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Boeing Conducts Remote 787 Testing
6th September, 2010
(Everett, Wash., September 3, 2010) -- Four of the five Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 flight test airplanes ...
Continue readingBAE Awarded Contract to Enhance Capability of Finnish AF
6th September, 2010
(Yeovil, UK, September 3, 2010) -- BAE Systems has been awarded a contract to provide a Link 16 netw...
Continue readingC-17 Conducts Flight Test With Biofuel
6th September, 2010
(Edwards AFB, Calif., September 3, 2010) -- The Air Force's ongoing alternative fuels certification ...
Continue readingIAI Completed Flight Tests of Colombian AF's Boeing 767 Air Refueling Aircraft
6th September, 2010
(September 5, 2010) -- Itzhak Nissan, President and CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries: "We are prou...
Continue readingNASA's Magnetospheric Mission Passes Major Milestone
6th September, 2010
(September 3, 2010) -- The universe is still an arcane place that scientists know very little about,...
Continue readingITT Awarded $19.9 M for Image Intensification Tubes
6th September, 2010
(Roanoke, Va., September 3, 2010) -- The U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command has a...
Continue readingRockwell Collins selected for US Navy's HITS-M program
6th September, 2010
(Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 2, 2010) -- Rockwell Collins has been awarded a four-year contract fo...
Continue readingNine AW139s For Weststar Aviation Services
6th September, 2010
(September 3, 2010) -- AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to confirm a previously un...
Continue reading1st Global Hawk Lands in Guam
6th September, 2010
(Beale AFB, Calif., September 3, 2010) -- In a stride forward for the RQ-4B Global Hawk remotely pil...
Continue readingThales's Boeing 787 Dreamliner Training Suites Approved by FAA and EASA
6th September, 2010
(September 3, 2010) -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Ag...
Continue readingSES and ILS Announce Extension of SES MLA to 6 Firm Missions Through 2014
6th September, 2010
(Reston, Va. & Luxembourg, September 6, 2010) -- International Launch Services (ILS) and SES (Eurone...
Continue readingNGC Highlights Capabilities for India Homeland Security
6th September, 2010
(New Delhi, September 6, 2010) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) will be participating at I...
Continue readingNSWC Crane Opens Special Weapons Assessment Facility
6th September, 2010
(Crane, Ind., September 2, 2010) -- Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane marked the opening of ...
Continue readingCri-Cri, the All-Electric Aircraft, is Airborne
6th September, 2010
(Paris/Le Bourget, September 2, 2010) -- The all electric Cri-Cri, jointly developed by EADS Innova...
Continue readingMTL Group Unveils Latest Armour Protection
6th September, 2010
(September 3, 2010) -- Armour plate processor MTL Group, will be showcasing their services in India ...
Continue readingEurofighter Builds Links With the Czech Republic
6th September, 2010
The Typhoon will attend both Hradec Kralove and Ostrava air shows. This month sees Eurofighter Typho...
Continue readingFLIR Begins Tender Offer to Acquire ICx Technologies
6th September, 2010
(Portland, OR., September 3, 2010) -- FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today will commence a cash t...
Continue readingPilot dies in Indonesia plane crash: police
6th September, 2010
JAKARTA, Sept 6, 2010 (AFP) - An ultralight aircraft crashed into a rice field Monday in Indonesia, ...
Continue readingNetanyahu seeks 'new solutions' to Palestinian conflict
5th September, 2010
JERUSALEM, Sept 5, 2010 (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that creati...
Continue readingAir show crash kills one spectator in Germany
5th September, 2010
BERLIN, Sept 5, 2010 (AFP) - A small plane that failed to takeoff and went charging into a crowd kil...
Continue readingTechnical glitch grounds homemade Danish rocket
5th September, 2010
COPENHAGEN, Sept 5, 2010 (AFP) - The first launch attempt of a homemade rocket built by two Danes fa...
Continue readingUPS pilots struggled to land with smoke-filled cockpit
5th September, 2010
DUBAI, Sept 5, 2010 (AFP) - The cockpit of a United Parcel Service 747 cargo plane filled with smoke...
Continue readingVoice recorder recovered from crashed UPS plane in Dubai
5th September, 2010
DUBAI, Sept 5, 2010 (AFP) - Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from a United Pa...
Continue readingFive killed, 39 injured in Dagestan suicide bombing: report
5th September, 2010
MOSCOW, Sept 5, 2010 (AFP) - A suicide bombing at a military installation in Russia's volatile North...
Continue readingNASA readies probe for up-close study of sun's corona
4th September, 2010
WASHINGTON, Sept 4, 2010 (AFP) - NASA said it is developing a car-sized satellite that by "no later ...
Continue readingChina launches communications satellite
4th September, 2010
BEIJING, Sept 5, 2010 (AFP) - China successfully launched a satellite for radio and television broad...
