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Military Aviation News February 24, 2009

GE Selected for the AV-8B Harrier Technology

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GE Aviation has been awarded a development contract from the U.S. Navy for AV-8B aircraft radar display computers. The contract is valued…

Military Aviation News February 24, 2009

Boeing Statement on United Arab Emirates C-17 Announcement

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 24, 2009 — The Boeing Company is pleased that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced its intent to acquire the C-17…

Military Aviation News February 20, 2009

Boeing to Demonstrate Vigilare Air Battle Management System at IDEX 2009

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] will demonstrate the Vigilare integrated air battle management command-and-control (C2) system Feb. 22-26 at the International…

Military Aviation News February 19, 2009

U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics Contract Extension for Production of F/A-18 Gun Systems

CHARLOTTE, N.C. â€“ The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $16 million…

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…

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…

Military Aviation News February 18, 2009

Boeing SLAM ER Scores Direct Hit in Land-Based Moving Target Test

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 18, 2009 — The Boeing [NYSE: BA] Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) weapon system scored a direct hit against…

Military Aviation News February 18, 2009

German Air Force Successfully Completes Participation at Aero India 2009

EUROFIGHTER and tanker aircraft returned safely. The German Air Force delegation safely landed at their respective home bases late Tuesday 17th February, thus successfully completing…

Military Aviation News February 17, 2009

Lockheed Martin Completes Italian C-130J

C-130J Archive. MARIETTA, Ga, February 17th, 2009 — February 17, 2009 â€“ The Italian Ministry of Defense has confirmed that Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has…

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