Aviation News Releases - Friday, July 9, 2010
- Boeing Submits NewGen Tanker Proposal to US Air Force
ST. LOUIS, July 9, 2010 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today submitted a proposal to the U.S. Air Force to provide the service with a next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft. Based on Boeing's 767 commercial airplane, the NewGen Tanker...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - Boeing Selects 5 Small Businesses to Support Houston Operations
HOUSTON, July 9, 2010 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has selected five small businesses to support its Houston-based International Space Station, Space Shuttle, and other site programs under the Boeing Engineering & Technical Services Support (BETS)...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - Boeing Plans to Debut 787 Dreamliner and New Unmanned Systems at Farnborough
CHICAGO, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Boeing 787 Dreamliner will make its international debut this month when the doors open on the Farnborough International Airshow outside London. Boeing also will feature an extensive display of new,...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - EADS KC-X Bid In, Tanker Rhetoric Heats Up
By Amy Butler EADS North America is confident its Airbus A330-200-based KC-X proposal will win the long-running U.S. Air Force competition, but Ralph Crosby, chairman of the company’s board,...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - SA Airports Firm To Pay Compensation
Soccer fans who missed the World Cup semi-final between Germany and Spain due to flight chaos in Durban will be partially compensated, airports officials said on Friday ...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - EADS Submits Tanker Bid, WTO Report Delayed
EADS put in a formal bid on Thursday to build a fleet of US Air Force aerial tanker planes, challenging Boeing anew for a politically sensitive deal worth up to USD$50 billion (photo: Outisnn) ...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - Aircraft Completes First Solar-Powered Night Flight
A giant glider-like aircraft on Thursday completed the first night flight propelled only by solar energy (photo: Matth1) ...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - Embraer Delivers 69 Planes In 2nd Quarter
Brazil's Embraer delivered 69 commercial and executive jets in the second quarter, up from 54 a year earlier, further evidence that the civil aviation market is gradually recovering ...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - Hundreds Miss Semi-Final In Airport Chaos
Hundreds of fans missed the World Cup semi-final between Germany and Spain on Wednesday after chaos at the airport in Durban delayed their landing or forced planes to turn back, officials said ...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - Iran Air Did Not Refuel At Hamburg Airport
Two Iranian aircraft took off from a German airport this week without refueling, a spokeswoman said on Thursday, days after reports Iran's planes had been denied fuel in three countries due to US sanctions ...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - Ryanair To Cut Dublin Winter Capacity
Irish airline Ryanair said it would cut its Dublin winter capacity by 15 percent as passenger traffic falls, and again called for a tourist tax to be scrapped and airport charge increases to be reversed ...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - Statement by Airbus President and CEO Tom Enders in response to the WTO announcement of a further delay of the report in the Boeing subsidies case
"We are surprised and disappointed by the last minute announcement of yet another delay by the Boeing subsidies panel. We are, however, not surprised by the apparent difficulties the WTO is faced with. We have said time and again that...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - Boeing Sponsors Educators to Space Camp: Eleven Chicago Educators Embark on Weeklong Space Mission
CHICAGO, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A total of eleven educators from local museums, science centers and public schools in Chicago have been selected to attend the 2010 Boeing Educators to Space Camp program held July 12-16 in Huntsville,...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - Israel Reassesses Defense Options
By David A. FulghumTel Aviv and Haifa Israel is making plans to both integrate the stealthy F-35 in smaller than desired numbers or, in extremis, to do without stealth altogether. Electronic...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - Italy Plays Lead Role In Launcher Initiatives
By Michael A. TavernaParis After years of studying the feasibility of building a homegrown atmospheric reentry capability, Europe is preparing to demonstrate initial advanced concepts. ...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - Northrop Grumman To Fly Surveillance Airship
By Graham WarwickWashington Airships are survivors—a genus of aircraft that has been around since the dawn of aviation and is now being offered another chance at lasting success. This time the mission is...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - Gulf Technics, SIAEC Plan MRO Facility
Asia-Pacific StaffSINGAPORE Gulf Technics and partner SIA Engineering Co. (SIAEC) intend to open a new maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Bahrain by 2012. The facility will to be able to...
