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Boeing, US Navy Deliver Proposal to Equip Brazil’s Air Force With Super Hornets
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 3, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Navy on Feb. 2 delivered a proposal to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) offering the advanced, multirole F/A-18E/F Super Hornet as part of Brazil’s F-X2 fighter aircraft competition. … Continue reading
First Pusher Prop Ground Runs Conducted Successfully For Sikorsky’s X2 TECHNOLOGYTM Demonstrator
Stratford, Connecticut – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. achieved a major milestone in its X2 TECHNOLOGYTMÂ demonstrator program by successfully ground testing the aircraft with the pusher propeller installed and spinning for the first time. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United… Continue reading
Stork Aerospace receives Boeing contract for CH-47F Chinook aft section work
Stork Fokker, a Stork Aerospace company, announced today it has received a contract from The Boeing Company for manufacture of the CH-47F Chinook aft section major subassemblies. This package would put work at Stork Fokker’s facilities in Papendrecht and Hoogeveen,… Continue reading
COROT discovers smallest exoplanet yet, with a surface to walk on
3 February 2009
COROT has found the smallest terrestrial planet ever detected outside the Solar System. The amazing planet is less than twice the size of Earth and orbits a Sun-like star. Its temperature is so high that it is… Continue reading
Boeing Receives $45M Follow-on Contract to Upgrade B-1 Bomber Avionics
LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 03, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today said it has received a $45 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade avionics software on the B-1 long-range heavy bomber. The award is Sustainment… Continue reading
Korean Air orders two more A380s
Korean Air has placed firm orders with Airbus for two more double-deck A380 aircraft. This latest purchase agreement brings the total number of A380s ordered by Korean Air to ten aircraft. The carrier will operate the aircraft in a three-class… Continue reading
GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team Beats Test Schedule With First Engine
EVENDALE, OHIO – The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has begun testing its first production-configuration F136 engine for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft a month ahead of contract schedule, a major milestone in the development program.
In keeping with previous… Continue reading
Cessna Delivers Citation X to MJets in Thailand
WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 2, 2009 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today it has delivered a Citation X to Bangkok-based MJets Limited, a leader in business aviation across Southeast Asia. The Citation X joins a… Continue reading