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Land and Sea Tests Verify Effectiveness of Boeing Biological Detection System
ST. LOUIS, March 10, 2008 — The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and Boeing [NYSE: BA] have demonstrated successfully that ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles modified to look for biological warfare agents can effectively intercept, detect and fly through simulated… Continue reading
LOCKHEED MARTIN SUBMITS PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE GOES-R SPACECRAFT
Proposal Continues Five Decades of Partnership with NASA & NOAA
DENVER, March 10th, 2008 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] today submitted its proposal to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to design and build the spacecraft for the Geostationary… Continue reading
General Dynamics Awarded $191 Million NAVSEA Ballistic Missile Defense Support Contract
FAIRFAX, Va. – General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a contract by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to provide support to the Missile Defense Agency’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) program… Continue reading
FAA Adopts Upgrades for Aircraft “Black Boxesâ€
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has mandated significant upgrades to aircraft cockpit voice and flight data recorders — improvements that will enable investigators to retrieve more data from accidents and incidents requiring investigation.
“Because this is the… Continue reading
MEADS: Cutting edge technology from EADS Defence & Security adds new dimension to air defence radar
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Electronic core components going into mass production for the first time
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Delivery of 40,000 transmit / receive modules by 2009
10 March 2008
The transmit / receive modules developed by EADS Defence & Security (DS) for the fire control radar of the… Continue reading
Bombardier Sells 27 Jets And Turboprops To SAS And Its Affiliates
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Firm orders are for 13 CRJ900 NextGen regional jets and 14 Q400 NextGen turboprops
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Contract includes options for an additional 24 aircraft -
Claims related to Q400 incidents settled in mutually satisfactory agreement
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that SAS Scandinavian Airlines… Continue reading
Decision Time Nears for Boeing to Protest Air Force Tanker Award
ST. LOUIS, March 10, 2008 — As the deadline nears for a decision on whether to protest a U.S. Air Force contract award for the next refueling tanker aircraft, officials at Boeing [NYSE: BA] spent the weekend evaluating with growing… Continue reading
BAE SYSTEMS DELIVERS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SIMULATOR TO COVENTRY AIRPORT
Frimley, United Kingdom – BAE Systems have delivered the MASE (Modular Airspace Synthetic Environment) to Air Traffic Services at Coventry Airport.  MASE simulators are currently in service at East Midlands and Filton airports, RAF Shawbury and RAF Boulmer.
Coventry Airport has… Continue reading