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Military Aviation News, Space News September 17, 2013

Next Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Arrives at Cape Canaveral for Launch

Boeing workers lift the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-5 satellite onto a transporter following its Aug. 1 arrival at the Navstar Processing Facility on Cape…

Civilian aviation news August 28, 2013

Rostec and Airbus Launch Russian Sustainable Aviation Fuels

Airbus and RT-Biotekhprom (Rostec Group) signed a cooperation agreement to launch a large-scale analysis of Russian feedstock, and to evaluate how to speed up the…

Military Aviation News, Space News July 24, 2013

Lockheed Martin Ships Third AEHF Satellite To U.S. Air Force for Upcoming Launch

Lockheed Martin shipped the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on July 10, where it…

Military Aviation News, Space News July 22, 2013

Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite Prototype To Help Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Prep For Launch

Lockheed Martin recently delivered a full-sized, functional prototype of the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to test facilities…

Space News July 18, 2013

Astrium a prime contractor twice over for Alphasat launch aboard Ariane 5

Alphasat, the world’s most sophisticated commercial communications satellite ever built, is ready for its launch aboard an Ariane 5, scheduled on 25 July Alphasat, designed…

Space News June 4, 2013

NASA Prepares for Launch of Next Solar Satellite

NASA’s next scientific satellite, which is scheduled for launch June 26, will provide the most detailed look ever at the sun’s lower atmosphere or interface…

Space News June 3, 2013

Shenzhou X spacecraft set for launch

China will launch the Shenzhou X spacecraft in the middle of June, a spokesperson for the manned space program was quoted as saying by China…

Space News May 22, 2013

Russia to launch 12 Proton-M rockets in 2013

MOSCOW, May 22 (Xinhua) — Russia would launch 12 Proton-M heavy space rockets this year, Khrunichev space industry center said Wednesday. Three had already been…

Space News May 16, 2013

4th Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Joins Constellation on Orbit

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 15, 2013 – With today’s launch of the fourth GPS IIF satellite, Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Air Force continue…

Civilian aviation news May 15, 2013

Boeing, Southwest Airlines Announce Launch of 737 MAX 7

Boeing and Southwest Airlines announced today the launch of the 737 MAX 7, the third member of the 737 MAX family. The Dallas-based carrier and…

Military Aviation News May 14, 2013

First X-47B Catapult Launch from USS George H.W. Bush

USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, at sea (NNS) — The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS…

Civilian aviation news May 2, 2013

Boeing ‘taking next step’ toward new 777 plane launch

Boeing is moving forward on launching the new version of its long-range 777 jetliner in talks with customers, company officials said Thursday. “We are taking…

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