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SpaceX and Bigelow Aerospace Join Forces to Offer Crewed Missions to Private Space Stations
Hawthorne, CA, and Las Vegas, NV– Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Bigelow Aerospace (BA) have agreed to conduct a joint marketing effort focused on international customers. The two companies will offer rides on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, using the Falcon launch… Continue reading
Photo Release: 200th flight for F-35B test aircraft BF-3
U.S. Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Matthew Kelly flies F-35B test aircraft BF-3 in an Atlantic test range May 3. The 200th test flight for BF-3 measured stresses on the aircraft during supersonic maneuvers. The F-35B is the variant… Continue reading
The Kazakhstan government to acquire 20 multi-role Eurocopter EC725 helicopters
Kazakhstan has signed a letter of intent to acquire 20 Eurocopter EC725 helicopters, marking a major new commitment for this medium-lift rotorcraft. These aircraft, which will be assembled in Kazakhstan, will be used by the country’s Ministry of Defense in… Continue reading
Bell Helicopter’s 429 Gains Global Traction
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced today Ecuador’s Director General of Civil Aviation and the Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia have approved the increased maximum gross weight for the Bell 429 to 7,500 lbs. allowing for added safety and… Continue reading
First MAS A380 moves to flight line in preparation for delivery
The first A380 for Malaysia Airlines (MAS) returned to Toulouse on 9th May following completion of interior furnishing and cabin system tests in Hamburg. The aircraft is now stationed at the Airbus flight line for final system checks prior to… Continue reading
Airbus is displaying an ACJ319 at EBACE
Features widest and tallest cabin of any business jet
Airbus is again exhibiting an ACJ319 at the EBACE show in Geneva, giving visitors the opportunity to see how the widest and tallest corporate jet cabin fits into the same ramp… Continue reading
Russian Sukhoi SuperJet 100 wreckage found on mountain.
(Reuters) – Wreckage of a Russian Sukhoi aircraft with about 50 people on board was found on Thursday strewn on a steep ridge on a mountain south of the Indonesian capital where it crashed during a demonstration flight. There was… Continue reading
Russian Sukhoi plane missing on test flight in Indonesia: Updated
(Reuters) – A Russian Sukhoi passenger plane (SN95004) with 46 people on board, including businessmen and Russian envoys, has gone missing during a demonstration flight over West Java in Indonesia, officials said on Wednesday.
Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said radio… Continue reading
Deployment Extended For K-MAX Unmanned Aerial Cargo Hauler As It Exceeds Million-Pound Milestone
Two unmanned K-MAX helicoptershave delivered more than one million pounds in less than four months in support of the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan and will remain in theater until September on a deployment extension.
The aircraft, a joint effort… Continue reading
First Travis C-5B Inducted
Lockheed Martin last week inducted into its facilities here the first C-5B Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., to become a C-5M Super Galaxy. This aircraft is the twelfth to enter the Reliability Enhancement and Re-Engining Program production line.… Continue reading
A400M makes first refueling contact with A330 MRTT
An Airbus Military A400M new generation airlifter has successfully performed simulated refuelling contacts with an Airbus Military A330 MRTT Multi Role Tanker Transport.
The A400M made some 30 contacts with the hose and drogue of the A330 MRTT´s Fuselage Refuelling… Continue reading
PHENOM 100 REACHES 100,000 FLIGHT-HOUR MARK
Embraer Executive Jet’s entry-level aircraft, the Phenom 100, passed another program milestone when flight hours totaled 100,000, a little over three years since it entered service in December 2008.
“This is a significant milestone achieved in such a short time,”… Continue reading