Dassault Aircraft News

New Delhi, May 21: Ahead of finalising a multi-billion contract with French firm Dassault Aviation for 126 Rafale combat planes, the Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne, left for France Monday on a four-day official visit to explore ways to expand bilateral military relations.

By far the biggest defence acquisition programme in Brazil is the air force's plans to initially purchase 36 airframes to fulfil the country's F-X Multi-Role Combat Aircraft requirement.

The renowned aftermarket tuning firm Brabus is to extend its services to the customization of private jets after its focus on autos and yachts for over three decades.

The Jet Aviation Dubai maintenance operation has received CAR-145 approval from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in India, allowing it to perform repair work on a selection of Indian-registered aircraft types.

Honeywell is revealing a new version of the Primus Apex avionics system with the company's SmartView synthetic vision system incorporated at EBACE.

The first Dassault Falcon 50 fitted with Aviation Partners' blended winglets arrived in Geneva on Saturday and will be on static throughout the show.

Brabus, the renowned custom tuner for Mercedes-Benz cars and luxury yachts has recently turned its businesses into the aviation industry.

Fly Comlux is pleased to announce the arrival of a new Airbus ACJ319. This aircraft is the second new Airbus Corporate Jet joining the Comlux fleet in 2012.

French President Francois Hollande was soaked to the skin during a sudden downpour in the middle of his so-called victory lap near the Champs Elysees in Paris.

Rockwell Collins' Venue, the leading cabin management and HD entertainment system for business aircraft with more than 140 installations, will be installed by Jet Aviation St.

Indian Air Force MIG 27 take part in an exercise at Pokhran firing range in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan March 14, 2004.

Having launched EASy II and gained joint US Federal Aviation Administration and European Aviation Safety Agency certification for the digital avionics system on the Falcon 900LX, Dassault's flight test department is now busy with the Falcon 7X, the Falcon 2000LX and the Falcon 2000S.

Duncan Aviation's newest expansion, a 45,000-square-foot paint shop at the Lincoln, Neb., facility is on schedule to open this May.

Having launched EASy II and gained joint US Federal Aviation Administration and European Aviation Safety Agency certification for the digital avionics system on the Falcon 900LX, Dassault's flight test department is now busy with the Falcon 7X, the Falcon 2000LX and the Falcon 2000S.

Dassault has received approval from the FAA for steep approaches on all Falcon 900 EASy and Falcon 2000 EASy series models.

DUBAI: Four new fixed-base operators will open in Saudi Arabia before the year-end, starting with one in Jeddah this month followed by the others Dammam, Riyadh and Madinah, Saudia Private Aviation Managing Director Wajdi A. Alidriss said.

May 3, 2012 - Dassault Falcon Jet and Crane Aerospace & Electronics have announced that Dassault has been awarded a Supplemental Type Certificate for Crane's SmartStemA Wireless Tire Pressure System to be fitted on Falcon 50 business jets.

May 2012 - Orleans, MA -- Conklin & de Decker has released the latest Aircraft Cost Evaluator for 2012, delivering the most up-to-date operating, benchmarking and ownership cost data available to the aviation industry.

Dassault has clinched US approval for steep approaches on its Falcon 900EX EASy/DX/LX and the 2000EX EASy/DX/LX series models.

Experts say a majority of the accidents involved Indias single-engine MiG-21s, a combat aeroplane which has been flown by some 50 countries since it was developed by then Soviet Union in the 1950s Dubbed flying coffins or widow makers in the air force, Indias ageing collection of Soviet-era MiGs have long been unpopular with air force pilots.