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Boeing Opens New Intelligence Collaboration Center to Counter Global Threats
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 30, 2010 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that it has opened an intelligence collaboration and data analysis center in Northern Virginia to enable the creation and testing of new concepts to counter increasingly sophisticated, global threats… Continue reading
1st Boeing-built GPS IIF Satellite Enters Service with US Air Force
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 30, 2010 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that the first of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites the company is building for the U.S. Air Force has entered service. GPS IIF-1 is the newest… Continue reading
Mexico to use Israeli UAVs in war on drugs
The Mexican government has acquired an undisclosed number of Israeli-made surveillance drones to perform monitoring tasks in border areas and near strategic installations, and bolster its fight on the drug cartels ravaging the county.
According to Homeland Security Newswire, Mexico’s… Continue reading
Mexicana Airlines (Grupo Mexicana) stop flying
The current administration received the company seven days ago under Business Reorganization (Concurso Mercantil) and technically bankrupt.
Financial deterioration and lack of agreements force Grupo Mexicana to stop flying.Â
Transport Minister Juan Molinar said the airline’s operations would “definitively cease… Continue reading
More U.S. Helicopters to Deploy for Pakistan Relief
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2010 – Defense Department officials announced today the deployment of 18 additional helicopters to Pakistan as part of the expanding U.S. contribution to flood-relief efforts there.
The aircraft include 10 CH-47 Chinook and eight UH-60 Black Hawk… Continue reading
First Airbus Military A330MRTT for UK Royal Air Force leaves hangar
The first A330 MRTT Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) for the UK Royal Air Force has completed the in-door trials, such as systems trials, required prior to First Flight and has been rolled out of its hangar at Airbus Military’s… Continue reading
U2 And NASA Create Video To Celebrate Collaboration
WASHINGTON — NASA and U2 released a commemorative video highlighting a year’s worth of collaboration in space and on the Irish rock band’s 360 Degree tour.
U2 approached NASA in 2009 with an idea to include a dialogue between the… Continue reading
Boeing Sets 787 First Delivery Date for Mid-First Quarter 2011
EVERETT, Wash., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Boeing (NYSE: BA) Company said today that it now expects delivery of the first 787 in the middle of the first quarter 2011.
The delivery date revision follows an assessment of the availability… Continue reading
Boeing Launches 787 Dreamliner Flight Training; Unveils Suite of 787 Training Devices
SEATTLE, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) Training & Flight Services has started 787 Dreamliner flight certification training following the provisional approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Boeing’s Seattle-based 787 flight training devices. As part of… Continue reading
Boeing, US Navy Celebrate T-45 Jet Trainer’s Million-Flight-Hour Milestone
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 26, 2010 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today joined the U.S. Navy at Cecil Field in Jacksonville to celebrate the Naval Air Training Command’s 1 millionth flight hour with the T-45 Goshawk, the Navy’s premier jet… Continue reading
Airbus-led AIRE2 trials to spearhead green trajectories with A380
An Airbus-led consortium in partnership with Air France and the air navigation service providers from UK, Canada and the US (NATS, Nav Canada and the FAA) will shortly commence ‘Transatlantic Green Flight’ (TGF) trials with an Air France A380 on… Continue reading
USAF F-15 Eagles soar for last time at Hickam
8/27/2010Â -Â JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR – HICKAM, Hawaii (AFNS)Â –Â Pilots from the 199th Fighter Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, completed their last training mission with the F-15 Eagle from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii Aug 25.
The HIANG is upgrading… Continue reading