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Gripen ready to protect the World Cup Soccer in South Africa
Gripen will be on the frontline, providing airspace security and protection for the planet’s biggest sporting event of the year, the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup, being held across South Africa from 11 June – 11 July.
South Africa’s growing… Continue reading
NASA’s Unmanned Global Hawk Aircraft Conducts Ground Breaking Science Missions
SAN DIEGO, June 9, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NASA’s unmanned Global Hawk aircraft, developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), completed four science flights over the Pacific Ocean during the month of April. The flights were part of the… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin F-35 Ground-Test Article Completes Testing Five Months Ahead Of Schedule
FORT WORTH, Texas, June 9th, 2010 — The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II program successfully completed F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) full-scale static testing – with zero structural failures – five months ahead of schedule and in… Continue reading
GULFSTREAM INSTALLS INFRARED VISION SYSTEM ON GULFSTREAM GIV
System Improves Situational Awareness For Gulfstream Operators
SAVANNAH, Ga., June 9, 2010 — Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has successfully installed the Kollsman General Aviation Vision System (GAViS) on a Gulfstream GIV aircraft. The device is now available for GV, GIV and… Continue reading
Italian Eurofighters in air defence exercise with Switzerland
Two Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons from the 4th Stormo intercepted a civil aircraft flying from Italy into Switzerland yesterday as it was not complying with air space rules.
A potentially dangerous scenario was resolved quickly thanks to the effective… Continue reading
Airbus launches international species conservation project
Blagnac, 09 June 2010
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus and the Weltvogelpark-Foundation Walsrode agreed a Letter of Intent for strengthening the population of the Northern Bald Ibis, or Waldrapp, within the framework of the Airbus partnership with the UN Secretariat of the Convention on… Continue reading
Bombardier Aerospace Announces its Plan to Acquire ExelTech Hangar
Bombardier announced today the acceptance of its offer to purchase the Saint-Laurent facilities of ExelTech Aerospace Inc. following the latter’s bankruptcy. The acquisition will increase Bombardier’s Global Completion Centre (GCC) capabilities for its Global 5000 and Global Express XRS business… Continue reading
Turkish Ministry of Transport and Eurocopter confirm contract for two EC145 at ILA 2010
The Turkish State Airport Administration (DHMI), a subsidiary of the Turkish Ministry of Transport and the Eurocopter Group today confirmed a contract for two EC145 helicopters, at the ILA trade fair in Berlin Germany. The aircrafts are the first of… Continue reading
Lufthansa Technik gearing up for technical support for the Boeing 787 and 747-8
Second Airbus A319 CJ for the German armed forces
Lufthansa Technik AG formally has handed over the second Airbus A319 CJ to the Bundeswehr (German armed forces). Two aircraft of this type had been ordered for the Special Air Mission Wing of the German Ministry of Defence (BMVg). Like… Continue reading First Three C-130J Super Hercules for India Near Completion at Lockheed Martin Facility
MARIETTA, Ga., June 9th, 2010 — The first three C-130J Super Hercules for India take the final positions on Lockheed Martin’s assembly line in Marietta, Ga. India will receive six aircraft plus support, with the first aircraft arrival in India… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Inducts Third C-5 To Become Super Galaxy
MARIETTA, Ga., June 8th, 2010 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] inducted its third C-5 Galaxy strategic airlifter into the Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) production line at its facility here today.
The aircraft will become the sixth C-5M flying… Continue reading