vying for interest from Belgium. of up to 40 aircraft, but it has already decided While quantity has a quality all of its own, In any case, the F-16 looks set to remain that it will not be asking its Eastern neighbors. today’s fighter procurements are also about the backbone of European air arms for the Meanwhile, reliance of Eastern European political gain, and taking advantage of indus- air forces on Soviet-era equipment is rap- trial offsets that allow local businesses to par- idly diminishing. The Czech Republic and ticipate in multinational programs. Hungary have been rid of their MiGs and The peace dividend, growing populations While quantity has a quality Sukhois for more than a decade and now and their social needs mean that money for Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia are joining fighter upgrades is now in short supply. While all of its own, today’s fighter them, while Poland’s air force is in a process defense budgets in Europe are generally on procurements are also about of transition. Warsaw has already introduced the way up, some of the increases are merely political gain, and taking Block 50 model F-16s to its inventory and still allowing militaries to paper over the cracks advantage of industrial offsets has to consider options to replace its Sukhoi caused by previous defense cuts. that allow local businesses to Su-22s, used primarily for ground attack, and Few nations in the region now have the MiG-29s for air defense, in the coming years. resources and budgets to afford the indig- participate in multinational Others are less keen to relinquish their enous development of a new fighter, with the programs. Russian connections. Serbia, for example, possible exception of Turkey with its TFX. while struggling to modernize its armed Sweden has been able to partner with Brazil forces, reportedly has ambitions to purchase on development of the Gripen E. new, more modern MiG-29s. Yet, despite the small numbers involved, For Sweden’s Saab, the Gripen has enjoyed European procurement awards remain hotly significant success in Eastern Europe with contested, particularly as several programs lease deals for the C/D in the Czech Republic fight to remain in production, notably the and Hungary. Saab is also pursuing interest Eurofighter Typhoon and Boeing’s F/A-18 from Croatia and Slovakia. The company also Super Hornet. A strong second-hand market plans to continue offering the Gripen C/D for is also a factor. export, alongside the new Gripen E, well into Over the last five years, Lockheed Martin’s the 2020s. F-35 has been the big winner in Europe, hav- Despite its name, the Eurofighter has strug- ing been selected by both Denmark and the gled to prove its credentials as the fighter for Netherlands, while the UK has also solidified Europe. Austria remains the only European its plans to buy 138 jets over the life of the state to have chosen the aircraft outside the program. partner nations. But the Typhoon’s cred- In many of the countries where the F-16 ibility is finally being enhanced with the served, the F-35 is now set to take its place. multi-billion-dollar investments in adding Indeed, of the four European Participating Air new air-to-ground and air-to-air weapons, as Forces among NATO nations that ordered the well as the new active, electronically scanned F-16 in the late 1970s – Belgium, Denmark, array radar. —Tony Osborne

36 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews FIGHTERS IN EUROPE Fighters in Action: Country by Country Despite the small numbers involved, the European procurement Italy awards remain hotly contested. Italy’s combat aircraft fleets are expected to undergo radical Belgium Finland change with the impending arrival The last of the four European Finnish lawmakers gave the coun- of the F-35 and planned retirement of the A-1 Participating Air Forces – those try’s defense ministry the green AMX, Panavia Tornado and the navy’s AV-8 that purchased the F-16 – to exam- light to begin studying options to Harriers, leaving the Eurofighter operating ine options to replace it, Belgium wants to replace the air force’s fleet of legacy F/A-18 alongside the Joint Strike Fighter. purchase 34 new fighters, with first deliv- Hornets. A decision on a type selection could eries expected in 2023. Procurement offi- be made in 2020, and officials have said Netherlands cials are considering the Lockheed Martin only Western fighters are being considered. The Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35, Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, Dassault Given the growing bilateral relations between finally selected the F-35A Joint Rafale, and Saab Finland and Sweden, the Saab Gripen may be Strike Fighter in September Gripen. A selection is expected in 2018. a favorite for Helsinki. 2013, despite having joined the program in 2002. It will buy 37 F-35As, two of which France are already in service and recently made the The backbone of the French Air first eastbound transatlantic crossing. The Force and Navy well into the 2030s and 2040s is set to be the Dassault Rafale. Upgraded Mirage 2000Ds will also run on into the 2020s. French procurement agency DGA is considering a midlife upgrade for the Rafale that would include a new version of the Mica air-to-air Bulgaria missile and possible improvements in the air- In April, Bulgaria’s govern- craft’s low-observability properties. Studies ment approved a plan to replace with Britain on a its Soviet-era combat air- for an unmanned combat air vehicle will lead craft. Options to replace the air force’s MiG- to a demonstrator in the 2020s. 29s range from second-hand F-16s and early-production Eurofighter Typhoons to Germany new Saab JAS 39C/D Gripens. Bulgaria is Germany has yet to lay out con- looking for up to 19 aircraft in a procurement crete plans for replacing its expected to be worth around US$500 million. Panavia Tornado interdictor/strike and electronic combat/reconnaissance fleets, Croatia and industry is preparing to keep the fleet Despite having recently invested in service until 2040, when the new system, Netherlands is still weighing how it will train in additional MiG-21s from dubbed NextGen WS (Weapon System), is its crews, concerned that training in the U.S. Ukraine, there is a great deal of expected to replace it. Germany also plans may not prepare them for fifth-generation controversy surrounding the pur- to add air-to-ground anti-surface ship attack fighters. The RNLAF has sent pilots to Italy chase. Several have been withdrawn from and suppression of enemy air defenses to investigate training options there. service, and there are claims that two of the (SEAD) capabilities to its Eurofighters in the jets actually belong to Yemen. Croatia is look- coming years. Norway ing at other options and has been making Oslo selected the F-35 in 2008 inquiries with Sweden about buying Gripens, and took delivery of its first air- perhaps starting in 2019. craft in September 2015. Norway plans to purchase 52 F-35As at a rapid pace, Denmark with all aircraft due to be delivered by the In June, the Danish Parliament end of 2024, allowing the F-16 to be with- approved government plans to drawn from service. Two Norwegian F-35s purchase 27 F-35A Joint Strike are currently operating in the U.S., support- Fighters to replace the country’s ing training. aging F-16s. The Eurofighter Typhoon and Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet also had com- Poland peted for the contract. Copenhagen wants the With Poland embarked on wide- first aircraft delivered in 2022. scale modernization of its armed CONTINUED ON PAGE 38

AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | July 11, 2016 37 forces until the 2020s, the country’s air force Switzerland is considering what to do with its Russian- Switzerland is to restart evalua- built Sukhoi Su-22s and Mikoyan MiG-29s. tions for a new fighter in 2017 The air force has already taken delivery of 48 after its plans to purchase the F-16s and is adding a cruise missile capability. Saab Gripen were voted down in a public One option being considered is the purchase referendum in 2014. The new program will of the light attack version of the Leonardo- cover replacing both the Northrop F-5 Tiger Finmeccanica M346 trainer to replace the and McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. Su-22s. However, high-end fighters such as Selection could be made in 2020, with deliv- the F-35 and Typhoon will also be consid- eries planned for 2025. ered. A selection could be made in 2022. Turkey Romania Turkey wants to replace its F-4 The Romanian Air Force is pre- Phantoms with the F-35A Joint paring for its first delivery of a Strike Fighter and complement batch of 12 second-hand F-16s that fleet with a new, indigenously devel- from the Portuguese Air Force this year, as the oped aircraft, the TFX, the first prototype of country looks to replace its locally upgraded which is expected to fly in 2023. The Turkish MiG-21 Lancers. Initial operating capability similar to its neighbor, the Czech Republic. Air Force is believed to have selected a twin- is expected in early 2017. A second batch Negotiations are ongoing. engine configuration, and BAE Systems has of F-16s, likely from another second-hand been selected as the foreign co-partner to source, will be ordered in 2017. Spain develop it. The TFX will eventually replace The country’s economic chal- the F-16 during the late 2020s to early ’30s. Serbia lenges have forced the Spanish Turkey also has ambitions to fly F-35Bs from Still strongly aligned with Russia Air Force to scale back on pro- its new amphibious warfare ships. for its defense equipment needs, curements, and it looks set to operate the Serbia’s defense modernization Eurofighter and F/A-18 Hornet for the fore- UK has been a slow and arduous journey. While seeable future. Spain wants to replace its Britain will retire its Panavia its air arm remains equipped with MiG-29s, Hornets with an unmanned combat aircraft Tornado GR4 fleet in April 2019 MiG-21s and Soko J-22 Oraos, few are in ser- in the late 2020s or 2030s. The country may and add its capabilities onto viceable condition, and the air force is keen to also have to consider the F-35B if it wants the Eurofighter Typhoon through Project replace them with a single fleet. The service to maintain a naval fixed-wing fast jet from Centurion, delivering MBDA and has looked at new-build MiG-29s, and local its small aircraft carrier. Without a decision, Storm Shadow missile integration before the industry is offering an upgrade to the J-22, Spain could be left as the last nation flying Tornado leaves service. Britain also plans called Orao 2.0. However, no firm decision the AV-8 Harrier. to add the e-scan radar to the Typhoon in has been made. the early 2020s and says it will retire the Sweden Typhoon in 2040. Meanwhile, Britain is tak- Slovakia Sweden has elected to develop a ing its first F-35Bs and will rebuild its carrier As one of the last Eastern new version of its tried and trusted strike capability using the Queen Elizabeth- European states still largely reli- Saab Gripen. The first JAS-39E class carriers during the early 2020s: It now ant on Soviet-era aircraft for its Gripen was unveiled in May, and Sweden plans to purchase its full complement of 138 air force, Slovakia has begun a moderniza- has ordered 60 single-seaters, although F-35s over the life of the program. The UK tion that will include replacing the MiG- Stockholm may buy an additional 10 aircraft has also embarked on the Future Combat Air 29 with the Saab Gripen, following a path as part of a defense spending increase. System demonstration program with France.

U.S., UK Talk Up F-35 Training The UK is set to become one of the first places within the growing F-35 community where U.S. JSFs will be based alongside aircraft operated by other nations. Britain pledged in its Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) published last November to purchase 138 aircraft, all to be based at RAF Marham, Norfolk, while the U.S. Air Force plans to station up to 54 F-35As at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, as part of the future makeup of its 48th Fighter Wing. As a result, eastern England could see one of the greatest concentrations of F-35s anywhere in the world, with as many as 192 jets located within 20 mi. across the two stations. While achieving this full complement is at least a decade or more away, working groups have been set up to establish how the two air arms could work more closely, in areas such as training, airspace sharing, maintenance, logistics and sustainment. “I see a huge opportunity,” said RAF Air Commo. Harvey Smyth, the UK’s Lightning Force commander. “We have got to look seriously at the synergies. It would be silly to do this in two separate stovepipes, particularly from a training and learning perspective,” he told a conference in London in May. The 48th Fighter Wing plans for two squadrons of F-35s at Lakenheath based alongside two units flying the F-15E Strike Eagle.

38 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews Brazilian-Israeli Heron Caçador UAS Takes Off

new variant of the Israeli unmanned systems of this range. AHeron I drone made in The Caçador can fly for more Brazil made its than 40 hr. at an altitude of up to recently. This first demonstra- 30,000 ft. and operate at a range tion flight, which also provided of 1,000 km from its base station. the opportunity to conduct real- The maximum takeoff weight is time monitoring, took place last 1,270 kg, allowing the Caçador to week in São Paulo. The Caçador, transport multiple payloads simul- produced in Brazil by Israel taneously for a variety of missions. Aerospace Industries’ partner The drone carries a wideband sat- A.S. Avionics Services, is a Class ellite communication terminal, The Caçador is a new variant of the Israeli Heron I drone. 4 UAS (unmanned aerial system) enabling the platform to operate designed for medium-altitude at great distance from its base long endurance (MALE) missions. station, without dependence on operational experience with the working together since to estab- For this flight, Caçador complied ground- or air-based relays. This is Heron UAS that allows it to oper- lish a strong, independent with all regulations and obtained a valuable feature for large coun- ate the system in a variety of com- Brazilian industrial base in the all permits required by the tries such as Brazil. plex scenarios. Avionics Services area of unmanned aerial systems. Brazilian government authorities. The Heron has been in opera- has performed the maintenance This includes the transfer of tech- Avionics Services has developed tion with the Brazilian Federal for the Brazilian Heron. nology and know-how to ensure the necessary infrastructure at Police since 2010. The Federal IAI and Avionics Services more expertise in advanced and the Airdrome of Botucatu for it to Police Department has accu- signed a cooperation agree- complex unmanned systems. become a center of excellence for mulated a significant amount of ment in 2013 and have been —Noam Eshel

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AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | July 11, 2016 39 GE Sees an Electrifying Future It’s been a unique and remarkable decade for aerospace, says GE Aviation president and CEO David Joyce. Unprecedented Fast Facts for 2015 investment and transformational advances in technology, GE Aviation industrial backlog: materials and manufacturing have resulted in new aircraft, new US$153.88 billion engines, record backlogs and a new supply chain. (services account for US$118.6 billion) GE Aviation revenues: don’t think we can keep this pace going Much of that will be developed within US$25 billion “Iforward,” says Joyce. But then he adds, GE’s different industries and research labs Commercial engines: “I would be crazy to say there’s nothing around the world, and made available to GE US$7.8 billion else coming! Aviation through what is known as the GE Commercial engine services: Store. This, says Joyce, is a very powerful way US$10.1 billion to develop, share and distribute cutting-edge Military engines & services: technologies without paying for them more US$3.7 billion than once. “We can take them and apply them Engines in service: as we digitize our whole industrial business,” 62,000 commercial and military he says. All divisions contribute to the GE Store: aviation, power generation, health care, renewable energy, oil and gas, transportation software that GE Aviation applied to speed up and lighting. by 20 times the inspection of turbine blades. “I love shopping in the GE Store,” says Joyce. “I would never have invested in that myself.” He recently came back with facial-recognition GE Aviation is at OEP2. —John Morris

Unprecedented Commercial Cycle July 19 marks the industry’s entry into duction that will boost GE’s installed base service of the first significant additive by 27%, from 36,000 engines to 46,000 by manufacturing 3-D printed part in a com- 2020. The company will have a backlog of mercial engine – the fuel nozzles in a LEAP 15,000 commercial jet engines on order by on a Airbus A320. But that year-end. achievement is almost old news. “For me, the first technology that required While airplanes have rapidly incorporated us to be responsible for our supply chain carbon composite structures, the next and manufacturing was the composite fan engines are undergoing their own revolu- with titanium leading edge [on the GE90],” tion with parts made from ceramic matrix says Joyce. “That caused us to rethink our composites (CMCs), 3-D printing-additive supply chain.” Now GE Aviation has its own manufacturing and exotic metals such as factories for CMC raw materials, additive titanium aluminide. The next significant manufacturing and titanium aluminide, with step: GE Aviation will incorporate rotating investments in the manufacturing base ap- GE Aviation president and CEO David Joyce parts made from CMCs in its future military proaching US$4 billion. production engines. “Behind our closed doors are some phe- Experience here will enable GE to push nomenal developments you won’t see for In an unprecedented commercial cycle, materials development to the next levels in many years, with large disruptive potential GE Aviation invested US$7.6 billion of its military engine programs while assuring the in the long term for how we think of trans- own money between 2010 and 2016 on the Department of Defense that the manufac- portation in the future. GEnx engine (more than 1,000 have now ture of exotic materials is mature and com- “We’re excited about disruptive technol- been delivered for the Boeing 787 and 747- monplace in the commercial arena. ogy. We’re looking for opportunities to disrupt 800), to certify the LEAP 1A and 1B for the Meanwhile, the latest technologies from ourselves before being disrupted by someone A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX, respectively, commercial jet engines (and US$1 billion in else. We have a whole team working on that and to run the first two GE9X engines for the investment) are being applied to developing every day!” . a 1,300- to 2,000-shp advanced turboprop Joyce won’t give much away except to say, The world will likely see few new airliners engine at GE Aviation’s Prague center. “That “We’re all working on electrification of avia- developed over the next few years, says Da- project has technologies it could never af- tion. Hybrid propulsion really turns on the vid Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation. ford itself,” says Joyce, from the LEAP and efficiency of generating the power. From Which is perhaps just as well, as it allows GE9X engines. “That’s the leveragability batteries to generators, power distribution, him to execute the ramp-up in engine pro- of technology.” switching, there will be more advancement.”

