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Boeing’s Airborne Laser Team Begins Laser Activation Tests
ST. LOUIS, May 28, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency achieved another significant milestone for the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program this month by completing the first laser activation testing… Continue reading
Boeing Submits Bid for Space Situational Awareness Program to U.S. Air Force
ST. LOUIS, May 28, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that it submitted a bid to the U.S. Air Force earlier this month for the Self-Awareness Space Situational Awareness (SASSA) program.
The program, valued at approximately $30… Continue reading
KD Avia commits to 25 Airbus A320 Family aircraft
Gulf Air orders 35 Airbus single aisle widebody aircraft
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Orders Its Second AW139 Helicopter
AgustaWestland and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace are pleased to announce that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Agency (TMPA) has signed a contract for its second AW139 medium-twin helicopters in utility configuration. The TMPA received its first AW139 in March 2006. The TMPA… Continue reading
Helicopters New Zealand Orders Three AW139s Plus Two Options
AgustaWestland is pleased to announce that Helicopters New Zealand (Helicopters NZ) has signed a contract for an additional three AW139 medium twin turbine engine helicopters plus options for a further two aircraft. These helicopters, which add to two AW139s previously… Continue reading
Eurocopter increases its research to develop even greener helicopters
Berlin, 29 May 2008
Thanks to the research already carried out over the last few decades – for example, the development of three successive generations of the Fenestron® tail rotor – Eurocopter now has the quietest range of ) helicopters… Continue reading
Saab´s maiden flight with Gripen Demo
Today at 10.55 – 11.25 Saab conducted the maiden flight with the Gripen Demo, the test bed for the further development of Gripen. The flight lasted for 30 minutes and went totally according to plan.
“We´re flying what in many… Continue reading
British Airways buys two Airbus A318s for London City Airport services
British Airways has signed a firm contract with Airbus for two Airbus A318 aircraft to launch services between London City Airport, in central London, and New York. The A318 is the most modern and largest aircraft certified by the European… Continue reading
Homecoming for Goulian
GOULIAN ON A HOT STREAK AS RED BULL AIR RACE SETS UP CLOSE TO HOME
The third Red Bull Air Race of the season in Detroit will be a homecoming of sorts for Michael Goulian – and the closest race… Continue reading
Pilatus Business Aircraft, Ltd. delivers first PC-12 NG to Customer
Pilatus is proud to announce the start of PC-12 NG customer deliveries. At the delivery ceremony in Broomfield, Colorado, this important milestone was celebrated by Pilatus employees and the exclusive PC-12 Sales and Service Center for the northwestern United States,… Continue reading
First C-130J Super Hercules For Norway Completes Production And Painting
The first of four C-130Js for Norway has now completed production and painting at the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] facility in Marietta, Ga.
As the first C-130J order under the U.S. Foreign Military Sale program, the Norway contract marks yet… Continue reading