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Bombardier Exhibits Strong Presence At Asian Aerospace
Montréal, August 28, 2007
Building a promising future in China
Pratt & Whitney Awarded Production Contract for F135 Engines
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., August 27, 2007 – Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company, was awarded a $60 million production contract for F135 engines to power the F-35 Lightning II. This contract is for long lead-time material covering… Continue reading
Boeing Selected to Build NASA’s Upper Stage for Ares I
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 28, 2007 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a NASA contract valued at approximately $514.7 million to produce the upper stage of the Ares I crew launch vehicle. This element provides the navigation, guidance,… Continue reading
Boeing Awarded $19.9 Million Contract to Support U.S. Army Apache Helicopters
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 28, 2007 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a $19.9 million U.S. Army contract modification to expand its support of the Apache Reliability and Safety Recapitalization program.
The Recap program, based in Mesa, Ariz.,… Continue reading
More than 380 patents for the A380
During the A380 development phase, Airbus filed more than 380 patent applications for technologies developed for the all new double-decker. Since the programme was launched in December 2000, these new technologies have been put through rigorous testing. Significant breakthrough innovations… Continue reading
Kuwait Airways cancels deal worth $3 billion
Kuwait Airlines was unable to get the required parliamentary approval for a tentative deal with Aviation Lease & Finance Co. that would have supplied the airline with 12 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and seven Airbus A320s. The deal would have been worth $3 billion.
Second Bell 429 Joins Flight Test Program
Fort Worth, TX (August 28, 2007) — Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today released photos of the second 429 prototype on its maiden flight.
Bill Stromberg, executive director of the 429 program stated, “The 429 development program… Continue reading
Paris Air Show 2007 photo report published at www.zap16.com
Caught two A380′s in one shot…
ZAPP published their photo report of the Paris Air Show 2007.
Visit zap16.com to see the full results.
Boeing Delivers 3,000th Everett-built Widebody Airplane
In the past 40 years, the fleet of 747, 767 and 777 airplanes has:
- Flown more than 34.5 million flights
- Logged more than 148 million flight hours
- Flown 71 billion nautical miles
Everett, Wash., Aug. 27, 2007 — The Boeing… Continue reading
Newest BLACK HAWK Helicopter to Demonstrate Capabilities in First Visit to Poland
STRATFORD, Conn., – The latest Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. BLACK HAWK helicopter will perform an aerial demonstration and be put on static display at the Radom and MSPO air shows in early September. This will be the first time the… Continue reading
Rockwell Collins avionics to be featured on German Army CH-53 G
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (August 27, 2007)Â -Â Rockwell Collins has been awarded a contract from Eurocopter Deutschland to develop a German Avionics Management System (GAMS) for the German Army CH-53 G helicopter. The first two qualification/verification aircraft are scheduled for delivery… Continue reading
LOCKHEED MARTIN TEAM SUBMITS PROPOSAL TO DESIGN AND BUILD U.S. AIR FORCE’S GPS III SPACE SEGMENT
DENVER, August 27, 2007 — A Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led team has submitted its proposal to design and build the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation Global Positioning System Space Segment program, known as GPS Block III. This program will improve position,… Continue reading