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Bahrain Air Show work begins
2009-10-10 Read More...
More than 200 tonnes of steel has arrived in Bahrain as construction work kicks off for the inaugural Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) to be held from January 21 to 23,

Puma Life Extension Program for the UK Royal Air Force
2009-09-29 Read More...
Eurocopter UK Ltd. and the British Ministry of Defence signed a contract on September 18 for the Life Extension Programme

Dubai to become world's fourth biggest aviation hub
2009-09-23 Read More...
Dubai will become the world's fourth biggest aviation hub after Hong Kong, London Heathrow and Beijing, Airbus said in its latest

Airbus faces two more tough years
2009-09-19 Read More...
The head of Airbus said in remarks published on Friday that the European planemaker faces two further 'difficult' years and does not rule out making further production cuts if necessary to adjust to

US Air Force Looks to Cancel C-130 AMP
2009-09-15 Read More...
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz told reporters Sept. 15 the service has proposed killing the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP), aiming to replace it with a less-expensive

Eurocopter and UTair Aviation sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to establish a certified Eurocopter Flight Training Center in Tyumen, Russia
2009-08-27 Read More...
Lutz Bertling, President and CEO of Eurocopter, the world’s leading helicopter manufacturer, Jerome Noulens,Managing Director of Eurocopter Vostok and Andrey Martirosov, CEO of UTair, the largest Russian helicopter operator,signed today a memorandum

US firm to build $44.8m facility at Qatar air base
2009-08-25 Read More...
US-based Rizzani de Eccher has won a $44.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of a facility replacement at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

Boeing offers $1.5bn F/A-18E/F offset package to Brazil
2009-08-13 Read More...
Boeing has said that it will transfer USD1.5 billion worth of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter technology under a direct offset obligation to Brazil, should the aircraft be selected to fulfil the country's F-X2 programme

Boeing delivers first C-17 Globemaster to Qatar
2009-08-12 Read More...
Boeing has delivered the first C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the Qatar Emiri Air Force at a ceremony at the company's facility in Long

Boeing and Schiebel sign Camcopter teaming agreement
2009-08-12 Read More...
Boeing and Austria's Schiebel Industries AG have signed a teaming agreement relating to the latter's Camcopter S-100 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) compact unmanned aerial

Raytheon awarded Navy contract for future air and missile Defense radar
2009-08-04 Read More...
Raytheon Company received a $9.9 million contract to perform concept studies for the U.S. Navy's Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR).

Emirates becomes world's largest Boeing 777 operator
2009-07-30 Read More...
Emirates has become the world's largest airline operator of Boeing 777 aircraft with the arrival of its 78th Boeing 777 today.

Boeing Debuts 1st Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet
2009-06-30 Read More...
Boeing today unveiled the first of 24 F/A-18F Block II Super Hornets for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during a ceremony at Boeing Integrated Defense Systems' production facilities in St. Louis. The aircraft will be delivered later this

PARIS AIR SHOW 2009 - OFFICIAL POSTER
2009-06-05 Read More...
The PEMA 2M French advertising agency won the competition of the official public poster, for PARIS AIR SHOW 2009 .A specific realisation for the 100 years anniversary, introducing by “comic strip spirit”…. one century of aerospace

Thales announces a world first in air navigation
2009-05-04 Read More...
EASA certifies Thales’s primary reference ADU AAAA, Nashville, 30 April 2009 – Thales announced today it has received ETSO C106 certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for its primary reference Air Data Unit 3200 for

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