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Based in n Blagnac, France, a suburb of Toulouse, Airbus is an international innovator in aerospace industry. The company produces the world’s largest passenger airliner, the A380, as well as the first commercially viable digital fly-by-wire airliner. Moreover, EasyJet is a low-cost European airline based at London Luton Airport. It operates internationally with a large diversity of 820 routes in more than 30 countries. Gaël Méheust, CFM international CEO ,Carolyn McCall, easyJet CEO, Tom Enders, Airbus CEO, and other senior executives participated at a ceremony in Toulouse honoring the event in which Airbus has delivered easyJet’s first A320neo. As a further matter, A320neo is also the airline’s 300th A320 Family aircraft.

Germany-based Henkel has secured a deal from Textron Aviation Inc. to provide its new surfacing film to help guard aircraft composite components against lightning strikes. It is to be used in the manufacturing of various Textron turboprop and business jets. The Henkel’s new Loctite EA 9845 LC Aero surfacing film is a thin epoxy that is applied to an aircraft's exterior to protect the composites. It is also used to fill voids and pin holes. The adhesive film produces a smooth surface that can be easily painted. It is also 30% lighter than other surfacing film and resistant to ultraviolet (UV) waves and paint strippers. Which reduces finishing costs and the time required for masking.

The Orbiter 1K is an unmanned aerial vehicle designed by Aeronautics to be an expendable platform in reconnaissance or payload delivery. The unit is launched by catapult and has an average flying time of three hours. Depending on the nature of the mission, the drone will fly itself into its target with a 2-kilogram explosive, or take video surveillance with an Electro-Optical/Infrared camera. The UAV can be recovered with an automatic parachute when the opportunity presents itself; but it is also expendable for those critical times where every second counts. Israeli military is said to have ordered hundreds of the units in a contract with Aeronautics Defense Systems.

In Airports communication is a huge factor in keeping things smooth and safe. They need to communicate when a plane is going to land, or when there is a vehicle on the landing strip, and when the plane is going to take off. If things are not communicated correctly people can lose their lives in a accident. Recently, San Diego International Airport adopted a new intelligent technology to communicate with each other with Samsung Gear smartwatches. These watches will give them access to streamline operations and increase the response and availability of information. Before this new technology was put into play, Samsung set up a training to get employees more knowledgeable of how the device can be used.

Aseman and Rolls-Royce have negotiated a deal where Aseman will purchase four new Tay-650 engines along with future access to spare parts. This purchase is significant because of the recent sanctions lifted against Iran’s aviation industry.

Darren Edwards has been named Boeing Defense Australia’s (BDA) new Vice President and Managing Director. BDA is Boeing’s largest subsidiary outside of the United States, with 2000 employees at fourteen sites throughout Australia. Edwards will replace Ken Shaw, who has moved to VP of supply chain for Boeing Global services Company.

Flight Global talking about how there was a meeting with US President Donald Trump which encouraged the US aviation industry. During the meeting, there was talks of taxation, airport improvements, and air traffic control reform when several airline and airport executives met with US President Donald Trump. Although no major decisions were made final at the meeting, it seems as if the aviation industry was encouraged.

As of October 2018, the U. Ks Royal fleet will have been replaced with an entirely new fleet. This new fleet will reoccupy the place of the Sikorsky Sea King Mk7s aircrafts that has been their primary aircrafts for quite some time. The United Kingdom’s Royal Navy has decided to replace their fleet with the Sikorsky Sea King Mk7s aircrafts following the retirement of the previous fleet scheduled in October 2018.

United Airlines has concluded in their most recent review that the 767 is the only aircraft that does not have a “line of sigh” in terms of replacing it in the Chicago-based carrier’s fleet. Scott Kirby discussed in a recorded Q&A session with Denver employees viewed by FlightGlobal that the biggest question they have as a company is what will take the place of the 767s. Primarily operating 767-300ERs which have an estimated average age of 22 years along with 16 767-400ERs with an estimated average age of 16 years as shown by the Flight Fleets Analyzer, the 767s are a great and reliable aircraft but they are getting old and slightly outdated.

Collier Research Corp. based out of Hampton, Virginia has been granted the prestige of being the first software company ever to gain access to NASA’s Advanced Composites Consortium (ACC). NASA’s Advanced Composites Consortium (ACC) is a collection of