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Space News July 1, 2009

XMM-Newton discovers a new class of black holes

Astronomers using ESAâ€™s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory have discovered a black hole weighing more than 500 solar masses, a missing link between lighter stellar-mass and heavier…

Space News July 1, 2009

Boeing Team to Develop Revolutionary Spacecraft Power System for DARPA

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., July 1, 2009 — An industry team led by The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has received a contract from the Defense Advanced…

EXTRA NEWS July 1, 2009

Bell 429 Achieves Certification

FORT WORTH, TX (July 1, 2009) – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced the certification by Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA)…

Space News June 30, 2009

Lockheed Martin Awarded Concept Development Contract for U.S. Air Force Space Fence

MOORESTOWN, NJ, June 30th, 2009 — The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] a $30 million contract to begin concept development for Space…

Military Aviation News June 30, 2009

Boeing Awarded $750M B-52 Engineering Sustainment Contract

WICHITA, Kan., June 30, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has received a $750 million, 10-year contract from the U.S. Air Force…

Civilian aviation news June 30, 2009

Child found alive after plane crashes in sea

(CNN) — A massive rescue effort was under way Tuesday after a young child was found among the wreckage of a downed Yemeni jet off…

Civilian aviation news June 30, 2009

EU told Yemenia not to repair its planes

By Tim Hepher PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) – The Yemeni carrier whose plane crashed off the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros on Tuesday had been…

Civilian aviation news June 30, 2009

Yemenia (Yemen Airways) Flight IY626 accident near the Comoro Islands

Blagnac, 30Â JuneÂ 2009 Airbus regrets to confirm that an A310-300 operated by Yemenia (Yemen Airways) was involved in an accident shortly after 01.50 (local time) near…

Civilian aviation news June 30, 2009

Bombardier Sells Two Q400 NextGen Airliners to Porter

Toronto airline reaches 20 firm orders for Bombardier Q400 aircraft Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Porter Airlines of Toronto has placed a firm order for…

Spotters News June 29, 2009

Photo report of the Paris Air Show 2009.

This year the 100th Paris Air Show, difficult economic times makes this edition a miss for several countries, less new aircraft makes the airshow a…

Civilian aviation news June 29, 2009

SuperJet International and Malev sign Letter of Intent for 30 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft

The agreement has a potential value of up to 1 Billion US$. SuperJet International and Hungarian national carrier Malev signed a Letter of Intent for…

EXTRA NEWS June 29, 2009

Red Arrows celebrate Virgin’s 25th birthday

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, performed a flypast with a Virgin Atlantic 747-400 at the Biggin Hill International Air Fair to…

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