40 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews FAC Appoints New Membership Chairman

ocal Hampshire business- “I am looking forward to help- aviation research centers. Lman Andrew Barnett has ing more businesses benefit from Membership also includes been appointed membership membership in the consortium access to the Supply Chain in chairman at the Farnborough and the success it can bring,” the 21st Century (SC21) initia- Aerospace Consortium (FAC), says Barnett. “Membership in the tive, global marketing opportu- which is one of Europe’s lon- FAC enables access to national nities, attendance at exhibitions gest-established aerospace and and international prime contrac- at cost-saving prices, access to defense trade bodies. tors, and medium- and small-size a tailored events program, net- Barnett is chief technology firms. By boosting membership working and inclusion in the Barnbrook head of engineering Keith Smith officer at Barnbrook Systems, numbers, activity and engage- FAC directory. and chief tech officer Andrew Barnett (right) which is based at Fareham, on ment, we become a stronger Hampshire’s south coast. The organization for all involved. company has been a leading FAC Farnborough International Barnbrook’s 11th Farnborough member for many years, and its Airshow is one of the major Founded in 1979, Barnbrook Systems is among businesses with ex- managing director, Tony Barnett, dates on the FAC’s calendar to hibitors’ pods on the largest-ever FAC stand in the UK Pavilion (Hall 1, is on the board of directors. champion its members and help Booth B120), and is making its 11th successive Farnborough appear- FAC, which was founded in them win business in a global ance. The company designs, develops and manufactures electronic 1997, is a not-for-profit asso- marketplace.” and electromechanical switching devices, supplying the aerospace, ciation that provides support Consortium members include defense, maritime, railway and commercial industries globally. It for more than 300 members in national and international is a prime contractor and subcontractor to the UK Ministry of De- the south of England, including primes, medium- and small-size fence, and to overseas governments and major companies. many here in Hampshire. firms, and several world-leading

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AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | July 11, 2016 41 ‘Pratt Is Back’ as Business Booms Pratt & Whitney enters Farnborough in the midst of its busiest expansion phase for more than 20 years with a bulging commercial and military engine order book, and production ramping up to levels not seen since the heydays of the 1980s.

ratt is back, and back in a big way!” “Psays company president Bob Leduc. “There’s lots of proof around that we’re the technology leader in aero engines,” he adds, referring largely to the PW1000G geared tur- bofan family and F135 military engine under- Pratt & Whitney’s F135 military engine is a vital cog in the company’s resurgence. pinning Pratt’s rebound. Together with Pratt many as 59 by 2018,” & Whitney Canada says Leduc. The expan- (P&WC), the company sion is accompanied by expects to have 100,000 additional investment The geared turbofan backlog engines in service by in customer support. has increased to 7,100 since the 2020 by when reve- “We’ll spend another program was launched eight years nues will have grown to $500 million on main- ago. It took us 24 years to deliver roughly US$22 billion. tenance, repair and Deliveries of larger mil- overhaul to be ready. 7,000 International Aero Engines itary and civil engines There’s not an element V2500s.” will grow from about Pratt & Whitney president Bob Leduc of this company we’re —Bob Leduc, president, Pratt & Whitney 700 per year to more not expanding,” he adds. than 2,000 by the mid-2020s. Pratt is also On the military side, Pratt is also enjoying continuum of activity,” says Croswell. investing more than US$1 billion to support its strongest showing for decades thanks to Another key hope for the company is ITEP, the ongoing ramp-up. Together with those prime positions on the largest active U.S. Air in which Pratt is teamed with Honeywell to of P&WC, annual deliveries will climb from Force programs. Led by the F135-powered compete for a T700 market valued 3,200 in 2015 to 5,600 in 2020, by which F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, this lineup also at roughly US$4.5 billion. The jointly devel- time the tally will include up to 100 GTFs includes the PW4000-powered Boeing oped engine is designed to have 20% better per month. P&WC is “our crown jewel,” KC-46A tanker and the Northrop Grumman fuel consumption than the T700, which adds Leduc. B-21 strike bomber. would be replaced on a variety of helicop- “The geared turbofan backlog has increased “On top of that, we have almost 4,000 ters and future vertical lift platforms. “We to 7,100 since the program was launched F100s out there and 1,000 F117s powering are hoping for a preliminary design contract eight years ago. It took us 24 years to deliver C-17s,” says Pratt & Whitney Military Engines this summer with Honeywell,” says Leduc. 7,000 International Aero Engines V2500s,” president Bennett Croswell. “Our first fifth- “Military production will double in volume. says Leduc. Although the largest single vol- generation F119 [for the F-22] is now com- The volume is real, and ramp is real,” he adds. ume (40%) is made up of PW1100Gs destined ing in for the first heavy depot overhauls as The surge in engine production opens for the , the remainder we see our second fifth-generation engine, up the prospect of a burgeoning commer- is split between new single-aisle airliners from the F135, going through initial operational cial aftermarket, although Leduc concurs Bombardier and Embraer, which together clearance [IOC] with the U.S. Marine Corps. that “a lot of GTFs won’t see their first shop account for 40%, and Mitsubishi and Irkut, We are on the doorstep of IOC with the USAF visit until the end of decade.” For the initial which account for the balance. as well,” he adds. Together with development wave of introduction some 80% of GTFs are The ramp-up in deliveries is equaled only on the KC-46A and B-21, Pratt is starting a under long-term contract, he adds, com- by the growing number of new operators. new phase of advanced research work on the pared to 70% of the GP7000 fleet produced “Deliveries this year will go to 19 custom- next generation of adaptive engines for sixth- jointly with General Electric, and 40% of the ers new to the GTF, and this will grow to as generation fighters. “There is a tremendous PW4000 fleet. —Guy Norris

42 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews Russia to Focus on Civil Products at Farnborough

Russia has seriously limited its participation at the Farnborough rehabilitation zone with equipment for phys- Airshow due to the deteriorated political relations with the West. iotherapeutic procedures. Along with such unusual modifications, his show will thus be the first at which static display will be a Sukhoi is working to improve the aircraft’s Tthe country’s major aircraft manufacturer in the livery of its first European customer, operational parameters. According to UAC, – United Aircraft Corp. – will display only com- Ireland-based CityJet. The airline began the first stage will be completed by the end mercial products. operations in June with the aircraft, which of 2017. It will include winglets and aerody- “The Airshow organizers asked us to par- has a special single-class 98-seat configura- namic improvements that will result in a 5% ticipate only with civil models,” a UAC rep- tion by Russo-Italian joint venture SuperJet increase of fuel efficiency. Sukhoi is also work- resentative explained to ShowNews. “We will International. The airline plans to receive ing to certify the SSJ 100 for steep approaches show the military products at air shows that two more SSJ 100s this year, out of a total that will enable CityJet to operate from its are located closer to our clients, in India, Asia firm order for 15, with 16 options. The main hub at London City Airport. SCAC presi- and the Middle East.” deal’s total value is US$1 billion. dent Ilya Tarasenko says that these improve- Most of the products here will be shown The SSJ 100 is currently being manufac- ments will be certified in 2018. as scaled-down mockups, so the only tured in three variants: basic, long range and Further plans call for development of the real Russian aircraft in the Sukhoi Business Jet, but Sukhoi Civil Aircraft SSJ 100 stretched version (dubbed SSJ-SV). Company (SCAC) will use Farnborough to This is now slowly moving to Gate III (pre- announce a new version – Sportjet – that liminary design review). SCAC says that will be developed by 2018. According to the stretch could be anywhere from the cur- Sukhoi the manufacturer, this will be the first rent 103 seat to 130 seats, and MTOW will Superjet aircraft specifically designed to carry pro- increase from 45-49 tons to 53 tons. SSJ 100 in CityJet colors fessional sports teams and will feature a — Maxim Pyadushkin

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a more rigor- ous qualifica- tion and certification for a production run, but there are no showstoppers in there that we can see now that MBDA concept graphic we’ve done the trials fit.” shows weapons fits on Having a wide range of plat- F-35B and Typhoon. forms is key to MBDA’s export t the Farnborough Airshow – particularly in the UK. Allibone which is also taking over the strategy, as current Brimstone Ain 2014, the Anglo-French argues that the UK’s 2015 Brimstone air-to-ground, dual- campaigns underline. An agree- complex-weapons manufacturer Strategic Defence and Security mode, moving-target weapon and ment that France would “look at” MBDA (OE 10) opted to sit quietly Review (SDSR) showed a close the Storm Shadow air-launched integrating Brimstone onto their while its rivals briefed media about alignment with policies and cruise missile from the Tornado. Airbus Helicopter Tiger fleet was competing capabilities. This year, practices MBDA had been put- SPEAR is not yet part of the UK’s announced during the biannual with a development contract con- ting in place to develop and field plans for the Typhoon, but should defense summit in March. Last firmed to put its SPEAR (selected a portfolio of complex weapon that requirement change, the September, MBDA and Boeing precision effects at range) missile solutions that can help realize effi- path to potential integration has were awarded a contract to study on the UK’s F-35B, the company is ciencies across platform types and already been considerably eased the feasibility of integrating ready to shout about its successes. domains. Five years into an initial by the use of the Typhoon as the Brimstone onto the AH-64E, “We’re coming off the back of 10-year project, Allibone says the SPEAR trials platform. which should lead to a live firing a really strong year in 2015, with country is beginning to see deep- “We’ve flown SPEAR on the taking place later this year. a record order book of €5.2 bil- ened and extended returns on its Typhoon, launched it, proved “The weapon is on fast jets at lion [US$5.8 billion],” says James investment in MBDA’s approach. the separation, the propulsion, the moment, but it’s also appli- Allibone, the company’s new “The portfolio is dynamic, the guidance and the final phase,” cable to attack helicopters and UK national sales and business and we’re very proud of the fact Allibone says. “That gives us the to UAVs,” Allibone says. “The development director. “At the end that we’ve never got to a position potential to integrate SPEAR onto launchers are slightly different, of 2015 our order backlog was where we’re arguing about things the Typhoon as well. It was a tri- but it’s a common weapon – so €15 billion [US$16.7 billion] – like government-furnished equip- als fit on the Typhoon, but there a user [flying the weapon across there’s enough work there for five ment, which has often been the was nothing on there we wouldn’t different types] will see the big years going forward – so we’re in bane of contracts in the past,” foresee taking forward into a real stockpile, logistics, training and a strong position.” he says. “We have the flexibility fit. We would need to go through other efficiencies.” —Angus Batey Part of that position is down to within the portfolio to work on effective collaboration between both sides to remedy that before the company and government it becomes a contract argument. Bulging Portfolio: How MBDA Simplified So both in the tangible financials Complex-Weapons Procurement but also in the less tangible flex- Although their best-known products are carried on aircraft, the gen- ibility and working relationship esis of MBDA’s portfolio approach – and therefore the foundation of [aspects], it’s proving to be a really much of the business’s current success – came from sea and land. good approach.” “CAMM [Common Anti-air Modular Missile] was the flagship of Development work for air plat- the portfolio approach,” Allibone says. “We looked at using a com- forms is concentrated on the F-35 and Typhoon. ASRAAM mon weapon for both maritime and land-based air defense. Rapier has been delivered to the U.S. for and Sea Wolf would be the equivalents before; those are being integration onto the F-35, while replaced by a single common missile.” the Meteor beyond-visual-range CAMM installation on the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates is under air-to-air weapon is scheduled way, and MBDA “anticipate a demonstration and manufacturing to be integrated as part of the contract later this year” to cross-deck the weapon to the Type 23’s JSF’s Block IV upgrade package. replacement, the Type 26, Allibone says. The company is working SPEAR is a candidate to be part “a very swift program to deliver the first phase” of the UK’s GBAD of Block IV. [ground-based air defense] requirement for the Royal Artillery using Meteor integration is nearing the same weapon. The launcher to carry Brimstone on Apache would differ from the launcher completion on the Typhoon, used to put the weapon on fast jets.

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© 2016 . All rights reserved. CYBERSECURITY Airbus Wins RAF Crypto Contracts At the Airshow today, the UK’s defense ministry adaptation may be necessary, (MoD) and Airbus Defense & Space will confirm in addition to possible physical adaptation to allow the fill gun that the company has been awarded deals We’re excited, to connect to ALIS equipment. to supply cryptographic key management because clearly we’re “The main method of deliv- solutions to three British military aircraft: the demonstrating a ery to the aircraft is through the ALIS system,” Grogan says. Airbus-built, AirTanker-supplied Voyager, and value for money and a “We’re fully aware that the UK two Lockheed Martin platforms: the C-130J capability that meets the key-management system needs and the F-35B. user requirements – but to prepare material for the ALIS it’s the synergies across system, and we’re working closely he contracts means Airbus networked and sophisticated the different platform with Lockheed Martin through TD&S (OE13, OE25) now sup- the platform, the more systems DE&S [Defence Equipment & plies its LKMS (Local Key there are that require keys. This types from a central Support, the MoD’s procurement Management System) solution to can mean ground crews having core that offers defense and project-management wing] five UK platforms. The company to change keys by plugging com- a really significant to ensure this material is format- had previously been selected to puter equipment into several dif- capability at a very ted correctly.” provide LKMS to the RAF’s ferent parts of the aircraft, pos- effective price.” Timescales for this work Airbus A400M and Eurofighter sibly before every sortie. remain under discussion. The Typhoon fleets. Having a single, LKMS is a software-based — Peter Grogan, Airbus D&S’s sovereign nature of encryption- common tool and a single sys- system with a physical device, head of business development for key solutions means that there is cybersecurity tem for staff to learn will bring known colloquially as a “fill gun,” only so much that can get done significant cost and time savings, without a British-based JSF but Peter Grogan, Airbus D&S’s for the Airbus team to get their head of business development for hands on. cybersecurity, stresses that this “The next stage for us is the is a side effect, not the primary practical one – when there’s an reason for the awards. F-35B over here that we can “All these decisions have been actually start to do the keys on,” made independently by the indi- Grogan says. “My understanding vidual aircraft project teams,” he is that the flight trials and train- says. “It’s being done on a case- ing so far have been carried out by-case, platform-by-platform using set, standard keys – they basis. We’re excited, because haven’t yet begun to load up all clearly we’re demonstrating a the different elements of the air- value for money and a capability craft concurrently with all the that meets the user requirements different keys. We’ve had close – but it’s the synergies across the engagement with the project different platform types from a A -based Voyager tanker during refueling trials with an team and with appropriate ele- F-35B this past May. Both aircraft’s cryptographic key management systems will be central core that offers defense a ments of the RAF for quite a few supplied by Airbus D&S. really significant capability at a months now on the optimum very effective price.” which connects to a single point But it’s the same common core way that LKMS can be used for As military platforms become on the aircraft and can upload capability that sits at the heart the F-35, but it’s still a work in increasingly dependent on digital a complete set of keys across of all these solutions, and this is progress.” subsystems, the task of manag- multiple subsystems in minutes. why defense gets ever-increasing Integration with the already- ing cryptographic keys becomes The device will not change with efficiencies the more we can use in-service Voyager and C-130J more vital, challenging and aircraft type, though Grogan this developed capability.” ought to proceed more quickly, potentially burdensome. Any acknowledges that some plat- Perhaps the most demanding though timelines are still to be subsystem that stores data – not forms may need some adaptation of the three new programs is the confirmed. “The C-130 is the just those that transmit them – to the interface. F-35. The jet includes a plethora newest of these announcements, has to be secured to prevent an “Sometimes you might have of avionics, weapons and mission so our work is probably a little adversary being able to access a different pin-out between a systems that require key manage- more advanced on the F-35 and potentially useful information. European platform and a U.S. ment, and it is intended that this Voyager,” Grogan says. “But in Strong encryption requires keys platform,” he says, “but that’s work will be done through the terms of complexity and tech- – large digital files – that need to easy to fix. It’s like plugging some- ALIS (autonomic logistics infor- nicalities, we anticipate that be changed frequently. thing in to a [mains electricity] mation system) network. For the the C-130 should be relatively The more complicated, converter when you go abroad. F-35, therefore, some software straightforward.” —Angus Batey

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s a pillar of Israel’s defense, Israel AAerospace Industries (Chalet A29) is adjust- ing its business focus to meet new challenges and opportunities. “We must keep position- We must keep positioning the ing the company to be innovative and com- company to be innovative and petitive, offering effective and affordable solu- competitive, offering effective tions to its customers,” IAI chairman Rafi and affordable solutions to its Maor told ShowNews. “With the rebound in demand in the global defense and aerospace customers. With the rebound in market, now is the time to make this move”. demand in the global defense and Part of this process is IAI’s minority shares aerospace market, now is the time offering, under discussions for several years. to make this move.” “It was not an easy process, but the challenges —IAI chairman Rafi Maor we faced forced us to improve and become more efficient. The agreement and trust that IAI chairman have now been established between man- Will you do it alone or under partnership Rafi Maor agement, employees and the government’s with other companies? finance executives are critical for IAI’s future, “Examining IAI’s core competencies we enabling our human resource to rejuvenate, understand the need for larger drones, and millions of dollars that are constantly flow- become more competitive and focus on the we have the know-how and capabilities to ing in, to ‘mega projects’ of hundreds of mil- skills and offering necessary for the future achieve such goals. We have all the necessary lions, or billions of dollars that take years to domains.” Maor explained. capabilities to develop such UCAVs – from negotiate and complete. All are important, as design and development to manufacturing, they contribute to our healthy order backlog of Is a development of new aircraft on the testing and certification. We also have the more than US$9 billion, representing over two cards, as part of this future growth? customers that are interested in what we can years of operations [IAI’s turnover is currently “IAI definitely has the capability to design offer. I expect we’ll pursue such programs around US$4 billion per year]. The company and develop aircraft, but bringing such a pro- with strategic partners, to be decided in con- is working on several mega projects that could gram to market and success requires billions nection to the markets, and applications for change the picture and significantly increase of dollars in private investments. There is no such systems.” its backlog. “Considering such opportunities, reason for us to develop another fifth genera- Maor added that IAI also examines differ- we focus on our strengths – engineering inno- tion fighter, but there is definitely a place for ent concepts and business models for com- vation, strong system engineering, as well as a future Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle mercial aircraft that could leverage its core aerostructures and components rather than (UCAV) in the 10-12 ton range that IAI could competencies including automation and exclusive and complete aircraft.” be involved with…by developing a platform autonomy. “We’ll move in this direction when As a subcontractor for Lockheed Martin, two or three times heavier than its current such programs become feasible, attractive and IAI has already closed several Low Rate drones. We’ll definitely be there in the future, affordable for us. As our business focused on Initial Production (LRIP) orders with poten- we’ll define a complete solution, and we will emerging and developed markets, IAI runs tial future orders worth over US$2 billion, leverage our UAV capabilities to offer UCAVs.” hundreds of projects in parallel, over five providing one-third of the total number of continents, from small programs worth few the outer wing sets of all F-35s. It also pro- vides major assemblies for com- mercial aircraft, including the IAI has the full wherewithal to develop larger drones but will likely pursue such programs “with and 787. IAI is also strategic partners,” Maor says. discussing with Airbus inclusion among suppliers for several of its production programs. “We are discussing a number of opportunities where IAI could offer competitive and affordable alternatives to current compo- nents, based on IAI’s advanced composite materials production capabilities,” Maor says.

