3 November 2011
Cathay Pacific receives first Boeing 747-8 Freighter
Cathay Pacific Airways has received the first of ten Boeing 747-8 Freighters it ordered from Boeing to replace its 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF).
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3 November 2011
NASA, Space Florida sign agreement for Nano-Satellite Launch Challenge
NASA has signed an agreement with the Space Florida Small Satellite Research Centre of Cape Canaveral, Florida, to manage the Nano-Satellite Launch Challenge to launch satellites with a mass of...
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3 November 2011
Southern Air to lease two Boeing 777F aircraft
Southern Air Holdings is to enhance its fleet by leasing two Boeing 777F aircraft.
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3 November 2011
Aveos raises funds to expand component solutions centre
Aveos has raised $50m from a group of financial institutions to invest into its new component solutions centre.
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2 November 2011
GE starts construction on jet engine component plant in US
GE Aviation has broken-ground on a new $50m jet engine component plant in Auburn, Alabama, US.
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2 November 2011
Boeing to build orbiter processing facility at Kennedy Space Centre
Boeing has signed a deal with Nasa and Space Florida to build an Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) in Florida, US.
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2 November 2011
Cobham, Carson Helicopter partner to provide avionics upgrades for Sikorsky Aircraft
Cobham and Carson Helicopters have signed a partnership to provide an advanced suite of avionics for Sikorsky S-61, S-76, and UH-60 derivative helicopters.
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2 November 2011
China launches unmanned spaceship Shenzhou 8
China has launched an unmanned spaceship, Shenzhou 8, in a bid to place a manned permanent space station into orbit by 2020.
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1 November 2011
Nasa launches Earth-observation satellite
Nasa has launched a new Earth-observation satellite on a Delta II rocket from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, US.
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1 November 2011
Air China, Boeing conduct first sustainable biofuel flight
Air China, Boeing and other Chinese and US aviation energy companies have conducted a trial of a passenger plane powered by a 50:50 mix of biofuel and traditional aviation fuel.