5 January 2012
Elbit wins Hermes 900 UAS contract in Americas
Elbit Systems has been awarded a $50m contract by an unidentified country in the Americas to supply Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).
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5 January 2012
Boeing to shut down Wichita facility in US by 2013
US-based plane manufacturer Boeing has decided to close its 83-year-old defence, space & security (BDS) facility in Wichita, Kansas, US, by the end of 2013.
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4 January 2012
Nasa seeks funding for private spacecraft development
Nasa is planning to hold a competition in February of this year for a third round of private funding for the development of a private spacecraft, which will ferry astronauts...
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4 January 2012
GECAS orders two additional ATR 72-600s
General Electric’s commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has ordered two additional ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft with the Alenia and EADS joint venture company ATR.
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3 January 2012
Nasa’s second GRAIL spacecraft enters into lunar orbit
Nasa has placed the second of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft, GRAIL-B, into orbit to study the moon’s inner core.
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3 January 2012
Air India to lease eight Boeing-777 aircraft
Air India (AI) has offered to lease eight Boeing 777-200 planes for 8-10 years to raise money as a part of a plan to cut its debt by March.
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22 December 2011
Eurocopter to supply EC225 LP helicopters to China’s COHC
Eurocopter has been awarded a contract by China’s CITIC Offshore Helicopter (COHC) to supply seven EC225 LP long-range helicopters that will allow the company to carry out its airlift duties...
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21 December 2011
China to launch five satellites in 2012
China is planning to launch five commercial satellites for unidentified foreign customers in 2012.
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21 December 2011
Precision Air to buy five ATR-600 series aircraft
ATR, a consortium of Alenia and EADS, has won a $98m order from Tanzania’s Precision Air Services for four 50-seat ATR 42-600s and one 68-seat ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft.
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20 December 2011
China launches NigComSat-1R satellite
China has launched a Nigerian communications satellite, named NigComSat-1R, on a Long March 3B (LM-3B) launch vehicle from the Xixhang Satellite Launch Centre in south-west China.