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VISIT US AT THE STATIC DISPLAY UK to Earn Billions on F-35 Program... There may be debate over the detail, but the importance of the BAE Systems is the sole source for the aft fuse- lage, and vertical and horizontal tails, which F-35 to Britain’s aerospace industry is unarguable. The UK is are manufactured at its plant in Samlesbury, the program’s only Tier One partner, granting some British Lancashire. companies sole-source/OEM status on the program. And “The program has enabled us to invest heavily in manufacturing capability,” says according to one oft-cited figure, 15% by value of every JSF Declan Holland, BAE’s UK F-35 commercial built – not just the 138 jets the UK has committed to buy – will be director. “What we have on site is custom- made by British companies. built and leading edge.” In an atrium overlooking the Samlesbury he industrial benefit for this shop floor, operations manager “Tcountry of being involved As F-35 production Jim Fazackerley contemplates a in this program is huge,” says Sir takes off, so does chart showing the looming ramp- Stephen Dalton, a former chief of business for a bevy of up to full-rate production. It looks the air staff. “Getting in there at UK companies. like the profile of a mountain the start as the only primary part- stage of the Tour de France, with ner has been a huge economic, as the red dot marking today’s date well as strategic, success for the at the foot of the steepest incline. country.” The last time Samlesbury saw As the program moves toward comparable military aircraft pro- full-rate production, the rationale duction rates was during World for that initial down payment is War II. becoming clearer– not so much as Accommodating the rate rise it relates to the number of devel- requires meticulous planning. opment jets and the integration The current 130,000-sq.-ft. of various UK weapons, but as an facility was opened in 2012, but investment in the future of Britain’s aero- “I remember bumping into a guy from a work is already underway on a 30-meter-long space and defense industry. According to company supplying coatings,” says Dave extension, which will double the number of independent aerospace industry analyst Gordon, defense director for Rolls-Royce workstations. The schedule is part of a strate- Howard Wheeldon, the program has so far UK, “and as a result of the work he’d got on gic plan for the site drawn up a decade ago. “A returned more than GBP6 billion (US$8.4 this platform he’d taken on four more guys. lot of emphasis was put into understanding billion) to British industry. And they were all going to the same sandwich what we needed to do to become a high-rate “The amount of revenue the UK will gener- shop. That sounds like a cliché, but that’s the facility,” Fazackerley says. ate from the program in its totality will create kind of personal story that’s often invisible at The company had some useful experience multiples of return on that investment,” says OEM level.” in the civil sector, producing eight sets per Declan Holland, BAE Systems’ commercial week of leading- and trailing-edges for the director for its UK F-35 business. “Ultimately, BAE Systems Airbus A320. Manufacture of Typhoon aft the UK will take in about GBP1 billion of The UK as a whole may produce 15% of every sections means plenty of hard-metal capabil- business each year on this program.” Holland JSF, but 10% is made by just one company. ity, and expertise exists on site. Lessons have goes on to note that the program could con- tinue into the 2040s. BAE’s Samlesbury assembly The impact on British industry is consid- line for the F-35 empennage erable, though reliable figures are hard to has been designed for high-rate production – it incorporates confirm. The UK government and various ideas from the auto industry. industrial partners often claim there are “more than a hundred” British companies delivering content onto the jet, with “more than 500” firms involved in the wider UK supply chain. Sensitivities around sourcing specialist com- ponents or subsystems, and the nested con- tractual relationships that bind sub-suppliers to their customers, mean no company, not even prime contractor Lockheed Martin, holds a complete list of every business involved. Some firms may not even be aware that they are indirectly supplying the program.

54 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews F-35’S UK SUPPLIERS ...More Than 500 British Firms Involved also been learned from the automotive indus- production nears. BAE’s academy in Preston five further systems, most recently to Hill try, where fact-finding missions to the nearby is being relocated to Samlesbury this sum- AFB in 2015, and currently has Ejection Seat Leyland truck plant were augmented by the mer, and, as part of a government scheme, Maintenance Trainers under construction recruitment of several auto industry staff. The the company is extending its apprenticeship that will be supplied to Australia, Japan and result is an integrated assembly line similar to offering to sub-suppliers, who will be able to RAF Marham in the UK. “The factory’s full,” those found in car plants, which allows fast enroll trainees at no cost. Bonney says. indexing from one station to the next. EDM has its own supply chain of between “We do generate a level of concessions,” EDM 30 and 40 other companies, many of which Fazackerley says, referring to minor manu- A vivid illustration of the F-35’s effect on have sub-suppliers of their own. While none facturing defects such as oversized holes, British industry can be found in the Newton of those only supply into EDM’s F-35 work, which can be rectified by inserting sleeves Heath district of Manchester. EDM, which Bonney estimates there are “five or six com- before inspection and acceptance from manufactures two training devices for the panies” that have gone from “doing a little Lockheed’s on-site staff. “Two to three years program, moved here from Oldham after bit for us but who now must be 50% F-35. ago we were probably generating in excess of winning the contract in 2007 and is cur- They’ve had to ramp-up and invest in new 70 concessions per aircraft. Today it’s less rently building an extension to its premises .” than 12.” to handle increasing JSF production volumes. Bonney is hoping EDM will eventually When it opens around the turn of the year, be able to bid for support and sustainment the company will have tripled its physical work to extend the company’s involvement footprint since joining the program, while beyond building the training devices. “We’ve the workforce will rise from around 80 in got to push hard for that,” he says. “We’d love 2007 to over 200 next year. Turnover to try to be involved in the UK support side, before the F-35 was GBP5 million a year; but we’ve not had those discussions with current company forecasts put it at GBP25 Lockheed. They have their own support million in 2017. model – it’s the complete package, a brilliant “Our business is split 50/50 military/ idea – but clearly we’re keen.” civil,” says EDM’s sales and business The F-35 work has already helped grow the development director Mick Bonney, “but rest of the business, too. this contract has really given us a huge “I don’t have any doubt about that,” Bonney comfort zone. We’re looking out now to says. “Folks know who we are and what we’re 2018, at least. When I joined EDM [in doing. We’d never worked with Boeing, but 2006] we were a contracting business. we’ve got a contract now to produce their The first of Every six months we were looking at Helicopter Aircrew Training System for EDM’s Weapons where the next job was coming from. The Australia. It’s a fairly simple device, but it’s Load Trainer longer-term order book gives some nice an important helicopter trainer. We’re work- devices was stability, which has allowed us to recruit ing with Thales, CAE, BAE, Lockheed and delivered to and invest.” now Boeing, all the big guys. Which is all Eglin Air Force Base in 2011. EDM’s contract is direct with Lockheed good news.” Martin in Orlando, . The com- pany supplied its first training device – a GKN Some of the progress is related to technol- Weapon Load Trainer – to Lockheed in 2011. GKN supplies content to the F-35 program ogy, some to greater institutional familiarity It was installed at Eglin Air Force Base the from sites in Europe and the U.S., but its with the processes; but investment in, and same year. The company has so far delivered CONTINUED ON PAGE 56 dialogue with, the workforce is vital as the plant gears up for full-rate production. GKN uses an automated flame-spray process at “The infrastructure, plant and equipment Luton for an -protection system integrated will all be in place to support the rates,” into an engine component. Fazackerley says. “I think the challenges will be around getting the right people with the right skill sets into the business at the right time. There’s a big emphasis here on engage- ment with the teams, because we need their help and support to identify the waste we can remove from the processes.” Around 1,700 people are employed exclu- sively on BAE’s British F-35 work, includ- ing the hundred or so seconded to Lockheed in Texas. This number will rise as full-rate F-35’S UK SUPPLIERS

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 55 Stirling Dynamics British plants in Luton, Cowes This control-system specialist and Filton are all involved with was founded in the Bristol suburb critical subsystems on the jets. of Clifton in 1987 and has been Luton supplies an ice-protection supplying active inceptors for the system for the engine, while F-35 simulator program almost metallic structures are produced for the whole of the firm’s history. at Filton, and composite struc- “[JSF] is not the be-all-and-end- tures at Cowes. all of what we do,” says Gareth GKN’s dedicated UK work- Vaughan, Stirling’s aerospace and force is small. Some 50 people marine systems business man- are directly employed on the ager, “but it’s a significant part of program, though the head count keeping us going at the size we will double for full-rate produc- want to be, and growing as well.” tion. But the products demand Stirling was involved in early accuracy, which has helped work that led to the develop- determine the company’s invest- ment of active inceptors, though ment decisions and influenced the contract for the F-35’s flying An F-35 production contract has revived the fortunes of the laser business at its growth strategy. sticks went to BAE Systems. The Leonardo’s Edinburgh site. “The composite and metallic company has delivered over 250 parts we make are complicated, and there pods. Its post-JSF wins see the Edinburgh units to the simulation end of the program is a drive for zero defects every time,” says team replace previous incumbents. According and has “a very significant number still to John Pritchard, CEO of GKN’s aerospace to site management, the business is now the go,” according to Vaughan. aerostructures Europe business. “This world’s biggest supplier of targeting lasers, a Even as a niche component controls for means the production process must be at the deeply specialist niche that other firms have the simulators have a considerable economic leading edge of design and manufacturing struggled to master. impact. technology.” “I’m a believer that the market has the “We employ about a hundred people,” As a result, the company made what wrong appreciation of the value of a laser,” Vaughan says, “but we buy materials and Pritchard describes as “a multi-million pound says Alastair Morrison, SVP for radar and components from far and wide. We have a investment” in the Cowes composites facil- advanced targeting (R&AT). “You can actually network of specialists we work with; they ity, while the other sites were expanded, new see that with the number of people who’ve tend to be businesses that are a bit smaller equipment installed and new training initia- tried, and got a bloody nose, and decided that than us. I can’t really go into where we source tives inaugurated. Specialist staff develop- it’s not a good idea.” everything from – but there are companies ment has taken place, but so too has invest- Despite the specialized nature of the work, we would have bought ones and twos from ment in other human resources, while the the site still depends heavily on an extended that we’re now purchasing 40 or 50 supplied knock-on effects have been felt in neighbor- supply chain. This enables Leonardo to keep items a year from, so they’re benefiting from ing businesses outside the aerospace indus- on-site costs down but requires the company our involvement in the F-35.” trial base. to invest in managing its suppliers, and “Apprenticeships have been established,” sometimes investing in their capability. says Pritchard. “Jobs have also been created “We have specialized procurement covering support functions such as transporta- and manufacturing engineers who go tion, logistics, installation and main- out to the supply base,” says Dr. Mark tenance. One of our sites has no easy access to Smith, R&AT business’s chief technol- retail amenities, so we now have a mobile food ogy officer. “In case a specialist supplier provider serving the site each day.” goes bust or loses capability, we actively look to have more than one supplier, and Leonardo sometimes it’s cheaper for us to invest in The factory on the outskirts of Edinburgh that supply chain, and fund suppliers to currently run by Leonardo has had several do the very cutting-edge work.” different names above the door since it was The F-35 work, though not the major- established during WWII to make gun sights ity of the site’s laser business, continues for Spitfires. Laser technology has been pro- to play a vital role. duced here since the 1960s, and in the late “The scale and longevity of the ’90s the plant won the contract to provide the program affords us the confidence to laser for the JSF program’s EOTS (electro- invest in all aspects of the product,” says optical targeting system). Morrison, adding that the work “ensures Stirling Dynamics’ inceptors for the F-35 simulator That win revitalized the business follow- we can develop and produce state-of-the-art perform identically to those on the aircraft, but cost ing defeats in earlier competitions. Today, lasers that continue to meet customer and less because the electronics are more simple and there the firm also supplies targeting lasers to the end-user needs at affordable prices.” is less need for redundancy. AH-64, and the Sniper and Litening targeting CONTINUED ON PAGE 58

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 56 sub-suppliers Rolls has under contract for program just because it’s exciting to work The F-35 also provides a significant the program. “Those 17 suppliers and the on,” Gordon says. “There’s no other applica- marketing hook, and the global nature of Rolls-Royce effort contribute to just under tion like this anywhere in the world, nor will the program has helped Stirling expand its a thousand jobs in the UK,” Skinner says. there be for generations to come. It ticks all business. The LiftSystem work leverages what Dave the boxes: It’s sexy, it’s interesting, it’s tech- “We’ve been to F-35 supplier conferences Gordon, UK director for defense at Rolls- nologically demanding. All of that stuff only in the U.S., and the U.S. market is the biggest Royce, calls the company’s “rich STOVL her- helps when we try to keep our advantage in in the world in terms of simulator controls, itage, of which we remain extremely proud.” this game.” and simulation in general,” says Vaughan. But while certain capabilities remained from “Just within the Lockheed Martin supply the Pegasus/Harrier days – Gordon singles Minimal Risk for UK Suppliers chain there are other companies we can do out experience with fluid dynamics and A welcome side-effect of the UK govern- business with. There’s opportunity in there understanding of applications ment’s 2015 Strategic Defense and Security to partner or work together, direct to end – Rolls had to invest in new technologies and Review was its re-commitment to Britain’s users, or as a supplier into some of the next- processes for the F-35’s exacting power and original intention to buy 138 F-35s. This level-up companies.” weight requirements. effectively removes the risk smaller, non- The hollow blisk blades are sole-source suppliers in Britain were run- made by joining two sheets of ning that a reduced UK buy – and a resultant titanium and then inflating reallocation of some of the UK’s share of the them, and are fixed to the hub work – could have resulted in their contracts using linear friction welding, being canceled. vibrating the blade against the Some questions still remain. The possibil- hub at high speed to create a ity of some of the UK’s buy being switched plasma weld. Test equipment from the F-35B to the conventional takeoff is bespoke and expensive. “We and landing A model would have obvious measure several thousand implications for Rolls-Royce and the rest of features for the 3BSM casing their LiftSystem sub-supply chain. Yet even for every aircraft,” Skinner if the commitment to 138 jets is reviewed says, “and that requires some further down the line, the UK supply chain real precision-machining may already be too difficult – and too expen- capabilities.” sive to a program doing everything it can to The program also called on reduce unit costs – to reconfigure. RR to work closely with Pratt “The program is set up to capacitize to the & Whitney on integrating the big rate that’s coming,” says BAE’s Declan Roll-Royce leverages several novel manufacturing techniques for the F-35 lift fan’s blisk (bladed disk). system with the F135 engine. “We’ve got Holland, speaking primarily about his own some experience on the civil side of working company but also of the many businesses Rolls-Royce together,” Gordon says, “but from a military in the UK that supply BAE. “That capaciti- Although regularly cited as one of the UK’s point of view, working with a competitor on zation has been a very well-planned piece biggest players in the JSF program, much a partnered program was new territory. It’s of work, for both the factories here and for of Rolls-Royce’s manufacturing work on the something we’ve had to work extremely hard our suppliers. So that’s all now as near as F-35B’s lift system is actually done in the on, but I have to say it works pretty well.” damned in place. So the fact of the matter U.S. But company staff argue it’s not just Benefits to the company go beyond the is, if there was a change, it would be difficult the volume of the work that is important to readily quantifiable. to do anything that would reduce our work Britain but also its cutting-edge nature. “I can say from personal experience that share at this stage of the program.” “While the assembly has moved over to the I was able to attract the best people to the —Angus Batey States, we still own around half of the design in the UK, and it’s the complicated half,” Under the radar? Note the subtle, low-visibility says Dickon Skinner, program executive for RAF marking on the left wing of this F-35. LiftSystem UK. “We own the compression system, the hollow blisks, the composite vanes that run down the center of the lift fan. We also own the actuation system, which is what does the really flash stuff on the 3BSM [three-bearing swivel module].” Skinner says some 38% by value of the LiftSystem is still manufactured in the UK, a little over half of that in-house at Rolls, the remainder by the company’s British sup- pliers. That includes the actuators on the 3BSM, which are supplied by Moog Aircraft Group in Wolverhampton, one of 17 major

58 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews Find out more at SSJ100RIGHTNOW.COM maintains radio silence and bounds of the rules of engage- Autonomy Emerges as controls itself using onboard ment that UK forces would use.” systems. Rowe-Willcocks hopes that The scenario shows that Airshow visitors will take the Key to Future UK UCAVs the UCAV requires a consid- time to engage with the demon- erable level of autonomy. It stration and consider the ques- has to re-route itself around tions it raises. “There has to be pop-up threats and is able to a bit of a mind-shift to accept assess, in accordance with this mission,” he says, “and pre-programmed parameters what we’re trying to test with the that embody the rules of demonstration is whether people engagement, when it needs are prepared to make that mind- to risk exposing its location shift. If you’re not, there’s no by communicating with its point in having a stealthy UCAV.” controllers. Although it does BAE Systems is at OE11. BAE’s Taranis not represent UK Ministry of —Angus Batey Defence thinking, the demon- stration has been approved by AE Systems is unveiling a industry and its likely customers MoD for BAE to run during the More Taranis Test Bnew model at the Airshow are interested in survivability in Airshow. Flights Possible, that offers clues about the com- denied airspace. But stealth will The degree of autonomy the pany’s collaborative work with not be much use if the aircraft is scenario suggests is necessary to Says BAE Dassault on an Anglo-French remotely piloted. enable stealthy UCAV operations The existence of the Anglo- unmanned combat air vehicle “It’s about more than just mak- is perhaps the most deeply con- French program does not (UCAV). Any insight into this ing a low-observable airplane,” troversial area of future combat necessarily mean we’ve seen program – pivotally important Rowe-Willcocks says, “because a air policy. A great deal of work the last of BAE’s Taranis. The for the futures of both nations’ low-observable airplane isn’t low- on the still-largely classified system has completed the air forces and aerospace indus- observable if you have to talk to it Taranis program seems to have three sets of flight trials origi- tries – is welcome. But it’s the all the time.” been concerned with this aspect nally contracted for, but BAE things that are going on under- Among the key emerging of the system. hope it may fly again. Rowe- neath those stealthy curves that requirements is a concept of The Anglo-French program Willcocks would not be drawn will really change the way combat operations that sees the future differs from Neuron and Taranis, on whether the company air capabilities are designed and UCAV working in partnership which are feeding in to the joint would fund a fourth phase of delivered. with manned platforms, operat- work, because those are technol- trials independently, though “Everybody wants to see what ing inside denied airspace while ogy demonstrators, while the he says the suggestion “is not the aeroplane’s going to look like,” less stealthy and/or manned goal of the cross-Channel proj- unthinkable.” says Martin Rowe-Willcocks, aircraft stand off at safe dis- ect is to develop what is termed BAE’s future combat air systems tances. A vision for this manned- an “operationally representative “We would like there to be (FCAS) business development unmanned teaming is explored demonstrator.” The difference is [a fourth phase]” he says. director. “But quite frankly, until in a demonstration scenario BAE about more than semantics. “The question is, what is it to you’ve frozen the requirement, is running during the show. “A technology demonstration achieve? There’s still an ap- you don’t know.” The four-screen demo, which can prove what technology can petite in the business to carry Emerging concepts of opera- includes elements taken from do; to turn it into an operational on flying. There are things tion are of much more impor- current mission-planning tech- demonstrator, you have to decide we’ll want to do together tance to BAE’s FCAS team at nologies used on the Typhoon, how much of that technology Warton than the shape of what- features a scenario where two you’re prepared to use,” Rowe- within the Anglo-French ever aircraft evolves from the manned fighters send a stealthy Willcocks says. “Could systems construct, and things we’ll program. The tailless “mini B-2” unmanned UCAV into defended be fully autonomous? Yes, of want to carry on doing in the planform of Dassault’s Neuron, airspace to locate, identify and course they could. Is that within national programs that were BAE’s Taranis and Northrop- prosecute a target. Once inside the bounds of international law? there before.” Grumman’s X-47B shows denied airspace the UCAV No, it’s not. Nor is it within the The aircraft is being main- The Taranis airframe tained in a flight-ready condi- during radar cross-section tion at Warton. This involves testing at Warton in 2012. occasionally running the engine and the mechanical systems. There is no indica- tion from BAE that this activ- ity has a scheduled end date.

