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Boeing Statement on Release of US Air Force KC-X Tanker Final Request for Proposal
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ – The Boeing Company today received the final Request for Proposal (RFP) document for the U.S. Air Force KC-X Tanker competition, and released the following statement from Jean Chamberlin, vice president and general manager, Boeing… Continue reading
Boeing’s ZA004 Joins 787 Flight-Test Program
EVERETT, Wash., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — A third airplane has joined the Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner  flight-test program. ZA004, the fourth flight-test airplane to be built, took off at 11:43 a.m. local time from Paine Field in Everett, Wash.… Continue reading
Russian Helicopters Chosen Latest version of the Ardiden family for the Ka-62
Moscow/24 February 2010 – The Turbomeca Ardiden 3G engine has been chosen by Russian Helicopters, JSC for the upgraded Ka-62, in the frame of the Protocol of Intentions signed on January, 21st. Offering a high growth potential, this state-of-the-art engine is… Continue reading
Bahrain plans to privatise Gulf Air
MANAMA – Bahrain plans to privatise the country’s loss-making carrier Gulf Air within about a year, after its turnaround programme bears fruit, said the chief executive of the top economic planning body in the Gulf Arab state.
Bahrain also plans to… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Awarded Apache M-TADS/PNVS Performance Based Logistics Follow-On Contract
ORLANDO, FL, February 24th, 2010 — The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a follow-on Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract to support the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and Modernized TADS/PNVS (M-TADS/PNVS) systems on the AH-64… Continue reading
IAI-Made Eitan UAV Inducted into Israel Air Force
Commander in Chief of the Israel Air Force, MGen. Ido Nehushtan: “The ‘Eitan’s’ impressive weight and wingspan put the aircraft in the “heavy UAV” category – a reflection of its significance on the battlefield, its ability to complete a variety… Continue reading
High-performance ESA receiver brings satnav indoors
Satellite navigation is having an enormous impact on our daily lives. In practical terms it means the only place left to get lost is indoors, where satnav signals fail to reach. But one ESA project is changing that.
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With… Continue reading
Dassault’s Falcon 7X Receives Type Certification by Chinese Authorities
On February 2, Dassault Falcon recently received Type Certification for the 5,950 nm Falcon 7X from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The Falcon 7X is the latest current production Falcon to be certified by the Chinese authorities. The… Continue reading
Sikorsky Global Helicopters Sees Strong Sales in 2010
HOUSTON, Texas – Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a business unit of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., is seeing a resurgence of interest in its S-300CTMÂ and S-300CBiTMÂ helicopters, with sales activity for the beginning of 2010 showing a 50 percent increase… Continue reading
Air Methods Expands Fleet with Twelve Helicopters from American Eurocopter Orders eight EC130s and four AS350 B3s
Houston,
American Eurocopter announced that Air Methods Corporation, the world’s largest air medical transportation provider, has ordered eight EC130 and four AS350 B3 helicopters.
The deal was finalized during a breakfast meeting at the Eurocopter booth today.
After the breakfast,… Continue reading
Rolls-Royce and Aeropower sign M250 Totalcare agreement
Houston, Texas — Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, and Aeropower today signed a seven-year TotalCare® long-term service agreement covering the service and support of Aeropower’s M250-powered MD 500 helicopter fleet. The signing took place at a ceremony held on… Continue reading