June 2012

Military Aviation News June 25, 2012

Boeing Completes Wind Tunnel Tests on Silent Eagle Conformal Weapons Bay

F-15 Program test milestone validates CWB design Fighter jet development proceeding on schedule Boeing recently completed wind tunnel tests on the Silent Eagle Conformal Weapons…

Military Aviation News June 25, 2012

Lockheed Martin Provides Italian Ministry of Defence with Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Aircraft

Italian MoD to Use Lockheed Martin Airborne Multi-INT Lab in Operations DENVER, June 25, 2012 – An innovative Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (AML) developed by Lockheed…

Space News June 25, 2012

Astrium contracts DLR for major parts of the EDRS ground network

•DLR will implement and operate four EDRS ground stations as well as the control centre for the satellite and payload •Astrium Services advances implementation of…

Civilian aviation news June 25, 2012

First THAI A380 rolls out of paint shop

The first A380 for Thai Airways International (THAI) was rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg over the weekend, bearing the airline’s distinctive…

Space News June 24, 2012

China’s first manual space docking successful

Three Chinese astronauts Sunday successfully completed a manual docking between the Shenzhou IX spacecraft and the orbiting Tiangong-1 lab module, the first such attempt in…

Military Aviation News June 22, 2012

WWII Plane Retrieved from Russian Lake

A World War Two-era Soviet fighter-bomber has been recovered from a lake in northern Russia, the military said on Thursday. The Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik was…

Civilian aviation news June 22, 2012

GULFSTREAM RECEIVES EASA AND FAA APPROVAL FOR GV/GIV/GIV-SP/G400/G300 COCKPIT UPGRADE

PlaneDeck Enhances Aircraft’s Safety, Efficiency and Reliability SAVANNAH, Ga., June 22, 2012 — Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced today that it recently received approval from the…

Military Aviation News June 22, 2012

Boeing Delivers 100th Modified Chinook to US Army

CH-47F helicopters modified in New Jersey to support advanced requirements MILLVILLE, N.J., June 22, 2012 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered the 100th modified CH-47F…

Civilian aviation news June 22, 2012

EMBRAER AND AVIC ANNOUNCE JOINT VENTURE TO BUILD EXECUTIVE JETS IN CHINA

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 21, 2012 – During China´s Prime Minister Wen Jiabao’s visit to Brazil for the Rio+20 Conference, in a signing ceremony…

Civilian aviation news June 22, 2012

ICBC LEASING, HEAI SIGN 10-AIRCRAFT ORDER FOR LEGACY 650s

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 21, 2012 – ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd (ICBC Leasing), signed a deal for 10 Legacy 650 large executive jets,…

EXTRA NEWS June 21, 2012

New Free Android App for Aviationnews.eu

Aviationnews today released a new Free Android App. Where the old app sends the user to the different pages on the original site, the new…

Military Aviation News June 21, 2012

Seventh MC-130J Delivered to Cannon

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered its seventh MC-130J Commando II to Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., yesterday. Aircraft 5695 is the seventh of 11 MC-130Js…

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