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he US$80 million investment in the over the next 10 years. The to form the UAS Cluster TGlobal Services & Support (GS&S) facility, QJP program is available to Initiative, which is expected the third structure in Boeing’s existing cam- any company expanding or to help accelerate growth of pus, is likely to have a positive cascading effect moving to Oklahoma that the UAS industry. on aerospace in Oklahoma, similar to what meets the required criteria The National Science Boeing’s 787 airliner manufacturing center in in number of jobs provided Foundation recently pro- North Charleston is having on South Carolina. and investment. vided a US$6 million grant to “Not only will this facility grow Boeing’s Providing a pro-business CLOUD MAP (Collaboration presence in the state, it is highly likely that environment with tax credits Leading Operational UAS Boeing suppliers will want to move closer to is a key element of the gover- Development for Meteorology supply this facility,” Oklahoma Governor Mary nor’s strategy in bringing or and Atmospheric Physics) Fallin told ShowNews before Farnborough. enhancing the aviation/aero- to conduct UAS research in “This means higher sales for local suppliers space business in the state. Oklahoma and other states. and small businesses and high-paying jobs Oklahoma claims to be the Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin Oklahoma State University for Oklahomans, as well as attracting talent only state in the nation that leads the research that to the state.” offers an engineering tax credit for engineers includes the University of Oklahoma, the The headquarters for GS&S’ Aircraft coming to work in the aerospace industry. University of Kentucky and the University Modernization and Sustainment (AM&S) “My strategy is to offer the best set of of Nebraska. division is moving to Oklahoma City. This incentives coupled with our low cost of liv- Ten Oklahoma institutions of higher learn- decision transfers 12 senior management ing and low utility rates to bring new jobs to ing offer aviation/aerospace-related degrees. positions to Oklahoma City. Leanne Caret Oklahoma,” Fallin said. The University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma is president of GS&S. This division provides Asked if other aerospace companies have State between them offer 11 degree programs support and modernization services for U.S. indicated an interest in moving to Oklahoma, that include aerospace engineering, aviation and coalition lift, executive transport, airborne Fallin said: “My team is working with several management, UAS and others. Oklahoma refueling, airborne command and control, and major companies, both domestic and abroad, State is the only university offering a doctoral global strike capabilities. that are looking at Oklahoma. Several have degree in UAS aircraft design. Aerospace is the second-largest industry cited Boeing’s recent movement of various Tinker Air Force Base, which houses the in Oklahoma, with over 120,000 employees parts of their organization to Oklahoma.” Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, is a working for more than 500 companies and an The unmanned aerial system (UAS) indus- big employer for the state. In 2015, Tinker economic impact of US$12 billion. Aerospace try is one segment likely to increase its foot- announced the acquisition of 158 acres of comprises 7.4% of the state’s economy, with print in the state, said Fallin. Oklahoma is a land to be used for a depot maintenance jobs paying well above the state average. pioneer in UAS research and development. facility for the Air Force’s KC-46A refueling Fallin said Boeing chose Oklahoma because Oklahoma State University has provided UAS aircraft. Tinker also could house some of the of its low costs of land, highly skilled workforce instruction since the late 1990s. The state is KC-46 tankers, “which could add billions of and the fact that “we are a right-to-work state involved in weather research, releasing spe- dollars in additional funding for the state,” with great job incentives, such as the aerospace cially equipped UASs into storms to improve Fallin said. engineering credit,” she said. weather prediction capabilities. Fallin plans on attending Farnborough, but Asked what Boeing gets in turn, Fallin said Earlier this year, Oklahoma and south declined to say whether the state would make the OEM has utilized Oklahoma’s Quality Jobs Kansas were awarded a US$500,000 grant any major announcements here. Program (QJP), which will pay US$93 million by the U.S. Small Business Administration —Robert W. Moorman

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he program, which will create a greater power demands of future fighters for T45,000-lb.-thrust class engine for sixth- new sensors and directed energy weapons, generation Air Force and U.S. Navy fighters the AETP candidates will also be required to as well as, potentially, a re-engining option demonstrate significantly improved thermal for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike management. Fighter, is particularly significant because it For GE (OE P2), which was effectively frozen marks the transition of adaptive engine tech- out of the current generation of U.S. combat nology from research to operational devel- AETP will test full engine versions of concepts, engine programs following the end of the opment. AETP is scheduled to run through such as this GE adaptive engine, developed in the F136 alternate engine effort for the F-35 and 2021 with several tests of full engines and current AETD program. the loss to Pratt on the B-21 bomber, AETP follows the Adaptive Engine Technology represents a golden opportunity to re-enter Development (AETD) program that is help- the future fighter engine market. The com- ing prove the basic viability of the adaptive pany completed its AETD preliminary design cycle. review in March 2015 following successful Meanwhile, AETD is set to wrap up testing in 2014 of the Advent engine, which between now and early 2017 with a series of GE describes as “the industry’s first and demonstrations by GE and Pratt, and itself only adaptive-cycle, three-stream engine.” builds on Advent (Adaptive Versatile Engine Pratt & Whitney’s adaptive engine will include a GE adds that its design has the capability to Technology), the Air Force’s pioneering three-stream fan design due to be tested soon extend operating range by more than 30% by on an F135. research effort conducted from around 2007 trading thrust for endurance. onward into variable cycle architectures, Pratt (OE) aims to build on its growing com- three-stream flowpaths and adaptive fans. heat sink for aircraft systems. bat engine experience with the F119 and The third stream provides an extra source of Although specific details of the configu- F135 powerplants and successfully demon- airflow that, depending on the phase of the ration of the GE and Pratt configurations strated a three-stream fan in a rig in 2013 as mission, is designed to provide either addi- are classified, the Air Force says overall part of AETD. “In early 2017, the company tional mass flow for increased propulsive performance targets for the AETP engines aims to take the next step and demonstrate efficiency and lower fuel burn, or additional include 25% improved fuel efficiency and the three-stream technology in an actual core flow for higher thrust and cooling air. It 10% increased thrust over current state-of- engine environment,” says Pratt. can also be used to cool fuel that provides a the-art combat engines. In expectation of the —Guy Norris

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64 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews Mitsubishi MRJ Moves Ahead The Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ program has Komaki South final-assembly line. But Mitsubishi Aircraft tested the at its designed maximum plans to conduct most MRJ speed and altitude, while preparing to fly the flight testing at Moses Lake, Valid results have been third and fourth prototypes within two months. Washington, where weather is obtained from tests usually better and the skies less with the second flight- he first delivery aircraft’s Nippon Airways in mid-2018. congested than in Nagoya. test aircraft [FTA-2], Tfuselage section has arrived “Valid results have been In preparation for flying the including confirmation at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ obtained from tests with the sec- prototypes to the U.S., flight MRJ final-assembly plant in ond flight-test aircraft [FTA-2], testing has been conducted at of emergency-response Komaki, Japan. The aircraft including confirmation of emer- Mach 0.78, the MRJ’s designed measures crucial to is due to be handed over to All gency-response measures crucial maximum speed, at an altitude safe flying.” to safe flying, such as of 38,000 ft. To make the aircraft —Mitsubishi Aircraft flying with one engine, ready for ferry flights, testing has activation of emer- verified instrument flying and the the air before the end of August. gency power units, and use of the terrain awareness and Then, one more prototype will stall tests,” Mitsubishi warning system, as well as the fly for the program, which aims Aircraft stated. traffic-alert and collision-avoid- at achieving airworthiness certi- FTA-2 and the first ance systems. fication for the 88-seat version Mitsubishi is conducting MRJ flight tests at flight-test aircraft, FTA- The MRJ program is readying of the regional jet, the MRJ90. Nagoya Airfield near the manufacturer’s Komaki 1, are flying from Nagoya the third and fourth flight-test The 76-seat MRJ70 will follow. South final-assembly line. Airfield near Mitsubishi’s aircraft, intending to put them in —Bradley Perrett

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AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | July 11, 2016 65 Apache Pilots Get In-Flight Control of UAVs

With the British government otherwise preoccupied since asset in the battlespace. June 23, it remains to be seen whether the previously expected “In a few short years we’ll be the first air- frame to talk to any system that’s out there on announcement of a contract to buy AH-64E Apaches will be made the battlefield,” he says. “And that includes during the Airshow or not. But whenever the UK does decide to naval, security assets, it includes the Marines, push the button on its attack helicopter fleet upgrade plans, it will it includes anything that’s flying out there in that airspace – [Apache crews] will be able to – pending approval from the U.S. State Department – be acquiring capture that data.” Neither Hager, represent- a platform that has a proven ability to allow pilots to control ing the Army, nor staff from AH-64 OEM unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from on board the helicopter. Boeing, who spoke alongside Hager during a media briefing at the company’s Mesa, he U.S. Army concept, known as they’re not pushed down to the battalions a Arizona, Apache production facility in June, Tmanned-unmanned teaming (MUM- lot,” he says. “The 101st [Airborne Division], would be drawn on the exportability of the T), resulted in a competition for a new data- in the few times they’ve had those assets MUM-TX solution. The uncertainty relates to link for the Apache, which was won by L-3 pushed down to them, did get to complete the levels of control the technology permits. Communications last September. Their several missions.” The U.S. DoD has a protocol, known as the MUM-TX link will enable control from the The way MUM-T has been used so far has Tactical Control System (TCS), that defines E-model Apache cockpit of UASes operating only started to unleash the potential of the five levels of control authority over unmanned in C, L and S bands, adding to the capability concept, Hager says. Citing an example from systems. currently fielded in D and E models to control the 101st Airborne, he describes how the tech- TCS Level One involves indirect receipt and Ku-band UAS via the extant Tactical Common niques and technologies are used at present. retransmission of data, Level Two adds direct Data Link, which at present allows US “The pilots can sit in the fuelling and arming receipt of data, while Level Tree folds in con- Apaches to control only the Textron Shadow area – the FARP – and fly the Gray Eagle 50-60 trol of the UAS payload. Level Four includes V2 and General Atomics’ Gray Eagle UASs. km down range,” he says. “They can look at the full control of the UAS with the exception The capability is being expanded in light objective where they’re going to fly, they can of takeoff and landing, while TCS Level of successful deployment of the concept. see it right inside the cockpit. So when they Five means full control of the UAS through “The manned-unmanned teaming that we take off and they fly en route to that objective all phases of flight, including launch and have in the aircraft is becoming exactly like they can have eyes-on 100% of the time. And recovery. what we envisioned,” says Colonel Jeff Hager, they’ve got the controller who’s operating that “The Echo models, and some of the Delta the U.S. Army’s AH-64 program manager. UAS talking to them, letting them know what’s models, have the capability to pull Level Two The AH-64E has accumulated over 20,000 going on at that point. So when they roll in to a data,” Hager says. “MUM-TX gives us up to hr. of combat operational flying, and while combat operation or a reconnaissance opera- TCS Level Four.” Hager says the percentage of that time that tion they’ve already seen it.” “We’re able to go through and talk up to has involved manned-unmanned teaming is The capability was prioritized by the U.S. Level Two,” adds Mark Ballew, Boeing’s direc- low, that does not reflect a lack of enthusiasm DoD following retirement of the Kiowa tor of attack helicopters global sales and mar- for the capability from crews or commanders. Warrior. Hager describes the AH-64D/E keting. “We’ve been asked [by export custom- “The percentage is low because in a lot of interoperating with Shadow 2 and Gray ers] for more capability than we’ve been able combat operations, the Gray Eagle in particu- Eagle as “an interim solution.” The end state to explain or share.” lar is characterized as a division asset, and is full interoperability with any unmanned Boeing is at Chalet B6. —Angus Batey

66 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews Digital Add-On Opens Up the Night for Fighter Pilot

Elbit Systems announced it performed flight testing of the digital a clip-on device, DEP enables eyepiece (DEP) add-on system that transforms existing helmet- pilots to transition from day to mounted displays (HMD) and night-vision goggles (NVG) into “smart night configuration, improves situational awareness and meets helmets” effective in night flying. the operational needs of military he tests were conducted by aviators. Tthe system’s developer, Elbit This unique add-on solution Systems (Hall 1, A100) in collabora- transforms existing HMDs and tion with several European coun- NVGs into highly advanced, tries currently flying the Joint cutting-edge night-vision smart Helmet-Mounted Cueing System helmets, providing pilots with (JHMCS) on operational fighter daytime cueing and display capa- jets. The tests conducted on a bilities in their night operations. number of F-16 aircraft demon- Its seamless integration requires strated the DEP performance in no changes to aircraft installation night flight, including air/air and or software. air/ground flight modes. The light- DEP was developed in coopera- weight DEP can be integrated tion with Elbit Systems’ subsid- as a night-vision cueing and iary, Elbit Systems of America, display solution with JHMCS, and Rockwell Collins through Elbit’s digital eyepiece transforms existing helmet-mounted displays and night-vision digital JHMCS (D-JHMCS), and their joint venture, RCEVS. goggles into “smart helmets” for night flight. JHMCS-II HMD systems. As —Noam Eshel

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AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | July 11, 2016 67 U.S. Pavilion – Open for Business Ask and ye shall receive – the answer to your aerospace questions. Under the banner “Ask America,” the U.S. Pavilion opens with a ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday, attended by a host of high- ranking officials from the diplomatic, government, industrial and military worlds, all keen to develop links with the UK and Europe.

he guest of honor, symbolizing Tthe importance of this, the largest Farnborough presence except for the UK itself, will be the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker (see page 96). Of the more than 360 U.S. companies The opening of the U.S. Pavilion always draws many top executives, dignitaries and politicians. Seen here: 2015. showing their wares here, more than 220 are grouped within the pavilion’s 13,000 the UK as a promoter of the U.S. aerospace unsung hero of the U.S. economy.” sq. ft. in Hall 2. Representing 31 states – of industry. In Hall 3/E22, the “Hub” forum will feature which 14 have their own “pavilion within a Kallman’s purpose is to maximize the value daily events to highlight the U.S. presence, pavilion” – their number includes 55% small of time spent at the show and to trumpet the welcoming both trade visitors and exhibi- and medium enterprises and 72 firms making U.S.’s global advantages in international tors. Starting with the opening ceremony at debuts at Farnborough International. trade, technical innovation and possession 10:45 a.m. on Monday, and continuing into The whole has been coordinated by Kallman of a capable workforce. Thursday with up to five daily presentations, Worldwide, making its 11th appearance in The supply chain, it is stressed, is “the the venue will see treatment of such varied topics as a book signing by Apollo 15 astro- naut Al Worden and a guide to doing business To the Heavens, via Farnborough with Boeing. Hub themes are, broadly, “Cultivating busi- Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden is returning steep hill bears the name of its illustrious ness relationships,” “Identifying global oppor- to Farnborough on Monday to speak about former neighbor – save that the road-sign tunities” and “Creating the future.” The full and sign copies of his book, Falling to Earth, manufacturer has suffered an unfortunate schedule is available in Hall 2/C72. at the Hub in Hall 3. attack of dyslexia, rendering it as “EPTS Hill.” Among companies represented in the U.S. “Returning” because, half a century ago, What its alumni think of that, we may Pavilion is Essex Industries of Missouri (Hall 2/ Worden learned “the right stuff” as a U.S. discover this week. — PJ C44), which is celebrating its selection as a sup- student of the Empire Test Pilots’ School plier for the Bell V-280, the proposed replace- (ETPS), when it was based in a tin hangar ment for up to 4,000 existing rotorcraft, which (correctly termed a “shed”) and associated will make its first fight next year. offices adjacent to what is now the western At Hall 3/E68 are Tamarack Aerospace and end of the main chalet rows. Aero Specialties, both of . The former is The hangar and its collection of interest- offering Atlas Active Winglets able to deliver ing, often unique, aircraft have long gone, three or four times the fuel savings of com- the school itself to Boscombe Down in parative products; while Aero Specialties, January 1968. More recent graduates from in the ground support, FBO and military History remembered marketplaces, is celebrating its recent receipt its present location include UK astronaut – badly. EmPire Test Tim Peake. School, perhaps? of the president’s “E” Award for excellence Close to the site of the old hangar, the in exporting. —Paul Jackson

