(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 10, 2003 ) Bombardier Aerospace's all-new Bombardier Global 5000* business jet successfully completed a rigorous first flight today, marking a significant milestone for the much anticipated high-speed intercontinental aircraft.
The first Bombardier Global 5000 business jet...
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, February 13, 2003 ) B/E Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAV) has won an important Federal Aviation Administration approval for its new overhead flight crew rest compartment for the Boeing 777-200 aircraft. Separately, B/E announced that Alitalia is the launch customer for the new product....
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, February 11, 2003 ) Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (NYSE: LOR), on February 10 announced that the Intelsat 907 communications satellite has been readied for its launch on February 12 from the European Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana,...
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, February 06, 2003 ) The Columbia Shuttle disaster requires both manpower and technology to find and recover the debris scattered across the southern United States. Raytheon, the global defense electronics giant, is assisting in the recovery with a brand new, hi-tech SUV - "The...
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, December 17, 2002 ) Aviation pioneers and enthusiasts will gather on December 17 in Washington for a ceremony marking the yearlong 100th anniversary celebration of the first powered airplane flight.
The ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum will honor pioneers...
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, October 07, 2002 ) BAE SYSTEMS successfully launched a 2.75-inch laser guided rocket using a unique mid-body fin-mounted guidance system, scoring a "bull's-eye" hit on a small target more than three miles away from its launch point. The Controlled Test Vehicle (CTV) was fired...
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 19, 2002 ) A Lockheed Martin-built Atlas IIAS rocket successfully carried a Spanish communications satellite to orbit tonight, in the seventh mission of the year for International Launch Services (ILS).
The satellite is Hispasat 1D. It will provide communications, broadcast...
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 05, 2002 ) 3D Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: TDSC) has announced the purchase of an initial two VanguardTM SLS® (selective laser sintering) si2TM systems, by On Demand Manufacturing (ODM), a new subsidiary of The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) in Camarillo, Calif.
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, August 26, 2002 ) Eclipse Aviation Corporation today announced the successful first flight of its flagship aircraft, the next-generation Eclipse 500 jet. Piloted by Bill Bubb, Eclipse Aviation's chief test pilot, the Eclipse 500 jet took to the air at 9:18 a.m. MDT, flying as planned...
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, July 15, 2002 ) Eclipse Aviation Corporation has rolled out the Eclipse 500 jet, allowing an audience of more than 1,500 customers, partners, investors, employees, local and aviation industry executives to witness the first public viewing of this groundbreaking new aircraft.
"After...
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 26, 2002 ) Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices (EDD), a part of The Boeing Company's [NYSE:BA] Space and Communications business unit, recently received a $10 million order from Orbital Sciences Corporation [NYSE:ORB] for amplifiers that enhance the transmission of very low-level...
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 21, 2002 ) The upcoming lift-off of two Boeing-built satellites on the same rocket will be the first dual launch in six years for the satellite manufacturing arm of Boeing Space and Communications, a unit of The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA].
The satellites -- a Boeing 601 model...
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 18, 2002 ) -- Lockheed Martin's new Atlas V booster passed its first major test on the launch pad this week on the way to the debut launch this summer. Over a five-day period, the Atlas team rolled the rocket on its mobile launch platform to the launch pad, loaded the super-cold...
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 11, 2002 ) An Atlas IIA rocket placed a NASA communications satellite into orbit today, marking the 60th consecutive successful mission for the popular launch vehicle.
"This was another flawless flight for Atlas, our second in two weeks," said Mark Albrecht, president...
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 06, 2002 ) Peer into the cockpit of an F20 jet fighter suspended overhead, imagine yourself soaring over the city as you sit in a retired LAPD helicopter, or design and test your own customized spacecraft then see if it has the "right stuff" to handle rigors of a flight...
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