DAY 3 November 14, 2017 DUBAI PUBLICATIONS Airshow News ‹ From the largest commercial airliner in operation to one of the newest, from a venerable airborne radar platform to the latest jet fighter, from unmanned warplanes to converted cropdusters and from single-engine business aircraft to three-engine bizjets, the static display at this year’s Dubai Airshow had a little bit of everything. Military UAE launches recon pod › page 2 INTOSH Manufacturing c Calidus to build B-250 DAVID M DAVID in UAE › page 3 Lighter-than-air GULF FLEET SET TO SOAR Hybrid airships for by Gregory Polek UAE? › page 4 Airbus and Boeing each plan to make a series The potential deal for the A380s might bin Saeed Al Maktoum entered and took a SSTs of “backloaded” commercial announce- have signaled a resurrection of sorts for the seat behind a model of a 787-10, forty of ments at the Dubai airshow on November superjumbo, whose dwindling backlog and which the airline would ultimately commit Boom SSBJ factory in 14 and 15, notwithstanding extended nego- lack of recent order activity has industry to order. page 6 tiations over a highly anticipated order for analysts questioning the long-term viabil- Separately, Boeing tacked on another Gulf? › at least 36 A380s from Emirates. By late ity of the line. fairly significant backlog addition for its yesterday Airbus had delivered the contract The developments came a day after Emir- 737 Max line, sealing a 20-unit order with Rotorcraft papers to the airline and awaited word on ates apparently exacted a last-minute snub Kuwait’s Alafco involving Max 8s. Valued at a decision, according to a source close to of Airbus on the A380s. As reporters gath- $2.2 billion at list prices, the deal doubles Kamov Ka-62 approval the manufacturer. ered for what Boeing and Airbus executives Alafco’s Max orderbook to a total of 40. closer › page 10 Originally expected on the show’s open- expected to be a joint order announcement Alafco hasn’t yet placed the leased air- ing day, the announcement about the on Monday morning, representatives from planes with operators, but prospects in the A380s hinged on a demand by Emirates that both manufacturers joined them in one of region look positive based on the demand Charter Airbus issue a guarantee that production of the venue’s conference rooms. But after an the company has seen for its first batch of Empire’s new charter the superjumbo would continue for at least extended delay, the Airbus officials left and Maxs, reported deputy CEO Adel Al Banwan another 10 years, confirmed the airline. Emirates chairman and CEO Sheikh Ahmed at the show on November 12. n company › page 18 Who offers comprehensive cadet to captain training? We do. Pg_1_d3_v2.indd 2 11/13/17 10:15 AM INDEX Airbus .............................................................. 1 Saab keeps Dubai ATC on cutting edge Bell Helicopter ............................................... 10 Boeing .......................................................... 14 by David Donald Boom Supersonic ............................................6 Breitling ......................................................... 10 With air traffic set to grow annually in Multilateration works by a small full coverage, whereby three units must Calidus .............................................................3 the Middle East by 7.7 percent, the pro- ground unit transmitting to an aircraft’s have line-of-sight to ground vehicles with CFM International ......................................... 22 vision of state-of-the-art air traffic con- transponder, which then returns a sig- one redundant unit always available to Dubai Aerospace Enterprise ......................... 20 trol at both local and regional levels is nal. By using time-of-arrival information cater for failure. DCAF .............................................................. 16 vital to maintain safety and improve from three or more separate ground units The benefits of using multilateration Diamond Aircraft .............................................6 on-time dispatch figures. This is partic- the aircraft’s position can be plotted to over radar are a quicker refresh rate— Dreams Soar .................................................. 12 ularly important in regions of heavy traf- within seven meters. every second rather than every five or Embraer ......................................................... 14 fic, such as Dubai. As one of the world’s In the wide-area application the sys- so for a typical radar—and the ability to Emirates..................................................1, 3, 14 foremost air traffic management system tems at DXB and DWC can draw on place the ground units wherever they Empire Aviation ............................................. 18 experts—the company claims that one information from the same ground unit are required. The ease with which they Esterline ......................................................... 10 in four flights worldwide benefits from network, representing the world’s first can be placed or relocated elegantly Flydubai ........................................................ 22 its systems—Saab (Stand 540) is imple- example of a dual-site installation. accounts for the ever-changing build- Gulf Air .................................................... 20, 22 Honda Aircraft .............................................. 22 menting key elements of the Dubai Both airports are also receiving a ing landscape of the modern airport. Iomax ...............................................................8 region’s air traffic system. surface multilateration system. This However, only the vehicles and aircraft Kamov............................................................ 10 Earlier this year the company was works in a similar fashion to plot aircraft that carry transponders can be tracked, Kuwait Airways ............................................. 20 awarded contracts to provide multilatera- movements on the ground. Airside vehi- meaning that surface radars are still L3 .....................................................................8 tion networks at both Dubai International cles can also carry transponders so that required to detect and track non-coop- Leonardo ........................................................4 (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC), their movements can be integrated with erative targets such as animals, people LoPresti Aviation ............................................ 12 covering both surface and wide-area air- those of aircraft. Typically a runway area or errant vehicles in crucial areas such Lufthansa Technik .......................................... 18 space monitoring. employs 18 to 20 ground units to provide as on and around the runways. T Mena Aerospace ........................................... 16 Orbis ............................................................ 20 Pratt & Whitney Canada ..................................4 Saab ................................................................2 The Spirit of Emirates ......................................4 Rolls-Royce’s UTC Aerospace Systems/Goodrich ..................2 Advance3 core nears milestone Dubai Airshow Rolls-Royce (Stand 1028) said at the Dubai Airshow 2017 that it is close to carrying out the first run of the is in Advance3 core demonstrator. The new YOUR EMAIL engine core is designed to deliver max- imum fuel efficiency and low emissions, For those unable to attend the show, and forms a key part of the company’s INTOSH Advance and UltraFan engine designs. AIN publishes special issues of Alerts c “The new core architecture being sign up at M DAVID tested in this demonstrator is a criti- Along with the MS-110 pod the UAE defense deals announced yesterday included a contract cal part of our stategy and will help us AINonline.com/subscribe for Tawazun Dynamics to supply the P3 guided bomb for use on the Mirage 2000. to deliver even better economic and environmental performance for our customers,” said Eric Schulz, Rolls- Royce president for civil aerospace. UAE is launch customer for The test program is designed to gather data on engine performance across more than 2,800 parameters. multi-spectral recon pod The test engine features a high-power gearbox, designed to deliver efficiency UAE’s ministry of defense announced Tawazun Dynamics. This new weapon is at high bypass ratios. Earlier this year at the Dubai Airshow 2017 that it has being shown for the first time at the Dubai the gearbox achieved 70,000 hp while ordered the MS-110 reconnaissance pod show, both on the Tawazun Dynamics on test, a new record in the aerospace from UTC Aerospace Systems/Goodrich. stand and under the Calidus B-250 in the industry, according to Rolls-Royce. The AIN Publications graphic artists The deal is worth $140 million and cov- static park. With the Advance3 core, UltraFan will have redesigned its print magazines ers an unspecified number of pods. In other deals announced on the sec- offer a 25-percent fuel efficiency improve- Aviation International News, The UAE is the first customer for the ond day of the Dubai air show Global ment compared with the first generation Convention News, and Airshow multi-spectral derivative of Goodrich’s Aerospace Logistics was awarded a con- of Trent engines, and it is expected to be News to give them a more modern DB-110 dual-band sensor system that has tract worth nearly $400 million to pro- available for service in 2025. look. The new design reflects AIN’s been acquired by more than a dozen F-16 vide logistics and maintenance support