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Cobham TCS is now DTC

The change follows an announcement on 15 January 2016 by former parent company Cobham Plc that it had sold the business to Marlin Equity Partners, a l...

IATA's Board recommends Alexandre de Juniac as DG & CEO

With confirmation by the IATA Annual General Meeting to be held 1-3 June 2016 in Dublin, Ireland, de Juniac (right) will take up duties as the head of...

Baines Simmons awarded 10-year Isle of Man Aircraft Registry contract

IoMAR is the sixth largest international business jet register and the fastest growing aircraft registry in the world. In accordance with the Convent...

Fallon welcomes Kuwait to Typhoon family

Above: RAF Typhoons. Crown copyright The Typhoon programme currently sustains around 5,500 jobs at BAE Systems in the north-west, where key...

Boeing signs contract for Cobham's AVIATOR S systems

The agreement is Cobham SATCOM's first contract with an airplane manufacturer for the AVIATOR S Series, which supports Inmarsat's new generation Swift...

IATA reports weak air freight volumes

This is heavily skewed due to the impact of the US port strikes in early 2015 (which caused a spike in air freight) and Lunar New Year falling in Febr...

Cardiff Airport sees 10 months of consecutive growth

Customers are taking advantage of an increased choice of destinations, more availability and better timings on key routes, plus airlines are offering ...

Eastern Air Lines installs STG Aerospace's liTeMood

The re-born carrier, which is based alongside STG Aerospace at Miami International Airport, has been operating twice-daily flights between Miami and H...

Inmarsat set to enhance airline passenger broadband

The launch of Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) Aviation solution this year creates the world’s first high-speed passenger in-flight connectiv...

CAE to develop Phenom 100 training devices for UKMFTS

Above: RAF College Cranwell. Courtesy Charles Drake Other key contracts include a contract amendment to CAE from UK Ministry of Defenc...

Defence Secretary visits Porton Down on its centenary of service

Above: Mr Fallon with the Enigma coding machine. As Dstl marks 100 years of defence operations at the Porton Down site, the Defence Secre...

Inmarsat and Singtel partner to strengthen global maritime cyber security capabilities

Trustwave, the cyber security arm of Singtel, will provide the software based UTM service to be integrated with Inmarsat hardware onboard ships, to pr...

Leicester Uni scientist awarded £1.4m ERC grant

Consolidator grants are awarded to outstanding mid-career researchers with "ambitious and innovative" projects. These excellent scientists w...

Strong subcontracting growth in UK continues

Above: The Qimtek Contract Manufacturing Index showing movements in demand for machining, fabrication and other outsourced manufacturing services ...

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