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GULFSTREAM G550 and G500 BUSINESS JETS RECEIVE TYPE CERTIFICATE VALIDATION FROM KOREAN CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
Approval Reflects Growing International Demand for Gulfstream Aircraft
SAVANNAH, Ga., April 24, 2008 – Gulfstream Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), recently received Type Certificate Validation for its ultra-long-range Gulfstream G550 business-jet aircraft from the Civil Aviation… Continue reading
FAA Takes Steps to Ensure Proper Reporting of Operational Errors
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced steps to strengthen the reporting system designed to classify airspace errors, in response to a report by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Inspector General (IG) that revealed the intentional misclassification… Continue reading
More Large Aircraft Needed On The Chinese Mainland In Next 20 Years
Toulouse, 24 April 2008
Airbus forecasts that the Chinese Mainland will need some 2,800 new passenger aircraft and freighters from 2007 to 2026, with a total market value of US$ 329 billion. It represents 11.6 per cent of the world total demand… Continue reading
Green light from Baikonur: Giove-B ready for launch
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Approved for launch
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All systems operating correctly
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Communications with control centre in Fucino tested
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Galileo* technology goes into space
Baikonur, 24 April 2008
The European satellite navigation system Galileo* is a step nearer to becoming a reality: The Giove-B navigation satellite has… Continue reading
Bombardier Surpasses Milestone 1,500th CRJ Regional Jet Delivery
Toronto, April 24, 2008
Bombardier Aerospace today announced that the CRJ Series program has celebrated and exceeded its 1,500th delivery milestone. The 1,500th aircraft, a CRJ900 NextGen model, was handed over to Northwest Airlines in March, 2008, and… Continue reading
Bombardier Skyjet Announces New Enhancements To Its Jet Card Program
Dallas, Texas, April 24, 2008
New Skyjet Card offers a simple debit format with greater flexibility and continued quality assurances
Bombardier Skyjet, the pioneer service for online booking of privately chartered business jets and provider of the Skyjet Card,… Continue reading
Boeing Completes Hardware Installation for SBSS Satellite Operations Center
ST. LOUIS, April 24, 2008 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today said it has finished installing the hardware for its Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system’s Satellite Operations Center (SOC). The SOC now has the necessary security certification to allow the… Continue reading
Boeing Delivers Proposal to Equip Indian Air Force with Super Hornet Fighters
ST. LOUIS, April 24, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today delivered a detailed, 7,000-page proposal offering its advanced F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the Indian Air Force as part of India’s Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition.
“Our proposal… Continue reading