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Lockheed Martin Awarded Concept Development Contract for U.S. Air Force Space Fence
MOORESTOWN, NJ, June 30th, 2009 — The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] a $30 million contract to begin concept development for Space Fence, a system of land-based S-Band radars and supporting operations centers that will detect and… Continue reading
Boeing Awarded $750M B-52 Engineering Sustainment Contract
WICHITA, Kan., June 30, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has received a $750 million, 10-year contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide engineering support for the B-52 bomber. Under the Engineering Sustainment Program (ESP) contract,… Continue reading
Child found alive after plane crashes in sea
(CNN) — A massive rescue effort was under way Tuesday after a young child was found among the wreckage of a downed Yemeni jet off the coast of Comoros in the Indian Ocean.
“One child is alive and we hope… Continue reading
EU told Yemenia not to repair its planes
By Tim Hepher
PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) – The Yemeni carrier whose plane crashed off the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros on Tuesday had been banned for now from servicing European Union-based jets after failing audit inspections, a European Union… Continue reading
Yemenia (Yemen Airways) Flight IY626 accident near the Comoro Islands
Blagnac, 30 June 2009
Airbus regrets to confirm that an A310-300 operated by Yemenia (Yemen Airways) was involved in an accident shortly after 01.50 (local time) near the Comoro Islands. The aircraft was operating a scheduled service, flight number IY626, from Sana’a… Continue reading
Photo report of the Paris Air Show 2009.
This year the 100th Paris Air Show, difficult economic times makes this edition a miss for several countries, less new aircraft makes the airshow a bit thin, but never the less a nice series of photo’s came back with us.… Continue reading
SuperJet International and Malev sign Letter of Intent for 30 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft
The agreement has a potential value of up to 1 Billion US$.
SuperJet International and Hungarian national carrier Malev signed a Letter of Intent for the purchase of thirty Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft.
The L.o.I. has been executed today at… Continue reading
Red Arrows celebrate Virgin’s 25th birthday
The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, performed a flypast with a Virgin Atlantic 747-400 at the Biggin Hill International Air Fair to celebrate the airline’s 25th birthday yesterday, Sunday 28 June 2009.
Led by Red 1, Wing… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman and U.S. Air Force Unveil Next-Generation of High-Flying Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Air Force unveiled the next-generation of high-flying unmanned aircraft – the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk – in a ceremony today at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, Calif., manufacturing facility.
Photos and video accompanying this… Continue reading
Boeing Joins the Wing to Body for First 747-8 Freighter
EVERETT, Wash., June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) has completed another milestone in the assembly of its first 747-8 Freighter by joining the wing to the fuselage. Workers attached the 40-foot (12 m) fuselage section to the center wing… Continue reading
Boeing Connects 1st F-15E Simulators to US Air Force’s Worldwide Training Network
ST. LOUIS, June 29, 2009 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] has connected the F-15E Mission Training Center (MTC) at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, to the U.S. Air Force’s Distributed Mission Operations Network (DMON), enabling F-15E pilots at the base… Continue reading