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Pratt & Whitney says will cut 1,000 Conn. jobs
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney says it will eliminate 1,000 jobs in Connecticut by 2011 as it transfers work to Georgia and Asia.
It plans to shut its Cheshire, Conn., plant and shift some operations… Continue reading
Paul Bonhomme Rides Hot-Streak To Barcelona For Finale
BARCELONA, Spain – Paul Bonhomme, who has won two of the last five rounds in this year’s Red Bull Air Race World Championship and come second in the other three, could clinch his first title next week in the final… Continue reading
Next-Generation E-2D Advanced Hawkeye On-Track for Initial Operational Test and Evaluation in 2011
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Sept. 21, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With U.S. Navy leadership, federal, state and local government officials, and Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE:NOC) employees looking on, the U.S. Navy today took delivery of its 21st, and final production E-2C Hawkeye… Continue reading
General Dynamics Awarded $37 Million Contract by U.S. Air Force for ‘Identification Friend or Foe’ Cryptographic Modules
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – General Dynamics C4 Systems has received a $37 million contract to supply the U.S. Air Force with Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Mode 5 (KIV-78) cryptographic modules and spare parts. The IFF cryptographic modules enable precise identification… Continue reading
Qantas Takes 75th Boeing 737
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Qantas celebrated today as the Australian airline’s 75th 737, adorned with a special decal to commemorate the milestone, arrived in Auckland, New Zealand.
Qantas named the Boeing Next-Generation 737-800… Continue reading
German Eurofighters Intercept Russian Antonov Over Baltic
US Air Force officials release Predator accident report
9/22/2009Â -Â LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFNS)Â –Â An MQ-1 Predator flying a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom lost contact with its ground control station and presumably crashed in a forward operating area May 13, according to an Air… Continue reading
Bristow Group Inc. Signs An Agreement For Three AW139s
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the Bristow Group Inc. has signed an agreement for three AW139 medium twin engine helicopters to be used to perform offshore transport missions. The purchase further strengthens the relationship between AgustaWestland… Continue reading
Mexicana to become part of oneworld on 10 November
Mexico and Central America’s leading airline Mexicana will become part of oneworld®, the world’s leading quality airline alliance, on Tuesday 10 November, offering oneworld’s full range of services and benefits from then.
Its subsidiaries MexicanaClick and… Continue reading
Air France to serve Dubai and Johannesburg with A380
Air France KLM has released details of changes to its 2009 winter schedule, which includes a joint venture with Delta, the introduction of the A380 on routes to Dubai and Johannesburg, and the cutting of several routes from London City.… Continue reading
Bomb hoax forces Kuwaiti plane to divert
A Kuwaiti airplane was forced to fly back to the emirate’s airport on Monday after a row between a crew member and a passenger claiming his bag contained a bomb, the state news agency KUNA said.
The passenger refused to… Continue reading
Saab wins upgrade contract for the SK60 training aircraft
The defence and security company Saab has received an order valued at MSEK 130 from FMV (the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) for the development and upgrade of the Armed Forces SK60 training aircraft.
“This is an important order for Saab… Continue reading