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NASA lacks funding to find threatening asteroids
NASA doesn’t have the funding necessary to find asteroids that might threaten Earth with a devastating strike. A NASA report found that the cost of finding at least 90% of the threatening asteroids and comets would be about $1 billion.… Continue reading
Australia will purchase 24 Super Hornets
The Australian government said Tuesday it will buy 24 advanced Super Hornet fighter bombers for $4.6 billion. The aircraft is built by Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GE Aircraft Engines and Raytheon. Australia is transitioning to Lockheed Martin‘s… Continue reading
Boeing-built AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopters Make Debut in Kuwait
ST. LOUIS, March 06, 2007 — Six Boeing-built [NYSE: BA] AH-64D Apache Longbow multi-role combat helicopters for the Kuwait air force debuted today in Kuwait during a rollout ceremony. The U.S. Army delivered the aircraft to the Kuwait air force… Continue reading
Bristow Group Inc. signs three Orders and eight Options for Eurocopter EC225 at Heli-Expo 2007
Bristow Group Inc. signed an order at this year’s Heli-Expo for three EC225helicopters all for delivery in 2008 and options for additional eight EC225 helicopters,six with delivery dates in 2009 and two in 2010, adding to the company’s previousorders for… Continue reading
AGUSTAWESTLAND AND EUROCOPTER JOINTLY CONFIRM THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE NH90
In the frame of the HAI 2007 convention in Orlando, Florida, which has been the occasion for both companies to reassess their respective commercial successes, AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Eurocopter, an EADS company, took the opportunity to confirm their… Continue reading
LOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED $311 MILLION ARROWHEAD MODERNIZED TADS/PNVS PRODUCTION CONTRACT
ORLANDO, FL, March 5, 2007 –
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a follow-on production contract for Arrowhead®, the new electro-optical system for AH-64 Apache combat helicopter pilots.  The contract, valued at $311 million, was signed… Continue reading