68 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews Tourist Class Meets Business Class JetSuiteX advertises an interesting business model from So far, it has received three second-hand the U.S. West Coast. California dreaming comes to Farnborough. Embraer 135s refurbished in Canada with its distinctive interiors. The aircraft here this long way from its home in sunny of JetSuiteX is in the Farnborough static week, N728AE, was built in 2000 and ini- ACalifornia, an Embraer EMB-135LR display, highlighting the recent expansion tially served with American Eagle airlines. of an unusual, scheduled air The newest scheduled JetSuiteX desti- JetSuiteX tail logo transport service – for busi- nation, on a seasonal basis, is Bozeman, identifies an Embraer ness or pleasure. Using air- Montana, which received the inaugural EMB-135 reconfigured for craft normally configured for flight on June 30. If Bozeman sounds less further service. 50 passengers, the company than familiar, its epithet of “Gateway to is, essentially, providing a Yellowstone National Park” should be ade- 30-seat all-business-class ser- quate explanation. vice, bookable online, to the Further blurring the line between airline ticket-buying public. and ticketed charter, JetSuiteX passenger JetSuiteX flies a timetable handling is by the local FBO, rather that the of regular, daily services regular passenger terminal, At Bozeman, for between San Jose, Burbank example, that’s Yellowstone Jet Center. and Concord on the California The “X” is an offshoot of parent company coast, plus routes to Las JetSuite, which operates a members’ char- Vegas, , which include ter brokerage service with a fleet of Embraer extra services on Friday and Phenom 100s, Cessna Citation CJ3s and Sunday. Embraer 135s. —Paul Jackson LOOK UP AND YOU’LL SEE OUR WORK

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AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | July 11, 2016 69 GKN Considers Fokker’s MRO Future Aerostructures and component supplier GKN is mulling the future of the MRO businesses it inherited from its takeover of Fokker Technologies. okker Services was part of its 706 mil- Cummings says a decision on the Flion euro (US$779 million) acquisition future of the MRO businesses could of Fokker Technologies from owners Arle emerge before the end of the year, noting Capital last July. The operation specializes in that the company is always on the look- redelivery of aircraft for lessors, VIP conver- out to grow its capability and its work sions and MRO on a number of aircraft types share on major commercial and military including the large fleets of aircraft built by programs. By purchasing Fokker, the the company when it was an aircraft manu- company opened the door to additional facturer until the 1990s. work on both the Airbus A350 and the At the time of the acquisition, GKN said F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. it wanted to make cost savings equivalent to GKN’s activity on the F-35 is now 3% of sales, and did not rule out selling off valued at around US$2-3 million per GKN Aerospace CEO Kevin Cummings parts of the business. aircraft, and the company is involved And aircraft MRO is not a natural fit to the in Lockheed’s Blueprint for Affordability as it in aerostructures behind Spirit AeroSystems GKN business, although through its takeover looks to push down the price of each aircraft. and No. 3 in electrical systems, behind of Volvo Aero in 2012 it did inherit some “We will remain always in acquisitions; we and Latécoère. GKN is now also a minor engine MRO work. are looking to continue to grow both organi- shareholder in the NH90 military helicopter “[MRO] is not strategically why we acquired cally and acquisitionally,” added Cummings. program with a 5.5% holding in the project, Fokker…it has a totally different customer “Fokker really quickly expanded our global the first time the company has had a share in base to the rest of our business, but there footprint, in China, Turkey and India, and a major aircraft program as opposed to being are some things we think we can bring to more in , which has been a strategic a supplier to it. that business, aligning that with our exist- target of ours. Those all came with that and “At times we will play as a Tier 1 [supplier] ing MRO work,” explained GKN Aerospace were a real plus for us.” and at other times we will be an invested CEO Kevin Cummings, in an interview with As part of the integration, Fokker’s four partner, but we will take that on a case-by- Aviation Week. business divisions – Fokker Aerostructures, case basis, and keep some balance,” said “Long-term, we are learning the business, Fokker Elmo (a specialist in aircraft wiring Cummings. but if we can make some value proposition to and electronics), Fokker and GKN is now producing components for 80 our shareholders, then we will grow it. If we Fokker Services – have been realigned under aircraft, “20 of which are in a growth mode.” think it is a different market and it is deluding a single management structure, dubbed “One Fokker’s Elmo electric wiring division us from what we want to achieve, then we will Fokker.” was also a major strategic pull for GKN. As look at other options.” The takeover makes GKN the No. 2 supplier electrification of aircraft becomes more com- monplace, GKN sees an opportunity for new solutions that could see wiring and electrical GKN Eyes Coatings for Lower Drag systems integrated into aerostructures, reduc- While advances in engines have driven a the UK government and industry, including ing weight and cost. Both companies had been working on this separately but are now large part of the fuel-efficiency increases in the Aerospace Technology Institute and combining that experience to broaden their the latest generation of commercial aircraft, Innovate UK. capability and offer it to the manufacturers. improvements in aerodynamics are expect- First tests were completed in November “We see it as a major plus; we have a real ed to play a key role in the next generation. 2015, with 20 coated surfaces assessed offering and a real strong position; we use it GKN Aerospace is investigating sur- for drag performance. Work continues with very well,” explained Cummings. “As the wir- face coatings that could reduce drag. The detailed assessment of several low-drag ing systems on aircraft become more integral, company has teamed with the UK’s Durham surfaces treated with GKN-developed coat- more complex, we are suited if companies University to develop an ultra-sensitive test ings. This phase is to conclude in mid-2016. want smarter structures…both on the air- method to identify coatings that will reduce GKN (Chalet G1) has manufactured one of frame and on the engines.” drag by 25% in typical cruise conditions and two natural laminar-flow wing sections for Both companies were working on the capa- sustain that performance over the five-year flight-testing in 2017 on an - bility, “but we are now better as a whole than life of an aircraft’s external paint. 300 under Europe’s Clean Sky research working as two separate pieces. We are look- The project is part of the GKN-led re- program. The panel, along with the second ing to integrate Fokker well and ramp up on search program Views (Validation and Inte- laminar-flow wing section produced by the programs,” added Cummings. gration of Manufacturing Enablers for Future Saab, is now being assembled by Aernnova GKN (Chalet G1) expects the full acquisition of Wing Structures), which is funded jointly by in Spain. Fokker will be complete by the end of 2017. —Tony Osborne

70 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews Final Software Load Plagues F-35 Test Jets

The U.S. Air Force is on the verge of declaring its F-35 Joint of 3i was caused in essence by a timing mis- alignment of the software of the plane’s sen- Strike Fighters operational after resolving a software bug that sors and the software of its main computers. caused the jets’ systems to have to be rebooted while in flight. But the issues on 3F are down to the software of the systems themselves, for instance the ut at Edwards Air Force Base, radar, Babione said. BCalifornia, the development test “So think of how the radar actu- (DT) team in charge of testing each new ally does what the radar needs to do increment of software is now seeing the – those are more what I’d call software same shutdown events in the new Block glitches, not stability issues,” Babione 3F software – the final load needed to said. give the F-35 full combat capability. The new glitches occurred after The Air Force F-35As will reach ini- Lockheed added a new feature in tial operational capability (IOC) this the 3F software, Babione explained. year with a less mature version of F-35 Lockheed incorporated a solution software, called Block 3i, which does and released a new version of 3F July The F-35A, seen here at the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford last not include some key combat capa- week, is experiencing new software problems. 1, but Babione said he has not seen bilities. The final 3F software load will the latest test results that will show enable the full-up jets to deploy critical weap- releases of the 3F software “regressed slightly” whether or not the fix worked as planned. ons such as the GBU-12 II laser- compared to the finished 3i load. However, “At the end of the day, what I’m highly con- guided bomb, the GBU-31/32 Joint Direct the team “fully anticipated” this challenge and fident of is it will be everything they want and Attack Munition, the AIM-120 advanced is working to resolve it, he told Aviation Week. the stability will be on par with what we are medium-range air-to-air missile, the AIM-9X The “choking effect” seen in earlier versions seeing on 3i,” Babione said. —Lara Seligman Sidewinder missile and the main gun system. The Joint Program Office (JPO) is aiming to complete 3F DT by June 30, 2017, in time for the operational test (OT) team to begin testing the full-up jets – a key test period that is officially called initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) – that fall. But the team at Edwards is already running low on schedule margin to move to IOT&E on time due to the months spent fixing the issues with the Air Force’s 3i software load. Please join us: Hall: 2 Booth: B2 Any unplanned discoveries on 3F could throw a wrench in the timeline. DT pilots flying the 3F software loads at Edwards have recently experienced system glitches where the jets’ systems shut down and need to be rebooted, both during flight and on the ground, according to Marine Corps Lt. Col. Richard Rusnok, F-35 detachment officer in charge at VMX-1. However, he cau- tioned against reading too much into these “anomalies,” arguing that such events are not Unison is the technology leader in Line Replaceable Units (LRUs). uncommon for fighter jets across the fleet. Our products include ignition, PMGs, sensors, harnesses, tubes, It is normal to see challenges during devel- opmental testing, he stressed. ducts, air-starters, and heat exchangers. Unison serves both “When Microsoft or Apple put out software, original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket customers in the thing you don’t see as a consumer is all the all aerospace segments. frustration that goes on in the background,” Rusnok told Aviation Week. “That’s why we’re doing it, right; otherwise, if everything was perfect all the time, then we’d never have to do flight test and I’d be out of a job.” Empower Inspire Execute Jeff Babione, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 pro- gram manager, acknowledged that the initial

AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | July 11, 2016 71 Ontario: A Magnet for Aerospace

Ontario remains a leader in aerospace growth in North America. International customers represent 80% of revenue for most aerospace firms, in part because of free trade agreements with 15 countries, a highly skilled workforce, strong educational programs and a business-friendly environment. Canada is boosting its MRO capabilities in Fort Erie, Ontario.

erospace is among the most techni- Agency for Southern Ontario announced includes CA$400 million to support Ontario’s “A cally advanced and internationally an investment of CA$4.87 million in Flying plan to promote a “high-growth innovation focused of Ontario’s manufacturing sub- Colours Corp., which specializes in aircraft economy,” according to MEDEI. sectors,” said the Honorable Brad Duguid, retrofits and customized interiors. This repay- The initiative is in addition to various R&D, Ontario minister of economic development, able investment, given through the FedDev education and business support programs employment and infrastructure (MEDEI). Ontario’s Investing in Business Growth and available to aerospace and other companies. “Our companies are taking a leadership role Productivity Initiative, is for the construction The province established its High Skilled in pioneering and disruptive technologies as of a 100,000-sq.-ft. hangar at Peterborough Workforce Expert panel to provide workers the industry looks to become ever more con- Airport. This is the second repayable contri- where needed. MHI Canada Aerospace, a divi- nected, energy efficient and cost competitive.” bution for Flying Colours. Earlier, it received sion of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which At last count, Ontario had over 20,000 CA$900,000 from FedDev Ontario to expand makes airframe parts in Mississauga, is work- skilled workers in aerospace, with another its facilities and acquire new equipment. ing with the Youth Skills Connection Program sponsored by the Ontario government to train structural airframe assemblers. “This is one region where the aerospace industry is defining what they want in employ- ees, and the curriculum is tailored to fit that need,” said Moira Harvey, executive director of the Ontario Aerospace Council. “Not only do the students learn the skill they need, but they are immersed in the company culture.” Duguid was asked if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has outlined new plans that could affect Ontario’s aerospace sector: “Many of the aerospace initiatives started by the previ- ous Canadian government continue to move forward under the new government.” Relatively low corporate taxes and tax Flying Colours specializes in aircraft retrofits and customized interiors at the Peterborough Airport in southern Ontario. incentive programs help prime the aerospace pump in the province. Combined national and sub-national general corporate tax is 17,000 indirect jobs tied to the sector. Fifteen In January 2016, 26.5% in Ontario, versus the G20 average of of the top 25 global aerospace companies have developer Aeryon Labs opened a second facil- 38.2%, Mexico at 30% and the U.S. at 39%. key operations in Ontario, said the minister, ity in Waterloo to handle expected growth. Tax credits in Ontario can generate 40-60% who listed several examples of recent aero- And in Ottawa, Neptec Design Group Ltd. savings for aerospace companies wanting space development in the region. won a contract to design an “advanced space to do research and development, said the In early July 2016, Airbus Helicopters vision system” to monitor the International Ministry. Overall business costs in Ontario Canada in Fort Erie expanded its facility to Space Station’s aging infrastructure and to are lower than in any other G7 nation. enhance its MRO capabilities by 65%. In aid spacecraft docking. Duguid, who will attend Farnborough, June, Héroux Devtek, a major supplier to Bombardier Aerospace is investing in its said the Canadian and Ontario governments Messier-Bergati-Dowty and UTC Aerospace, Toronto-Downsview facility to prepare for would continue to support aerospace trade announced that it was five weeks ahead of the Global 7000 and 8000. The company is missions in global markets. Later this year, schedule in delivering Boeing 777 landing also a founding member of the Downsview Ontario will send delegations to the Japan gear pre-production shipsets. Aerospace Innovation and Research consor- International Aerospace Exhibition and Ontario is a landing gear cluster. Four of tium, which is working to develop an aerospace Airshow China. It also plans to attend MRO the leading landing gear companies produce hub next door to Bombardier. Europe in the Netherlands in October to full or major components in Ontario. Héroux The federal and Ontario governments are attract business to the province. Devtek inaugurated its 108,000-sq.-ft. facility doing their part to feed aerospace growth. The Ontario government and Ontario in Cambridge, Ontario, in February 2015. In its 2016 budget, Ontario announced a Aerospace Council are in Hall 4, Booth E90. In April, the Federal Economic Development Business Growth Initiative (BGHI), which —Robert W. Moorman

72 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews Boeing Unveils Touch Screen Flight Deck for 777X

Flight deck displays of Boeing’s 777X incorporate touch screens, marking the first time this technology has been adopted on fixed displays of a commercial transport aircraft.

oeing says the use of touch landscape format LCDs will Bscreen technology, currently have digital resistive multi- targeted at high-end business touch screen capability which jets and turboprops, reflects the will click on “finger lift.” “Our consensus of its launch airline airlines are anxious for this customer group. “They all want and, just like on the iPhone to go forward to a future where and iPad, this is multi-touch they have touch capability on the so you can size the display,” flight deck,” says 777X VP and says Feldmann. Referencing general manager Bob Feldmann. electronic flight bags, which “We think we are the first air- include installed Class 3 plane to make it like something devices with touch screen fea- Flight deck touch screens on the 777X will be the first-ever for the fixed displays of a they are used to doing in their tures as standard, Feldmann commercial transport aircraft. daily lives.” says, “You have all this capa- All five of the 777X flight bility and on the flight deck our are at the right time in the pro- configuration decision…we are deck’s Rockwell Collins 15.1-in. customers expect more of us. We gram where we have to make a moving out on this.”—Guy Norris

AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | July 11, 2016 73 Experts to UK: Nine P-8s Will Not Be Enough Of all the announcements made in the Conservative government’s utilization as you would out of a commercial aircraft. Best case, Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR) of 2015, none had been in the long term, is perhaps you more widely anticipated and extensively analyzed than the reconstitution could expect to get six out of nine of a British maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) [aircraft serviceable] per day.” This potential shortage will capability. The cancellation of the Nimrod MRA4 program in the 2010 become more acute if the nine SDSR left the island nation without a maritime-patrol aircraft. P-8s assume the Sentinel mis- sion. At least one, and often hile the news that Britain GMTI mission sets Sentinel arrived at primarily as a result of two, Sentinel aircraft have been Wwould be buying a fleet currently performs over land. rising costs. The original require- deployed on operational missions of nine Boeing P-8A Poseidons However, it is far from clear ment, which was cut to 12 in for almost the entire period since plugged a considerable hole whether AAS would be available 2004 and then nine in 2008, was the platform came in to service in the nation’s defenses, the for export – and even if it were, for 18 aircraft. in 2007. As well as potentially announcement raised a number this raises a more fundamental “Straight away that tells you having to cover two different of questions about the precise question around UK P-8 strat- that, probably, the figure of nine roles with a fleet that may be too future role MoD has in mind egy: Is nine aircraft going to be P-8s is budgetary-driven rather small to properly carry out the for its P-8s, with other decisions enough? than purely mission-driven,” ASW mission, there is a risk of taken indicating that it may be Among those who think not says Simon Henley, who retired skill fade if ASW crews have to being positioned as a multi-mis- is Commander Andy Miller, from the Royal Navy at the rank split their time doing overland sion aircraft (MMA). the officer in charge of the U.S. of Rear Admiral and whose operations. The 2015 SDSR extended Navy’s P-8A Fleet Integration last job was as head of program “If you’re now starting to dilute the service life of the RAF’s Team. Miller’s job involves work- management for MoD’s Defense that [ASW] capability, that has to Raytheon Sentinel R1 SAR/ ing with the overseas customers Equipment and Support organi- be a concern,” Henley says. “With GMTI (synthetic aperture radar/ for the P-8 and helping refine zation. “Either the mission’s gone modern mission systems, maybe ground moving target indicator) their requirements. Speaking to down in size – which it clearly you can maintain the real cut- fleet to an unspecified date in ShowNews during a June visit to hasn’t – or we haven’t bought ting-edge ASW even if you add in the early to mid-2020s – coinci- NAS Jacksonville, Florida – home enough.” the overland and MMA stuff. But dentally, around the same time of the U.S. Navy’s P-8 fleet –Miller Henley is not convinced by it would be a worry for me. For the UK’s P-8s should declare an pointed to Australia’s experience suggestions that the P-8 might years, we were the world’s leading initial operating capability. This as indicative. prove more serviceable than the ASW nation, and we’ve got to get implies MoD may have an aspi- “When people get the aircraft MRA4, and thus be capable of back up to that top league of ASW ration to add the Sentinel’s over- out there and see the capabil- generating the same output with because it’s something that can land mission set to its P-8s, pos- ity, they want more of it,” he a smaller fleet. be used against us, and it’s real sibly by integrating the Advanced said. “The Australians came “The P-8 is a very modern air- and it’s out there.”—Angus Batey Airborne Sensor (AAS) radar pod back for more. I would think, if craft, but the MRA4 had newer – also made by Raytheon - which you wanted to regenerate that engines, and the P-8 mission sys- is currently being tested on U.S. [Nimrod MRA4] capability, the tem is effectively what we paid to Navy P-8s. number will be a little higher.” have developed for the MRA4,” AAS is a heavily classified pro- There were only nine MRA4s he says. “The salt-laden environ- gram but is understood to offer in the program when it was can- ment and the demanding ASW capabilities including the SAR/ celed, but that number had been role mean you won’t get the same

P-8A serial number 168754, which first flew in November 2013, photographed at NAS Jacksonville in June 2016.

