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Conducting Research on SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo
We at Virgin Galactic believe that providing researchers and their experiments affordable, routine, and safe access to space is a core part of our mission. The same novel and innovative features that make SpaceShipTwo the ideal vehicle to carry our… Continue reading
NASA’s Kepler Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-Like Star
NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the “habitable zone,” the region where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface. Kepler also has discovered more than 1,000 new planet candidates, nearly doubling its previously known count. Ten… Continue reading
France begins taking delivery of eight additional Airbus Military CN235s
The Flight Test Centre of the Direction Générale de l’Armament (DGA) of the French Ministry of Defence has taken delivery of the first of eight CN235 medium airlifters ordered from Airbus Military by the French DGA last year.
These eight… Continue reading Beriev Aircraft Company completed a major overhaul of the Tu-142ME long haul anti-submarine warfare aircraft
On December 2, 2011, the Tu-142ME long haul anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft (tail number 312) was handed-overto the Indian Navy after a major overhaul at Beriev Aircraft Company. The aircraft completed all necessary flight-testing. On December 5, 2011 it was… Continue reading
The Royal Malaysian Air Forces first EC725 helicopter is unveiled at the LIMA 2011
The production roll-out of Eurocopter’s no. 1 EC725 helicopter for the Royal Malaysian Air Force was shown today with a live video broadcast from the company’s Marignane, France facility, which was beamed to the Langkawi Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA)… Continue reading
Boeing Rolls Out First Factory-Complete 737 at Higher Rate
Delivery process on track to meet 35-a-month rate in early 2012
RENTON, Wash., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) rolled out its first factory-complete Next-Generation 737 at the production rate of 35 airplanes a month on Dec. 4.… Continue reading
Sampoerna Set To Receive an AgustaWestland GrandNew
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the sale of a GrandNew light twin engine helicopter to Sampoerna (PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk.) which will be used for the transport of VIPs and many levels of management throughout Indonesia… Continue reading
SFS Aviation Orders an AW139 Helicopter
SFS Aviation of Thailand has signed a contract for an AW139 medium twin helicopter. The aircraft will be delivered later this month and will be used for offshore transport operations in the Gulf of Thailand from its Songkhla base in… Continue reading