Continue readingUS drone strike kills eight militants in Pakistan: officials
4th September, 2010
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Sept 4, 2010 (AFP) - A US drone strike on Saturday killed eight militants inclu...
Continue readingSports plane crashed in Serbia, two dead: official
4th September, 2010
BELGRADE, Sept 4, 2010 (AFP) - A sports plane crashed at a civilian airport in Serbia on Saturday, k...
Continue readingAirliner lands with engine on fire
4th September, 2010
ATHENS, Sept 4, 2010 (AFP) - Passengers and crew were evacuated by slide from a Slovakian airliner S...
Continue readingNine killed in New Zealand tourist spot plane crash
4th September, 2010
WELLINGTON, Sept 4, 2010 (AFP) - Nine people, including four foreigners, were killed when a skydivin...
Continue readingMexico plane crash kills 6, including 2 lawmakers, mayor
4th September, 2010
OAXACA, Mexico, Sept 3, 2010 (AFP) - At least six people, including two Mexican federal lawmakers an...
Continue readingNew US drone strike kills 4 militants in Pakistan: officials
3rd September, 2010
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Sept 3, 2010 (AFP) - A second US missile strike on Friday killed four militants...
Continue readingCargo plane crashes in Dubai: agency
3rd September, 2010
DUBAI, Sept 3, 2010 (AFP) - A cargo aircraft crashed on Friday evening near Dubai international airp...
Continue readingBoeing Projects $700 Bn Commercial Airplanes Market in North America
3rd September, 2010
Modest growth predicted for region's passenger traffic (Montreal, September 2, 2010) -- Boeing (NYS...
Continue readingC-5 Becomes A 'Superstar'
3rd September, 2010
(Marietta, Ga., September 2, 2010) -- Another Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] C-5 is being transformed i...
Continue readingBAE Wins $49.9 M Contract
3rd September, 2010
(Nashua, New Hampshire, September 2, 2010) -- After successful development of the Defense Advanced R...
Continue reading55 Years of the U-2 Dragon Lady: The Evolution of Training
3rd September, 2010
(Beale AFB, Calif., September 2, 2010) -- For the past 55 years U-2 Dragon Lady crews have soared hi...
Continue readingRecipe for Water: Just Add Starlight
3rd September, 2010
(September 2, 2010) -- ESA's Herschel infrared space observatory has discovered that ultraviolet sta...
Continue reading1st CAE 3000 Series helicopter mission simulator qualified for training by FAA
3rd September, 2010
(Montreal, Quebec, September 2, 2010) -- (NYSE:CAE) (TSX:CAE) - CAE today announced that the first C...
Continue readingBoeing Receives AC-130U Gunship Support Contract
3rd September, 2010
(Fort Walton Beach, Fla., September 2, 2010) -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has receiv...
Continue readingPatria's Nemo Mortar System Selected for LAV II Vehicles
3rd September, 2010
(September 2, 2010) -- Patria Nemo 120 mm mortar system has been selected as weaponry for LAV II veh...
Continue readingUSAF Awards Harris $18 M for AMRAAM Missile Telemetry Modules
3rd September, 2010
(Melbourne, Florida, September 2, 2010) -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communica...
Continue readingNorthstar Signs $16.4M Master Purchase Order With LM
3rd September, 2010
(St. Johnʼs, NL., September 2, 2010) -- - Northstar Network Ltd. (Northstar) announced today th...
Continue readingSuperjet International Signs Agreement Up to US $300 M
3rd September, 2010
(Rome, September 2, 2010) -- SuperJet International - a joint venture between Alenia Aeronautica (a ...
Continue readingUSS Virginia Arrives at PNSY for 1st Extended Maintenance Availability
3rd September, 2010
(Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Maine, September 2, 2010) -- Attack submarine USS Virginia (SSN 774) and...
Continue readingNASA Selects Investigations For 1st Mission To Encounter The Sun
3rd September, 2010
(Washington, September 2, 2010) -- NASA has begun development of a mission to visit and study the su...
Continue readingBoeing, US Navy Flight Testing Distributed Targeting System for Super Hornet
3rd September, 2010
(China Lake, Calif., September 2, 2010) -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Navy's Air Tes...
Continue readingCharles River Analytics to Develop Cyber Defense Tool for CyberGenome Program
3rd September, 2010
(Cambridge, MA., September 2, 2010) -- Charles River Analytics, a developer of cutting-edge technolo...
Continue readingFrance and Britain scuttle talk of pooling aircraft carriers
3rd September, 2010
PARIS, Sept 3, 2010 (AFP) - France and Britain announced Friday they are talking about sharing the c...
Continue readingSpitzer Finds a Flavorful Mix of Asteroids
3rd September, 2010
(September 2, 2010) -- New research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals that asteroids somew...
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