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Sion Power’s Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Power World Record Flight
7/29/2010
Sion Power announced today that their proprietary lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries played a critical role in the QinetiQ Zephyr smashing the world record for the longest duration unmanned flight. A result of an intensive joint development effort between Sion Power and QinetiQ, the Zephyr flight exceeded 336 hours (14 days) of continuous flight, significantly surpassing the previous official record of 30 hours 24 minutes set by Northrop Grumman's RQ-4A Global Hawk in March 20010
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Pall Corporation To Supply Rolls-Royce With Complete Filtration System For Trent XWB Engine
7/27/2010
Pall Corporation, a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today announced its selection by Rolls-Royce as its filtration supplier for the Trent XWB commercial aircraft engine, designed to power the Airbus A350 XWB family of extra-wide body commercial airliners
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New Hand Held Video Borescope Fits In Your Pocket
7/27/2010
The new portable hand held video borescope weighs in at only 1 pound (.5 Kg) and can snake through incredible small accesses as small as 4.5mm (.177 inch). This is the first video borescope to break the barriers of such portability while offering a true high-resolution image and advanced features
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Microscan Introduces NERLITE® HI-BRITE Machine Vision Lighting Series With Brightest LED Illumination
7/27/2010
Microscan, a global technology leader for track and trace solutions, introduces the newest product release in the NERLITE® machine vision line, further demonstrating the company's commitment to investment in a leading edge machine vision lighting portfolio
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Porvair Filter Kit Selected For Boeing 787
7/26/2010
Porvair Filtration Group has been selected by a major Aerospace component supplier to supply a filter kit and Differential Pressure Indicator for the new generation Boeing 787 aircraft.
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Solvay Advanced Polymers Partners With Entegris On New Carbon Nanotube-Enhanced PEEK Products
7/22/2010
Solvay Advanced Polymers, LLC is partnering with Entegris Inc.'s TEGO Polymers unit to develop and market advanced carbon nanotube-enhanced PEEK products suited for a range of emerging applications in the medical, aerospace, automotive, and oil and gas industries
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Emirates Orders $3B In GE90 Engines And Services For 30 Boeing 777 Aircraft
7/19/2010
Emirates has ordered 30 GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The engine order, including spare engines, is valued at $2 billion (USD) list price. Deliveries will begin in late 2011. Emirates has also signed a 12-year OnPointSM solution services agreement for the maintenance and overhaul of its GE90-115B engines.
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PPG Signs $1.2M BAE Systems Contract For Military Vehicle Transparencies
7/19/2010
The transparent armor and specialty products group of PPG Industries' aerospace business has won a contract with BAE Systems, Inc., for specialty transparencies that afford ballistics protection for gunners on U.S. Marine Corps tactical vehicles
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Italy Selects AAI’s Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System
7/19/2010
AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today that Italy's Ministry of Defense (MoD) – Directorate of General Aeronautical Armament has selected AAI's Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS) for the Italian Army
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PPG Aerospace Introduces Enhanced-Design Windshields For Airbus A320 Family
7/16/2010
PPG Industries' aerospace transparencies group has introduced enhanced-design windshields for the Airbus A320 Family that use new technology to improve field performance, reduce maintenance downtime, and lessen the environmental impact of aging and removed windshields
