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Solar Impulse Completes First Leg of Flight Across America
The Solar Impulse HB-SIA landed safely in Phoenix at 00:30 am MST today on Runway 08.
Solar Impulse pilot Bertrand Piccard flew the aircraft on the first leg from San Francisco (CA) to Phoenix (AZ) of its trip for 650… Continue reading
MEXSAT Bicentenario Satellite Completes On-orbit Testing
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 5, 2013 — The MEXSAT Bicentenario satellite, built by Boeing [NYSE: BA] partner Orbital Sciences Corporation [NYSE: ORB], has completed on-orbit testing and… Continue reading
Boeing Phantom Eye Completes Taxi Tests, Readies for Return to Flight
Boeing’s liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft system has completed taxi testing at Edwards Air Force Base in California as it progresses toward its second flight.
During the testing, which occurred Feb. 6, the Phantom Eye demonstrator aircraft sitting atop… Continue reading
Airbus Military A400M completes critical flight-test phase
On track for full certification and first delivery.
Airbus Military has successfully completed the 300 hours of Function & Reliability (F&R) flight-testing of the A400M new generation airlifter which is a key requirement prior to full certification.
Data from the… Continue reading
F-35A Completes First In-Flight Weapons Release
An F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft completed the first in-flight weapons release of a 2,000 pound GBU-31 BLU-109 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) from a 5th Generation fighter, Oct. 16. The flight was conducted by U.S. Air Force… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Completes Field Installations of New B-2 Radar System
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully completed – ahead of schedule – all field installations of a new radar system for the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of B-2 stealth bombers.
Every operational B-2 is now equipped with the new radar, which… Continue reading
Beechcraft AT-6 Completes Phase III of Weapons Assessment
Weapons capability unveiled at 2012 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition
Hawker Beechcraft Defense Company (HBDC) today announced it has completed Phase III of a weapons assessment at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida after successfully employing more than… Continue reading
F-35B completes first airborne engine start tests
The short take-off and vertical landing variant of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully completed a major prerequisite test for in-flight performance Aug. 15.
BF-2 completed the first air starts, which test the ability of the F-35’s propulsion… Continue reading
Boeing Completes Major Join of India’s 1st C-17 Airlifter
Boeing [NYSE: BA] today in Long Beach integrated the forward, center and aft fuselages and the wing assembly of India’s first C-17 Globemaster III during the airlifter’s “major join” ceremony.
Embassy, senior Indian Air Force and local elected officials drove… Continue reading
Boeing Completes 5th GPS IIF Satellite for US Air Force
- Spacecraft on standby for launch
- New capabilities critical to sustaining GPS constellation
The Boeing Company has completed the fifth of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites the company is building for the U.S. Air Force. The spacecraft was built… Continue reading
Boeing Phantom Eye Completes 1st Autonomous Flight
High-Altitude, Long-Endurance aircraft is designed to remain airborne for up to 4 days while reaching altitudes of 65,000 feet
ST. LOUIS, June 4, 2012 — Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system (UAS) completed its first autonomous flight June… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman’s Joint STARS Completes Flight Testing of JT-8D Engines
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s E?8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) testbed aircraft, equipped with a new JT-8D propulsion system, has successfully completed flight testing and moved one step closer to receiving its Military Airworthiness Certification.
The completion of… Continue reading