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Air Nostrum receives its 75th Bombardier Commercial Aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace and Air Nostrum of Valencia, Spain on Friday celebrated the delivery of the airline’s 75th Bombardier commercial aircraft at Bombardier’s Mirabel facility in Québec, where the CRJ aircraft are manufactured. The aircraft, a CRJ1000 NextGen regional jet, was… Continue reading
Air Namibia expands fleet with order for two A319s
Airbus eco-efficient aircraft to replace 737-500s
6 February 2012
Air Namibia, the Windhoek based national airline of the Republic of Namibia, has ordered two new Airbus A319 aircraft. Seating 112 passengers in a two class layout, the aircraft will bring… Continue reading
Indian air force to buy 126 Rafale fighter jets
NEW DELHI – A top Indian government official says India has decided to buy 126 French-made Rafale combat aircraft for the Indian air force.
The official says the French aviation company Dassault snapped up the $11 billion deal after… Continue reading
GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers New Boeing 737-800s to Royal Air Maroc
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, January 30, 2012 – GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, announced delivery of three new Boeing 737-800 aircraft leased to Royal Air Maroc.
The aircraft come… Continue reading
Airbus ProSky offers integrated airport surface management for air traffic controllers
Keeping traffic moving efficiently on airport taxiways and reducing emissions
Italian Air Force Eurofighters in air-to-air refuelling mission
Air-to-air refuelling is one of the daily training activities undertaken by Eurofighter Typhoon pilots. In this picture, taken during one of those missions in January 2012, four Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) Typhoons (three single seat and a twin seater),… Continue reading
Largest F-35 Fleet Resides at Eglin Air Force Base
FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 19, 2012 – Piloted by U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Joseph Bachmann, BF-7 departs Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base at 2:07 p.m. CST on its 90 minute ferry flight to Eglin Air Force Base,… Continue reading
Team accelerates test, delivers B-1B close-air support capability to warfighter
A developmental test team here partnered with an operational test team from Texas to accelerate testing and deliver to the warfighter B-1B Lancers that can find and strike moving targets in close-air support of ground troops even quicker than before.… Continue reading
Kenya Police Air Wing becomes first African customer to operate Eurocopters enhanced AS350B3e helicopter
The Kenya Police Air-Wing is expanding its airborne law enforcement and crime prevention unit with the delivery of a Eurocopter AS350 B3e Ecureuil helicopter.
Marignane, 12 January 2012
Kenya’s selection of the AS350 B3e, which is the enhanced version… Continue reading L-3 Link Simulation & Training Joins BAE Systems Hawk AJTS Team to Pursue U.S. Air Force T-X Contract
12 Jan 2012 | Ref. 004/2012
Arlington, Virginia — BAE Systems, Inc. and L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) today announced that L-3 Link Simulation & Training, a division of L-3 Communications, is joining the Hawk Advanced Jet Training System (AJTS) team… Continue reading
U.S. Air Force Awards Contract to Lockheed Martin for GPS III Launch and Checkout Capability
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $21.5 million contract to provide a Launch and Checkout Capability (LCC) to command and control all GPS IIIsatellites from launch through early on-orbit testing.
The LCC, which will be… Continue reading
Namibia inaugurates new Thales air traffic control centre
Three years after Thales signed the contract with the Namibian Directorate of Civil Aviation (NDCA), the country’s new air traffic control centre has now entered operational service. The inauguration ceremony on 7 December 2011 at Windhoek was attended by His… Continue reading