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Oman Air’s 787 order hangs on first flight
Oman Air will decide whether to keep or cancel an order for six 787 Dreamliners once Boeing’s revolutionary new jet plane has carried out its delayed maiden flight, the airline’s chief executive said.
The airline, which took over as Oman’s… Continue reading
Science and Math Teachers From Across the U.S. Take to the Skies Over Detroit On Second Stop of Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery
   * Program designed to show students that science is cool
   * Teachers participating in today’s microgravity flight hail from
     Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
DETROIT, Sept. 24, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC)… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Awarded $30 Million Contract to Provide Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods to Royal Moroccan Air Force
ORLANDO, FL, September 24th, 2009 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has signed a foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) to the Royal Moroccan Air Force. The $30 million contract includes integration support, product spares… Continue reading
Arrests after ‘lasering’ Dutch Apache with laser-pen
Dutch military police arrested 5 men that used a laser-pen on a flying Apache helicopter gunship. The men were arrested in the surroundings of AFB Eindhoven with help of the same Apache helicopter.
The military police was dispatched around 22:00 hours… Continue reading
Boeing Receives A-10 Modernization Contracts From US Air Force
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 24, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that it has received two separate contracts from the U.S. Air Force to support modernization of the service’s fleet of 365 A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. The contracts,… Continue reading
AgustaWestland And Heli-One Sign Repair & Overhaul Agreement
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce it has signed an agreement with Heli-One for the establishment of a Repair & Overhaul Centre in Vancouver, Canada. Under this agreement the Centre will provide repair and overhaul services for the… Continue reading
SpaceX DRAGON/FALCON 9 UPDATE
We are now only a few months away from having the inaugural Falcon 9 launch vehicle on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral and ready to fly! The actual launch date will depend on a variety of factors, including weather… Continue reading
NASA officials assign crew for final scheduled Space Shuttle mission
WASHINGTON (AFNS)Â –Â NASA officials have assigned the crew for the last scheduled space shuttle mission, targeted to launch in September 2010. The flight to the International Space Station will carry a pressurized logistics module to the station.
Veteran shuttle commander… Continue reading
Boeing begins repair work on 787 Dreamliner
Workers at Boeing Co. in Everett, Wash., have begun fixing a flaw on the first 787 Dreamliner test aircraft in preparation for its long-delayed first flight later this year, a Boeing executive said Wednesday.Â
The modifications are expected to take… Continue reading
FIRST EMBRAER 195 JET IS DELIVERED TO LUFTHANSA CITYLINE
Aircraft is part of an order for 30 E-Jets placed by Lufthansa for its regional partners
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São José dos Campos, September 24, 2009
Embraer delivers the first EMBRAER 195 jet, today, to Germany’s Lufthansa at the Company’s headquarters in… Continue reading