25 October 2011
United Rotorcraft to design four EC145 aircraft for OSF Aviation
OSF Aviation has awarded a contract to United Rotorcraft, a division of Air Methods, to complete its four new Eurocopter EC145 aircraft.
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25 October 2011
International Launch Services to launch AsiaSat 7
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has delivered its new communications satellite AsiaSat 7 to the Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan, ready for its scheduled launch on 26 November 2011.
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24 October 2011
TAM Airlines orders 32 A320 aircraft from Airbus
TAM Airlines has ordered 32 A320 aircraft from Airbus, comprising 22 A320neos and ten A320s.
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24 October 2011
Eurocopter delivers Ecureuil AS350 B3e to Servicios Aereos
Eurocopter subsidiary Eurocopter Chile has delivered an Ecureuil AS350 B3e helicopter to Servicios Aereos Kipreos Marignane, France.
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24 October 2011
AAR to acquire Teleflex’s two aerospace business units
AAR has signed an agreement with Teleflex to acquire its two aviation businesses, Telair International and Nordisk Aviation Products, for $280m, expanding its offering to aircraft makers Airbus and Boeing.
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24 October 2011
Arianespace launches Europe’s two Galileo navigation satellites
Arianespace has launched Europe's first two Galileo navigation satellites on the Russian-built Soyuz launch vehicle from French Guiana.
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23 October 2011
US DARPA plans to recycle space debris
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has started a programme, called Phoenix, which will find ways to recycle space junk thousands of miles above the Earth.
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23 October 2011
ViaSat-1 launched on a Russian Proton rocket
The ViaSat-1 broadband spacecraft has been launched on a Russian Proton rocket by International Launch Services (ILS) for ViaSat of California, US.
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23 October 2011
ICBC orders 45 C919 jets
The finance leasing unit of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has ordered 45 C919 jets from China-based aircraft maker Commercial Aircraft Corp of China.
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23 October 2011
Namibia Air to buy two Airbus A319-100 aircraft
Namibia Air has signed a contract with Airbus to buy a pair of A319-100 aircraft for $90m.