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Malaysia Airlines fined $6 mln for price-fixing
An Australian court has fined Malaysia Airlines Aus$6 million (US$5.98 million) for price-fixing linked to a massive international cargo cartel.
Australia’s anti-trust regulator said the carrier’s cargo division was hit with the fine after it admitted in the Federal Court… Continue reading
Second X-47B UCAS-D arrives at NAS Patuxent River
It was not an ordinary morning at Pax River when a large flatbed truck hauling the fighter-sized X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) entered through the naval air station’s gate.
Navy and Northrop Grumman personnel welcomed the second X-47B,… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Unveils U.S. Navy’s First MQ-4C BAMS Unmanned Aircraft
Triton Unmanned Aircraft to Bring Persistent Surveillance to the Maritime Patrol Force
Northrop Grumman Corporation unveiled the first U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) in a ceremony today at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, Calif.,… Continue reading
U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman Complete X-47B Flight Testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Move Second Unmanned Aircraft to East Coast
The first major phase of flight testing the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft came to a successful conclusion on May 15 when Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy wrapped up testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.… Continue reading
Airbus assembly in China forges ahead despite carbon spat
* Airbus in talks to extend Tianjin assembly beyond 2016
* Factory receives parts for 100th Chinese-assembled jet
* Factory labour costs rising 8 pct a year
* Sleeping, playing cards, gambling not allowed
(REUTERS) Three years after it bet… Continue reading
Putin Calls for New Long-Range Bomber and UAVs
Russia must start development of a long-range bomber aircraft, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday at a meeting on defense orders.
“We have to develop work on the new PAK-DA long-range bomber aircraft for Long-Range Aviation. I know how expensive… Continue reading
U.S. secret space plane X-37B may end mission soon
After spending more than a year orbiting Earth on a mystery mission, the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane is due to return to Earth any day now, local media reported Wednesday. The X-37B spacecraft’s landing window opened on… Continue reading
NASA NuSTAR Mission Lifts Off
PASADENA, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) launched into the morning skies over the central Pacific Ocean at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) Wednesday, beginning its mission to unveil secrets of buried black holes and other exotic objects.… Continue reading
Lift-Off For 20th Dyess C-130J Hercules
MARIETTA, Ga., June 13, 2012 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered its 20th C-130J Super Hercules to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, yesterday. By 2013, Dyess will be the largest Super Hercules operator in the world with a fleet totaling… Continue reading
Boeing Selects Elbit Systems to Provide Low-profile Head-up Display for Fighter Jet Advanced Cockpit System
LPHUD decision presents additional opportunities for Elbit subsidiary AEL Sistemas in Brazil
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, June 14, 2012 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has selected Elbit Systems to provide a low-profile head-up display (LPHUD) that will be part… Continue reading
Oman – AIM-9X Block II SIDEWINDER All-Up-Round Missiles
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on June 12 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Oman for 55 AIM-9X Block II SIDEWINDER All-Up-Round Missiles, 36 AIM-9X Block II SIDEWINDER Captive Air Training Missiles, 6 AIM-9X… Continue reading
Qatar: UH-60M BLACK HAWK Helicopters
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on June 12 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Qatar of 12 UH-60M BLACK HAWK Utility Helicopters, 26 T700-GE-701D Engines (24 installed and 2 spares), 15 AN/AAR-57 V(7) Common… Continue reading