Monthly Archives: January 2010

Abu Dhabi 2009 passenger traffic up 7.3 pct

DUBAI – Abu Dhabi Airports Co., which runs Abu Dhabi International Airport, Sunday said 2009 passenger numbers rose 7.3% to 9.7 million from 9 million a year earlier.

July was the airport’s busiest month ever with 923,124 passengers passing through… Continue reading

OFFICIAL MATT HALL SUPPORTERS TOUR ANNOUNCED

Matt Hall Racing and leading tour operator Avtours Australia have today launched the Official Matt Hall Supporters Tour to the Perth round of the 2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championships. 

The four night tour from Thursday April 15 to… Continue reading

AL AIN AEROBATIC SHOW TO BE BROADCAST LIVE Online sports channel – Airsports.tv to Broadcast for 5 Hours

Al Ain, UAE 29 January, 2009: The Al Ain Aerobatic Show, due to be held later this week, is to be broadcast live online for the very first time in its eight-year history, with coverage of the last two… Continue reading

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Firing Units, Training Unit, and Missiles

WASHINGTON, January 29, 2010 – Today the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)
notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in the United States of 114 PATRIOT Advanced Capability (PAC-3)
missiles, 3… Continue reading

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States UH-60M BLACK HAWK Helicopters

WASHINGTON, January 29, 2010 – Today the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)
notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in the United States of 60 UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopters, technical
and… Continue reading

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States RTM-84L and ATM-84L HARPOON Block II Telemetry Missiles

WASHINGTON, January 29, 2010 – Today the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)
notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in the United States of 10 RTM-84L HARPOON Block II Telemetry
missiles,… Continue reading

Airbus sees Mideast orders steady in 2010

MARRAKESH – Airbus expects orders from the Middle East of between 40 and 50 aircraft this year, about the same as in 2009, the company’s top executive for the region told Reuters on Thursday.

Airbus’s president for the Middle East,… Continue reading

First Flight Sukhoi PAK FA


First flight of the experimental example of the fifth generation combat aircraft that took place from the KnAAPO factory aerodrome brings evidence that today the history of the world aviation is being written in Russia: in Komsomosk-on-Amur, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Rybinsk,… Continue reading

Bombardier Aerospace at Singapore Airshow 2010


Demonstrating its commitment to the Asia-Pacific marketplace, Bombardier Aerospace will attend the Singapore Airshow 2010. Held at the Changi Exhibition Centre from February 2 to 7, Bombardier Aerospace will take this opportunity to showcase four of its innovative aircraft and… Continue reading

Boeing Helicopter Support Program to Provide Lift for Canadian Industry

At a supplier conference today in Ottawa, Boeing [NYSE: BA] outlined its proposed subcontracting plan for in-service support (ISS) of 15 Boeing CH-47 Chinook Medium-to-Heavy Lift Helicopters (MHLH), designated CH-147 for the Canadian Forces.

Through the performance-based ISS program for… Continue reading

Northrop Grumman Provides Microelectronics for ESA Spacecraft Exploring the Universe

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) are flying aboard two state-of-the-art European Space Agency (ESA) space telescopes. The Herschel and Planck spacecraft are studying the formation of stars and galaxies, as well as relic radiation from the Big Bang.… Continue reading

USS George H.W. Bush Departs for Sea Trials


USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) departed Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., for sea trials Jan. 27 after a seven-month maintenance period.

During Sea Trials, the ship’s electronics, communication, navigation and other combat systems that were… Continue reading