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June 05, 2017

Airborne 06.05.17: Project 'Canada' Update, $100M Blimp, ‘Women Soar You Soar’

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ONE Aviation has selected the Williams International FJ33-5A-12 turbofan to power the EA700 “Project Canada”. The “Canada” project was announced last year as an upgrade to the Eclipse 500/550. Relative to the EA550, the “Canada” holds more fuel in a longer wing, with 2-foot extensions on each side; more cabin volume, with a 14-inch fuselage stretch, Garmin G3000 avionics, and more power with the FJ33 engines. The Williams FJ33-5A-12 is a medium-bypass turbofan capable of producing up to 1900 lbs. of takeoff thrust at its full rating, but will be de-rated for installation on “Canada” to just under 1200 lb.

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Mitsubishi Electric Completes New Satellite Component Production Facility

Will Help To Strengthen Company’s Growing Foothold In Global Satellite Market

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has completed construction of a facility that will double the satellite component production capacity of its Kamakura Works’ Sagami Factory in Sagamihara, Japan. The new facility, Mitsubishi Electric’s core production and testing site for solar array panels, structural panels and other satellite components, is expected to help grow Mitsubishi Electric’s share of the global satellite market once production starts this October.

Third-Largest Contract Ever Awarded By The European Southern Observatory

Contracts for the manufacture of the 39-meter (128 foot) primary mirror of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) were signed at a ceremony at ESO’s Headquarters near Munich. The German company SCHOTT will produce the blanks of the mirror segments, and the French company Safran Reosc will polish, mount and test the segments. The contract to polish the mirror blanks is the second-largest contract for the ELT construction and the third-largest contract ESO has ever awarded.

Agency Still Has A Lot Of Work To Do, Administrator Says…

In several recent speeches, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta has said that the agency has tackled "the easy stuff" as it has created regulations governing drones, and their eventual integration in the National Air Space.