23 November 2014
Assembly on first Ariane 5 for 2015 begins at French Guiana spaceport
Assembly of the first Ariane 5 rocket has started at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana and is scheduled for launch in 2015.
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23 November 2014
Bell Helicopter extends core components contract with Kaman Aerosystems
Bell Helicopter has extended its existing contract with Kaman Aerosystems, to produce skin and skin-to-core components for Bell's commercial helicopters.
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20 November 2014
Airbus gets $14bn order for 50 wide-body aircraft
Delta Air Lines has confirmed a $14bn order with Airbus for 25 A350-900 and 25 A330-900neo airliners.
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20 November 2014
Orbital Sciences to manage launch of Ionospheric Connection Explorer satellite
Orbital Sciences has secured a $56.3m contract from Nasa to provide launch services for the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) programme.
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20 November 2014
Zero-gravity coffee machine set for launch to ISS
Astronauts about to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) on-board the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft be taking a new zero-gravity coffee machine with them.
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19 November 2014
US universities to develop technologies for Nasa’s future exploration missions
Nasa has awarded early stage innovation grants to 11 universities to work on technologies that will help the agency on future science and human exploration missions.
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19 November 2014
GKN Aerospace and partners to develop futuristic wing technologies
GKN Aerospace has announced it will work with a group of 13 partners to develop futuristic wing technologies.
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19 November 2014
Gulfstream Aerospace selects Esterline‘s flight deck solutions for G500 and G600 aircraft
Gulfstream Aerospace has selected Esterline to provide its flight deck solutions for the recently launched G500 and G600 business jets.
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18 November 2014
NTSB upheld FAA’s authority to regulate use of drones
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has upheld the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) authority to regulate commercial use of unmanned air vehicles (UAV) in national airspace.
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18 November 2014
Airbus to build five Beluga transport aircraft
Airbus has announced plans to develop five new Beluga transport aircraft, to transport large aircraft components.