February 2017

Space News February 28, 2017

SpaceX to send first paying tourists around moon in 2018

SpaceX plans to launch two paying passengers on a tourist trip around the moon next year using a spaceship under development for NASA astronauts and…

Military Aviation News February 28, 2017

First C-130J Super Hercules delivered to the U.S. Air Force installation at Yokota Air Base, Japan

GREENVILLE, S.C., Feb. 28, 2017 – The first of 14 Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) C-130J-30 Super Hercules transports that will be assigned to the U.S….

PicoSAR active electronically-scanned array (AESA) radar

Military Aviation News February 28, 2017

North African user’s unmanned rotorcraft gets Leonardo AESA radar

Leonardo has signed a contract with Schiebel to provide the PicoSAR active electronically-scanned array (AESA) radar, a surveillance system weighing just 10kg PicoSAR was a…

General Aviation News February 28, 2017

NHV’s H175 fleet reaches 10,000 flight hours

Marignane – NHV Group and Airbus Helicopters are pleased to announce that NHV’s H175 fleet has logged its first 10,000 flight hours. This significant milestone…

Civilian aviation news February 28, 2017

Air Caraïbes takes delivery of its first A350-900

With this latest delivery, Air Caraïbes becomes the first French airline to operate the A350 XWB. The aircraft, leased from AerCap, was delivered during a…

Military Aviation News February 28, 2017

Leonardo & UK MoD launch Phase 2 of the Rotary Wing Unmanned Air System (RWUAS) Demonstrator Programme

Two year jointly funded programme will help develop concepts for future unmanned rotary wing/VTOL aircraft operations The contract recognises Leonardo Helicopters unique capabilities in the…

Military Aviation News February 27, 2017

Retrofit of 26 Bundeswehr CH-53 Helicopters awarded to Airbus

Airbus Helicopters has received an order from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to retrofit 26 CH-53 heavy transport…

General Aviation News, Military Aviation News February 27, 2017

Tough negotiations on two fronts for Airbus..

Airbus faces tough negotiations on two fronts as it seeks new relief from European governments and engine makers for losses on its troubled A400M military transporter…

Civilian aviation news February 27, 2017

ITB Berlin Travel Show premiers Airbus

• Empowering passengers to make best choices when travelling by air • iflyA380.com website and cabin differentiation trends exhibited Every year, over 3.5 billion passengers…

Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) X-plane preliminary

Civilian aviation news February 24, 2017

NASA Wind Tunnel Tests Lockheed Martin’s quiet supersonic passenger X-Plane

PALMDALE, California, Feb. 24, 2017 – Supersonic passenger airplanes are another step closer to reality as NASA and Lockheed Martin begin the first high-speed wind…

Civilian aviation news February 24, 2017

The world’s most delivered business jet for the fourth year in a row is the Embraer Phenom 300

São José dos Campos, Brazil, February 23, 2017 – Embraer Executive Jets delivered 63 Phenom 300 light jets in 2016, the highest volume of any…

Space News February 24, 2017

Sentinel-2B satellite ready for launch from Kourou

Multi Spectral Instruments provide unique image quality Data to be transmitted via Airbus’s laser-based SpaceDataHighway (EDRS) Sentinel-2B, Europe´s next Copernicus satellite is being readied by…

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