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Sikorsky Delivers 500th ‘M’ Model BLACK HAWK Helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), and the U.S. Army today celebrated the delivery of the 500thH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter. The deliveries to date comprise 400 UH-60M utility and 100 HH-60M MEDEVAC aircraft, the… Continue reading
Y1B satellite successfully deployed in-orbit, and started operating from the Yahsat ground station
14 May 2012
- Following launch by Proton on 24 April 2012, the Y1B communications satellite was successfully deployed in geostationary orbit.
- Astrium, responsible for Launch and Early Orbit Phase operations, has handed over control to Yahsat in Abu Dhabi.
- The… Continue reading
1st Boeing 702 Medium Power Satellite Sends Initial Signals from Space
Intelsat 22 launched from Kazakhstan; ready to begin orbit raising followed by on-orbit testing
Commercial satellite contains military hosted payload
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 26, 2012 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received the first on-orbit signals from Intelsat 22, the… Continue reading
1st pilot to hit Mach 4, 5 and 6 dies
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California — The first person to fly a winged aircraft at four, five and six times the speed of sound has died.
Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert M. White was 85.
NASA says the record-setting… Continue reading