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United Kingdom – MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Aircraft
WASHINGTON, January 3, 2008 – On December 19, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom of MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Aircraft as well as associated equipment and services. The total… Continue reading
Rockwell Collins flight computers, pilot controls selected for Mitsubishi Regional Jet
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (January 07, 2008) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has selected Rockwell Collins to provide primary flight control computers, pilot controls and horizontal stabilizer trim system for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ).
Rockwell Collins previously announced that MHI… Continue reading
Pratt & Whitney and Turkish Airlines Technic Form MRO Joint Venture
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 7, 2008 – Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company (NYSE: UTX), and Turkish Airlines Technic Inc. (Turkish Technic), a Turkish Airlines company (ISE:THYAO), signed a joint venture agreement to build an aircraft engine overhaul… Continue reading
NASA Teleconference to Preview MESSENGER’s Flyby of Mercury
WASHINGTON – NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 10, to preview the historic Jan. 14 spacecraft flight past Mercury that will explore some of the last major never-seen-before terrain in the inner solar… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Receives $29 Million for Combat-Proven Hellfire II Missiles
ORLANDO, FL, January 7th, 2008 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a $29 million production order from the U.S. Army for the combat-proven precision-strike HELLFIRE® II air-to-ground missile. The order represents the final option under the U.S. Army’s… Continue reading
Boeing Responds to Missile Defense Agency’s GMD Information Request
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 07, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has responded to a U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) request for industry feedback on the follow-on Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program.
Boeing submitted its response to MDA’s request for… Continue reading
Chief Of Air Staff Impressed With UK’s Future Jet Trainer
Warton, UK.  Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, Chief of Air Staff, has taken the opportunity to fly one of the Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer (Mk 128) development aircraft from BAE Systems at Warton.
The Hawk AJT will enter service with… Continue reading
New at Aviation News: Aircraft written off as airliners, military transport planes and corporate jets.
January 2, 2008
Fokker 100, EP-IDB of Iran Air skidded of the runway at Teheran-Mehrabad Airport Iran, during take off in a heavy snow storm. No fatalities.
January 4, 2008
Let 410UVP-3, YV2081 of Transaven crashed 20 km from Los… Continue reading