74 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews Successful Tests for Indo-Israeli Air Defense

he Indian Air Force, India’s Defense Indian and Israeli navies. Barak 8 is capable of the Barak 8 interceptor developed by Rafael TResearch and Development Organization intercepting various aerial and air-breathing uses a data link to update the weapons (DRDO) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) threats such as aircraft, cruise missiles, sea- throughout the engagement, enabling a have recently tested the latest medium-range skimming missiles and various guided weap- higher level of flexibility and area coverage. surface-to-air missile (MRSAM), a member of ons. Unlike previous-generation interceptors, —Noam Eshel the Barak 8 air defense weapon system. The test comprised two successful intercepts of targets representing realistic air and cruise missile threats and were conducted sequen- tially from the Indian Chandipur test range in Balasore off the Odisha coast. The missiles were launched vertically from the container-roster. Once the targets entered the defended zone, the systems’ radar detected the threat, computed an intercept plan and launched the missile. Once cleared off the ver- tical launcher, the missile maneuvered toward the target following the planned intercept path. The interceptor’s radar acquired the target and navigated the weapon to the kill. Two targets were used, and two interceptors were fired through the test, which validated all the systems’ elements, to the satisfaction of the customer in the Indian test range. MRSAM is an and missile defense system, with land and naval configu- rations, providing ultimate protection against a variety of aerial platforms. The land-based system shares many common elements with the naval LRSAM system. The main differ- ence is the use of a single face of the marine Elta Systems MF-STAR radar on a rotating pedestal, providing 360-deg. coverage. The large coverage of the MRSAM radar, the interceptor’s long range and their network- centric attributes provide Barak-8/MRSAM with effective active area defense capabilities. The MRSAM is a derivative of the Barak 8 air defense system covering 70 km that has already been deployed on vessels of the

India’s MRSAM is a derivative of the Barak 8.

AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | July 11, 2016 75 Belgium, and the company plans Saab’s Gripen E Emerges to try again in Switzerland after voters turned down the aircraft Gripen E rollout marks a critical milestone for the Swedish-Brazilian fighter in a 2014 referendum. Ahlqvist program, but Saab now sees the Gripen family selling on two fronts. said Saab was also “monitoring the situation” in Canada. The Swedish Air Force could The first Gripen E prototype was rolled out on even keep around 30 C/Ds May 18. The aircraft is expected to fly this year. after 2026, when it receives its last Gripen E, in order to lease them out to other countries. Discussions to lease Gripen C/ Ds to Brazil have ended due to a lack of funding in Brazil. The country’s Gripen E order remains unaffected however. Meanwhile, 39-8 is virtually ready for ground-testing and should take to the air before year’s end. It is the first of three prototypes that are already in assembly, along with a hand- ful of serial production aircraft. First deliveries to the Swedish Air Force are expected in 2019, and will run until 2026. The Swedish government is considering fund- ing an additional 10 aircraft, which would increase the fleet to 70. At first glance the Gripen E anfare has greeted the lat- Large, well-off countries that can and the company is also monitor- looks like just another Gripen, Fest version of Saab’s Gripen afford high-performance combat ing Africa as a potential hotbed but it is clearly a stockier, heavier fighter, but the older model of aircraft but are not cleared to pur- of new customers. African media machine. Wider air intakes feed the aircraft may still hold the chase the JSF can comfortably reports that Botswana was about the General Electric F414G- key to some significant export justify the higher upfront cost of to sign up eight Gripens have 39E turbofan engine. Broader opportunities. the Gripen E/F. been downplayed by company wing roots betray the type’s abil- As the curtain was raised on Potential customers include officials. ity to carry 40% more fuel. Two the first Gripen E prototype, India, which Saab and the Saab says that the Gripen E additional belly-mounted pylons 39-8, on May 18, Saab and Swedish government are court- will inevitably be more expensive expand its weapon load, while Swedish air force officials also ing over the idea of Gripen pro- than the C/D in terms of procure- faceted wingtip pods are home to used the opportunity to high- duction, to fulfill Indian desires ment, but operational costs will an enhanced electronic warfare light entry to front-line service to recapitalize front-line combat be similar to the older model. capability. Forward of the cock- of the MS20 upgrade that finally units, using a similar production The company would like to pit is a housing for an infrared delivers integration of MBDA’s model to that adopted in Brazil. keep Gripen C/D production search and track, while buried in Meteor beyond-visual range air- The same production and offset going well into the 2020s, and the canard roots are what appear to-air missile. model could potentially be trans- says it can respond to customer to be missile warning sensors. The Gripen C/D is now the planted into Indonesia and also demands for those models in Under the skin, Saab has first aircraft to carry the ramjet- Finland, if selected. just 18 months, thanks in part adopted a federated architecture powered weapon operationally – Meanwhile, third-tier smaller to rapid availability of long-lead that separates critical flight con- years ahead of the Typhoon and nations looking for a replacement items, or by converting older trol systems from the tactical sys- Rafale – and an interim operat- for former Soviet types such as model A/Bs to C/D standard. tems. The company claims this ing capability with the weapon is the MiG-21 and MiG-29, or the “Several customers want to see will make the Gripen E’s avionics expected in the coming months. Northrop F-5, for missions such that aircraft being alive for years and mission systems more eas- Saab now sees the Gripen fam- as air defense or air policing, to come,” said Saab’s head of ily and quickly upgradable. Just ily selling on two fronts. If first- would continue to be key mar- Gripen, Jerker Ahlqvist. 10% of the aircraft’s system code tier nations are those purchas- kets for the lower-cost Gripen Saab hopes to sell 400-450 will be devoted to flight critical ing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter C/D. Slovakia could be next to Gripens of both versions in the systems; the remaining 90% will (JSF), then Saab is targeting sign on the dotted line, with a coming years. Other key cam- be mission system-related. so-called second-tier customers. potential lease of eight aircraft, paigns for the program are in —Tony Osborne

76 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews Organised by: Offical Media Partner: Supporting Publications: Endorsed by: Held in: Norsk Plans Printed Parts in Plattsburgh The state of New York, in partnership with SUNY Polytechnic University, has released an additional US$4 million in planning funds for Norsk Titanium to build the world’s first factory to make aerospace parts with its patented RPD/rapid plasma deposition process. The new facility, in Plattsburgh, New York, will be operational by the end of 2017.

he funding will finance an is expected to bring the total Tinitial lot of 20 of the com- program commitment to pany’s Merke IV RPD machines, US$1 billion over the initial establishing a baseline produc- 10-year period of operations. tion level of 400 metric tons per A US$125 million New York year of aerospace-grade, struc- investment in the Plattsburgh tural titanium components. The factory was approved in the Norsk Titanium will equip its first industrial scale aerospace program envisions a capacity 2016-17 state budget. additive manufacturing plant with Merke IV machines. ramp-up to a total of 40 machines “We are proud to be a part capable of producing up to 800 of the unwavering vision and County Chamber of Commerce cool argon environment. It makes metric tons per year, which will be leadership of [New York state] in Plattsburgh to support and pro- it possible to replace legacy forged consumed by increasing demand Governor Cuomo and are mov- mote the successful launch and parts, which take months and from the aerospace industry ing forward in support of his growth of Norsk’s industrial-scale even years to develop and pro- Under the terms of the deal, efforts to revitalize upstate New factory including workforce train- duce, with precision, additive- Norsk Titanium AS will pro- York with jobs, technology and ing, economic development and manufactured components. vide additional investment into community pride,” said Norsk STEM outreach including spe- The company reports that it has the Plattsburgh operation that Titanium chairman of the board cific educational programs for signed numerous contracts with John Andersen Jr. “Our research- SUNY Plattsburgh, local commu- aerospace manufacturers and ers have spent 10 years pioneer- nity colleges and other schools in Tier 1 suppliers interested in First Show for ing the Rapid Plasma Deposition the region. leveraging RPD to cut costs and process that is now ready to cut Norsk Titanium AS, whose lead times from airframe and New Process millions of dollars in cost from headquarters is in Hønefoss, engine programs. “RPD compo- “This is our first trade show the world’s premier commercial Norway, is exhibiting a full-scale nents have equivalent strength to and excitement has been and military aircraft, and with the mockup of the Merke IV RPD forgings but are delivered inex- foresight displayed in other sec- machine here (Hall 4, Booth A114). pensively and efficiently,” the building,” says Chip Yates, tors, the state of New York is the The RPD process involves feed- firm says, “with unprecedented Norsk Titanium AS’s VP of ideal place to launch this manu- ing titanium wire into a set of part cost and design-to-market marketing “We have a full- facturing revolution.” plasma torches protected by a speeds.” —Mike Jerram scale mockup of our Merke “Today marks the beginning IV machine that has video of a new era in the way aircraft, monitors showing the conver- marine vessels, automobiles, sion of titanium wire into spacecraft and many industrial structural aerospace-grade products are designed and built,” titanium parts for the world’s added Norsk president and CEO top aircraft manufacturers. Warren M. Boley Jr. “Not only are Visitors will also get to walk we creating jobs, huge economic through the Norse Mu- impact and great visibility for seum Experience, which has the wider Plattsburgh commu- samples including four areas nity, we are also making history where you can pick up the by kicking off a new phase of on- parts (a “Petting Zoo”). This demand, near-net-shape manu- is the first time the public can facturing that sets a new bench- see how our process works mark of efficiency and customer Artist’s impression of the responsiveness.” and handle the parts that new Norsk Titanium facility result from it!” Norsk Titanium AS is also at Plattsburgh, New York partnering with the North

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If the Typhoon that BAE Systems test pilot Nat we’ll do the OPEVAL of P3E, and “Later in the year we’ll do the Makepeace is flying at the Airshow this week that will be rolled out to the fleet stores release and jettison trials,” the following year.” he continues. “That’s from the seems a little different than before, there’s good The drumbeat is provided by aircraft and aerodynamic side of reason. The aircraft’s weapons fit represents the the RAF’s Project Centurion ini- things. From the avionics side, latest evolution of the Eurofighter capability set. tiative, which is designed to trans- we have informal software being fer the Tornado’s attack capabili- tested on the rigs at the moment e’re releasing the in service with the Royal Air ties to the Typhoon before the ready for starting formal testing “Wfull potential of the Force, and gives the platform a Tornado goes out of RAF service later this month. That will lead Typhoon now,” says BAE’s true multirole capability for the in 2019. us up to being able to get a clear- Combat Air business’s head of first time by integrating the air- Meteor integration work is “pro- ance to start avionics-integration capability development pro- to-ground Raytheon Paveway IV. gressing well” through flight test, flying, and doing some firings of grams Andy Flynn. “It’s an excit- Also part of P3E is full integra- according to Flynn, who puts the the Brimstones in the first quar- ing time for the aircraft.” tion of MBDA’s Storm Shadow program at stage six of an eight- ter of next year.” The fit Makepeace is flying rep- air-launched cruise missile, an stage process. “All the design’s The work involves more resents a close-air support (CAS) initial capability that is part of complete,” he says. “There may than just adding the missiles, configuration of the Phase Three P2E. A P3E Typhoon configured be some tweaks as we go through launchers and associated soft- Enhancements (P3E) package for for deep-penetration attack mis- the flight-test campaign, but it’s a ware: Brimstone software has the platform, which adds MBDA’s sions rather than CAS would carry very mature product now.” to interface with other onboard Brimstone low-collateral moving- a Storm Shadow instead of each The integration of Storm systems. target air-to-ground weapon to three-pack Brimstone launcher. Shadow is also on track, while “Because the cockpit is very the P2E jet. P2E in turn adds the It might appear premature to Brimstone work will begin in 2017. integrated, we do need to get Meteor beyond-visual-range air- be showcasing the next-but-one “There are two key phases” to down into the weeds of some of to-air missile (also from MBDA) capability uplift, but the phased Brimstone integration, says Paul the functionality that’s already to the P1E fit, which is currently enhancements program is pro- Ascroft, BAE’s technical man- there,” says Ascroft. “That’s so ceeding apace. “We’ll do a trial ager for the P1E, P2E and P3E your navigation systems know installation later on this year of programs. “The first is checking where you’re going to be deploy- P2E [on an RAF Typhoon] at the aero side of things – from the ing your weapons. There will be Coningsby,” says Flynn, “then we effect of the aircraft on the weapon bits that are quite standalone go to operational evaluation in and the weapon on the aircraft. with Brimstone, but it will have the first quarter of next year, and Until the end of the year we’ll be arms going in, as it were, to the that gets rolled out to the fleet by flying that from Warton on [instru- rest of the software.” BAE test pilot BAE Nat Makepeace the end of 2017. Then in 2018 mented production aircraft] IPA6. —Angus Batey

The CAS configuration of P3E Typhoon features three Brimstones, two Meteors and a Paveway IV under each wing, with a designator pod under the centerline.

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The heat specifically impacted the integrity of the feed tube’s cannot,” says David Joyce, president and CEO Teflon C-seal after a series of engine “hot shutdowns.” of GE Aviation, which last year derived 61% of its US$25 bil- First Prototype Bell 525 in Fatal Crash lion in revenues from The first prototype of Bell’s Model 525 fly-by-wire super-medium helicopter has crashed in Texas, killing both crew. The distinctive orange-painted Flight Test Vehicle 1 (FTV1) exports. crashed in woodland in Chambers Creek, Ellis County, Texas, during a test flight from the “We have to have company’s Xworx facility in Arlington shortly before midday on July 6. Local media reports a business that can said that while much of the wreckage was localized around the crash site, other compo- compete globally, nents had been scattered across a wide area. Initial reports that the helicopter may have hit and hopefully bring David Joyce power lines have been denied as no power outages have been recorded in the region. Bell jobs to the U.S.,” says Helicopter confirmed the accident occurred during developmental flight test operations. Joyce. But the Senate’s inability to appoint a quorum of Ex-Im Bank directors has forced GE to underscore its lobbying in DC with action Embraer E2 Affected by GTF Start Issues in the real world. At issue is the refusal of Embraer’s E190-E2, which is powered by the Pratt & Sen. Richard Shelby (R, Ala.), the chairman Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) family of engines, is of the Senate Banking Committee, to allow experiencing some of the startup issues seen on the new nominations, leaving the bank unable to Airbus A320neo. “Our [PW1900G] engine does have approve any deal of more than US$10 million. some of issues that have been manifested on other Last September, General Electric applications, but by the time we enter service they announced it would build a new manufactur- will all have been corrected,” Embraer Commercial ing plant for compression engines in Canada Aviation COO Luis Carlos Affonso said. He added to access that country’s export credits, that the comparably smaller size of the E2 engine means the problems have been felt on a “smaller scale.” The A320neo’s PW1100G-JM engine has had to idle for 3 min. moving 350 jobs from a similar operation in following startup, but the total start time on the E2 is only 60 sec. Waukesha, Wisconsin. And GE Aviation announced it would invest US$400 million in a European Center of Excel- Swiss Avro RJ100 Involved in UAV Near-Miss lence for turboprop engines that could tap Swiss investigators have released a preliminary report into a “serious incident” on June export finance guarantees from several Euro- 19, involving a near-miss between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a Swiss Avro pean nations. The center will ultimately create RJ100 on approach to London City Airport. The Avro RJ100 was operating a scheduled 500 to 1,000 jobs. service between Zurich and London City with 87 passengers on board. In its brief report, GE says the center was established amid the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSB) said the aircraft was perform- continuing uncertainty over the Ex-Im Bank ing an IFR approach to London City’s Runway 27 at an altitude of 3,000 ft. when the and the need to support US$11 billion in sales incident occurred at 1326 UTC. The aircraft landed safely, with no injuries or damage. opportunities in General Electric’s pipeline that require credit financing. F-35 Engine Cost Down as Pratt Wins Contract GE has yet to confirm where the center will The price of Pratt & Whitney’s F135 continued to be located in Europe, but initial systems engi- fall in the Pentagon’s latest contract award for the neering work will be undertaken in GE’s Avio 10th batch of engines that power the F-35 Joint facilities in Turin, Italy. The company has also Strike Fighter. Pratt snagged a US$1.5 billion deal named its Prague operation as the develop- for the F135 propulsion systems, bringing the total ment center for a new 1,300- to 2,000-shp low-rate initial production (LRIP) lot 10 contract advanced turboprop. value to US$1.95 billion overall. Unit prices for the GE Aviation will continue to expand its F135 fell again compared to the last low-rate initial operations into countries where critical export production (LRIP) contract across all three variants, according to a July 7 statement from credit agency financing is available for its the F-35 Joint Program Office. Deliveries of the ninth batch of engines will begin this year, global customers, says Joyce.—John Morris while deliveries of the 10th lot will start as soon as 2017.

