Airplanes are used to fight some of the most dangerous fires, with states spending millions on maintaining and expanding their arsenal of aircraft parts capable for firefighting. These amazing aircraft can drop nearly 12,000 gallons of fire retardant in one takeoff. This fire retardant has been tested to be double the firefighting capability of water and almost 9 million gallons of it was used in 2015 alone. California has the largest fleet of firefighting planes and helicopters, with 22 air tankers, 12 helicopters and 14 tactical planes. This shows the investment that states are willing to spend on what they think of as an extremely valuable firefighting tool. Read more >>

Recently, Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc has been battling a shortage of parts required for hundreds of repairs of damaged engines that give power to Boeing’s 787 wide-body jets. This shortage has further delayed an already tight schedule. The repair for worn out Trent 1000 turbines has taken three days longer than the projected timetable. In some cases, this is due to a shortage of stock of compressor blades. Read more >>

Over many years of collaboration between companies GE and Dedienne, Dedienne has finally been named the key provider of tool choice for GE Aviation. This recently added task only adds to the long list of already contributed services and products Dedienne offers such as calibrating, selling, maintaining, supporting, testing, leasing, servicing, and providing provisions. Read more >>

Pacific Aerospace, a New Zealand based company, recently unveiled a new form of the P-750 XSTOL, single-engined turboprop. The new engine features greater power and range, along with a quicker rate of climb. The new engine, which is called the Super-Pac XL, has been designed as a competitor to the Supervan 900, Cessna’s re-engined version of the 208 Caravan. Read more >>

Coventya, most famously known as a global supplier to the surface finishing industry since the late 1920s recently introduced ALUMAL. Alumal is a long product range for aluminum, covering all functional, decorative and corrosion resistant requirements. Read more >>