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Monthly Archives: December 2008

KLM rings in 90 years

klm-logo.jpgThe coming year will be a special one for KLM. On 7 October 2009, it will have been 90 years since KLM was first founded. This makes KLM the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name.… Continue reading

NASA SELECTS SPACEX’S FALCON 9 BOOSTER AND DRAGON SPACECRAFT FOR CARGO RESUPPLY SERVICES TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

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Space X Falcon F1 at liftoff

F9/Dragon Will Replace the Cargo Transport Function of the Space Shuttle after 2010

HAWTHORNE, CA – December 23, 2008 – NASA today announced its selection of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon… Continue reading

Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration Unmanned Aircraft Program Receives Prestigious U.S. Navy Test Team Award

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Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) RQ-4 Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration (GHMD) team was recently named Test Team of the Quarter for the second quarter of 2008 by the U.S. Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 20. The team won the coveted… Continue reading

KLM becomes full owner of Martinair

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will have full ownership of Martinair. KLM and the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group have agreed on the sale of A.P. Moller – Maersk Group’s 50% stake in Martinair to KLM, which transaction was cleared by… Continue reading

IAI and Elbit Systems Awarded $141 Million Contract to Supply Combined Airborne Imagery Intelligence Systems to the Turkish Air Force

Aselsan will be the project’s prime contractor. IAI’s share will be $54 million and Elbit Systems’ will be $87 million

Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) and Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT) announced today that their respective subsidiaries, ELTA Systems Ltd. (ELTA)… Continue reading

Second Sukhoi Superjet 100 prototype takes to the skies in Komsomolsk

The second of four SSJ100 prototypes SN95003 took to the skies on December 24, thus joining the flight test program started earlier this year.

The aircraft took off from the factory runaway and safely landed after a successful 2h 30min.… Continue reading

Etihad expands Rolls-Royce Trent fleet with new A330 order

Rolls-Royce announced today that Etihad Airways, the Abu Dhabi-based national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has chosen the Trent 700EP to power a further eight Airbus A330 aircraft. The Trent 700EP is the latest and more fuel-efficient version of… Continue reading

Merry Christmas

For all our readers, we wish you a Merry Christmas with your family and friends.

Best wishes,

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Weight-Optimized F-35 Test Fleet Adds Conventional Takeoff And Landing Variant

f-35-af-1-rolloutLockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] rolled out the first weight-optimized conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant of the F-35 Lightning II fighter on Dec. 19. The new F-35A, called AF-1, joins three weight-optimized F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variants currently undergoing testing.… Continue reading

EMBRAER SELLS 11 E-JETS TO BRITISH AIRWAYS

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Fleet modernization centers on EMBRAER 170 and EMBRAER 190SRs for BA CityFlyer

São José dos Campos, December 22, 2008 –

Embraer and British Airways signed a contract for 11 E-Jets, comprised of six EMBRAER 170 and five EMBRAER 190SR jets,… Continue reading

Eurocopter and Helibras sign a historic contract with the Brazilian government

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Following the EU-Brazil summit, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil officially announced the contract for 50 EC725 helicopters which has been signed by the Brazilian government and a consortium formed by Eurocopter… Continue reading

FAA Approves Boeing 787 Dreamliner Maintenance Program

b787-03.jpgEVERETT, Wash., Dec. 22, 2008 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the all-new 787 Dreamliner‘s scheduled maintenance program.

The scheduled maintenance program defines the maintenance tasks and intervals operators will use… Continue reading