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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…

Civilian aviation news February 20, 2009

Boeing Delivers First 777 Freighter to Air France

EVERETT, Wash., Feb. 19, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today celebrated the delivery of the company’s first 777 Freighter to launch customer Air France in…

General Aviation News February 19, 2009

RAF aircraft in successful North Sea helicopter rescue

All 18 people aboard a helicopter which ditched in the North Sea are safe following a major multi-agency search and rescue operation involving RAF aircraft,…

Civilian aviation news February 19, 2009

Israel Aerospace Industries’ Bedek Aviation Group to Convert its First B767-300 Aircraft

Israel Aerospace Industries’ Bedek Aviation Group (IAI/Bedek) has reached the milestone of cutting the opening in the fuselage to install the Main Deck Cargo Door…

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…

Space News February 19, 2009

Second ATV named after Johannes Kepler

19 February 2009 ESA’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been named Johannes Kepler after the German astronomer and mathematician. Europe’s next unmanned logistics spacecraft…

General Aviation News February 19, 2009

Airbus revises production rates.

Delivery target 2009 remains unchanged Blagnac, 19Â February Â 2009 Airbus is adapting production rates of its A320 Family programme from 36 to 34 a month…

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

Boeing to Demonstrate Vigilare Air Battle Management System at IDEX 2009

Boeing Delivers First 777 Freighter to Air France

RAF aircraft in successful North Sea helicopter rescue

Israel Aerospace Industries’ Bedek Aviation Group to Convert its First B767-300 Aircraft

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

Second ATV named after Johannes Kepler

Airbus revises production rates.

EADS Defence & Security to modernise French military identification systems

Astrium helps enable the maiden flight of the SIDM UAV in a foreign theatre of operations by supplying new satellite bandwidth in Afghanistan

B-52 accident report released

Rotorsim signs contract to train Norwayâ€™s NH90 aircrews

All rescued as helicopter ditches