February 2011

Military Aviation News February 7, 2011

CASSIDIAN tests MIDS data transmission system on the Tornado

CASSIDIAN has reached an important milestone in the testing of the latest capability standard ASSTA 3 (Avionics Software System Tornado Ada) for the German Air…

Military Aviation News February 7, 2011

Eurocopter brings the AS550 C3 Fennec helicopter to Aero India 2011 for the first time

Bangalore, India, February 07, 2011 Eurocopterâ€™s AS550 C3 Fennec helicopter will make its Indian public debut at this monthâ€™s Aero India 2011 exhibition in Bangalore,…

Civilian aviation news February 7, 2011

Fifth Boeing 747-8 Freighter Enters Flight-test Program

Boeing (NYSE: BA) successfully conducted the first flight of the fifth 747-8 Freighter Thursday. The airplane, coded as RC523, took off from Paine Field in…

EXTRA NEWS, Military Aviation News February 7, 2011

Northrop Grumman-built U.S. Navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Aircraft Completes Historic First Flight

On February . 4, 2011Â the Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC)-built U.S. Navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) aircraft successfully completed its historic…

Military Aviation News February 7, 2011

First MC-130J Hercules Sees The Light of Day

MARIETTA, Ga., February 7th, 2011 — The first of 15 MC-130Js currently on order for U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has completed final assembly…

Military Aviation News February 7, 2011

Indian Air Force Celebrates Induction Of First C-130J Super Hercules

MARIETTA, Ga., February 7th, 2011 — The Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrated the induction to service of its first Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] C-130J Super Hercules…

Civilian aviation news February 5, 2011

Business executives killed in Iraq plane crash

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The chief executive of private equity group MerchantBridge and two JPMorgan executives were among seven people killed when a small plane crashed…

Civilian aviation news February 4, 2011

easyJet passenger numbers rise to 50 million each year

easyJet, Europeâ€™s leading low-fares airline, has reached an important milestone in its history as it now welcomes 50 million passengers each year. The airline has…

Civilian aviation news February 4, 2011

Airbus has seen 12 cancellations in January

According to its balance of trade circulated Thursday, February 3, the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has registered 20 net orders in January, after the deduction…

Civilian aviation news February 4, 2011

737-800 Order Cancellation by Boeing

Bloomberg is reporting that Dubai Aerospace has canceled an order for 32 of Boeingâ€™s 737s, which could cost the airplane maker some $2.3 billion.Â The…

Military Aviation News February 3, 2011

Raytheon Awarded APY-10 Radar Contract for Boeing’s P-8A Aircraft

Boeing has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a low rate initial production contract to develop six long-range, multimission maritime and overland surveillance radars plus spares…

Military Aviation News February 3, 2011

E-2D begins Carrier Suitability Testing aboard CVN 75

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. â€“ The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, the Navyâ€™s newest airborne early warning and command and control aircraft, began Carrier…

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