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Northrop Grumman’s Joint STARS Completes Flight Testing of JT-8D Engines
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s E?8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) testbed aircraft, equipped with a new JT-8D propulsion system, has successfully completed flight testing and moved one step closer to receiving its Military Airworthiness Certification.
The completion of… Continue reading
SpaceX Launches NASA Demonstration Mission to Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The second demonstration mission for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program is under way as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lifted off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 3:44… Continue reading
EADS North America UH-72A Lakota fleet hits 100,000 flight hour milestone
Lakota fleet achieves 100,000 flight hours with 219 aircraft operating in U.S., Europe, Caribbean, and Pacific with Army and Army National Guard units
HERNDON, Va. and HUNTSVILLE, Ala., 22 May 2012
The U.S. Army’s fleet of 219 UH-72A Lakota helicopters… Continue reading
Brazils Passaredo Linhas Aéreas introduces ATR 72-600 into its fleet
The airline will operate a total fleet of 14 ATR 72-600s and 2 ATR 72-500s
Toulouse, 22 May 2012
Brazilian carrier Passaredo Linhas Aéreas today introduced the new ATR 72-600 into its fleet. The airline and the US-based leasing company… Continue reading
Cessna Continues 100-Series Aircraft Safety Education Initiative
WICHITA, Kan., May 22, 2012 — Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, is building on a proactive safety initiative started in 2011 designed to educate single engine owner/operators on new inspection procedures. The latest effort is aimed… Continue reading
Hydraulic System Now Ready to Power Bombardier CSeries Aircraft Systems Integration Test Rig
Collaborative approach to global supply chain management delivering positive results in development of the CSeries aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that the hydraulic system for its all-new CSeries aircraft has been commissioned on “Aircraft 0”* – the company’s on-the-ground systems… Continue reading
Boeing Delivers UPSs 50th 767 Freighter
Cargo operator boasts world’s largest fleet of 767 Freighters
EVERETT, Wash., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) and UPS celebrated the delivery today of the cargo operator’s 50th 767-300 Freighter. The airplane joins the world’s largest 767 Freighter… Continue reading
Boeing Delivers 5th C-17 to UAE Air Force and Air Defence
LONG BEACH, Calif., May 22, 2012 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered a fifth C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air… Continue reading
Unique Airbus international recruitment event in Toulouse- France
Applications for jobs on all Airbus aircraft programs open from now until 28th May
Airbus, the world’s leading aircraft manufacturer, is launching a new recruitment initiative in Toulouse, France, on Saturday 30th June 2012 to look for… Continue reading