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Raytheon Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 Proves Networked Capability with JSTARS Aircraft
NEW DELHI, Feb. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company’s (NYSE: RTN) Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 completed a major milestone when the weapon’s Strike Common Weapon Datalink (SCWDL) communicated via Link-16 nodes with a Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial System Demonstrates Critical Resupply Capability
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully demonstrated that its MQ-8B Vertical Unmanned Aerial System (VUAS) can resupply U.S. or coalition troops deployed on a combat mission.
The company conducted the autonomous proof-of-principle resupply capability during the current Army Expeditionary Warrior… Continue reading
Jazeera Air buys leasing firm for $89 mln
KUWAIT – Kuwaiti carrier Jazeera Airways said it has fully acquired Sahab Aircraft Leasing Co, a leasing firm launched in 2008 for 25.6 million dinars ($88.77 million).
“The acquisition gives Jazeera Airways a platform to pursue strategic vertical integration initiatives… Continue reading
CryoSat to observe Earth’s ice cover
ESA PR 03-2010. The European Space Agency is about to launch the most sophisticated satellite ever to investigate the Earth’s ice fields and map ice thickness over water and land: lift-off scheduled for 25 February.
ESA’s ice mission satellite CryoSat… Continue reading
Boeing Completes P-8A Weapons Ground Vibration Tests
SEATTLE, Feb. 15, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] successfully completed stores (weapons) ground vibration testing on P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T1 on Feb. 5 in Seattle. The tests will provide data to validate predictions of aircraft performance prior to flight… Continue reading
Bangladesh Navy Orders Two AgustaWestland AW109 Powers
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the award of a contract by the Bangladesh Navy for two AW109 Power maritime helicopters. The helicopters will be used for a wide range of naval missions including search and rescue, economic… Continue reading
Swedish pilot prevents drama
A Swedish pilot of a small airplane faced a dramatic turn of a simple parachuting flight in Portugal on Sunday.
Mikael Anderson took off with three passengers from an airfield near Evora, east of Lisbon.
Two of the passengers were… Continue reading