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Embraer currently has more than and so are many of his quotes. But one that 20 orders and options for Phenom 100E sticks with Ebanga is Ali’s answer when asked flight trainers. The aircraft was recently selected for multiengine pilot training for the the secret recipe for his success. Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and . Affinity Flight Training Services will “I was in the flow,” Ali replied. provide five Phenom 100Es for the UK Ministry of Defence’s Military Flying Training And that’s how System program. Embraer is at OE6. Ebanga feels right now, as CFM Interna- Britain Proceeds With Trident Renewal Vote tional’s LEAP engine British Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Saturday that Parliament would is about to enter vote on renewal of the UK’s Trident nuclear deterrent on July 18. The Conservative Party airline service after will still then be deciding on a replacement for Cameron, who resigned in June following eight years of hard his failed campaign to win a referendum he had called on membership in the European work. Union. The opposition Labour party was due to debate Trident at its conference in Sep- “Ali’s model was Jean-Paul Ebanga tember and currently has no agreed position on renewal. It is also conducting a leadership to put in years of election, the party’s second within a year. training. He was very demanding about what he wanted to achieve. He said, ‘You reach a point where all the pieces fit together and you Modernized Buk-M3 SAM Passes Final Tests achieve great performance,’” notes Ebanga. The Russian armed forces will receive the first bri- “We’re like that right now. We’re in the flow. gade of the new Buk-M3 medium-range surface-to- “There’s nothing magic about it. LEAP has air missile system this year, reported Yan Novikov, been flying every day like it’s in revenue ser- CEO of Almaz Antey, the system’s manufacturer. vice since its first test flight in May 2015 in The company successfully conducted test firings of Toulouse. It’s a brand-new engine, and it’s run- production missiles in June at the Kapustin Yar test ning like clockwork. All the pieces are flowing range in southern Russia. The trials involved the together for CFMI, with outstanding results.” radar station and the launcher that fired the missile against the ballistic target. These trials pave the way for the start of Buk-M3 deliveries to Years of hard work on new technologies the military, which were expected to take place in 2015. such as 3-D additive manufacturing (fuel noz- zles), RTM (resin transfer molding) composite fan blades, and ceramic matrix composites in Raytheon, Aerojet Sign Sourcing Agreement static hot section areas have paid off. Under the terms of a new four-year agreement, Aerojet Rocketdyne will become Raytheon’s GE Aviation and Safran (Snecma), whose primary long-term supplier for existing propulsion systems and explosives. The two com- joint venture builds the LEAP, started working panies say the deal answers the Pentagon’s call to increase collaboration and reduce costs on these technologies more than 20 years by as much as US$100 million. Aerojet has substantial business with Raytheon, whose ago, based on experience that went back a SM-3 Block 1B missile defense system is powered by Aerojet’s MK 72 booster and MK 104 further two decades. “They had no idea of the rocket motor. Aerojet’s throttling divert and attitude control system maneuvers the SM-3’s big picture,” says Ebanga, but by working away warhead to a target and is also used on the Block 1B missile. Raytheon is at Chalet C9 and OE9. on the parts level, then the module level and finally the engine level, the engine emerged. Diamond Flies DART-450 Turboprop Trainer “All the pieces came together in a remarkable Austria’s Diamond Aircraft flew the prototype DART- way,” he notes. “There were no hiccups in the 450 (Diamond Aircraft Reconnaissance Trainer) on development program. We were building on May 17. The all-carbon-fiber aircraft is powered by what’s been done before. a 500-shp Ivchenko-Progress/Motor Sich AI-450S “Now we’re closing one of the most exact- turboprop driving a five-blade MT propeller. The ing and demanding periods in CFMI’s history tandem two-seater, which is designed for both mili- as we close the development chapter. We’ve tary and civilian training, has sidestick controls and been training hard for years on supply chain pneumatic ejection seats. The airframe is stressed to +7/-5g. During its 60-min. maiden flight and customer support to ensure a great per- the DART-450 covered speeds between 60 and 200 KIAS. Predicted maximum speed is 250 formance,” says Ebanga. KTAS. Diamond Aircraft CEO Christian Dries commented, “They were so excited about the “We’re in the flow.” —John Morris first results that certification and serial production is green-lighted.” OE18.

84 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews THE DESTINATION FOR AEROSPACE Volga-Dnepr Demos Disaster Relief Concept

here is a subset of the two European partner nations. “When something happens, it very quickly,” says Sokolov. TAirshow demographic – The users pay a fixed fee for there’s such a commotion that “It’s a proof-of-concept: We’ll see British, of a certain age, invari- the round-the-clock availability everyone is trying to jump in. how much interest it will gener- ably male – who will find a of aircraft and crews. The pro- Humanitarian organizations ate, both for our services and for new concept being touted by gram has been running for over have their stakeholders to report Marshall’s equipment.” the Volga-Dnepr Group to be a decade and has performed in to, and they’re trying to poten- The partnership with Marshall oddly yet excitingly familiar. excess of 3,600 flights. tially outbid one another in what goes deeper than one demon- An aircraft capable of carry- The construct has formed the they can do to address a partic- stration. The Cambridge-based ing a wide range of large and germ of an idea Volga-Dnepr ular issue. However wild it may company has been working on heavy items, standing ready to is discussing with the United sound, it can sometimes be a the 747-8Fs operated by Volga- fly off to the scene of a natural Nations and various aid agen- matter of competition between Dnepr’s newly established disaster or other catastrophe… cies, to offer a similar solution them. What we’ve been trying to Stansted-based sister carrier, To those of us who spent an to non-government entities in put forward is some more coordi- Cargo Logic Air, and talks are unfeasible amount of our child- response to disasters and emer- nation to this process.” ongoing about Marshall per- hoods wishing we lived on Tracy gencies where international aid At Farnborough this week, haps modernizing some of the Island, it appears as though our and intervention are required. Volga-Dnepr will be showing Russian-built aircraft. The Thunderbirds dreams may be The company has been involved three load/unload scenarios – one Ilyushins are compliant with coming true. in humanitarian aid missions involves the Bloodhound, the all the regulations necessary to Some recalibration will, of for over 25 years, the capabili- British land-speed-record vehi- permit flights to any location – course, be necessary. Propulsion ties and capacities of a fleet that cle; another is a GE90 engine. Sokolov points out that one of solutions involve production jet includes Boeing 747s and 737s The third, which will be demon- the company’s aircraft made its engines, not novel rocket sys- and bespoke-configuration strated on Wednesday, sees the first landing in Antarctica last tems. Instead of being based Ilyushin 76TD-90s alongside company demonstrating how year – but this is not true of the inside an elaborately engineered An124s combining with price elements of a deployable modu- Antonovs. mountain on a tropical island and efficient management to lar hospital made by Marshall “We have to make sure our air- paradise, this real-life version of see them involved in more or less Aerospace & Defense can be craft remain compliant and stay International Rescue may well every international aid interven- loaded onto the aircraft within ahead of the regulations, so we operate from Stansted Airport in tion of the past quarter century. minutes. Suddenly, thinking of don’t have markets closing for us Essex. There is, as yet, no part The barrier to bringing a Salis- an An124 as the 21st century’s as the aircraft get older,” Sokolov of the plan that involves a yel- like model to the disaster-relief Thunderbird 2 does not seem says. “Putting modern, western low submarine. But in the most arena is not related to cost or unreasonable. equipment on these aircraft is important way, the Volga-Dnepr capability but is organizational “There’s a lot of synergy in the probably something that hasn’t idea will be better: It could actu- and strategic. combination of this hospital – been done before, but we have ally happen. “This domain is quite frag- able to be deployed very quickly – to think forward and innovate.” “This concept is already real- mented,” Sokolov explains. with the aircraft that can deliver —Angus Batey ity in a project we have for NATO,” says Georgy Sokolov, John Gooding of AMSS uses Volga-Dnepr’s Stansted- an Atlas 5 K Loader to lift based regional sales manager. the Bloodhound land-speed “The Salis [Strategic Air Lift vehicle onto CargoLogic’s Boeing 787-8F. Interim Solution] project has planes sitting on the ground, ready to be mobilized at any moment. The perfect exam- ples of quick reaction came during the conflict in Mali or addressing the Ebola virus in west Africa. That’s where it happened in reality, not nec- essarily as a matter of science fiction.” The Salis program sees two Antonov An124s based in Germany on permanent readiness to respond to emer- gency requirements from 12 NATO member states and September 27-29, 2016 Singapore Expo Convention & Exhibition Centre Singapore

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The Red Arrows flew in formation at the Royal International Air Tattoo with an F-35A and two RAF Typhoons.

F-35s take center stage at the Royal International Air Tattoo. “And anyway, we have a big event in the U.S coming up in November: Who knows what wo years later than planned, the F-35 “I am convinced Britain will remain a strong will happen to the currency?” said Dunne. Thas made its UK debut and appears to defense partner,” said recently appointed Last year Britain’s Strategic Defense and have brightened a mood dimmed by Britain’s USAF chief Gen. David Goldfein. Security Review (SDSR) confirmed the UK’s decision to exit the European Union. “In my discussions in the last few days, it’s intent to purchase 138 aircraft through the In front of a cast of thousands, a British a little too early to make long-term predic- life of the program, and senior officers con- F-35 performed an impressive flypast with the tions about how this will all play out, but I firmed they were looking at the force mix, UK’s national aerobatic team the Red Arrows, will tell you, I remain optimistic. I have heard suggesting that a mixed buy of different and also performed the first public vertical no one talk about backing off an inch to their F-35 models such as the F-35A may well be landing outside the U.S., while indoors, contributions to the NATO alliance,” a possibility. British ministers reaffirmed their intent to use Goldfein added. Despite some issues with tankers, the the F-35 to project power around the world. Britain will become the second nation to arrival of the two F-35 deployments by the “Following recent events, some people declare an initial operating capability with the U.S. Air Force and the Marine Corps has been might say after Brexit that England is retreat- F-35, with the formation of its first squadron largely trouble free. ing into its shell,” said minister for defense in mid-2018 able to fly operationally from The Autonomic Logistics Information procurement, Philip Dunne. land bases, and then achieving the ability System (ALIS) so critical to the F-35 opera- “But this will demonstrate to the world that to deploy operationally on Britain’s two tion has been able tºo network through back Britain is not retreating.… We are back and we new Queen Elizabeth-class carriers, two to the U.S. trouble-free, although it’s not clear will be an important ally for our partners in years later. whether the ALIS capability has been shared NATO projecting power with the F-35. Despite falls in the value of sterling, as a jointly by the two deployment elements. “To be the only nation other than the U.S. result of Brexit, Dunne said he was confident A vertical landing demonstration was made to be able to project such a capability around that the UK would still be able to continue possible by the construction of a 150-ft.-by- the world, it will be a visible demonstration its planned purchases of U.S. defense equip- 150-ft. aluminum matting landing pad con- that Britain is back when it comes to pro- ment, including a planned buy of Boeing nected to a taxiway, although a practice land- jecting power as necessary to protect our P-8 Poseidon and ing on the pad prior to the show opening on nation to keep us secure. I think this is an Apache attack helicopters, some of which July 6 saw clouds of dust and dirt blown onto important message to get out into the world,” are due to be announced in the coming days the taxiways and runways, cøausing their brief Dunne said. at Farnborough. closure while they were cleared. Before the Senior U.S. commanders also used the In preparation, Dunne said the UK defense first public demonstrations, firemen were seen show to declare their confidence in Britain’s ministry had taken a decision to make a sig- damping down the ground around the pad ability to remain a strong defense partner, nificant hedge of currency, six weeks before to prevent further dust issues. The aircraft post-Brexit. Threats of further cuts to Britain’s the June 23 referendum, to safeguard those also performed flypasts over the dockyard at defenses last year had prompted a number programs. Rosyth, Scotland, where the new carriers are of senior U.S. military figures to speak out “We are well hedged,” said Dunne, praising being constructed, as well as the main UK against further British defense austerity. his director of resources. F-35 base at RAF Marham. —Tony Osborne

88 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews CAE, Draken Team on Aggressor Training

AE and Draken used the backdrop of the Royal International Air Tattoo last Cweek to announce a deepening and global partnership. A memorandum of understanding between the Canadian and American companies commits them to jointly exploring what both believe will be a growing need for “red air” adversary/ aggressor aircraft in live training exercises as the world’s militaries begin to transi- tion from fourth- to fifth-generation fleets. Florida-based Draken (Hall 3/D34), which operates the largest fleet of ex-military aircraft in the world, was already working under a teaming arrangement with training and simulation specialist CAE to bid for the Canadian government’s Contracted Airborne Training Services contract, expected to be concluded by the end of the year. For their CATS bid, the companies are proposing to use Draken’s Douglas A-4 Skyhawk fighters. The fleet has been upgraded to a standard that Draken says gives comparable performance to Canada’s CF-18s. The MoU made no mention of specific aircraft, but in its press release, CAE (Chalet B38) said the partners saw Draken and CAE unveiled a new paint scheme for their A-4 Skyhawks should opportunities emerging for advanced live-virtual-constructive training, involving a they win Canada’s Contracted Airborne requirement for red air, in Europe, Asia and North America. The company singled Training Services contract. out Australia and the UK as target markets. CAE Expands Its Military Training Business

t might seem ironic that the moved in that direction early on. trainer aircraft and BAE Systems customers. Among them: provi- Iworld’s largest provider of flight One of its major wins was in the Hawk (CT155 Hawk) lead-in sion of synthetic training equip- training simulators is turning to UK, with the Medium Support fighter trainer aircraft. It has ment for the rotary-wing ele- real aircraft for training, but Marc Helicopter Aircrew Training graduated student and instructor ment of the UK’s Military Flying Parent, president and CEO of Facility (MSHATF) that it man- pilots from the Royal Canadian Training System program; man- CAE, the Canada-based training ages on the RAF’s behalf under Air Force as well as Denmark, aging the in-service support for company, doesn’t see it that way. a 40-year private financing initia- the , Singapore, the Royal Canadian Air Force’s “We’ve done training with live tive contract that runs until 2037. Italy, Hungary, Austria, Saudi CC-130J aircraft for many years,” he says. Last year, CAE completed Arabia and the United Arab technician training program; and “In civil aviation we operate the the acquisition of Bombardier’s Emirates. in-service support for the RCAF’s largest network of ab initio train- Military Aviation Unit and its Parent says CAE recognized CF-18 fleet. ing aircraft in the world. It’s a contract to operate the NATO not only the potential of live Another recent win involving means to a end: The mission Flying Training in Canada training but also the opportunity live flying, awarded last year, was there is to provide the airlines (NFTC) program that produces to provide aggressor training, too. by the U.S. Army to train more with what they want, and that’s qualified military pilots for And that’s where the partnership than 600 U.S. Army and U.S. Air pilots.” defense customers. In addition to with Draken comes in. “Now Force fixed-wing pilots annu- While CAE is historically classroom, computer-based and we’re expanding readiness train- ally. Worth up to US$200 million known as a provider of simula- simulator training, NFTC deliv- ing beyond Canada,” he says. over the next eight years, it calls tors, it has evolved over the years ers live flying training on a fleet of CAE bought the Bombardier for CAE to provide turnkey train- into what is now one of the world’s Beechcraft T6 (CT156 Harvard) business specifically to reinforce ing services at a new company- largest training companies. CAE’s position as a systems train- owned/operated training center Aircraft are just another training ing integrator, notes Parent. “The to be built in Alabama. Students aid, alongside simulation. virtual side we’re well known will fly Grob G120TPs and King “We are the world’s largest civil for; adding the live side marks Airs as part of their training. aviation training company by far. us as a one-stop shop for gov- CAE’s business today is 60% We have more than double the ernments around the world as civil and nearly 40% military. market share of anyone else in the they outsource all their training Half its civil revenues come from world, with 67 training centers, programs.” selling sims to airlines, a sector including military,” Parent says. This week CAE announced that used to make up 80% of What is changing is that gov- that it has won defense contracts CAE’s total sales. “It’s noteworthy ernments are realizing they can valued at more than CA$100 mil- how we’ve transformed as train- outsource not just basic train- lion to provide a range of simula- ing and defense businesses have ing but elements of combat and tion products and training sup- grown,” says Parent. readiness training, too. CAE CAE president and CEO Marc Parent port services for global military —John Morris

AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | July 11, 2016 89 Quebec Boosts Aerospace Funding, Adds Defense

Montreal is home to the third-largest commercial aerospace Montreal, by year-end. The government is adjusting the terms of loans to Bell to facili- cluster in the world, and Quebec’s provincial government is tate the move, which will create 100 jobs. moving to expand and diversify an industry that is critical Funding will also support Aero Montreal’s to the local – and national – economy. Mach Fab 4.0 program, a five-year, CA$20 million public-private partnership to tran- uebec is stepping up funding for its tank made up of the senior management of sition SMEs to digital manufacturing. QMontreal-centered aerospace cluster in Quebec’s industry. Government funding will cover 50% of the a bid to attract the defense and security sec- Montreal is the third-largest commercial cost of robots, intelligent manufacturing cells tor and enable its many small and medium- aerospace cluster after Toulouse and Seattle. and new enterprise resource planning sys- size companies to move up the global The region’s SMEs are used to dealing directly tems, says Benoit. supply chain. with the original equipment manufacturers Quebec will also provide support for strategic (OEM) based there, including Bombardier, mergers and acquisitions activity among the Bell Helicopter and Pratt & Whitney cluster’s many SMEs. “We have 185 SMEs, Canada, but consolidation of the supply and the owners of some are getting old. We are chain means they now need access to looking to help younger people take over and global Tier 1 integrators with which they grow these SMEs to critical mass,” she says. may not be familiar. One of the strategy’s A major element of the new strategy is the elements is to help make those connec- provincial government’s 50% share in the tions, Benoit says. CA$150 million Greener Aircraft Catalyst, a The biggest change from Quebec’s previ- public-private partnership also known as the ous aerospace strategy is the creation of a Smart, Affordable, Green, Efficient program, Quebec has adjusted fund for the defense and security sector, or SA2GE. This will fund technology demos loans to help Bell which is small compared with the clus- in composite , ultraefficient com- move Model 505 ter’s commercial aerospace industry. With pressors, integrated cockpits and landing- assembly to Mirabel. Canada’s defense department planning gear surface treatments. CA$15 million-CA$16 billion in aero- SA2GE is Quebec’s equivalent to Europe’s The provincial government has unveiled space procurements, Benoit says, the strat- Clean Sky or the FAA’s Continuous Lower an aerospace strategy for 2016-26 and com- egy will create a portal to promote Quebec’s Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) pro- mitted to provide CA$510 million (US$402 capabilities. gram, Benoit says. The first phase is com- million) in the first five years. This suggests A second element of the strategy is to con- plete, and second-phase projects are pend- funding for the 10-year period will exceed tinue efforts to attract foreign investors to ing approval now that the government has CA$1 billion, up from the CA$700 million the region. “We have four OEMs and 10 Tier committed CA$65 million in the next five in support provided in 2006-16. 1s, but we need to grow the sector, so we are years. They will involve five or six companies Of the CA$510 million, CA$250 million pushing to attract more Tier 1s to Quebec,” including an SME that, for the first time, will in direct support will go toward expanding says Benoit, citing Airbus aerostructures lead one of the projects. and diversifying the province’s aerospace subsidiary ’s creation of a “SA2GE takes risky technologies through industry, bolstered by CA$260 million in composites operation in Montreal. the valley of death to TRL [technology readi- loans and other financing. Included are funds Quebec is also providing support to Bell ness level] 6-7 in the way CLEEN does, or to help Quebec’s small and medium enter- Helicopter after its May decision to relocate CORAC in France, because there is no mili- prises (SME) transition to “Industry 4.0,” or assembly of the new Model 505 light helicop- tary research in Canada to do that,” she says. digital manufacturing, and for technology ter to its Canadian division at Mirabel, near —Graham Warwick demonstrations under the province’s Greener Aircraft Catalyst project. Quebec will invest US$1 billion Unveiling of the strategy follows Quebec’s in ramping up production of agreement to invest US$1 billion in Bombardier’s C Series jet. Bombardier’s C Series airliner program. Together they underline the importance to the province of its aerospace industry – 98% of which is within a 19-mi. radius of Montreal and which employs 40,000 people and gener- ated CA$15.5 billion in 2015 sales. The new strategy comprises four pillars, under which are 34 specific objectives “all related to innovation and adapting the sup- ply chain to global trends,” says Suzanne Benoit, president of Aero Montreal, a think

