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MALD® Achieves Major Flight Test Success With Advanced Composite Fuselage Produced By Cobham
The U.S. Air Force successfully completed a flight test March 21st of a MALD®-J (Miniature Air-Launched Decoy) with a composite fuselage, or casing, produced by Cobham integrated into the airframe. This test successfully met all EMD-4 flight… Continue reading
Berlin Brandenburg’s opening delayed to March 2013
The opening of Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) has been delayed again, this time to March 17, 2013, to allow more time to complete fire safety systems, the supervisory board announced.
BER was originally scheduled to open in June, a date… Continue reading
Nigeria airline admits engine failure mayday call
(REUTERS) The operator of a commercial airliner that crashed in Lagos on Sunday said on Thursday the pilot reported engine failure just before it went down, but it was not clear if one or two engines had failed.
The Boeing… Continue reading
Milestone test flight for the F-35C
Cmdr. Eric Buus brings F-35C Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft CF-3 in for a landing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., May 29. The flight was the 300th flight for the F-35’s carrier variants and evaluated improvements in flight… Continue reading
Prince William Qualifies As Search And Rescue Operational Captain
Flt Lt Wales has passed the tests that now see him qualified as a Search And Rescue Operational Captain, allowing him to lead rescues in a Royal Air Force Sea King helicopter in all weathers, day or night.
The operational… Continue reading
Space shuttle Enterprise moves to museum in NYC
US space shuttle Enterprise floated along New York’s Hudson River and finally docked at its new floating home in a museum on Wednesday. The prototype space shuttle rode a barge from Jersey City, New Jersey to the Intrepid Sea,… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Conducts Successful EAPS Controlled Flight Test
Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Extended Area Protection and Survivability Integrated Demonstration (EAPS ID) program successfully conducted a Controlled Test Vehicle flight test on May 26 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The test was conducted in collaboration with the… Continue reading
EMBRAER DEBUTS LEGACY 650, PHENOM 300 RETURNS TO CBAA
Melbourne, FL, June 7, 2012 – Embraer’s Legacy 650 will make its debut at the Canadian Business Aircraft Association convention on June 13-14, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. At the same time, the Phenom 300 will return to Canada’s premier business… Continue reading
Boeing Accepts Delivery of 1st Harpoon Launch Structure from Danish Aerotech
Delivery made on cost and on schedule Harpoon work builds on longstanding partnership between companies
KARUP, Denmark, June 7, 2012 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has accepted delivery of the first Aluminum Launch Support Structure (ALSS) produced by… Continue reading
Unique formation flight of five A400Ms together
At the unique occasion of having the five Airbus Military A400M flight test aircraft in Toulouse all at the same time, the Airbus Military Flight Test team put in place a formation flight including all five aircraft, after which each… Continue reading
China Southern receives third capital injection for fleet expansion; will lease 18 aircraft from ALC
The Chinese government will inject about CNY2 billion ($315 million) into China Southern Airlines (CZ) for its fleet expansion, according to an industry insider. It is expected to reduce the carrier’s debt ratio, which was 70.88% at the end of… Continue reading
ALC firms up order for 36 A320neos
Air Lease Corp. (ALC) has signed a firm order for 36 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, comprising 20 of the larger A321neos, plus 14 options. The deal firms up an MOU signed at the 2011 Paris Air Show (ATW Daily… Continue reading