Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter succeeds in first vertical landing

A supersonic Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000 pounds of thrust to a vertical landing for the first time, confirming its required ability to land in confined areas both ashore and afloat. Pilot Graham Tomlinson performed an 80-knot (93 miles per hour) short takeoff from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, […]

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Boeing receives Authorised Engineering Organisation certification for Australian Super Hornets

Boeing Defence Australia has received accreditation from the Commonwealth of Australia as an Authorised Engineering Organisation (AEO) for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18F Super Hornet Weapon System. Boeing Defence Australia now is authorized to provide engineering services to support the RAAF

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STARCO opens new hangar at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport

ST Aerospace and China Eastern Airlines (CEA) announced that their joint venture company, Shanghai Technologies Aerospace Company Limited (STARCO), has unveiled its latest hangar complex at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China. The newly completed 14,200 sqm (152,848 sq ft) hangar complex can accommodate two narrow-body aircraft and three wide-body aircraft (which include an Airbus

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Iridium reports fourth quarter and full year 2009 results

Communications reported financial results for the period ended December 31, 2009. Net loss for the fourth quarter was $4.7 million compared with net income of $1.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2008, in part reflecting $17.0 million of expenses related to purchase price accounting adjustments, net of tax, relating to the GHL Acquisition Corp.

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