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Daily Archives: April 15, 2009

Vought Receives Silver Eagle Award from Boeing

DALLAS, APRIL14, 2009 – Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. recently received the Silver Eagle award for Project Excellence from The Boeing Company’s C-17 program.  A team of Vought employees earned the award by reducing product lead time on the Boeing C-17… Continue reading

Boeing Ships IndoStar II / ProtoStar II Satellite to Baikonur Launch Site

IndoStar II / Proto Star IIEL SEGUNDO, April 15, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has shipped the IndoStar II/ProtoStar II satellite from the company’s satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in Kazakhstan. Upon arrival, the… Continue reading

Boeing Awarded US Navy Contract to Develop Free Electron Laser

WEST HILLS, Calif., April 15, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract valued at up to $163 million, with an initial task order of $6.9 million, to develop the Free Electron Laser (FEL)… Continue reading

Airbus integrates MTAD as ‘Airbus Military’ to manage all military activities

Today, EADS’s former military transport aircraft division, MTAD becomes fully integrated into Airbus. As a new Airbus business unit, “Airbus Military” will be accountable for all military activities within Airbus. The integration and “Day 1” of the new unit –… Continue reading

Qualification next Red Bull Air Race, Abu Dhabi Friday 17 April

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The Red Bull Air Race World Series 2009 season starts Friday 17 April with the qaulification as always in Abu Dhabi, this year there are six races: Abu Dhabi, San Diego, Windsor (new city), Budapest, Porto and the final… Continue reading

Gripen at SAAF Airpower Demonstration

Two Gripen D aircraft participated in the SA Air Force’s recent Airpower Demonstration in Limpopo Province, South Africa.

The dual-seat state-of-the-art fighters were deployed in a typical peace enforcement scenario to provide a Combat Air Patrol over a ground-to-air reconnaissance… Continue reading