Articles by Marcel van Leeuwen

Space News February 19, 2009

Second ATV named after Johannes Kepler

19 February 2009 ESA’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been named Johannes Kepler after the German astronomer and mathematician. Europe’s next unmanned logistics spacecraft…

General Aviation News February 19, 2009

Airbus revises production rates.

Delivery target 2009 remains unchanged Blagnac, 19Â February Â 2009 Airbus is adapting production rates of its A320 Family programme from 36 to 34 a month…

Military Aviation News February 19, 2009

EADS Defence & Security to modernise French military identification systems

â‚¬ 30 million contract for encryption system upgrade Reliable identification of friendly forces avoids accidental attacks 19Â February Â 2009 EADS Defence & Security (DS) will…

Military Aviation News February 19, 2009

Astrium helps enable the maiden flight of the SIDM UAV in a foreign theatre of operations by supplying new satellite bandwidth in Afghanistan

Astrium Services provides the French Defence Staff with new civil bandwidth in Afghanistan Astrium Services secures the reconfiguration of a satellite for French military needs…

Military Aviation News February 19, 2009

B-52 accident report released

2/18/2009Â -Â LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFNS)Â –Â An improper stabilizer trim setting caused the July 21 crash of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft northwest of Guam, according to…

Military Aviation News February 19, 2009

Rotorsim signs contract to train Norwayâ€™s NH90 aircrews

Rotorsim, the consortium owned equally by AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and CAE today announced it has signed a five-year contract to provide NH90 flight simulation…

General Aviation News February 18, 2009

All rescued as helicopter ditches

All 18 people aboard a helicopter which ditched in the North Sea have survived and have been rescued from two life-rafts, the coastguard has said….

Military Aviation News February 18, 2009

Important first flight

The first aircraft in the latest order of 31 aircraft for the Swedish Armed Forces took to the air for the first time on February…

Civilian aviation news February 18, 2009

Lufthansa Expands CFM56-5B-Powered Airbus Fleet

February 18, 2009 — EVENDALE, Ohio — Lufthansa has selected CFM International’s CFM56-5B engine to power 27 new Airbus A319/A320 aircraft in a firm engine…

Civilian aviation news February 18, 2009

Air France GP7200-Powered A380 Takes First Flight

TOULOUSE, France, Feb. 17, 2009 – The first Air France A380, powered with Engine Alliance GP7200 engines, successfully completed a 4-hour inaugural test route flight…

Space News February 18, 2009

NASA and ESA prioritise outer planet missions

18 February 2009 At a meeting in Washington last week, NASA and ESA officials decided to first pursue a mission to study Jupiter and its…

Space News February 18, 2009

Boeing Submits Proposals to NASA for Ares V Rocket Design Support

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 18, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that its Space Exploration division has submitted proposals to NASA for the…

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