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Boeing Begins Flight Testing UK Chinook Mk4
LONDON, Jan. 24, 2011 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] and its Boeing Defence UK subsidiary today announced that the Boeing UK Rotorcraft Support team has begun flight testing the first Chinook Mk4 helicopter for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The first… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin F-35 Begins Flying Block 1 Software
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., November 15th, 2010 — The fundamental building block for all future avionics software on the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter has entered flight testing on an F-35 test jet.
“Block… Continue reading
NASA Airborne Science Campaign Begins Antarctic Sequel
WASHINGTON — Scientists returned this week to the Southern Hemisphere where NASA’s Operation IceBridge mission is set to begin its second year of airborne surveys over Antarctica. The mission monitors the region’s changing sea ice, ice sheets and glaciers.
Researchers… Continue reading
Airbus A400M begins rough field test activity
The new Airbus Military A400M airlifter has performed preliminary tests in preparation for rough field trials planned for later this year. The aircraft briefly visited Francazal air base near Toulouse to carry out high-speed runs on a layer of chalk… Continue reading
USAF F-16 drawdown begins at Spangdahlem AB Germany
4/26/2010Â -Â SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany (AFNS)Â –Â Six F-16 Fighting Falcons are scheduled to depart here April 27 as the first step for the 52nd Fighter Wing staff in the Combat Air Force Restructuring plan expected to save the Air Force… Continue reading
UK New Military Aviation Authority begins work
A new Military Aviation Authority (MAA) which will provide the regulatory framework for all aspects of military aviation has started work today, Thursday 1 April 2010.
The MAA will take over responsibility from the various organisations across Defence who currently… Continue reading
Construction begins at new carriers base port
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Portsmouth, United Kingdom: The programme to build the nation’s new aircraft carriers gained further momentum today, as BAE Systems began construction at Portsmouth Naval Base – the future home of the Queen Elizabeth Class… Continue reading
Last Night Launch Space Shuttle Begins a Complex Mission
“What a beautiful launch we had this morning… the orbiter performed extremely well,” said Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations, during the STS-130 postlaunch news conference. “This is a great start to a very complicated mission.”
Jean-Jacques Dordain, European… Continue reading
Boeing Begins A-10 Thunderbolt Wing Assembly for US Air Force
MACON, Ga., Jan. 18, 2010 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has begun assembling the first A-10 Thunderbolt replacement-wing set at its Macon facility. The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing the contract, worth up to $2… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin F-35B Begins In-Flight STOVL Operations
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., January 7th, 2010 — The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter engaged its STOVL propulsion system in flight for the first time today. The successful test is… Continue reading
Space Shuttle Atlantis Is Back At Kennedy Space Center
Space shuttle Atlantis has landed at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The STS-129 mission that included three spacewalks and more than six days at the International Space Station has been completed.
The seven-astronaut STS-129 crew was awakened at 1:28 a.m. EST… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Begins Producing First International F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Northrop Grumman Corporation has begun producing the center fuselage for the first international F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, an F-35B short take off, vertical landing (STOVL) variant for the United Kingdom designated BK-1. The center fuselage is the core structure around… Continue reading