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survey just completed by Aviation Week, efficient way possible,” says Conner. Although to be transatlantic, says Mike Delaney, VP APenton Research and Bank of America many of the surveyed airlines expressed a and GM of airplane development at Boeing Merrill Lynch detailing airline preferences preference for an NMA as soon as possible, Commercial. That’s significantly longer around the future Middle-of-Market (MOM) Conner adds that the pace of developments of than the 757 but not quite as big as a 767. commercial airliner strongly supports the new engine technologies required for this The seat count wants to be between 200 and Boeing’s own market assessments, says the segment makes this unlikely. Boeing currently 260 to 270 max. So it is a little bit bigger company’s commercial president, Ray Conner. envisages notional entry into service around than a current single-aisle but not quite as “The survey that was put out validates a lot 2024-2025. big as a 767-type aircraft.” —Guy Norris of the things we are hearing,” says Conner. It will have a “We are in the process of taking all of that sixth-generation and figuring out how we address those areas composite wing, and what we want to do.” The company has more electrical sys- sought input from over 30 key airlines into a tems and advanced, new midsize airplane (NMA), and recently high-bypass-ratio disclosed a “sweet spot” preference for an air- engines. It also craft seating between 200 and 270 passengers may feature an capable of flying around 4,500 to 5,100 nm. elliptical fuselage The company is assessing , “…how do you cross-section, to make the business case work…there are a lot of provide twin-aisle things to do. We are still in that process of driv- capacity with sin- ing those things out, but we have seen there is gle-aisle econom- a need for an airplane in that segment that’s ics. However, it currently not being addressed in the most really also wants

CFM ‘Open to Everything’ on MOM Boeing Looks for Longer Legs CFM International, the General Electric-Safran joint venture, is “ready for 737 MAX for all scenarios” to support Boeing’s quest for a suitable engine for Boeing is studying a further the aircraft maker’s proposed middle-of-the-market (MOM) aircraft. stretch of the 737 MAX to take on Boeing has outlined a requirement for a 40,000-pounds-thrust the Airbus A321neo and as part engine for the aircraft; Boeing’s market consensus sees the need of these evaluations is looking at for an aircraft with between 200 and 270 seats, and a range of up a larger engine that, in turn, will to 5,000 nm. The aircraft, which is potentially targeted at entry- require taller landing gear. into-service in 2024-2025, is under study to fill the space between The 737-10X, already dubbed today’s A320 and 737 category and the medium-capacity twin-aisle “Mad MAX” by Airbus’ John A330, A350 and 787. Leahy, includes the adoption of Boeing 737 MAX ready for another day of Mike Delaney, vice president and general manager of Airplane De- a 78-in. fan diameter variant of flight tests at Moses Lake, Washington. velopment at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, says, “We think all three CFM’s LEAP-1 and a significant engine companies need us to give us the next step with whatever fuselage stretch. Taller main gear reviewing novel methods for shoe- they have beyond the [CFM] Leap and the [General Electric] GE9X; legs will therefore be needed to horning a larger gear into the cur- beyond the [Pratt & Whitney PW1000 geared turbofan] GTF or be- provide adequate ground clear- rent footprint. yond the [Rolls-Royce] Trent. We are working with the engine makers ance for the larger engine and Surprisingly, Boeing does not to see what is the best engine [fan] diameter [as well as] the bypass sufficient rotation angle with the have to look too far to find use- ratio and the engine cycle we need.” longer aft body. ful precedents where taller main Allen Paxson, executive vice president of CFM International, Yet though the 737 design has landing gear had to be installed says “I can’t speak to what Boeing is planning to do. At CFM we are proved remarkably flexible over without moving the pivot point committed to continuing to develop a suite of technologies. They the 49 years since first flight, of the leg. Multi-hinged and Boeing is at the limits of what it compressible oleo designs have all vary, and different requirements will be imposed. Rest assured can do within the real estate of been previously developed for we are working [on] a whole cadre of technologies to be ready for the existing wheel well without large airliners, most notably the all scenarios.” major redesign. As Boeing is only A330/340 and the Concorde. CFM’s charter, which was renewed by GE and Safran in 2008, expected to go ahead with the According to engine industry covers the 18,500-pounds to 50,000-pounds-thrust bracket which -10X if the variant can be devel- sources, the proposed -10X study would include Boeing’s provisional power requirement. —Guy Norris oped for an investment believed is now thought to be focusing on to be less than US$2 billion, it is the LEAP-1C variant.

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he company plans to integrate a wide- expected requirement from Poland to replace The light attack Trange of bombs and missiles onto the the country’s Sukhoi Su-22 Fitters. Poland version of the new version, known as the M-346FT (Fighter ordered eight M-346s as its next generation M-346 bristles Trainer) – and make it available to the market trainer and the first Polish aircraft flew for the with weaponry at Farnborough 2016. in the next two years. first time earlier this month. Existing M-346 customers will have the The M-346 is also being offered to meet option to retrofit the light attack capability. a Taiwanese tender for up to 66 advanced with a new engine, the Williams FJ44-4M-34, Some elements, including a reconnaissance jet trainers to replace the indigenous AIDC new landing gear, an environmental control pod, fuel tanks and gun pod have already been AT-3. Selection could be made in early 2017. system and a new avionics suite. The first integrated, but the full set of weapons includ- The light attack capability is an element of series production aircraft, to be used for test- ing guided and unguided bombs, target des- Leonardo’s offer there. ing and certification should fly in 2017, with ignation sensors, and air-to-air missiles are Leonardo (Chalet L1) and prime Raytheon will first deliveries in 2018. A contract for the first being added. also provide more detail on its T-100 offering five M-345 HETs has recently been submitted Leonardo has also developed a radar cross- for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X next generation jet to the Italian Parliament. section reduction kit, that can reduce the trainer program. As part of the offering, and to The aircraft is being displayed here today jet’s RCS by 30% through the application of help prepare pilots for fifth-generation fighters, and Tuesday. —Tony Osborne materials around the air intake as well as a the T-100 will be fitted with an F-35-like single treated canopy. widescreen display. “We believe this will appeal to a wide range Meanwhile, the company is getting ready Italy Is Doubling of customers including existing customers, par- to fly a demonstrator for its M-345 High ticularly, Italy, Poland and Israel,” explained Efficiency Trainer (HET) concept launched in Its Trainer Fleet Lucio Valerio Cioffi, engineering director for Paris in 2013. The HET is based on the M-345 The Italian Air Force is to double the size of Leonardo’s Aircraft division. design, itself evolved from SIAI- its M-346 jet trainer fleet with a 300 million The company previously suggested that an Marchetti’s S.211 jet trainer. euro (US$336 million) order by the Italian armed version of the M-346 could fulfill an Production HETs will be fitted Defense Ministry, announced on March 22, that will increase the air arm’s fleet of the new trainer to 18. Deliveries will begin later this year and be completed in 2018. The contract also includes logistics support and an additional development phase of the advanced integrated training systems that includes digital training aids, The first of eight M-346 jets for the Polish Air Force was rolled out at Leonardo’s Venegono-Superiore simulators and infrastructure at the Lecce- facility on June 6. Galatina Air Force Base in the south of Italy. The Italian Air Force began training on First Polish Air Force M-346 Rolled Out the M-346 at Lecce-Galatina during 2015, On June 6, Leonardo-Finmeccanica rolled military aircraft. Today, many countries are preparing pilots for both the Eurofighter out the first of eight Polish Air Force M- turning their attention to integrated train- Typhoon and later the Lockheed Martin 346s at its Venegono-Superiore facility. ing systems that include both aircraft and F-35. The M-346 will eventually replace the The aircraft will now undergo a flight test ground-based simulation systems. These Aermacchi MB-339CD. programmed to certify bespoke systems capabilities already have a proven track re- In February, Finmeccanica teamed with chosen by the Polish Air Force such as a cord at the Italian Air Force’s training center Raytheon to offer the M-346 as the T-100 braking parachute, and will be delivered in Galatina, where 11 NATO and Allied Air for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X Next Generation by the end of the year along with a second Forces are trained...via systems and aircraft Trainer program. aircraft. Deliveries will be completed by built by Leonardo-Finmeccanica.” Some 68 M-346s have now been November 2017. The Polish M-346s will serve with the 4th ordered. Singapore has taken delivery of Mauro Moretti, CEO and GM of Leonardo- Training Wing Squadron at Deblin Airbase, its full complement of 12, and Israel is to Finmeccanica, commented, “[Ours] is the which aims to become an international hub receive 30. Delivery of the first two of eight only company in the world able to offer for the training of military pilots. The M-346 ordered by the Polish Air Force is expected a complete technological solution that has been ordered by the air forces of Italy in November. In Polish service the M-346 reduces pilot training times and prepares (18), Singapore (12), Israel (30) and Poland will replace the indigenous TS-11 Iskra. them to fly sophisticated, new-generation (8), for a total of 68 orders. —Tony Osborne

94 July 11, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews Brexiting Britain Needs Industry to Remain Now that the unthinkable has happened, the UK aerospace and airline industries will turn to damage assessment – and damage control – as London negotiates its withdrawal from the European Union (EU), seeking to maintain as many trade benefits as possible. The chief industry worry globally is that “Brexit” could kick off a domino effect leading to slower economic growth overall.

y most estimations, the EU exit process B will take two years or more, despite some sentiment on the Continent to get Britain out UK aircraft manufacturer Britten-Norman, one of the quickly and maybe even punish the turncoats few aerospace companies to back Brexit, argued EU in the leave-taking. This means the aerospace regulations are onerous for smaller companies. sector will be coping with instability in the short term and an uncertain outlook overall. For some airlines, the risk is imminent. And could curb investment, thereby helping to matter has now been postponed until a new some companies, of course, may end up win- drive the UK into a recession. Industry’s deci- prime minister is elected. ners. As always, the devil will be in the details. sions will hinge on what political settlement The slump in the strength of the pound – Few industries have as much at stake as Britain’s new leadership forges once separa- the lowest against the U.S. dollar in 30 years aerospace. The UK boasts the largest aero- tion negotiations are underway. – could cause significant affordability uncer- space sector in Europe, the second largest in ADS urged the government to make use tainties for key defense contracts, in particu- the world after the U.S. It directly supports of measures such as tax breaks and credits lar some with the U.S. such as purchases of 130,000 jobs, generating revenue of more to ensure that industry makes no hasty deci- Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol air- than GBP31 billion (US$42 billion) each sions in the aftermath of the Brexit vote. “It craft, a new fleet of Apache attack helicop- year. Of that amount, GBP27 billion (US$36 is a time for the government to be relatively ters, and Protector surveillance drones. Some billion) is exported, with around a quarter bold, to ensure that key sectors know there analysts even believe buying the F-35 Joint of the sum – GBP8 billion (US$11 billion) – is stability,” says Everitt. As many as 8% of Strike Fighter in significant numbers could be exported within the EU. Britain’s aerospace workers come from EU in jeopardy. The British aerospace sector is heavily states, according to ADS. “There are many different ways this could dependent on its ability to trade freely in But “We are a pretty resilient and persis- play out in 2016-18,” says Byron Callan, Europe without tariffs and draw easily from tent bunch,” says one senior defense industry managing director of Washington, D.C.-based skilled workers on the continent. Without executive. “We will tackle the issues…and the research firm Capital Alpha Partners. “[A] those freedoms, convincing companies to new political challenge.” more nationalist UK might conceivably be stay in the UK could become a very hard sell. While Prime Minister David Cameron will more willing to increase its defense spend- There are worries, too, that Britain could remain in place until October to “steady the ing. But the strongest support for leaving miss out on research and development fund- ship,” a number of key decisions may suffer came from some of the oldest age cohorts, ing via Clean Sky and similar initiatives as from the paralysis that seems inevitable after [and they] are not likely to support higher well as lose its voice and influence with orga- such political turmoil. defense spending at the expense of their nizations such as the European Aviation Parliament needs to debate the GBP34 bil- social benefits.” Safety Agency. (EASA is an EU agency.) lion (US$46 billion) replacement program Others are more upbeat, however. “With “We will have to get used to the idea of for the Trident ballistic missile submarines, the UK set to leave the EU, the importance of relative stability,” says Paul Everitt, CEO which is further complicated by the base relationships with other countries increases of Britain’s ADS Group, the national trade being on the west coast of Scotland. (Scottish – particularly the U.S.,” says Robert Stallard, association for aerospace companies. Brexit voters heavily favored staying in the EU and an analyst with RBC Capital Markets. “We was overwhelmingly, though not uniformly, could break from the UK to remain within the doubt if the UK will sabotage itself further by opposed by British aerospace companies. EU.) Also pending is a decision on authoriz- cutting defense spending any more.” An immediate concern is that companies ing a new runway for Heathrow Airport. This —Tony Osborne

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American Aerospace: Open for Business From the first biplane flights of the early 20th century, to the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, to the cutting-edge development currently taking place on unmanned aircraft systems, American aerospace companies have consistently proven their ability to push the bounds of innovation.

This year’s Farnborough International Airshow is a one-of- neurs to creatively address engineering problems in rocket a-kind opportunity for America’s finest aerospace compa- propulsion and in-orbit operations, as well as in other areas. nies to showcase their latest technologies and remind global At the same time, state governments are working to create firms of the many reasons they should look to the U.S. to welcoming environments for foreign investment in aero- find new suppliers and expand their operations. Our strong space and other sectors. workforce, consis- A strong commitment to safety is yet another reason to tent investments in celebrate America’s aerospace industry. For 60 years the research and develop- FAA has led the world in the certification of aircraft and ment, proven track aircraft parts, in addition to other aviation safety activities. record of safety, and Those certifications show customers that parts and aircraft access to overseas have been built to meet and exceed international safety markets make the U.S. standards. the best place in the The FAA’s strong track record is demonstrated by the world for global aero- unprecedented number of passengers transported by U.S. space companies to do airlines and foreign airlines operating in the U.S. – more business. than 800 million in 2015. No other country comes close to American innova- safely operating flights for so many passengers. To achieve tion in the aerospace these outcomes, our FAA uses enhanced risk mitigation ap- sector is driven by proaches, leveraging technology to achieve airspace system a highly educated, improvements, and effectively training its workforce to meet highly trained work- current and future needs. force of more than U.S. Commerce Secretary The collective force of these advantages has led to very Penny Pritzker half a million people. clear successes in our aerospace sector, the largest creator These workers are of U.S. trade surpluses for the past 25 years. U.S. aerospace instrumental to the exports have continued to increase year-over-year since development and deployment of new technologies in the 2010, with sales of nearly US$145 billion last year. Through U.S. aerospace industry, such as the creation of advanced the World Trade Organization (WTO), we have negotiated composite materials now being used in both civil and military duty-free trade for nearly all aerospace products, which aircraft. Advances in composites, for example, are allowing allows for parts exported from the U.S. to be priced competi- large civil aircraft to travel farther, increase their longevity, tively around the world. and improve passengers’ comfort. At the same time, military Yet we continue to create opportunities to increase aircraft have become more “stealth” as the use of compos- aerospace exports from the U.S. For example, agreements ites has become more widespread. such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are expected The American private sector is not alone in its quest to to further boost trade, while reducing red tape for customs create 21st-century tools for the aerospace industry. Our procedures. Increased trade leads to growing demand for public sector significantly contributes to research and air cargo services and the aerospace products that are development in partnership with our world-class universi- dependent on a worldwide supply chain to facilitate those ties and laboratories. In FY 2016, for example, the Federal services. Aviation Administration (FAA) announced plans to invest This week at Farnborough, more than 360 of America’s more than US$410 million in R&D to fuel technologies best aerospace companies will show the world precisely why that reduce environmental impacts as well as increase the the U.S. has been and continues to be the first choice for efficiency of air traffic control systems. That number was companies interested in manufacturing in this sector. Come nearly double the US$246 million the FAA invested in 2014. to the Department of Commerce-certified U.S. International And agencies such as the U.S. Department of Defense’s Pavilion, see the cutting-edge products on display, talk to our Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA are world-class manufacturers and see for yourself that the U.S. collaborating closely at their field centers with U.S. entrepre- aerospace industry is open for business.

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