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GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team launches path to flight test
Evendale, Ohio, US – May 27, 2009 – The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has launched its flight clearance certification review, a process that will prepare the F136 engine for flight testing over the next several months.
Following flight certification,… Continue reading
Airbus celebrates the 40th anniversary of its first aircraft programme
Tomorrow Airbus celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Franco-German agreement which launched its first ever aircraft programme, the A300. On May 29, 1969, the French Minister of Transport, Jean Chamant and the German Minister of Economic Affairs, Karl Schiller, signed… Continue reading
AgustaWestland Opens New Dedicated T129 Facility
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the opening of its new T129 facility in Cascina Costa, Italy. The official opening ceremony was attended by delegates from the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM), Turkish Land Force Command and… Continue reading
OasISS mission heading to ISS with ESA astronaut Frank De Winne
ESA PR 13-2009. ESA astronaut Frank De Winne is heading to the International Space Station at the start of his six-month OasISS mission. Together with Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, De Winne launched from… Continue reading
Alenia Aeronautica completes the deliveries of the C-27Js to the Italian Air Force with the 12th aircraft delivered
C-27J Spartan at Le Bourget, M. van Leeuwen
Today, at its Caselle South facility, Alenia Aeronautica completed deliveries to the Italian Air Force (AMI)
with the delivery of the twelfth C-27J. The aircraft was delivered to the 46th Air Wing… Continue reading
First flight of serial Yak-130
The first serial jet-combat trainer Yak-130 performed its maiden flight on 10 of May from Nozhni-Novgorod aviation plant airfield. The aircraft was piloted in 32 minutes flight by Hero of Russia Chief test pilot R.Taskaev and test pilot S.Kara. The… Continue reading
EMBRAER DELIVERS 100th SUPER TUCANO AIRCRAFT
Brazilian Air Force receives this advanced training and light attack airplane
São José dos Campos, May 26, 2009
Embraer delivered the 100th Super Tucano aircraft, today, at the Company’s headquarters in São José dos Campos, State of São Paulo, Brazil.… Continue reading
Boeing KC-767J Aerial Refueling Tankers Join Active Air Wing in Japan
ST. LOUIS, May 26, 2009 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that three KC-767J aerial refueling tankers recently achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) and have been placed in an active air wing in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force… Continue reading
ASTRA AIRLINES OF GREECE ACQUIRES SECOND BAe 146
Hatfield, Hertfordshire – Astra Airlines of Greece has acquired a BAe 146-300 from BAE Systems Asset Management to add to its existing Series 300 that it has had in service since July 2008, when it commenced operations.
The second aircraft… Continue reading
Raytheon to Build More AESA Radars for U.S. Navy Super Hornets
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 26, 2009 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $54 million U.S. Navy contract to retrofit Super Hornet block II aircraft with APG-79 active electronically scanned array radars.
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The award… Continue reading
Boeing B-52 With Combat Network Communications Upgrade Makes 1st Flight
WICHITA, Kan., May 22, 2009 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced the successful first flight of a B-52 Stratofortress upgraded with Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT), a modification that equips the legendary B-52 with 21st-century situational awareness and mission flexibility.… Continue reading
Boeing Completes First 787 Dreamliner Engine Runs
EVERETT, Wash., May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing [NYSE: BA] continued to make steady progress toward the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner, completing the first engine runs on the all-new airplane. The occasion marks the first all-electric start of… Continue reading