Farnborough Air Show 2016 - Day Two

TIM ROBINSON and BILL READ provide a look at some of the most exciting news and highlights of the second trade day, 12 July, of Farnborough International Air Show 2016.

• Tuesday saw the F-35B wow the crowds with a vertical flight demo.
• Don’t let Sentinel wither on the vine, warns RAF ISTAR commander
• Neo backlog increases
• Farnborough kicks off KC390 demo tour
• Muscling in on the militray transport market.
• UK aerospace industry strategy updated, post-Brexit
• Boeing wins MAX sales, finalises 747-8F deal
• Reaction Engines gets ESA funding boost
• Bell Valor demos cockpit of the future
• Keeping the wheel of R&D funding going
• IAT provides a valuable R&D interface between academia and industry. (IAT)
• Brazilian airline buys civil Hercules
• Team partner to offer Scorpion Jet as UK EW Red Air
• Airbus to slash A380 production
• ‘Cognitive EW’ will counter enemy radars in real-time
• ARJ21 picks up sales
• Scaling up additive manufacturing
• Wow – more A321 sales
• US Coast Guard HC-27J on show
• Get your A350 spares here

Airbus and Rolls-Royce have created a new integrated parts availability service for the Cathay Pacific Airways A350 fleet which encompasses both airframe and engine line-replaceable-unit (LRU) components. The service integrates Airbus’ Fleet Hours Services (FHS) and Rolls-Royce’s TotalCare Availability service.
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