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Boeing, Danish Aerotech Sign MOU for Super Hornet Support
KARUP, Denmark, April 28, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and civil defense and aerospace company Danish Aerotech today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlines opportunities for Danish Aerotech to provide select F/A-18E/F Super Hornet logistics support… Continue reading
Final “Increment 1†VH-71 US Presidential Helicopter Delivered
The ninth and final VH-71 to be built under “Increment 1†of the US Presidential Helicopter Replacement Programme departed AgustaWestland’s Yeovil facility today on its way to the United States for completion by prime contractor Lockheed Martin. The aircraft will… Continue reading
FAA Bird Strike Database Will Be Available to Public On Friday
Proposal to Protect the Data Will be Withdrawn
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will make its entire Bird Strike database available on a public website this Friday, April 24. Portions of the database have been publicly… Continue reading
Boeing P-8A Poseidon Successfully Completes 1st Flight
SEATTLE, April 27, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T-1 successfully completed its first flight April 25, taking off from Renton Field at 10:43 a.m. and touching down at Boeing Field in Seattle at 2:14 p.m. The… Continue reading
F-35 ARRIVES IN THE UK FOR STATIC TESTING
After a three-week ocean voyage, the first structural test airframe for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter, has arrived in the United Kingdom. The F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant static test… Continue reading
AgustaWestland Unveils The TUHP 149 Helicopter To Meet The Turkish Utility Helicopter Programme
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, unveiled a full scale mock-up of the TUHP 149 helicopter at IDEF 2009 in Istanbul today. The TUHP 149 is the AgustaWestland candidate for the Turkish Utility Helicopter Programme (TUHP). It is a new generation 8.1… Continue reading
PILATUS PC-12 NG FOR FINNISH AIR FORCE
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Command Finland for the delivery of 6 PC-12 NG aircraft to the Finnish Air Force to replace their existing Liaison Aircraft.
The procurement contract, worth € 22.5 million,… Continue reading
EMBRAER’S PHENOM 100 EXECUTIVE JET CERTIFIED BY EASA
Aircraft now has the approval of Brazilian, U.S., and European civil aviation authorities
São José dos Campos, April 24, 2009 –
Embraer’s Phenom 100 entry level executive jet was certified, today, by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), for day… Continue reading
AUSTRALIA – CH-47F CHINOOK HELICOPTERS
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2009 – On April 13 the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of seven CHINOOK Helicopters and other related equipment, services and support. The estimated… Continue reading
Future Lynx Is Now The AW159!
During a ceremony at AgustaWestland’s Yeovil facility today it was announced that the Future Lynx has been renamed the AW159, bringing it in line with the other products in the growing AgustaWestland range of commercial and military rotorcraft. The design… Continue reading
Boeing Airborne Laser Team Begins Weapon System Flight Tests
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., April 24, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have begun Airborne Laser (ABL) flight tests with the entire weapon system integrated aboard the ABL aircraft.
ABL,… Continue reading
New contract provides support to Harriers
A new contract worth £574m has been awarded to supply the repair and maintenance work for RAF and Royal Navy Harriers during the remainder of their service lives.
The contract covers repair, maintenance, spares provision, upgrade work and technical support,… Continue reading