Jul-09 - 2010 | More -> - NASA And Partners Assign Crews For Upcoming Space Station Missions
WASHINGTON -- NASA and its international partners, the Russia FederalSpace Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), haveassigned four new International Space Station crews.The crews include NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, Sunita Williams...
Jul-08 - 2010 | More -> - NASA Ceremony Honors Shuttle External Tank Workforce
WASHINGTON -- NASA and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company paid tribute to the workforce who built the external tanks for the spaceshuttle fleet on Thursday at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in NewOrleans. ET-138, the last newly manufactured...
Jul-08 - 2010 | More -> - NASA, Georgetown Invite Public to Astronauts' Discussion of Recent Space Shuttle Mission
WASHINGTON -- NASA and Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business invite the public to a discussion with the most recent spaceshuttle crew to fly in space at 6:30 p.m. EDT on Monday, July 26. TheMcDonough School of Business will host the...
Jul-08 - 2010 | More -> - NASA Awards Crew Robotics And Vehicle Equipment Contracts
WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded contracts to three companies and one university for crew robotics and vehicle equipment work. The combined total value of the four contracts is not to exceed $70 million.The companies selected are ATK Space Systems of...
Jul-08 - 2010 | More -> - NASA To Fly Into Hurricane Research This Summer
WASHINGTON -- Three NASA aircraft will begin flights to study tropicalcyclones on Aug. 15 during the agency's first major U.S.-basedhurricane field campaign since 2001. The Genesis and RapidIntensification Processes mission, or GRIP, will study the...
Jul-08 - 2010 | More -> - NASA Art And Design Contestants Create Multi-Media Visions Of Lunar Life
WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected the winners in the 2010 Life and Work on the Moon Art and Design Contest from more than 200 international student entries.Participants envisioned an imaginative lunar lifestyle through variousartistic media. Entries...
Jul-08 - 2010 | More -> - Boeing Bids for US Army's Enhanced Medium-Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System
ST. LOUIS, July 8, 2010 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has submitted a proposal to deliver an affordable airborne intelligence collection, processing and targeting support system to the U.S. Army. The Enhanced...
Jul-08 - 2010 | More -> - Boeing NewGen Tanker Win Would Bring $339 Million to Connecticut
ST. LOUIS, July 8, 2010 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that Connecticut will benefit from an estimated $339 million in annual economic impact if the Boeing NewGen Tanker is selected as the U.S. Air Force's next aerial refueling...
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- USA Expects Cutbacks After Shuttle Layoff
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- Third Infantry Division Changes In Iraq
- Alitalia Joins SkyTeam Transatlantic JV
- Delta, American, Hawaiian Bound for Haneda
- U.S. Marines Optimistic On EFV Future
- NBAA Protests Temporary Vegas Airport Ban
- South African Airport Overwhelmed By VIP Plane Rus...
- Auckland Airport Buys Stake In Queenstown Airport
- Air France-KLM Unit Revenue Up As Traffic Improves...
- Solar-Power Plane Heads Into First Night Flight
- Air Canada In Court Over Toronto Airport Dispute
- Lufthansa Cabin, Ground Crews Agree To Pay Freeze
- Air Berlin Yields Down For Third Month
- FlyDubai CFO Defects To India's Spicejet
- European Airlines Traffic Up, Asian Routes Help
- World Cup Showdown Between Airline Alliances
- ICM ETS passes “significant” aviation industry mil...
- Split Verdict In Ryanair, Aer Lingus Battle
- EU Reaffirms July Decision On BA, American, Iberia...
- Iran Says Planes Get Fuel; EU Bans Some For Safety...
- CAE Signs CAD$55 Million Simulator, Training Deals...
- WestJet Flies Fuller Planes In June
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