GE ROLLS-ROYCE FIGHTER ENGINE TEAM HITS AFTERBURNER ON THIRD NEW ENGINE
Evendale, Ohio, US — The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has successfully hit full afterburner on its third new production-configuration engine, continuing a year of…
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Northrop Grumman Returns Restored B-2 Bomber to Active Duty
“Spirit of Pennsylvania” is First B-2 to Receive Insignia of Global Strike Command PALMDALE, Calif., March 22, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)…
BAE Systems Test Pilot Makes First Vertical Landing in the F-35 Lightning II Aircraft
PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland – BAE Systems’ test pilot Graham “GT” Tomlinson has taken to the skies and successfully completed the first ever vertical landing of…
Spain celebrates 10,000 flying hours with the Eurofighter Typhoon
The Spanish Air Force have reached a key milestone as their Eurofighter Typhoon fleet achieved 10,000 flying hours. The event was marked in a ceremony…
EADS will assess new situation on US Tanker Request for Proposal
Leiden, 19 March 2010 Yesterday the US Department of Defense (DoD) indicated it would welcome a proposal from EADS North America as prime contractor for the KC-X…
Second Airbus Military A400M runs all four engines
The second Airbus Military A400M, known as MSN2, has run all four of its Europrop International (EPI) TP400 turboprop engines in a series of trials…
Royal Navy HMS Gannet achieves record number of Search and Rescue sorties
The Royal Navy’s duty crew of HMS Gannet’s Search and Rescue unit responded to a record-breaking total of 447 call-outs in 2009. Historically, no helicopter…
Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Succeeds In First Vertical Landing
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., March 18th, 2010 — A supersonic Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000…
USAF Predator passes 700,000 hours
3/19/2010 - CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) – Airmen of the 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing reached a new flight milestone March 12 when they surpassed 700,000 flight hours in the MQ-1B…
Boeing Receives Additional Contract for Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems
ST. LOUIS, March 18, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced it received a $39.6 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense in December…
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems Awarded $31 Million Navy F/A-18 Mission Computer Contract
FAIRFAX, Va. – General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has been awarded a $30.6 million contract for the production of 118 Type-3 advanced mission computers (AMC)…
Supersonic Brazilian Mayor
The Mayor of Sao Bernardo do Campo, Mr Luiz Marinho is visiting Sweden this week on an invite by the Swedish Trade and Export Council….
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