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First Live Warhead Flight For Lockheed Martin’s Multi-Purpose Hellfire II Missile
ORLANDO, FL, April 8th, 2010 — Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] multi-purpose AGM 114R HELLFIRE II missile scored another success in its second proof-of-principle (POP) flight test, the first armed with a live warhead. The R model, or “Romeo†missile, features… Continue reading
IPANEMA ACHIEVES MILESTONE OF 1,100 AIRCRAFT PRODUCED
Embraer delivers the commemorative aircraft to Foliar, from the State of Tocantins, BrazilÂ
Embraer delivered the 1,100th Ipanema agricultural aircraft, today, in a ceremony held at its Botucatu plant, located 230 km from the city of São Paulo, Brazil.… Continue reading
EMBRAER DELIVERS TWO EMBRAER 170 JETS TO LIBYA’S PETRO AIR
Embraer delivered two brand-new EMBRAER 170 jets, at the end of March, to the new Libyan aviation service provider Petro Air.… Continue reading Cessna Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Caravan
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, April 8, 2010 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Caravan throughout 2010.
“The Caravan has been a tremendous success for Cessna. Its order book has remained resilient… Continue reading
Successful launch for ESAs CryoSat-2 ice satellite
Europe’s first mission dedicated to studying the Earth’s ice was launched today from Kazakhstan. From its polar orbit, CryoSat-2 will send back data leading to new insights into how ice is responding to climate change and the role it plays… Continue reading
NASAs Unpiloted Global Hawk Completes First Science Flight
WASHINGTON — NASA has successfully completed the first science flight of the Global Hawk unpiloted aircraft system over the Pacific Ocean. The flight was the first of five scheduled for this month’s Global Hawk Pacific, or GloPac, mission to study… Continue reading
Boeing Reports First-Quarter Deliveries 2010
| Major Programs | 1st Quarter
2010 |
Year-to-Date
2010 |
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| Commercial Airplanes Programs | Â | ||||||
| Â 737 Next Generation | 86 | 86 | Â | ||||
| Â 747 | - | - | Â | ||||
| Â 767 | 3 | 3 | Â | ||||
| Â 777 | 19 | 19 | Â | ||||
| Total | 108 | 108 | Â | ||||
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Solar plane first flight
Plane powered by sunshine completes its first test flight from Payerne Air Base Switzerland on April 7 2010.
The carbon fibre Solar Impulse, with a wingspan similar to that of a super-jumbo has four electric motors powered by 12,000 solar… Continue reading
X-48B BWB Team Completes Phase 1 Test Flights
EDWARDS, Calif. — A team led by NASA and The Boeing Company has completed the first phase of flight tests on the subscale X-48B blended wing body aircraft at the agency’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif.
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Rockwell Collins approved to provide LPV upgrades for King Air aircrafts
ORLANDO, Fla. (April 08, 2010)Â -Â Rockwell Collins has received Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) to provide Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance (LPV) upgrades for King Air C90GTi, B200, B200GT, B200C, B200CGT, 350 and 350C aircraft. The announcement was made at the… Continue reading
First Lockheed Martin Mission Systems-Equipped F-35 Enters Flight Test
Fort Worth, Texas, April 7th, 2010 — The first mission systems-equipped Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter flew for the first time today, ushering in what will be the most powerful and comprehensive sensor package ever to… Continue reading