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Raytheon Teams With US Navy and NASA for First-of-its-Kind Rolling Airframe Missile Wind Tunnel Test
TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 14, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company (NYSE:
RTN), partnering with the U.S. Navy and NASA, has successfully completed an
innovative wind tunnel test of the company’s Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM)
Block 2.
   Performed at the NASA… Continue reading
Vought Aircraft Awards Northrop Grumman Follow-on IT Contract
MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 14, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a follow-on contract by Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc., Dallas, for commercial information technology (IT) outsourcing services that provides continuity and flexibility in servicing Vought’s heritage… Continue reading
SilkAir Selects Northrop Grumman to Provide Next-Generation Air Data Inertial Reference Units
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Jan. 14, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — SilkAir, the Singapore Airlines-owned regional carrier, has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) latest air data inertial reference unit, known as the LTN-101E, for its new Airbus A320 aircraft.
“The advanced fiber-optic-gyro… Continue reading
NASA Updates Aviation Safety Data Website
WASHINGTON – NASA updated its National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service (NAOMS) website Monday to add a Microsoft Office Excel formatted version of previously posted files containing pilot survey responses.
NASA posted the survey responses Dec. 31, 2007, in Adobe Acrobat… Continue reading
Airbus Announces Plans For A330 Freighter Final Assembly Line In Mobile, Alabama
Airbus today announced a commitment to establish an A330 Freighter aircraft final assembly line (FAL) in Mobile, Alabama, if Northrop Grumman (supported by Airbus’s parent company, EADS) receives the order to build aerial refuelling tankers from the United States Air… Continue reading
Boeing Awarded Contract for Direct-to-Home Entertainment Satellite
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 14, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a contract to build a commercial satellite for ProtoStar Ltd. The 601 HP-model spacecraft will deliver direct-to-home satellite television programming and broadband Internet access throughout Asia.… Continue reading
Boeing 767 More Fuel Efficient than Airbus 330, Analysis Finds
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 14, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today released a 53-page study prepared by Conklin & de Decker Aviation Information showing that a commercial 767 airplane is substantially more fuel efficient than the larger Airbus 330.… Continue reading
Boeing Confirms Gulf Air’s Intent to Purchase 787 Dreamliners
SEATTLE, Jan. 14, 2008 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Middle East airline Gulf Air yesterday held a signing ceremony in Bahrain to announce the airline’s intent to purchase 787 Dreamliners. Boeing looks forward to welcoming Gulf Air as the newest… Continue reading
Air Pacific Orders Additional Boeing 787 Dreamliners
SEATTLE, Jan. 14, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Air Pacific today announced that the Fiji-based airline has ordered three Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in addition to a 2006 order for five of the high-technology jetliners.
The airplanes… Continue reading