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Boeing and ATIL Celebrate 10th Anniversary of UK Apache Attack Helicopter Training Venture
ST. LOUIS, July 28, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Aviation Training International Limited (ATIL) recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of a joint venture that provides Apache AH Mk1 attack helicopter training services to the British Army.
ATIL,… Continue reading
Rolls-Royce expands small engine range RR500 Turboprop For general aviarion market
Rolls-Royce has served the light turbine general aviation market for over 40 years, producing 30,000 Model 250 engines during that period. Included in that number are 1400 Model 250 turboprops which have accumulated nearly 7 million hours of flight experience.… Continue reading
PW308A-Powered WK2 Launch Aircraft for First Commercial Space Flight Debuts
LONGUEUIL, Quebec, July 28, 2008 – Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is celebrating the official rollout in Mojave, California of the PW308A-powered WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) launch aircraft for the world’s first commercial passenger suborbital spaceship. P&WC is a United Technologies (NYSE:… Continue reading
VIRGIN GALACTIC ROLLS OUT MOTHERSHIP “EVEâ€
WhiteKnightTwo launch vehicle for SpaceShipTwo heralds a new era in aerospace fuel efficiency, performance and versatility
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Mojave Air and Spaceport, California
July 28th 2008
Virgin Founder, Sir Richard Branson and SpaceShipOne designer, Burt Rutan, today pulled back the… Continue reading
Emirates Airline buys 60 Airbus wide-body aircraft
Airbus delivers first A380 to Emirates Airline
Emirates Airline has taken delivery of its first Airbus A380 aircraft in an historic delivery ceremony with over 500 guests in Hamburg, Germany. The first customer A380 powered by Engine Alliance engines, was presented to Chairman and Chief Executive Emirates… Continue reading Boeing Airborne Laser Team Begins Testing Laser with Chemical Fuel
ST. LOUIS, July 28, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have completed installing the high-energy laser aboard the Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft and have begun testing the laser with its chemical… Continue reading
Elbit Systems to Supply the Israeli Defense Forces with Thermal Imaging
Observation and target acquisition, light weight and low power consumption make MARS especially suited for various future soldier programs.
Haifa, Israel, 28 July, 2008 -
Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop… Continue reading
Boeing Delivers 747-400 Freighter to Cargolux
EVERETT, Wash, July 25, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] recently delivered to Cargolux Airlines International S.A. its 16th and last 747-400 Freighter with a ceremony at Paine Field in Everett, Wash.
This year celebrates the 30th anniversary of… Continue reading
Qantas Boeing 747-400 horror flight treatens jumbos future
- Oxygen tank believed responsible for hole in Qantas jet
- Mid-air drama potentailly threatens 1300 jumbos
- Hero pilot arrives home
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INVESTIGATORS yesterday strongly hinted that an exploding oxygen tank was responsible for blasting a hole in the fuselage of a… Continue reading
Boeing to Team With Raytheon on EP-X Aircraft Program
ST. LOUIS, July 24, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that Raytheon has joined its EP-X industry team. EP-X is a manned airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting aircraft that will replace the U.S. Navy’s EP-3 signals… Continue reading
MD-11 Boeing Converted Freighters to Support Aeroflot Cargo Growth Plan
FRANKFURT, Germany, July 24, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] is helping Aeroflot Cargo improve its operational efficiency and adapt to growing market demands by providing three leased MD-11 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCFs). The companies joined in celebrating the… Continue reading