[UPDATED] One of the primary reasons the Russia state decided to merge its various aerospace companies was to ensure they did not spread national resources too thin. After the fall of the Soviet Union, money became real and budgets became…
China’s Civil Aviation Administration re;eased its latest (13th) five year plan on February 3. In this plan there are five areas of focus: sustained safety of civil aviation, building a national integrated airport system, comprehensively improving aviation service capability, strengthening…
AIR (AirInsightResearch) released its new forecast of the commercial aviation market to 2030. This analysis consists of a 32 page document with 37 charts highlighting the current and forecast market for the major aircraft OEMs (Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, COMAC,…
Today CFM International announced their LEAP-1C engine, for the COMAC C919, has won certification from both EASA and the FAA. The certification from both agencies is unusual. Another unusual feature of this engine is that CFM provided COMAC with a…
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More than a year since its engines were delivered, the C919 fired them up for the first time last week on November 9th. The C919 is powered by the LEAP 1C, and is the third of the LEAP-engined models, after…