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Boeing Completes First Flight of Second KC-767 Tanker for Japan
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 29, 2007 — A Boeing [NYSE: BA] aircrew completed the first flight of the second KC-767 for Japan Nov. 18 following an extensive modification that transformed it from a commercial airplane to a military tanker.
The new… Continue reading
Hawaiian Airlines choose Airbus A350 XWB and A330 aircraft for long-haul fleet
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., Hawaii’s largest airline, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for six Airbus A350 XWB-800s and six A330-200s, selecting Airbus aircraft for the first time in their history.
Hawaiian Airlines will begin receiving the new… Continue reading
AgustaWestland Awarded €660 Million (£470 Million) SKIOS Phase II Contract
AgustaWestland is pleased to announce that Phase II of the Sea King Integrated Operational Support (SKIOS) contract has now been launched following the signing of the contract by AgustaWestland and the UK Ministry of Defence on 29th November 2007. SKIOS… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin-built Trident II D5 Missile Achieves Record 120 Successful Test Launches in a Row
D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile Launched in Navy Test in the Pacific
SILVERDALE, Wash., November 29th, 2007 — The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test launch today of a Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:… Continue reading
Bombardier Global 5000 Sets New Transatlantic Speed Record
Fastest time ever recorded for a civil flight between Berlin and Washington, DC
October 21, flying 3,652 nautical miles (6,765 km) non-stop from Berlin to Washington in just eight… Continue reading
F-35 Team Delivers F-35 STOVL Propulsion System to Lockheed Martin
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 28, 2007 – Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first F-35 short-takeoff/vertical-landing (STOVL) propulsion system including the Rolls-Royce Lift System to Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas. The propulsion system will support airframe and engine interface… Continue reading
LOCKHEED MARTIN, VIKING LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT NORGE TEAM TO DEVELOP SAFER, MORE COST-EFFECTIVE SEA-BORNE CREW TRANSFER SYSTEM
BATLIMORE, MD, November 28th, 2007 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and VIKING Life-Saving Equipment Norge AS announced today that they are teaming to provide a safer, more efficient and cost-effective, off-shore crew transfer system capable of operating in heavy sea… Continue reading
Eurocopter is Celebrating the Centenary of the Helicopter: 100 years of helicopters, 54 years of records for Eurocopter
The fledgling aviation industry drew its impetus from records that were continuously beaten by the very rapid progress in technology. Beating a record not only proved that one could go faster, higher and further, but, above all, that the technology… Continue reading
Rockwell Collins-Cubic team announces successful flight tests of miniature Common Data Link prototype in smallest Tier 2 type platform
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa / SAN DIEGO (November 28, 2007)Â -Â The team of Rockwell Collins (NYSE:COL) and Cubic Defense Applications, Inc., a defense unit of Cubic Corporation (Amex: CUB), announced that their new Mini-Common Data Link (CDL) system has been successfully… Continue reading
EDO Corporation Receives $54.4 Million Contract For F-22 Weapon-Release System
EDO Corporation announced that it has been awarded a $54.4 million contract from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company for continued production of its LAU-142/A AMRAAM Vertical Ejection Launcher, or AVEL, for the F-22 Raptor. This latest order covers production lots 7,… Continue reading
PZL Mielec Taking A Sustainable Approach to Manufacturing
 Environmental Initiatives Continue at Sikorsky Affiliate in Poland
MIELEC, Poland, – PZL Mielec, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation’s affiliate in Poland, has begun to reduce its environmental footprint as part of modernization efforts underway at the company. Sikorsky Aircraft, a world… Continue reading
Rockwell Collins selected for Italian Air Force simulator upgrade
ORLANDO, Fla. (November 26, 2007)Â -Â Galileo Avionica, a Finmeccanica Company, has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its EPXâ„¢-5000 image generator and Environment Creation Tool (ECT) database to upgrade the Italian Air Force’s Tornado simulators.
Designed for the most demanding training… Continue reading