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Boeing Delivers Royal Australian Air Force’s First C-17
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 28, 2006 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) its first C-17 Globemaster III during a ceremony at the company’s Long Beach, Calif., C-17 manufacturing facility. Senior RAAF officials joined more… Continue reading
Rockwell Collins and Thai Aviation Industries to upgrade Royal Thai Air Force C-130s
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (November 27, 2006)Â -Â Rockwell Collins has been awarded a contract from Thai Aviation Industries, Inc. (TAI) to upgrade the Royal Thai Air Force’s (RTAF) fleet of C-130 aircraft with an integrated Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM)… Continue reading
Galaxy Airlines takes delivery of its first Airbus A300-600F
Galaxy Airlines Co. Ltd., 100 percent subsidiary of Sagawa Express Co. Ltd, one of the largest cargo business companies in Japan, took delivery of the first Airbus A300-600F freighter today in Toulouse, France. With the acquisition of its own freighter,… Continue reading
Thales awarded new PHAROS III contract by the Royal Netherlands Air Force
(Paris / Den Haag, 23rd November 2006) — The Dutch Ministry of Defence and Thales today signed a contract for the renovation of PHAROS (Plan Handling And Radar Operating System) – the system that has been used since 1994 by… Continue reading
Boeing Demonstrates UAV Automated Aerial Refueling Capability
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 27, 2006 — The Boeing [NYSE: BA] Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) program successfully completed flight tests in August that demonstrated for the first time an unmanned air vehicle’s ability to autonomously maintain a steady refueling station behind… Continue reading
Boeing Signs Contract for Korea’s EX Airborne Early Warning and Control Program
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 27, 2006 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced the signing of a $1.59 billion contract to provide four 737 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) systems for the Republic of Korea’s EX program.
The Boeing… Continue reading
Jetmakers forecast strong demand over next two decades
The market for airliners over the next 20 years will soar to $2.6 trillion, Airbus and Boeing say. Demand from China and India will drive the growth. Airbus believes airlines will want large jets, while Boeing forecasts a stronger demand for smaller, more-efficient planes.
North Sea helicopter crash
A Dutch helicopter (Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma G-JSAR) carrying oil workers has crashed into the North Sea, off the Netherlands coast.
Officials from the Dutch coastguard say all eight people on board were pulled out of the water alive but… Continue reading
Boeing Awarded $296 Million JDAM Contract
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 22, 2006 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] last week was awarded a $296 million U.S. Air Force contract for 12,889 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits. Boeing will deliver the Lot 11 JDAM kits in 2008 and… Continue reading
Some 22,700 new aircraft worth US$2.6 trillion required to meet fleet modernisation and growth
LOCKHEED MARTIN-BUILT NASA STARDUST SELECTED FOR AVIATION WEEK 2006 PROGRAM EXCELLENCE AWARD
DENVER, CO., November 21, 2006
NASA’s Stardust program has received the 2006 Aviation Week Program Excellence Award. Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] designed and built the Stardust spacecraft under contract to NASA. The award was recently announced at the publication’s Aerospace… Continue reading
Boeing Delivers Major Upgrade for NATO AWACS Aircraft
NATO-AWACS archive Aviationnews.eu
MUNICH, Nov. 21, 2006
– Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced the completion of a major mission system production upgrade for the first NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft under the $1.32 billion Mid-Term Modernisation Programme.… Continue reading