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Military Aviation News September 30, 2009

Eurocopter and United Kingdomâ€™s Ministry of Defence sign Contract for Royal Air Force Puma Life Extension Programme

Eurocopter UK Ltd. and the British Ministry of Defence signed a contract on September 18 for the Life Extension Programme for 28 of the Royal…

Military Aviation News September 29, 2009

Boeing to Integrate Extremely High Frequency Communication System on US Air Force B-52s

WICHITA, Kan., Sept. 29, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced it has received a $5.4 million contract for the initial effort required…

Military Aviation News September 29, 2009

Lockheed Martin Delivers First Set Of P-3 Orion New Production Wings To Norway

MARIETTA, Ga, September 29th, 2009 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered the first set of new production P-3 Orion wings to the companyâ€™s launch customer,…

Military Aviation News September 29, 2009

US Air Force officials release F-16 accident report

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFNS) Â –Â A pilot’s failure to recognize his altitude during night, low altitude high-angle strafing training caused the crash of an…

Military Aviation News September 29, 2009

ATAK Team Announce T129 Maiden Flight

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the ATAK Team, comprising Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI), Aselsan and AgustaWestland, has successfully performed the…

Military Aviation News September 28, 2009

FIRST EMBRAER 190 JET IS DELIVERED TO THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT

Aircraft will be operated by the Brazilian Air Forceâ€™s Special Transportation Group Â Â Embraer officially delivered the first EMBRAER 190 jet to the Brazilian…

Military Aviation News September 28, 2009

France Ends Search for Rafale Pilot

Paris – France is treating the disappearance of test pilot Capt. FranÃ§ois Duflot as a death, following three days of fruitless sea search after his…

General Aviation News, Military Aviation News September 27, 2009

Russian Helicopters to Start Taking Orders for Modernized Mi-8M in 2010

Beijing/25 Sep 2009 â€“ Russian Helicopters, JSC, the managing body of the consolidated Russian helicopter industry holding, is planning to start taking orders for the…

Military Aviation News September 25, 2009

Final USAF KC-135E retires at Davis-Monthan

9/25/2009Â -Â DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. Â –Â It was a historical day on the flightlineÂ here Sept. 23, as the last KC-135E model touched down after its final…

Military Aviation News September 25, 2009

Boeing Statement on Release of KC-X Tanker Draft Request for Proposal

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 25, 2009Â — The Boeing Company today received the Draft Request for Proposal document for the KC-X Tanker competition from the U.S. Air…

Military Aviation News September 24, 2009

Lockheed Martin Awarded $30 Million Contract to Provide Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods to Royal Moroccan Air Force

ORLANDO, FL, September 24th, 2009 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has signed a foreign military sales contract to deliver SniperÂ® Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) to…

Military Aviation News September 24, 2009

Arrests after ‘lasering’ Dutch Apache with laser-pen

Dutch military police arrested 5 men that used a laser-pen on a flying Apache helicopter gunship. The men were arrested in the surroundings of AFB…

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