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Boeing Receives A-10 Structural Inspection Contract from US Air Force
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to supply airframe services and support for the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft fleet. The A-10 Scheduled Structural Inspection… Continue reading
Finmeccanica is awarded contract worth approximately EUR 250 million to supply 12 M-346 trainer aircraft to Singapore
Aermacchi M-346 (archive Aviationnews)
Alenia Aermacchi – an Alenia Aeronautica subsidiary and part of the Finmeccanica Group – has signed a contract for attributable value worth approximately EUR 250 million to supply 12 M-346 advanced trainer aircraft to the Republic… Continue reading
British Airways Expands Airplane Health Management Coverage on Boeing Twin-Aisle Fleet
LONDON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) and British Airways today announced that the airline will enhance the existing Boeing Airplane Health Management (AHM) system that is operating on its more than 100 Boeing 777s and 747-400s. The AHM… Continue reading
Boeing Receives Multi-Year Contract from US Navy for 124 F/A-18 and EA-18 Aircraft
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 28, 2010 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a new multi-year procurement (MYP) contract from the U.S. Navy for 124 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft.
The new contract is valued at $5.297… Continue reading
Mideast to buy 2,340 planes in 20 years
Airbus A380 at Le Bourget Air Show 2010, Photo: M. van Leeuwen Z.A.P.P.
DUBAI – Plane maker Boeing Co expects a near quadrupling of air traffic in the Middle East over the next 20 years, as its young populations… Continue reading
Naval test bed helicopter completes first project, receives digital avionics suite
Naval aviation’s sole helicopter technology test bed recently completed its first technology project — an evaluation of a traffic collision avoidance system to reduce the risk of mid-air collisions.
Operated by the Naval Aviation Center for Rotorcraft Advancement, the test… Continue reading
RAF Search and Rescue team rescues fisherman off the Falklands
A Falklands-based RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) team battled storm-force conditions recently to airlift a critically-ill man from a fishing trawler, after the ship’s captain made an SOS call, more than 200 miles (320km) from Port Stanley.
Flying in a… Continue reading
First flights across Switzerland in a solar plane
Payerne September 22 2010 – 100 years after a plane first linked two Swiss cities, Bertrand Piccard’s and André Borschberg’s Solar Impulse HB-SIA made its first flights across Switzerland, powered solely by solar energy. The prototype, piloted by André Borschberg,… Continue reading
UTair Aviation signs a contract with Eurocopter Vostok for the acquisition of 20 AS350/AS355 helicopters
Russia’s UTair will acquire 20 AS350/AS355 light helicopters in a new agreement that extends this leading rotary-wing aircraft operator’s long-term strategic relationship with Eurocopter.
The acquisition contract was signed by Andrey Martirosov, the Director of UTair Aviation, and Eurocopter Vostok… Continue reading
Boeing Completes 1st Flight Tests of MK-84 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 28, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that it successfully completed the first flight tests of the MK-84 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (Laser JDAM) this summer at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The first two… Continue reading
Aviation Milestone Achieved By British Engineering
Cumbria, UK: A British designed unmanned air vehicle (UAV) which showcases a wide range of new technologies has successfully demonstrated ‘flapless flight’ in the UK.Â
The UAV, called DEMON, made the historic flight from an airfield at Walney Island in… Continue reading
BAE SYSTEMS RECEIVES $14 MILLION CONTRACT TO SUPPORT TOMAHAWK MISSILE CONTROL SYSTEM
ROCKVILLE, Maryland – BAE Systems will provide technical services to maintain the weapon control system for the Tomahawk cruise missile program under a U.S. Navy contract worth as much as $14.8 million. The contract was awarded by the Naval Surface… Continue reading