Alabama firms aim to turn Paris Air Show connections into new business
WETUMPKA, Alabama – The leadership of Information Transport Solutions Inc. (ITS) trekked 4,500 miles to this month’s Paris Air Show to pursue a key strategic goal – build aerospace industry connections as the firm branches into the sector. “We want to be in the forefront with all the suppliers coming to Alabama in the aerospace…
U.S. states take aim at aerospace at Paris Air Show
PARIS – Alabama had plenty of competition at this year’s Paris Air Show, with organizations from at least 15 other states exhibiting at the aerospace industry’s No. 1 business-development and trade show event. The “Made in Alabama” booth was in the air show’s U.S. Pavilion, which showcased a cross-section of American companies, organizations and industry…
Alabama cities look for aerospace growth at Paris Air Show
PARIS – With Alabama emerging as the next hub of passenger jet assembly, officials from cities as different as Birmingham and Enterprise traveled to this week’s Paris Air Show to position their communities for potential growth in the aerospace sector. Steve Pelham, chief of staff to Alabama Lt. Governor Kay Ivey, remembers the arc of…
Marshall engineers 3-D print copper rocket part in NASA milestone
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – NASA engineers at Alabama’s Marshall Space Flight Center have produced the first full-scale, copper rocket part using additive manufacturing – a milestone for aerospace 3-D printing. The part is a combustion chamber liner that must operate at extreme conditions during flight. In fact, temperatures on the inside of the paper-thin copper liner…
Airbus Alabama workforce gets hands-on training in Europe (video)
The first fuselage sections for Airbus’ maiden “Made in America” aircraft have arrived in Alabama, but the company’s workforce has been working quietly for months getting ready to launch assembly at Airbus’ new, $600 million facility in Mobile. Airbus reports that more than 100 members of its Alabama workforce have spent up to six months…
Auburn launches first FAA-approved UAS flight school
AUBURN, Alabama – Auburn University is positioned to become a key training center for commercial operators of unmanned aircraft as it launches the nation’s first FAA-authorized flight school for those piloting the aerial systems. Auburn’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight School represents the latest chapter in the university’s longstanding involvement in aviation, and the program is…
Safran company to open facility at Mobile Aeroplex
Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, a major provider of aircraft landing and braking systems, will open an office and workshop at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley, the industrial complex that’s the U.S. home of Airbus. Messier-Buggatti-Dowty is a member of the France-based Safran family of aerospace companies, which already has a presence at the Aeroplex. Messier-Bugatti-Dowty will open an…
RMCI to open U.K. office as Alabama company targets global growth
PARIS – Huntsville-based RMCI Inc., a company specializing in helicopter health monitoring technology and analysis, announced plans at the Paris Air Show today to open an office in the United Kingdom to help meet growing demand for its products and services. RMCI Chief Executive Ken Speaks said the office in Derbyshire, England, will make it…
Paris Air Show 2015: Aircraft on display (photo gallery)
PARIS — The Paris Air Show is the world’s oldest and largest aerospace industry event, driving deals worth billions of dollars. Held every other year since 1909, the Paris Air Show attracts visitors, industry professionals, merchants, customers and press from around the world. The last installment, the 2013 show, saw more than 2,000 companies hold…
Alabama aims to expand role in aerospace supply chain
DECATUR, Alabama – Companies that produce carbon fiber and specialty alloys for aircraft manufacturers have invested more than $1.7 billion in their Alabama facilities, making the state a growing player in the aerospace supply chain. Toray, the largest producer of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fibers, operates a Decatur plant that houses one of the world’s biggest…
