The 2008 Durban Airshow is upon us, and promises to be one of the best shows the Durban Wings club has ever hosted.

The Royal Air Force has declared its Typhoon jets multi-role capable today. The RAF Typhoons can now carryout precision Ground Attack as well as Air Defence tasks. The declaration, which was made at the home base of the Typhoon Force, RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, represents a major milestone in the development of the state-of-the-art aircraft.

In a ceremony presided over by His Majesty Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, Airbus Military has today rolled out the first complete A400M military transport aircraft from the Final Assembly Line facility in Seville, Spain.

The United States Navy has requested that Boeing step up on deliveries of it's new P-8A Poseidon long range maritime patrol aircraft.

An Indian air force inquiry into the crash of one of its brand-new BAE Systems Hawk 132 advanced jet trainers at Bidar air base on 29 April has revealed that pilot error and miscommunication between the crews of two aircraft that were taking off simultaneously were responsible for the accident.

SAVANNAH, Ga., June 17, 2008 –Gulfstream Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, recently rolled out the 200th Gulfstream G550/G500 at its manufacturing plant in Savannah.  The business jet will now be outfitted and painted at the company’s completion facility in Long Beach, Calif.  Gulfstream also has completion facilities for large-cabin aircraft in Appleton, Wis., Brunswick, Ga., and Savannah.

Several elements have contributed to the rise in the manufacturer's weight empty, says A350 chief engineer Gordon McConnell: "This was the first sizing of the electrical structural network [needed to provide current return with the composite fuselage frames] and we had to add some weight for that which we didn't expect."

Boeing yesterday shuffled the line-up of the 787s on the final assembly line in Everett, Washington, to make room for a flight test airplane arriving later this month.

Early June has been a busy time on the A400M programme. While the TP400 engine was being ground-run at Marshall’s facilities in the UK, the first production aircraft, A400M MSN 001, has had its propellers fitted at the Final Assembly Line in Seville. All four of the huge Ratier-Figeac / Hamilton Sundstrand propellers have now been integrated with the engines on the wings of a/c No 001.

Boeing today announced completing a one-week sequence of power-on tests for the first “more-electric” 787 airliner.