ISS NEWS

Data ownership, an issue that is still far from being resolved

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Oct 31^st 2018 |

While digital tablets have broadly replaced bolts in the MRO Europe aisles, big data use has become vital for maintenance. This raises one question: to whom does this...

Russia targets Dec 3 date for first manned ISS launch after accident

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Oct 31^st 2018 |

Russia hopes to launch three crew for the International Space Station on December 3, the first manned blast-off since an accident this month, the Roscosmos space agen...

Embraer receives ANAC's Type Certificate of the multi-mission airlift KC-390

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Oct 25^th 2018 |

Embraer celebrated another important milestone today by receiving the Type Certificate from Brazilian aviation authority Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) for i...

C Series Aircraft Lands at École nationale d'aérotechnique to Start New Training Mission

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Oct 18^th 2018 |

The CS100 aircraft donated by Bombardier was welcomed by hundreds of students at the École nationale d’aérotech...

US F-35 fighters fly first ever combat mission

DEFENCE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Fri, Sept 28^th 2018 |

American F-35 stealth fighters have been used in a combat operation for the first time, officials said, marking a major milestone for the most expensive plane in history.Thursday's mission took place against Taliban ...

New crew blasts off for ISS

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Jun 6^th 2018 |

A relatively inexperienced crew of two astronauts and a cosmonaut blasted off Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. German Alexander Gerst o...

Plane with 10 aboard goes missing in Kenya

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Jun 6^th 2018 |

Rescue teams on Wednesday were looking for a small plane with 10 people on board that went missing north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the aircraft owners and the national disaster agency said.The plane, operated by...

UTC Aerospace systems providing key power transmission components for America's most powerful Helicopter

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Fri, May 11^th 2018 |

FIT FOR A KING: UTC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS PROVIDING KEY POWER TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS FOR AMERICA’S MOST POWERFUL H...

Two Americans, one Russian blast off for ISS

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Fri, Mar 23^rd 2018 |

Two astronauts, a cosmonaut and a ball set to be used in the forthcoming football World Cup in Russia blasted off Wednesday for a two-day flight to the International Space Station. NASA's Drew Feustel and Richard Ar...

Nomination

Cécilia Matissart named Vice President Group Financial Communications at Safran

JOB & CAREER | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Mar 8^th 2018 |

Cécilia Matissart has been named Vice President Group Financial Communications at Safran, effective March 1, 2018. She replaces Peter Campbell, who has been named spec...

Nomination

Franck Saudo named CEO of Safran Helicopter Engines, and Eric Valentin CEO of Safran Transmission Systems

JOB & CAREER | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Mar 1^st 2018 |

Franck Saudo has been named Chief Executive Officer of Safran Helicopter Engines, effective April 2, 2018. He succeed...

EASA issues single Production Organisation Approval to Airbus Helicopters

HELICOPTERS | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Feb 8^th 2018 |

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Airbus Helicopters have just implemented a new single Production Organisation Approval (POA). This replaces previous nat...

US trade commission blocks 300% tariffs on Bombardier CSeries planes

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Fri, Jan 26^th 2018 |

A bipartisan US trade panel on Friday blocked the government's decision to impose nearly 300 percent punitive tariffs on airplanes manufactured by Canada's Bombardier...

Two astronauts, cosmonaut return from five-month ISS mission

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Dec 14^th 2017 |

Two astronauts, from the US and Italy, and a Russian cosmonaut on Thursday landed in Kazakhstan after almost five months on the International Space Station, footage f...

Sabena technics and ATITECH cooperate on Guardia di Finanza’s mission aircraft

MAINTENANCE / MRO | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Dec 14^th 2017 |

ATITECH, the independent MRO located at Naples-Capodichino International, has trusted Sabena technics for the Component support of Guardia Di Finanza’s fleet of ...