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Saab displays new flying test platform for Gripen
Gripen Demo, a new flying development platform for current and future generations of Gripen, is unvealed today for the first time. One of the new features is a completely new radar, that Saab is developing in collaboration with the French… Continue reading
Raytheon Awarded $79 Million To Upgrade Taiwan’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense Capabilities
TEWKSBURY, Mass., April 23, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) has received a $79 million Foreign Military Sales award from
the U.S. Army to provide Taiwan with Patriot Configuration-3 radar upgrade
kits and related engineering and technical services.
   … Continue reading
LOCKHEED MARTIN EMPLOYEES RECOGNIZED FOR F-117 NIGHTHAWK SUPPORT
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] paid tribute to the thousands of employees who have contributed to the success of the F-117 Nighthawk since the aircraft’s beginning 30 years ago during a tribute to excellence ceremony held yesterday.
GE Training Hundreds of Jet Engine Technicians from Chinese Airlines
April 23, 2008 — EVENDALE, Ohio — With hundreds of GE and CFM International jet engines being delivered to Chinese airlines and cargo companies, GE Aviation is training a growing number of technicians from Chinese operators of these dramatically expanding… Continue reading
General Dynamics Selected By NASA to Build the Spacecraft for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission
GILBERT, Ariz. – General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been selected by NASA to build the spacecraft for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM).  Under the terms of the $116 million delivery… Continue reading
Brazil Needs More Than 330 Aircraft In Next 20 Years
Airbus foresees that Brazilian airlines will need more than 330 passenger aircraft above 100 seats over the next 20 years to meet demand for traffic growth as well as aircraft replacement. This will represent a value at current list price… Continue reading
Boeing Continues Work on 3rd C-130 AMP Aircraft
ST. LOUIS, April 23, 2008 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] Support Systems employees in San Antonio work on a C-130 transport aircraft being modified and upgraded as part of the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program. The aircraft, H3, is the third to… Continue reading
Rockwell Collins to provide optics assemblies for Northrop Grumman’s Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures system
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (April 23, 2008)Â -Â Northrop Grumman has selected Rockwell Collins to provide the critical optical assemblies for the Miniature Pointer Tracker (MPT) used in its Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) system.
This MPT can defend a wide range… Continue reading
Eurofighter Typhoon Success in “Spring Flag 2008″
- 75 aircraft in total
- 400 flight hours over two weeks, day and night
- Almost 2,000 personnelÂ
“Spring Flagâ€, the most important annual exercise of the Italian Air Force, in 2008 was hosted by 9° Gruppo and XII Gruppo, with their… Continue reading
Boeing, Biman Bangladesh Airlines Sign Deal for 777s, 787s
DHAKA, Bangladesh, April 22, 2008 — Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced the airline’s order for four 777-300ER (Extended Range)… Continue reading