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Boeing Announces Agreement to Acquire Vought Operations in South Carolina
– Accelerates productivity and efficiency within 787 supply chain
– Bolsters Boeing capability to develop and produce large composite structures
– Vought continues relationship with Boeing on range of programs
SEATTLE, July 7, 2009 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA]… Continue reading
Airbus leads Boeing on orders,Etihad cancels A340
* Airbus has sold a net 68 planes this year vs Boeing’s 1
* Etihad cancels order for one A340-600 worth $250 mln
* Cancellation closes chapter on 2007 ground accident
(Adds Etihad comments, background)
By Tim Hepher
PARIS, July… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Receives $60 Million Worldwide LANTIRN Depot Award
ORLANDO, FL, July 8th, 2009 — The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a five-year, $60 million contract to continue depot maintenance support for LANTIRN navigation and targeting pods at the Lockheed Martin Warner Robins Worldwide Depot.… Continue reading
ESA and NASA establish a joint Mars exploration initiative
8 July 2009
On 29 and 30 June the ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, David Southwood, met NASA’s Associate Administrator for Science, Ed Weiler, in Plymouth, UK, to establish a way for a progressive programme for exploration of… Continue reading
EADS Defence & Security modernizes Slovakian aircraft identification systems
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Reliable identification avoids accidental attacks on own forces
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Upgrade to NATO standards enable participation in multinational crisis management missions
EADS Defence & Security (DS) will modernize the identification systems of the Slovakian armed forces in order to avoid friendly fire… Continue reading
Boeing Debuts 1st Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet
ST. LOUIS, July 8, 2009 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] today unveiled the first of 24 F/A-18F Block II Super Hornets for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during a ceremony at Boeing Integrated Defense Systems’ production facilities in St. Louis.… Continue reading
Boeing to Release Second-Quarter 2009 Results on July 22
CHICAGO, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) will release its financial results for the second quarter of 2009 at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, July 22. Boeing Capital Corp. results will also be released at that… Continue reading
Bel Air’s First AW139 Helicopter Named “Spirit of Agusta” Enters Service
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Bel Air’s first AW139 medium twin helicopter named “Spirit of Agusta†has entered service. The 12 seat configured aircraft, which has started flying offshore transport missions, was delivered to the Danish… Continue reading
LATEST FLIGHT TRIAL CONFIRMS ECHIDNA SYSTEM ON TRACK
WOOMERA, Australia – The Echidna 2A Electronic Warfare Self Protection (EWSP) system that will soon protect the Australian Army’s Black Hawk helicopter fleet has successfully completed another series of critical flight trials.
BAE Systems today confirmed that it had jointly… Continue reading