IRIDIUM AND SPACEX SIGN MAJOR COMMERCIAL LAUNCH CONTRACT
Contract for Launch of Iridium NEXT Satellite Constellation Represents a New Benchmark in Value for Commercial
Launch Services
MCLEAN, Va. and HAWTHORNE, Calif. – June 16, 2010 – Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) are pleased to… Continue reading
P-3 Leader Receives Navy’s Top Acquisition Award
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. – Bob Holmes, P-3 airframe sustainment team lead for the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft program, received the Secretary of the Navy’s Acquisition Professional of the Year award during a ceremony June 14… Continue reading
P-8A Poseidon receives warm welcome to Pax River
The P-8A Poseidon aircraft was on display like a new car on a showroom floor last week (Wednesday, June 9) as people from near and far officially welcomed the aircraft to NAS Patuxent River. The announcer encouraged the audience to… Continue reading
Open days Royal Netherlands Airforce Live on the internet.
Coming weekend Friday 18, and Saturday 19th of June the Royal Netherlands air force opens her doors for the public with a spectacular air show.
The 97 years old air force gives the tax-payer a look into her kitchen every… Continue reading
Two CN235s for the Navy of Mexico ferried to their Mexican base
The two CN235s aircraft ordered by the Mexican Navy departed Airbus Military’s facility of San Pablo (Seville) with destination to the Navy’s air base of Tapachula, on Friday 11th June.
These two CN235s, in their Maritime Patrol version (MPA), will… Continue reading
Boeing Team Helps Royal Netherlands Air Force Achieve Aviation Milestone
Boeing Apache helicopter becomes the 1st rotorcraft to fly on sustainable bio-kerosene
GILZE-RIJEN AIRBASE, Netherlands, June 16, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] and The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) today made aviation history when a Boeing AH-64D Apache became the… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Awarded $517 Million Agreement for U.S. Army Airship With Unblinking Eye
MELBOURNE, Fla., BETHPAGE, N.Y., and LONDON, June 14, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new hybrid airship weapons system, just larger than the length of a football field, will take to the skies in just 18 months to provide an unblinking,… Continue reading
US Navy Training Jet Crashes at NAS Kingsville
 A U.S. Navy T-45C Goshawk training jet assigned to Training Air Wing 2 ran off the end of the runway at Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville, Texas, at approximately 10:00 a.m. June 10.
The pilot ejected safely and was evaluated… Continue reading



