October 2012

Civilian aviation news October 25, 2012

GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers Leased Boeing 737-300F to Swiftair S.A.

Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, announced delivery of a leased Boeing 737-300F to Spain’s Swiftair S.A. to expand the…

Space News October 25, 2012

U.S. Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin Initial Contract for Next Set of Missile Warning Satellites

SUNNYVALE, Calif., October 25, 2012 – The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] an $82 million contract to begin initial work on…

Civilian aviation news October 25, 2012

Boeing Projects $820 Billion Market for 7,290 New Airplanes in North America

– High fuel prices drive need for new, more fuel-efficient single-aisle airplanes – Low-cost carriers’ growth continues to outpace network carriers TORONTO, Oct. 25, 2012…

Civilian aviation news October 25, 2012

Scoot to acquire 20 787s

Scoot (TZ)—Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) new medium- to long-haul low-cost carrier—has agreed to acquire 20 Boeing 787 aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2014. The…

Civilian aviation news October 24, 2012

Rolls-Royce wins US $2.6BN order from Singapore Airlines

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a US$2.6bn order, at list prices, from Singapore Airlines for Trent engines to power 20 Airbus A350-900…

Military Aviation News October 24, 2012

Northrop Grumman Delivers New BACN-Equipped Global Hawk to Air Force Ahead of Schedule

Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered a Global Hawk unmanned aircraft to the U.S. Air Force carrying the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) – expanding airborne communications…

General Aviation News October 24, 2012

Boeing hikes earnings forecast

(AFP) US aerospace and defense giant Boeing on Wednesday reported lower third-quarter profit than a year ago but hiked its full-year forecast. The Boeing Company…

General Aviation News October 24, 2012

Business Aviation positions itself for future

As part of the overall development strategy for Cambridge Airport and Marshall Business Aviation (MBA), it has been decided to bring together all business aviation-related…

Military Aviation News October 24, 2012

Israel Aerospace Industries’ Heron UAS Has Flown Across the Andes in a Demonstration Held for a South American Customer

Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Heron Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has marked a new achievement last month when crossing the Andes during an operational flight demonstration…

Military Aviation News October 24, 2012

RCAF yet to be ordered to look at aircraft options other than F-35

Information shared with a reporter is incorrect. Work continues on the evaluation of options to sustain a fighter jet capability well into the 21st century….

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News October 24, 2012

Sharklet-equipped A321 takes off on maiden test flight

The first flight of a Sharklets-equipped A321 was performed today as this aircraft flew from Airbus’ Hamburg, Germany production site to the company’s Toulouse, France…

Civilian aviation news October 24, 2012

Singapore Airlines to order more A380s and A350 XWBs

Maximum comfort and efficiency for medium and long haul routes Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced that it will order 25 more widebody aircraft from Airbus,…

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