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EMBRAER HIGHLIGHTS ITS EXECUTIVE JETS PORTFOLIO AT EBACE 2010
Company will showcase the Phenom 100, Phenom 300, Legacy 500, Legacy 600, and Lineage 1000
Embraer will participate in the tenth European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE), at the Geneva Palexpo Exhibition Center, Switzerland, May 4-6. The full executive… Continue reading
Four A330 MRTT customer versions underway in Spain
Work is now well underway on the first Airbus Military A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), meaning that aircraft for all four current MRTT customers are in conversion.
The latest aircraft to begin the… Continue reading
It’s time to focus on America’s future in space
With the fiscal year 2011 budget proposal and a recent speech in Florida, President Barack Obama has provided NASA with all the assets and vision needed to make a critical shift in our human spaceflight program. We are working with… Continue reading
Demand Improvements Continue in March – Expect Volcano-Related Dip in April
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that March 2010 international scheduled air traffic showed continued strengthening of demand. Compared to March 2009, passenger demand was up 10.3%, while cargo demand grew 28.1%. Both are improvements from the… Continue reading
Thunderbirds fly Super Bowl champions
4/28/2010 - BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFNS) – Super Bowl XLIV champions Drew Brees and Jabari Greer of the National Football League’s New Orleans Saints experienced “air dominance” in a different fashion going for a ride in a Air Force Thunderbirds red,… Continue reading
Boeing to Highlight Commitment to Customer Readiness at Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition
ST. LOUIS, April 28, 2010 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] will spotlight a wide array of existing and emerging technologies in support of customer readiness at the 2010 Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition. This year’s event takes place May 3-5… Continue reading
LIATEC Opens Its New Abou Aisha Facility
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that an official opening ceremony was held today for the grand opening of LIATEC’s (Libyan Italian Advanced Technology Company) new facility at Abou Aisha airport, 60 km South of Tripoli. LIATEC is… Continue reading
IATA Applauds Europe’s Post-Volcano Measures
Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) applauded the announcement by the European Commission of a comprehensive program to provide relief to the air transport sector in the aftermath of extra-ordinary airspace closures resulting from the ash plume of an… Continue reading
Eurocopter shapes its future through a major investment program in new products and services, financed through transformation of the company
Marignane, 27 April 2010
In answer to the economical crisis and the evolution of the helicopter market, Eurocopter has decided to accelerate its SHAPE improvement program. The company intends to invest between 2010 and 2014 more than 1.3 Billion € in self-funded… Continue reading
NAVAIR delivers new F-16 simulator
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – NAVAIR’s Naval Aviation Training Systems program office (PMA-205) delivered a newly updated F-16A/B Fighting Falcon simulator to the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC), Naval Air Station Fallon, Nev. on Mar.… Continue reading
Bombardier Delivers its 201st Bombardier Amphibious Aircraft
Newfoundland and Labrador’s first Bombardier 415 aircraft
Today, Bombardier Aerospace announced it has delivered its 201st amphibious aircraft, a Bombardier 415 aircraft, the world’s most efficient firefighting aircraft. The customer taking delivery of this 201st aircraft is the… Continue reading
USAF F-16 drawdown begins at Spangdahlem AB Germany
4/26/2010Â -Â SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany (AFNS)Â –Â Six F-16 Fighting Falcons are scheduled to depart here April 27 as the first step for the 52nd Fighter Wing staff in the Combat Air Force Restructuring plan expected to save the Air Force… Continue reading