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Boeing Receives Additional Contract for Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems
ST. LOUIS, March 18, 2010 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced it received a $39.6 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense in December to provide 85 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS).
Boeing will deliver JHMCS aircraft hardware… Continue reading
Planck sees tapestry of cold dust
Giant filaments of cold dust stretching through our Galaxy are revealed in a new image from ESA’s Planck satellite. Analysing these structures could help to determine the forces that shape our Galaxy and trigger star formation.
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Planck is principally… Continue reading
AVIC AC313 helicopter made first flight today
A giant domestic helicopter for civil use with a maximum take-off load of 13.8 tons, landed safely after its live-televised debut in Jingdezhen city, east China’s Jiangxi province Thursday morning.
The blue and white stripped AC313 helicopter was seen hovering… Continue reading
Polish Antonov crash landing at frozen lake
TALLINN – An Antonov An-26 cargo plane of the Polish airline Exin has madeThursday (March 18) an emergency landing on a frozen lake in Estonia. The cargo plane suffered engine problems. The pilots decided to land on the ice. The… Continue reading
Soyuz Landing Caps Milestone Space Station Mission
WASHINGTON — Expedition 22 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Max Suraev landed their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft on the steppes of Kazakhstan Thursday, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month stay aboard the International Space Station.
Suraev, the Soyuz commander, was at the… Continue reading
EMBRAER DELIVERS FIRST EMBRAER 190 JET FOR BA CITYFLYER
São José dos Campos, March 17, 2010    – Embraer delivered the first EMBRAER 190 jet to   British Airways, this month, at the Company’s headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil. The aircraft will be flown by BA CityFlyer, British Airways’… Continue reading
Third Boeing 747-8 Freighter Joins Flight Test
EVERETT, Wash., March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The third Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 Freighter, RC 521, successfully completed its first flight on March 17. It is the final test airplane scheduled to participate in the flight-test program for the 747-8 Freighter.… Continue reading
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems Awarded $31 Million Navy F/A-18 Mission Computer Contract
FAIRFAX, Va. – General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has been awarded a $30.6 million contract for the production of 118 Type-3 advanced mission computers (AMC) for the F/A-18 Super Hornet aircrafts. General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is a business unit… Continue reading
Bahrain Air puts off Sudan airline plans
BEIRUT – Bahrain Air, launched three years ago, has postponed until further notice a project to set up, along with other partners, a new airline in Sudan, Manama-based Al Waqt daily reports Thursday citing Bahrain Air’s managing director Ibrahim Al… Continue reading
Supersonic Brazilian Mayor
The Mayor of Sao Bernardo do Campo, Mr Luiz Marinho is visiting Sweden this week on an invite by the Swedish Trade and Export Council. The mayor is concentrating on an effort to establish broad investments into the City of… Continue reading
Raytheon Awarded $12 Million for Patriot Missile Field Surveillance Program
TEWKSBURY, Mass., March 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was awarded $11.9 million to provide material and technical services in support of the Patriot Missile Field Surveillance program.
This contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command,… Continue reading